Greetings
I am shooting with a Panasonic SDX900 in anamorphic for the first time. I am digitizing into FCP in anamorphic and want to create some graphics in AE in anamorphic. I thought I had all the settings right, but when I bring AE created graphics into the time line they do not expand out and look like the footage I digitized. I noticed that the files of the graphics I created in AE have the dimension of 720x480 even though I hit the anamorphic setting while setting up for a render. What am I doing wrong?
Re: Anamorphic by Dave LaRonde on Jul 14, 2008 at 5:07:20 pm
Anamorphic DV IS 720x480, but it uses a different Pixel Aspect Ratio. When you made your AE comp, did you use the DV Widescreen comp preset?
And here's a little tidbit from AE Help:
"To preview nonsquare pixels on a computer monitor, click the Toggle Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction button at the bottom of the Composition panel."
When you use the button, things look squeezed horizontally -- but smooth -- when viewing in square pixels. In the other position, things are in proper 16x9 -- but jagged -- when viewing nonsquare pixels. Don't worry about the render: when done, things will be both 16x9 AND smooth.
You might have to convince FCP that the file is anamorphic. To do that, highlight the clip in question in the Browser, find the Anamorphic column and make sure it's checked.
Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA
