Return-Path: Received: from p3plsmtpa06-08.prod.phx3.secureserver.net ([173.201.192.109] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 4636352 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:34:22 +0100 Received: (qmail 31086 invoked from network); 24 Feb 2012 14:40:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (173.247.4.230) by p3plsmtpa06-08.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (173.201.192.109) with ESMTP; 24 Feb 2012 14:40:55 -0000 Subject: Re: [AE] OT resolution trivia References: From: Greg Balint Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-6122A873-FD93-402D-86AE-D138D87F71D2 X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9A405) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <1566ECE0-75A0-440D-A549-D932827BEACF@delrazor.com> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:40:58 -0500 To: After Effects Mail List Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) --Apple-Mail-6122A873-FD93-402D-86AE-D138D87F71D2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resolution has always referred to the amount of horizontal lines, (480, 720,= 1080) probably due to the abomination that is interlacing. Refresh rates al= so work horizontally, which is why if you take video of a screen and the ref= resh rate is not synced with the camera, it has a visible line crawling down= it.=20 This is the only reason I can think of that we do this. I always just state= the whole resolution, as I have since my early days with computer monitors.= (800x600, 1024x768, all old 4:3 resolutions) ////Greg Balint ///Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer delRAZOR.com/ On Feb 24, 2012, at 9:34 AM, Mike Janson wrote: > quick q - i'm curious why 1280x720 resolution tends to be referred to as 7= 20 rather than 1280. i always have to catch myself when a client asks for 72= 0, seems bass-ackwards. thanks! >=20 --Apple-Mail-6122A873-FD93-402D-86AE-D138D87F71D2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Resolution has always refe= rred to the amount of horizontal lines, (480, 720, 1080) probably due to the= abomination that is interlacing. Refresh rates also work horizontally, whic= h is why if you take video of a screen and the refresh rate is not synced wi= th the camera, it has a visible line crawling down it. 

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This is the only reason I can think of that we do this.  I al= ways just state the whole resolution, as I have since my early days with com= puter monitors. (800x600, 1024x768, all old 4:3 resolutions)

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///Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer

On Feb 24, 2012,= at 9:34 AM, Mike Janson <mic= haelmailing@yahoo.com> wrote:

quick q - i'm curious why 1280x720 resolution tends to be re= ferred to as 720 rather than 1280. i always have to catch myself when a clie= nt asks for 720, seems bass-ackwards. thanks!

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