Return-Path: Received: from gateway11.websitewelcome.com ([69.56.144.11] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4636504 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:53:26 +0100 Received: by gateway11.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5011) id 90676D3F0A6A6; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:59:58 -0600 (CST) Received: from ham03.websitewelcome.com (ham.websitewelcome.com [173.192.100.229]) by gateway11.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 301BCD3F0A009 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:59:57 -0600 (CST) Received: by ham03.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 666) id 2EBE83FC8BD9E; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:59:57 -0600 (CST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on ham03.websitewelcome.com X-Spam-Flag2999: NO X-Spam-Level2999: X-Spam-Status2999: "No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from alpina.websitewelcome.com (alpina.websitewelcome.com [74.54.176.2]) by ham03.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6C8D3FC8A89D for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:59:51 -0600 (CST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=crishdesign.com; h=Received:Content-Type:Mime-Version:Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-Id:References:To:X-Mailer:X-BWhitelist:X-Source:X-Source-Args:X-Source-Dir:X-Source-Sender:X-Source-Auth:X-Email-Count:X-Source-Cap; b=t7R5uwT3Tp0Jq7OrZGgoGavQbEzgg+cyCyKLkJU09APYMpE37B1D4LANoNRA503hV4bozERnLOP2S6HTvBZe/pAVzJ7ght8OEJ3afBZ9TaAb3j3BbkbMnXkRt6zq4pLL; Received: from [199.21.106.118] (port=49336 helo=[192.168.0.3]) by alpina.websitewelcome.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S0yUp-0005QZ-JH for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:59:51 -0600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1257) Subject: Re: [AE] OT resolution trivia From: Chris Meyer In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:59:51 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <5BBDB6CE-498D-4067-B02D-AF543928EB4A@crishdesign.com> References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1257) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - alpina.websitewelcome.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crishdesign.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: ([192.168.0.3]) [199.21.106.118]:49336 X-Source-Auth: chris@crishdesign.com X-Email-Count: 3 X-Source-Cap: Y3Jpc2h3ZWI7Y3Jpc2h3ZWI7YWxwaW5hLndlYnNpdGV3ZWxjb21lLmNvbQ== On Feb 24, 2012, at 7:40 AM, Greg Balint wrote: > This is the only reason I can think of that we do this. =20 I suspect it's an analog hangover. Before there were pixels, it was less = straightforward to pin down how much "resolution" you had horizontally = (it relied on various clock frequencies and timing), but you always knew = how many vertical scan lines you had. - Chris