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| Chris, Ah.... Forgot about the "brute-force" squeeze method. I guess I can now make any pixel aspect ratio I want. Thanks. -L On 8/28/12 11:10 AM, "Chris Meyer" <chris@crishdesign.com> wrote: > Sounds like you're talking about anamorphic HD? The "new" (actually, the old > correct) PAR is 40/33. > > Making the issue even more confusing, is that in addition to the correct pixel > stretch, there are additional "unused" pixels beyond the Clean Aperture (the > actual image used) to form the Production Aperture (a wider size used as slop > to accommodate shortcomings in pixel processing). > > If you need to use the old size, you can always create a square pixel comp the > size you want, and manually scale it in the Output Module. > > But really - all the hardware out there actually uses and has used the "new" > (old correct) spec; people just prepared things wrong for years. Do things the > right way now - 872x286 square, squeezed to 720x486 on output, and life will > be good. > > http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/cmg_keyframes/story/par_for_the_course/ > P2/ > > - Chris > > > > On Aug 28, 2012, at 11:12 AM, Lachlan Westfall wrote: > >> I'm sending stuff to a client for display on a stadium video board. >> >> The are saying that the specs aren't right (i.e. It's not loading), but they >> won't tell me what's wrong. >> >> I think it may have to do with pixel aspect ratios. >> >> When I inspect my stuff in QT is says: >> 720 x 486, actual size 872 x 486 >> >> When I look at their previous stuff is says: >> 720 x486, actual size 864 x 486 >> >> My understanding is that the aspect ratio of 1:1.2 was "corrected" to 1:1.21 >> a while back and this caused the difference. Is this right? >> >> If so, is there any way I can render something out of AE CS5.5 that has the >> old 864 x 486 specs? There is no pull-down for a 1:1.2 aspect ratio. >> >> Help!! >> >> -Lachlan Westfall >> Quiet Earth Design >> >> >> >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> |
