Return-Path: Received: from cri.crishdesign.com ([198.57.142.178] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4994211 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:20:02 +0100 Received: from 106-72-agavebb-nm.abq.nm.agavebb.net ([199.21.106.72]:54790 helo=[192.168.0.7]) by cri.crishdesign.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UCuhS-0002Yv-9j for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:26:46 -0700 From: Chris Meyer Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_2691228E-A3DA-4D60-ACF0-D64EF9D1F030" Subject: Re: [AE] Pixel aspect ratio question Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 09:26:46 -0700 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" References: Message-Id: <015E4FB1-A649-4C81-9FDF-F63FD5BFF414@crishdesign.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cri.crishdesign.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-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cri.crishdesign.com: authenticated_id: chris@crishdesign.com --Apple-Mail=_2691228E-A3DA-4D60-ACF0-D64EF9D1F030 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Search their spec sheet (or ask them outright!) about the final Image = Aspect Ratio (IAR, as opposed to PAR) - is it 4:3, or 16:9? The other = key word you may see/hear is "anamorphic" which tends to imply 16:9 = squeeze/stretch in the video world (and 2:1 in the filmic world). - Chris ________________________________________________ Chris Meyer | Crish Design http://www.crishdesign.com On Mar 4, 2013, at 9:14 PM, jarret langmeire wrote: > Ok, it seems that last one did the trick. Now I'm wondering how I = should have known that based on their spec sheet - does the line "CCIR = Pixel Aspect - PAL CCIR 720 x 576 non-squared" (from their spec sheet) = make this clear, ie. that I need to output a D1/DV PAL (1.09 pixel = aspect ratio) project as opposed to a 1.46 project? >=20 > Thanks again everyone. >=20 > On 5 March 2013 13:10, jarret langmeire wrote: > I've now generated a 720 x 576 non-widescreen project in AE and have = rendered that out - let's see if that does the trick.=20 >=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_2691228E-A3DA-4D60-ACF0-D64EF9D1F030 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Search their spec sheet (or ask them outright!) about the final Image Aspect Ratio (IAR, as opposed to PAR) - is it 4:3, or 16:9? The other key word you may see/hear is "anamorphic" which tends to imply 16:9 squeeze/stretch in the video world (and 2:1 in the filmic world).

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On Mar 4, 2013, at 9:14 PM, jarret langmeire wrote:

Ok, it seems that last one did the trick. Now I'm wondering how I should have known that based on their spec sheet - does the line "CCIR Pixel Aspect - PAL CCIR 720 x 576 non-squared" (from their spec sheet) make this clear, ie. that I need to output a D1/DV PAL (1.09 pixel aspect ratio) project as opposed to a 1.46 project?

Thanks again everyone.

On 5 March 2013 13:10, jarret langmeire <langmeire@gmail.com> wrote:

I've now generated a 720 x 576 non-widescreen project in AE and have rendered that out - let's see if that does the trick.

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