Exporting DV PAL Widescreen to AE CS4 - Squezzed comp

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Exporting DV PAL Widescreen to AE CS4 - Squezzed comp

Please help. Am I missing something here. When exporting footage from FCP7 to AE CS4 my footage and the comp for that matter appear squezzed. the footage is 720X576 , DV-PAL Pixel Aspect:CCIR 601 .the comp is preset DV PAL - widescreen. Problem i have is how can I be sure how the effect looks in widescreen if its created 'squeezed'.

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Posted on Mar 11, 2010 7:19 AM

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Rienk

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Mar 11, 2010 8:27 AM in response to Gavin porter

Try exporting from FCP again using Quicktime Conversion.
In there set the option
VIDEO: Compressor DV PAL, 25 fps, interlaced, there's the option to set 16:9 aspect as well.
AUDIO: 48 kHz, 16 bits stereo, best
Fast Streaming: OFF

I think this way AE will recognise the file as being anamorphic.

Otherwise set th x scale in AE to 1,33

Rienk

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Gavin porter Author

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Mar 12, 2010 1:40 AM in response to Rienk

Thanks for your help, but I seemed to have made the problem alot more complicated than it was. There is a button at the bottom of the comp window, a square with two arrows pointing left and right, click that and hey presto.

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