I usually render to the square pixel format (768x576 for PAL) and then
squash the output in AfterEffects on export to the final size/aspect ratio
I need. This way you work in a more logical space in AE and all effects
etc. work as expected.
And you need only one rendering while getting full quality for both TV and
Computer. :-)
While AE has a function to preview D1 footage in the non-squashed size, it
is optimized for speed, not quality and you get visual aliasing which
makes it worthless for me.
I even sometimes render with 50fps non-interlaced and do the fields in AE
to have both options without loosing quality. But that is just this crazy
me ;-)
Cheers,
Thomas Helzle
www.screendream.de
Am 28.10.2006, 14:09 Uhr, schrieb David Saber <pingu06(at)otenet.gr>:
Hi all!
I want to make a video that would be broadcasted on TV and computers. If
I choose XSI's PAL preset, I get an aspect ratio of 1.0667, as the D1/DV
NTSC and PAL specifications specify non-square pixels (often called D1
aspect ratio), while computer monitor pixels are square. D1 pixels are
vertically shorter. For this reason, when you look at a D1 video image
on a computer monitor, the images appear to be squashed vertically.
Is there a way to make both TV and PC happy or should I render 2
versions of my work?
Thanks
David
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