Adobe 12040118 - After Effects Standard, Tutorial

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D1/DV PAL 1.09 1.07
D1/DV PAL Widescreen 1.46 1.42
This discrepancy is limited to these older, standard-definition formats for which clean aperture differs from production aperture. This discrepancy
doesn’t exist in newer formats.
New projects and compositions created in After Effects CS4 and later use the correct pixel aspect ratio values by default.
Projects and compositions created in After Effects CS3 or earlier are upgraded to use the correct pixel aspect ratios when these projects are
opened in After Effects CS4 and later.
Note: If you have a custom interpretation rules file, then you should update it with the correct pixel aspect ratio values.
If you use square-pixel footage items that are designed to fill the frame in a composition with non-square pixels, you may find that the change in
pixel aspect ratios causes a difference in behavior. For example, if you previously created 768x576 square-pixel footage items to use in a PAL
D1/DV composition, you should now create those items with square-pixel dimensions of 788x576.
Composition settings presets for square-pixel equivalents of standard definition formats have changed as follows:
format pixel dimensions in After Effects CS4
and later previous pixel dimensions
NTSC D1 square-pixel equivalent 720x534 720x540
NTSC D1 Widescreen square-pixel
equivalent 872x486 864x486
PAL D1/DV square-pixel equivalent 788x576 768x576
PAL D1/DV Widescreen square-pixel
equivalent 1050x576 1024x576
Change pixel aspect ratio interpretation for a footage item
1. Select a footage item in the Project panel.
2. Choose File > Interpret Footage > Main.
3. Choose a ratio from the Pixel Aspect Ratio menu and click OK.
Change pixel aspect ratio for a composition
1. Choose Composition > Composition Settings.
2. Do one of the following:
Choose a composition settings preset from the Preset menu.
Choose a value from the Pixel Aspect Ratio menu.
Common pixel aspect ratios
Pixel aspect ratio When to use
Square pixels 1.0 Footage has a 640x480 or 648x486 frame
size, is 1920x1080 HD (not HDV or
DVCPRO HD), is 1280x720 HD or HDV,
or was exported from an application that
doesn’t support nonsquare pixels. This
setting can also be appropriate for footage
that was transferred from film or for
customized projects.
D1/DV NTSC 0.91 Footage has a 720x486 or 720x480 frame
size, and the desired result is a 4:3 frame
aspect ratio. This setting can also be
appropriate for footage that was exported
from an application that works with
nonsquare pixels, such as a 3D animation
application.