Interesting find today while doing some test renders in After Effects. I'm working on a DVCPro HD 1080i/60 project in Final Cut Pro which means I'm working with a real frame size of 1280x1080. It's an anamorphic format which FCP scales back out to 1920x1080 during playback.
Well in After Effects I'm doing a series of animated maps and found that my graphics were more easy to position in 1920x1080 comps. My idea was to get everything positioned, and then switch the Comp Size to 1280x1080 DVCPro HD to do the final render. Problem was, my entire animation is in 3D space using the Camera and light tools. Switching the Frame Size resulted in all of my elements suddenly going out of position.
So I just left the Comp set up to 1920x1080 and just used the DVCPro HD 1080i/60 Codec to do the final render. Brought the animation into Final Cut Pro fully expecting FCP to need to do a render due to the mis-matched frame size, but nope. Plays in realtime, edits to tape in realtime.
Neat little find and now I might not have to worry about "squishing" all my comps in AE to match the anamorphic frame sizes of DVCPRo HD.
Professional Video Editor, Producer, Director since 1990.
Credits include multiple Emmys, Tellys, Aurora and CableAce Awards.
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