[Avid-L2] Re: AE lower thirds look bad

Make sure your importing a DV comp with the second import option so it won't stretch the 480 to 486. Bad things happen when this happens.

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Lou Wirth <loutv@...> wrote:
>
> I dont have the "ordered for current format" option. That came in
> later versions.
>
> I am rendering to Animation codec so these are uncompressed.
>
> Comp settings are set at DV/NTSC widescreen and comp size in render
> queue is 720x480. When I toggle the pixel aspect ratio in AE the comp
> switches to widescreen and the titles look a little cruddy. When I
> toggle again and it squeezes back they look fine. This is where my
> head hurts. Why do I have a comp setting for widescreen when I can't
> work in widescreen in AE?
>
> My project is Anamorphic. I was assuming AE was as well with the
> widescreen setting.
>
> Lou
>
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> On Oct 28, 2009, at 8:42 AM, Rick wrote:
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> > If they look soft, then you're not importing them correctly.
> > Assuming they look crisp in Quicktime player.
> >
> > import settings should be "Image sized for current format"
> >
> > "Ordered for current format"
> > Do not invert Alpha, if you are rendering to an Avid codec.
> > Should be Computer RGB (0-255)
> >
> > You are resizing them, thus making them soft. Is your AE comp
> > Anamorphic or Wide Screen? Avid is Anamorphic.
> >
> > Rick Emery
> > www.rickemery.com
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Lou Wirth <loutv@...>
> > To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Wed, October 28, 2009 11:23:03 AM
> > Subject: [Avid-L2] AE lower thirds look bad
> >
> > I never use AE for lower thirds because, as limited as the title tool
> > is, I think the titles look much more crisp. But I wanted some motion
> > so giving it another try. But they just look cruddy. Project is DV
> > widescreen so I created graphics in AE with comp settings DV
> > widescreen NTSC, 29.97. Renders are interlaced lower. Importing into
> > Avid MC soft v2.6.4 and have tried all the import settings. Something
> > is wrong in my work flow. Anyone do this on a regular basis?
> >
> > thanks
> > Lou
> > Lou Wirth Productions
> > 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
> > Corte Madera, CA 94925
> > www.louwirth. com
> > 415-924-9411p
> >
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> >
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> Lou Wirth Productions
> 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
> Corte Madera, CA 94925
> www.louwirth.com
> 415-924-9411p
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