This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: Changing Aspect on Animatte Effects?

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

[Avid-L2] Re: Changing Aspect on Animatte Effects?

The following path seems to be working:

Open the original 4x3 SD project.

In the Animatte layer, replace the fill with white title.

Create Video Mixdown of the layer

This results in a black and white, standard definition matte clip. In my case, the Animatte has a soft edge, so the resolution was not a major issue.

In the HD version of the sequence, delete all Animatte effects, leaving the fill

If you have any resizing or repositioning effects on the fill, you may need to delete these as well.

Cut the Video Mixdown of the matte onto the track above the fill

Change Frameflex setting on the Video Mixdown and all the fill clips to Pillarbox

** At this point, your matte and fill may not line up and won't be where you intend

Add Resize FX to the matte layer and use this to position the matte where you want

Copy this Resize FX to your fill layer

Add Matte Key to the matte layer and "invert"

** Even now your matte and fill may not line up perfectly, but they should be close

** Do not adjust the Matte FX position setting

Tweak the Resize FX on the fill layer to line up with the matte, or vice-versa

In my case I also had to edit the Matte into clips

If anyone has a simpler idea, I'm all ears… or eyes I guess.

Cheers,

tod

On Sep 23, 2014, at 10:16 AM, hoplist@hillmanncarr.com wrote:

I am rebuilding an old SD 4x3 project in HD 16x9. The original project has dozen of Animatte effects. Now in HD the Animatte effect is stretching to 16x9. I don't want it to and I can't find anyway to change this, or reformat the layer that does not drill through to the background layer. The Animatte effect does not follow the aspect of the fill layer, but rather the project Aspect, which in HD can only be set to 16x9.

Any ideas that might help me reformat the Animatte effect or isolate this from the background?

Maybe I could replace all the fill clips with white in an SD project, and render this out in black and white, and then reapply this as a standard matte in HD over the separately rendered HD fill layer with both set to pillar box?

Cheers,
tod

Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
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