User Guide

CHAPTER 2
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Preparing and Importing Footage
2 Import the file into After Effects.
Note: If your square-pixel footage was created and saved at 720 x 486 or 720 x 480, select it
and choose File > Interpret Footage > Main. Then choose Square Pixels from the Pixel Aspect
Ratio pop-up menu and click OK.
3 Choose Composition > New Composition, and then select one of the following:
• If your final output is DV, choose NTSC DV, 720 x 480 for Frame Size, and D1/DV NTSC
for Pixel Aspect Ratio.
• If your final output is D1, choose NTSC D1, 720 x 486 for Frame Size, and D1/DV NTSC
for Pixel Aspect Ratio.
4 Select your other Composition settings as desired, and then click OK.
5 Add your footage to the new composition.
Note: If your footage was created and saved at a frame size other than those noted in step 1,
skip step 6.
6 Select the layer containing the square-pixel footage and apply the Shrink to Fit
command: press Ctrl+Alt+F (Windows) or Command+Option+F (Mac OS).
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