User Guide

CHAPTER 2

Preparing and Importing Footage

2 Choose File > Interpret Footage > Main.

3 In the Fields and Pulldown section, select Upper Field First or Lower Field First from

the Separate Fields pop-up menu.

4 Do one of the following and click OK:

• To have After Effects determine the correct settings, click Guess 3:2 Pulldown.

• If you know the phase of the 3:2 pulldown, choose it from the Remove Pulldown pop-

up menu.

Setting pixel aspect ratio

It is important to set the pixel aspect ratio for a footage ﬁle at its original ratio, not the ratio

of the ﬁnal output. For general information about pixel aspect ratio, see online Help.

Set pixel aspect ratios for footage and compositions with these approximate values:

Square Pixels Uses a 1.0 pixel aspect ratio. Use this setting if your footage has a 640 x 480

or 648 x 486 frame size.

D1/DV NTSC Uses a 0.9 pixel aspect ratio. Use this setting if your footage has a 720 x 480

or 720 x 486 frame size, and your desired result is a 4:3 frame aspect ratio.

D1/DV NTSC Widescreen Uses a 1.2 pixel aspect ratio. Use this setting if your footage has

a 720 x 480 or 720 x 486 frame size, and your desired result is a 16:9 frame aspect ratio.

D1/DV PAL Uses a 1.0666 pixel aspect ratio. Use this setting if your footage has a 720 x 576

frame size, and your desired result is a 4:3 frame aspect ratio.

D1/DV PAL Widescreen Uses a 1.422 pixel aspect ratio. Use this setting if your footage has

a 720 x 576 frame size, and your desired result is a 16:9 frame aspect ratio.

Anamorphic 2:1 Uses a 2.0 pixel aspect ratio. Use this setting if your footage was shot

using an anamorphic ﬁlm lens.

D4/D16 Standard Uses a 0.948 pixel aspect ratio. Use this setting if your footage has a

1440 x 1024 or 2880 x 2048 frame size, and your desired result is a 4:3 frame aspect ratio.

D4/D16 Anamorphic Uses a 1.896 pixel aspect ratio. Use this setting if your footage has a

1440 x 1024 or 2880 x 2048 frame size, and your desired result is an 8:3 frame aspect ratio.

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