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RebeccaInTX
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December 15, 2018
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Custom Composition Size stretches when Rendered????

  • December 15, 2018
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Hi all,

I'm stuck and hoping someone can help, please!  I have a composition that is Custom: 1440x1080 and Pixel Aspect Ratio: DVCPRO HD 1080 (1.5).  Everything looks great on the screen and with my animation - but when I go to render (either from Render Queue or Adobe Media Encoder Queue), no matter what choices I seem to select, the rendered video is stretched and looks warped. 

From my searches, it looks like I should have started with a default Composition Preset - like HDTV 1080 25/Square Pixels.  But, when I switch to that, the footage in the image windows stretches and looks like the rendered videos.  I've tried to create a NULL Layer and link everything to that (from a different post) - with no luck.  I've also tried different settings in the Adobe Media Encoder.  I've tried doing the File->Scripts->Scale (composition/layers) - but that does the stretching as well.

Basically, I'm totally happy to keep everything as is, add more width on each side to get it to 1920 if that's what is needed. Just trying to do that without all my work stretched and scaled.

Feels like this is just a simple thing to adjust, but can't figure it out.  Any direction would be EXTREMELY appreciated!

Thank you so much for your time in looking at this!

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    Correct answer Andrew Yoole

    The issue is the Pixel Aspect Ratio (PAR) of 1.5.  Whatever tool you're using to play back the anamorphic rendered file is ignoring the PAR and playing it as square pixels.

    You've already given yourself the ultimate solution - work in square pixel comps in the future.  But to easily fix the issue on your current work, create a new composition that's square pixels, preferably using a preset like HDTV 1080, and then drag your exisiting composition into the new one.  Rescale if necessary and render. 

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    Andrew Yoole
    Andrew YooleCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    December 15, 2018

    The issue is the Pixel Aspect Ratio (PAR) of 1.5.  Whatever tool you're using to play back the anamorphic rendered file is ignoring the PAR and playing it as square pixels.

    You've already given yourself the ultimate solution - work in square pixel comps in the future.  But to easily fix the issue on your current work, create a new composition that's square pixels, preferably using a preset like HDTV 1080, and then drag your exisiting composition into the new one.  Rescale if necessary and render. 

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      RebeccaInTXAuthor
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      December 16, 2018

      Thank you SO much for your reply!! Your reply was perfect!!

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