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Grace5E25
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January 28, 2021
Question

Can't export in 4:3 aspect ratio

  • January 28, 2021
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Hi there,

I'm working in Animator and I need my project to have a 4:3 aspect ratio. The canvas size is 1,440px by 1,080 px, and I'd like to export it as either a .mov or a .mp4. However, whenever I export, it always converts to 16:9 (1,920px by 1,080px), and my animation stretches. I tried making a custom setting in Media Encoder, and it did the proper aspect ratio, but kept the stretching and added the black frames. I'm getting really frustrated and need some help. If anyone can offer a solution, that would be fantastic.

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    Ibo Vis
    Inspiring
    November 4, 2021

    I am having the same problem. Exporting my 4:3 animation results in a stretched 16:9 mp4 no matter the settings in Adobe Media Encoder (AME). I tried changing the video settings to match the resolution and tried changing to a custom aspect ratio in (AME) before encoding. Does not work. I notice that AME keeps changing back thecustom aspect ratio to HD Anamorphic 1080 (1.333) as soon I close the window. Also messing with the source scaling options does not work. ADOBE please fix this issue! I am sick and tired of this BS.

      n. tilcheff
      n. tilcheff
      Brainiac
      January 29, 2021

      Hi Grace,

       

      Just export a PNG sequence and WAV separately and then render the video in Premiere as described here:

      https://community.adobe.com/t5/animate/export-issue-stops-mid-export/td-p/10424361?page=1

       

      Or even easier, if you don't use the camera or any of the newer 'Advanced layer' features, publish a SWF with RAW audio and use Swivel to get your MP4.

       

      Nick - Character Designer and Animator, Flash user since 1998 | Member of the Flanimate Power Tools team - extensions for character animation
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        Warren Heaton10841144
        Community Expert
        January 28, 2021

        Are you using a H264 preset with "Match Source" in the name?  That should match your Animate Stage width and height.

         

         

         

         

        kglad
        kglad
        Community Expert
        January 28, 2021

        it doesn't.

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        Warren Heaton10841144
        Community Expert
        January 29, 2021

        Yeah... this is one big and ugly bug.

         

        It is incorrectly getting flagged with a pixel aspect ratio (PAR) of 1.33 and to make matters worse it incorrectly letterboxes the Stage if you override it in Adobe Media Encoder (AME).

         

        QuickTime Default which exports directly rather than using AME looked like it was going to work, but while the resulting movie appears to be 4-by-3 PAR 1.0 it still behaves like 4-by-3 PAR 1.33.  

         

        This is a small nightmare for sure.

         

        I was able to get to the expected results (a 4-by3 Full Frame PAR 1.0 MP4) by creating an interim file and then sending that to AME via an After Effects (AE) Composition.  I went with QuickTime Apple ProRes 422 LT (a good choice as it'll look great and not take up too much drive space), imported that into After Effects, created a New Comp from that source, changed the Composition Settings to Square Pixel, scaled the Layer Source to Fit the Comp Width (command option F, Mac), and then sent that to AME using H264 Match Source.  The correct AE PAR of 1.0 overrides the incorrect Animate PAR of 1.33. 

         

        Phew!

         

         

         

         

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        ClayUUID
        Brainiac
        January 28, 2021

        Are you saying you want to just chop off the sides of your animation?

        kglad
        kglad
        Community Expert
        January 28, 2021

        in ame, right click the temp mov > click reveal source file > move and rename that temp file.  it should have your 4:3 aspect ratio.

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