exporting troubles

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crazycatz

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Hi!
I'm trying to export some footage from after effects but every time i try to export, two black bars on the top and bottom are exported with it, to make it widescreen i guess, but i dont want those! Im exporting footage that was imported from avid as a quicktime refrence which is a widescreen 1.2 pixel ratio footage, and thats what the timeline is set up as, but why do i get these annoying black bars in the exported footage!?
 
Do this test. From the project window, grab a video file and drag it over the new comp" button which is at the bottom of the project window, left to the scroll bar. Some tiny icons there.
This will create a comp with the settings from the file. So if your file doesn't have black bars then they won't show. Then render this comp.
 
Alright, so i did that, and when i import the footage back into avid, those annyoing black bars still appear. whats going on!? i'm exporting as a tiff sequence if that matters...
Could this be because of the way i exported from avid? i just exported it as a standard quicktime refence file....
 
Multiple potential failure points on this one. Avid export settings, AE comp settings and Avid import settings. I agree with Steve, to sort out the problem you're going to need to do a little testing. A couple of things to keep in mind. For SD video Avid's frame sixed is fixed at 720 x 486 (D1) or 720 x 480 (DV). 4:3 and 16:9 use the same fixed frame size. The only difference with widescreen footage is that are larger number of pixels are squeezed into that space. The image is then stretched back out on playback creating a wide image. Conversly to make a 16:9 image fit into a 4:3 space the image must be scaled on the vertical axis, resulting in the black bars on top and bottom.

When outputting from AE don't use the export function, use the render que. When importing back into Avid check your import settings. There are options such as: keep original size, resize, etc. Try importing the same footage using different settings.

Once you get your head around widescreen video troubleshooting will be less of a chore. BTW, video with those annoying black bars are commonly known as letterboxed video.
 
Hey,
Thanks, i figurred it out, the import settings for image sequences in Avid were not set correctly.
THanks for the help though!
 
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