[Griggsy]

Just got Afx 5.5 in and am busy conceptanimating away, but have been asked to create file for TV.

My experience is all in creating animations for CD and Web, have set the afx comp to be PAL Widescreen (cos am in UK) but this whole pixel aspect ratio thing is beyond me.

Do I set my pixel ratio in the animation comp initially , or do I create my animation in Square Pixels (so can be previewed in proportion on Mac Screen and PC Driven Plasma) then take my final render make a new comp and then export that out in PAL Pixel ratio.

Make Sense?

Am in AIM/IChat at gpiguk if anybody has a quick response!

[cytorakk]

This suggestion is for AE internally generated graphics only not for PAL source footage. If you choose to comp in 720x576 PAL stay at AE settings (non-square pixels). Work and layoff your render at settings. Your comp will look lovely and squishy but ok for TV. Or you can make an comp at 768x576 square pixels so your graphics have the correct "square" look. Some people like to work seeing the square look. THEN (don't forget this next step) - place the 768x576 comp into a new 720x576 comp and use the shrink to fit command. (I think it is command-OPT-F). Everything should go along swimmingly.

A couple caveats - this suggestion doesn't exactly work for UK HD standards - also PAY ATTENTION to title safe grids so you compose your work properly