Question and Answer sessions in groups

1)  Your director has just given you a project to combine three videos from very different  sources.  Source 1 appears to have every other line in the image offset, especially with objects  that are moving fast. This was shot at 30 frames per second.  Source 2 is a PAL video.   Source 3 is an HD video shot at 29.97 fps.      What would be the first question you would ask to be able to successfully complete this project? What format would you like it to be in. Size, pixel aspect ratio, res, etc. What name is given to the process of bringing together sources of different formats and making  them all the same format? Conforming the video (inside the interpret footage video) Why does Source 1 have a 'combing' effect, and what do you have to do to be able to use this  footage? De-Interlacing. Inside the "Interpret Footage" settings, the separate fields tab must be switched to off. Otherwise the combing effect will appear on the animation. 2)  You just sent your client a finished AE project.  The video was requested in Standard Def.   The client says that the animation looks stretched out.  Their round logo looks squished.   You have to do it again. What would be the first place you would look to find answers to solve this problem? Interpret Footage - Pixel Aspect Ratio. What are two possible settings that might have caused the problem? Normally if it looks stretched or squished it because of the settings in this tab.  It's probably set to anamorphic, or widescreen. Do you have to re-animate it? No, you simply have to change it to the original format, or square pixels and then re-render. 3)  The project you just complete was thrown back on your desk.  Your technical director  is frustrated because the logo you created is not keyable.  The background that should  have been transparent, isn't.     Where do you check to see what was actually rendered?   In the Render Queue, the files that say "Queued" in the status tab, are those which are going to render, the files that are already rendered say "Done" under the status tab. What should have been the render settings to make the background transparent? Step by Step: 1) Go into the render queue 2( Edit Output module settings 3) Channels: check RGB + Alpha  you have to have a particular format How could you have checked this before you rendered the animation? Click toggle transparency, to have an idea of what the background will actually be when you render.