yup you most likely have fucked up pixel ratio settings in AE (like dated TV stuff),- stick to square pixels (ctrl + k, or composition setup). also never try to export/ compress videos from within AE, everything that is not RAW or MPEG2 is bullshit slow in AE. The devs once said that that core of AE is still not updated…
Yeah, is version CS or something, not the latest, but I would have thought anything post 2005 would at least support HD or 16:9 output with ease. Seems it's one of many issues (the main one being the lack of a codec to import .mp3 format for sound..! ) The actual output screen is more than a little vague , at least in…
For compositing i'd go for something like Nuke or Digital Fusion, both being very powerful node based apps. There's Combustion as well which I think is quite similar, but I don't know how it compares to the other two. When it comes to editing/cutting video I really don't have any experience beyond Premiere. I'd like to…
AVI to DVCPro? Why? YouTube's own recommended codecs "Codec: H.264, MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 preferred." When I upload to YouTube I usually cut and edit in Premiere, export as raw .avi and then I encode in either VirtualDUB or SUPER. Encoding it as a high bitrate Xvid in Virtual has worked fine for me so far. I have uploaded 720p…