Aspect ratio after commited

Ok so I choose sd 720 x 576 anamorphic and and all ok, i then put a anamorphic clip that fcp
7 has no worries with and it goes in 4.3 and looks wrong
I see no where to change it apart from doing it myself with the transform effect tool
This cant be right?
Also once a project is made at a certain property can I ammend after or do I have to mae a new project?
Daz

Oh yes...
How did I miss the wrench lol
You might be able to answer the aspect ratio situation I had on a thread...
I have a sd anamorphic video clip which in fcp I would properties the clip format and click anamorphic
and it would fit the sequence.
I Manuallt set the time line to sd anamorph then put the clip in and its still 4.3
If I do automatic setting its still 4.3
I can make it ana by clicking on the clips and puliing it out etc but this is wrong.. any ideas?
daz

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I've tried editing the Interpretation Rules.txt file which was hidden within the Users\Appdata\Roaming\Adobe\After Effects\13.1 Folder. To remove the last # so i can at least see that I can set up a custom PAR.
But it doesn't appear in the drop down menu when creating a comp, or interpreting footage.
I've also made the same change to the Interpretation Rules.txt file in the Premiere PRO CC 2014\Plug-ins\en_US\ folder.
And I've restarted my PC after changes just incase Media Core wasn't updating itself properly.
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Thanks!
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Hi Rick,
You're right, it's no known PAR... completely arbitrary and custom to this particular job. I'll run you through my process.
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So, at this point, I can render from my 3d applications, and conform to the projector dimensions, with very little information loss in the height of the projected image, and without compromising my 3d persepctive.
I'm using the plugin "Camera Mapper" to project this render onto a plane which gets me the full frame of the projector at the right resolution, 4608 x 2304
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If i want a horse to look like its jumping through the scene from "camera 1", like this:
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Now that's all well and good, but it'll be harder to create realistic looking effects from this view, because they'll all need to be stretched.
I'd like to retain all the image information and just view the comp as though it's squished down.
I imagine this could be done easily by changing the comp settings to a PAR of 3.3.
That way, all the pixel information remains, but i can design in a realistically proportioned composition.
I hope that gets you up to speed on my issue, and my request for a solution.
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Ok thank you, better then nothing
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