FCPHD and After Effects 6.5:  Where to start?

Hi there,
Well, now I'm officially in the land of the confused! I've just purchased After Effects, and of course I've only recently just gotten decent in FCPHD...I have some questions which I suppose are for those that are using FCP and After Effects 6.5 Professional, specifically with HD footage (Sony HVRZ1U)...
1. I can't seem to hear any of my audio when I import my high def clips from FCP into After Effects (unless I double click on the clip in After Effects and it plays the native QT file) It just doesn't work when monitoring the timeline. Yes, I have the audio enabled on the bottom left of the track.
2. My composition settings in After Effects are confusing me a bit. My footage is 1920 x 1080 if I click "get info" while looking at a clip (FCHD clip, ,already captured from my deck). Somehow I thought it was supposed to be 1440 x 1080...anyway, what should my composition setting be in After Effects to make sure my footage doesn't get stretched, skewed or shrunken?
3. I'm hoping someone could perhaps give me a proposed workflow in After Effects. Do I do what I need to do in FCP and then use After Effects or toggle between them both? I suppose the answer largely depends on what you're trying to do, but if anyone could share how they use FCPHD and After Effects together I sure would appreciate it.
Thanks in advance!
Gman

If you're not familiar with AFX then I strongly suggest you get the Adobe Classroom in a book for AFX and do a crash course in it. AFX is something you can figure out, but it's confusing at the same time.
As for getting footage back and forth, I export as a QT ref (recompress all files is unchecked) and use those files. I then export from AFX in the native format that my FCP project is in (in my case it's DV/DVCAM).
Workflow varies on the project.
If I have essentially a sequence of video that I'm going to show all together, I'll build that into a sequence in FCP and export the sequence. For other things, I'll import each thing clip by clip.
Automatic duck will save you a lot of time if you can afford it. you basically build the basic feel of your piece in FCP, position, size, speed, sequences, etc, and then it enables you to bring your FCP file right into AFX where you can then do what you need to do for it.
I can't help you in the HD dept, I've only dealt with SD in AFX. Easiest way to get your resoultion right is to drag a clip that you brough in from AFX to the "Create a Composition" icon in the bin area. That'll copy the settings from that clip and turn it into a composition.

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  • Photoshop cs4 and cs5 and after effects 7.0

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    mel
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