Import file format aspect ratio

If I import a video in Mpeg2 format, After effects uses the wrong aspect ratio and crops off the sides of the video. Other video formats are fine but my camera records in Mpeg2 so I have to convert before import

What size is the Mpeg2 format? What Pixel Aspect Ratio? After Effects always handles different sizes and pixel aspect ratios correctly if you have not mucked up the settings somewhere in the chain.
Please show us info on your footage that includes frame size, frame rate, and compression. Then Please show us the information on your compositions.

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I have two quicktime movie files exported from my Mac-based video editing system (Avid Media Composer 2.7). They are both identical in every single way except for their frame size / aspect ratio.
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Video = Sorenson Video 3, Millions of colors, 29.97 fps
Data rate = both around 7840 kbits/s
Length = 22;10
DIFFERENCE:
Format = Movie "AA" is 720x486. "BB" is 864x486.
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1. If I use it to import video from my DV cam, it always starts with a very small video size instead of the nativ video resolution (DV Pal) and always with quality set to low.
Do you check/set the "Native Device" Preference BEFORE attempting the capture. Also, since QT capture is dependent on CPU power, would not normally recommend it as your primary means of video capture.
3. If I export an avi file from QT, the file is useless (with QT or any other app) untill I doctor it with ffmpegX or D-Vision.
AVI files may contain any number of audio/video compression formats including muxed and MP3/MPEG layer-3 not supported in QT without installation of the appropriate third party proprietary codecs.
4. If I encode a video with the H264 codec no other app than QT (e.g. VLC) can playback the file. (If I use ffmpegX and encode a video with H264 I can playback it with all apps).
There are three distinct work flows which will create H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) files. Which one are you using and for what are you targeting the output?
WHY??? QT should be the link between all video processing programs - but it's completely useless because it's so buggy!
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Check out the free "Vidi" utility at http://mitzpettel.com/software/vidi.php to see if it might meet your needs.
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How can I import 4:3 aspect ratio?

I'm trying to import older videos and they are in 4:3 format. When I import them into iMovie, the content gets stretched to 16:9 format. Can I maintain the 4:3 ratio even with the black bars on each side?
Thanks for any direction.

In Project Properties, you can set up your project in 4:3 ratio. When you import, iMovie should automatically recognize that your footage is 4:3.
Yet sometimes it does not. I think the reason is that the oldest mini-DV cameras always shot 4:3. Then, later on, the mini-DV cameras shot anamorphic 720x480 (which is 3:2). So you could shoot either 16:9 or 4:3 with the 3:2 miniDV. This was accomplished with shooting in 3:2, and then attaching an anamorphic flag to the footage. If the flag was set to 4:3, the player would use squarish pixels. If the flag were set to 16:9, the player would use rectangular pixels.
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1) Import into iMovie as always.
2) Right-click on your event clip. Choose "Reveal In Finder".
3) Drag this Finder clip into MPEG Streamclip.
4) In MPEG Streamclip, use FILE/EXPORT TO DV.... In the Dialog Box, set the Aspect Ratio to 4:3.
Save it to a different folder, but keep the same name (because the name may include date and time metadata).
5) Repeat this until you have all your clips. If you have a large number of clips, MPEG Streamclip has a batch mode.
6) Now you can import these new clips into iMovie using FILE/IMPORT MOVIES... I suggest you import them into a new event so you don't get confused with the original clips.

Header Image File - Wrong Aspect Ratio in PDF

I imported a picture into a form and it looks great in the FormsCentral editor. But when I export the form, the aspect ratio is all wrong. The Form Setup is 700 pixels, letter, Portrait. I don't see many setting options to play with. See attached screen shots.
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Image source: http://www.kultpower.de/archiv/heft_powerplay_1992-03
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Well, obviously, the original file had larger dimensions and was resized without deleting the EXIF dimensions.
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Working with several video formats aspect ratios need help...

Hi folks I have searched around quite a bit but I need more specific advice based my situation...I am editing a docu about Japanese biker gangs shot on several different SD cameras:
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2.Canon Xl2 shot in 16:9 mode
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ARCHIVAL/ACQUIRED FOOTAGE
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2.Contributor's camera SD 16:9 aspect ratio
3. Transferred from VHS into SD 4:3 aspect ratio
I would like to standardize the aspect ratio for the project but I am getting confused as sometimes the footage shot on the sony (which should be true 16:9) appears elongated vertically at times.
Are my settings off?
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lost. I guees most TVs can handle 16:9 without letterboxing....
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Suggest you plan from the beginning to create one timeline but encode for two separate output formats.
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I made a number of rookie mistakes when originally trying to produce the final video, but I think I have managed to correct most of them. Sadly, the final product still does not play correctly on a DVD player.
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I took the piece of footage and imported it into a blank Premier Pro project (with no sequences). Then I created a new squence from the file (by right-clicking and selecting "create new sequence from file). Then I dickered with the footage, inserted some picture in picture and changed the speed of some of the footage (all things I intend to do with the final production). Then I sent that to a brand new Encore project created by sending the sequence via dynamic link.
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I've yet to try it on another player, but I think there's something fundamentally wrong with my process, or the way I'm doing this.
Here's a piece of footage from a camera that had EXACTLY the same setting as the original footage (I used this piece of footage because it's straight from the camera - most of the files from the main camera are too big to share):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mocizf4d3vdx0y4/00037.MTS
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