720x480 rendering issue

dnavarrojr · Post by **dnavarrojr** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:31 am

I used a modified version of the spinning globe with rotating words around it and rendered it to 720x480 and imported into my video project.

When I rendered out the final project to DVD, I noticed that the globe is "squished" because the aspect ratio is off. I couldn't find a setting in C3DPS to change the pixel aspect ratio when rendering to 720x480, so I had to re-render the whole project at 640x480 in order to get the correct aspect ratio on the screen.

Is this a known issue? Is there a work-around other than rendering at 640x480 and then stretching it out to 720x480?

dnavarrojr · Post by **dnavarrojr** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 5:19 pm

Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

klowther · Post by **klowther** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:43 pm

What are you using to render the project?

If MSP8, did you select the non-square pixel option in the project settings? You can also try playing with the settings in the media source options context menu item.

Hope that helps.

- Ken

dnavarrojr · Post by **dnavarrojr** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 7:54 pm

klowther wrote:What are you using to render the project?

If MSP8, did you select the non-square pixel option in the project settings? You can also try playing with the settings in the media source options context menu item.

I am rendering with Cool 3D PS. It does not have an option anywhere that I can find for non-square pixels.

The only solutions I can find is to render it in either 640x480 or 1280x960 and then re-render it to 720x480 so that the aspect ratio comes out correct. But I lose quality when I do that.

klowther · Post by **klowther** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:01 pm

I used a modified version of the spinning globe with rotating words around it and rendered it to 720x480 and imported into my video project.

No, I meant after you create the avi with Cool3D, what are you using to render the mpg that you are putting on the DVD. The non-square pixels option is not a C3DPS option, but an MSP8 option.

dnavarrojr · Post by **dnavarrojr** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:12 pm

klowther wrote:No, I meant after you create the avi with Cool3D, what are you using to render the mpg that you are putting on the DVD. The non-square pixels option is not a C3DPS option, but an MSP8 option.

VS10+ (I don't have MSP).

--Dave

rwernyei · Post by **rwernyei** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 5:13 am

Render out at dimension size: 720x534

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 5:18 am

VS10+ also has a non square pixels option.

dnavarrojr · Post by **dnavarrojr** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:42 pm

rwernyei wrote:Render out at dimension size: 720x534

Perfect solution! Thanks. Rendering at 720x534 in Cool 3D and then re-rendering to 720x480 in VS10 works perfectly and gives me almost perfect quality.

Many thanks!