CGTalk - stretch wmv in AE7

anim84food

01-28-2008, 08:33 PM

I'm having a problem in AfterEffects 7 when creating a wmv file. My comp size is 1706x960, and on rendering I want to stretch it down to 1280x960. When playing the resulting movie file in Windows Media Player, I want the movie to appear stretched horizontally. In AE 6.5, I could simply check the "stretch" checkbox, enter my new dimensions, and the resulting movie would display stretched in WMP. In AE7, however, no matter what I do, the resulting movie always displays with black bars on the top and bottom, and the picture is displayed as though WMP is compensating for my stretching in AE. Does anyone have a solution for this? Is there simply something I'm overlooking?

evanfotis

01-29-2008, 08:02 AM

why don't you create a new comp in ae 1280x960 and throw your 1706x960 comp in there.
Just hit Ctrl+Alt+F and it will stretch to fit.
Render directly from there..

anim84food

01-29-2008, 02:56 PM

Thanks, that's what I ended up doing... I was hoping someone could tell me why it wasn't working. Works with every other file type, and used to work with wmv in 6.5. Thanks for the response.

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