Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 1412)

2 Create the graphic.
3 Do one of the following:
• In your graphics program, rescale the graphic from the square frame size used to create
it to the nonsquare equivalent used in Motion.
• Save your image as is.
Within your Motion project, select the object in the Media tab of the project window,
open the Media tab in the Inspector, then choose the correct aspect ratio from the Pixel
Aspect Ratio pop-up menu.
Square pixel size
(graphics program)
Aspect ratio
Nonsquare 4:3 pixel
size (Motion)
Video format
720 x 547 0.9 720 x 486 601-NTSC 4:3
853 x 486 1.2 720 x 486 601-NTSC 16:9
Anamorphic
720 x 540 0.9 720 x 480 DV-NTSC 4:3
853 x 480 1.2 720 x 480 DV-NTSC 16:9
Anamorphic
768 x 576 1.07 720 x 576 601/DV-PAL 4:3
1024 x 576 1.42 720 x 576 601/DV-PAL 16:9
Anamorphic
1280 x 720 1.0 NA 720i/p high definition
1920 x 1080 1.0 NA 1080i/p high definition
Working with Standard Definition (SD) Video Monitors and Computer
Displays
Standard definition (SD) video monitors differ from computer displays in a significant
way (aside from interlacing): computer displays represent images using a grid of square
pixels, while video monitors use pixels that are rectangular in shape.
720 x 486 Broadcast
(720 x 480 DV)
640 x 480
1412 Appendix B Video and File Formats