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Jason Leonard · February 26th, 2009, 08:19 PM

Hey all,
I am new to the AE world and i have a rookie question for all of you AEwarriors.
In AECS3 I am trying to animate a piece of vector art (a pool ball that i am importing as an illustrator file).
The problem that i am getting is when i attempt to animate the ball's rotation it becomes an egg like oval.
Upon further inspection i see that this is the case with all art, even the preset shapes bundled with AE.
Am i just missing something simple here?
Thanks in advance, i know this is a real newbie problem.

Trish Kerr · February 26th, 2009, 09:58 PM

Are you sure you're working in square pixels? What is the video format of the rest of the composition?

Check that toggle icon in the composition window - it's a square with a double directional arrow above it - it toggles between viewing a non square pixel ratio composition as it really is and in its corrected form to the eye - a circle will appear correct with the compensated view on and egg shaped with it turned off

Trish

Jason Leonard · February 27th, 2009, 09:09 AM

Yup! There it is!
Thanks so much!
Blood pressure lowering...vision returning...rage subsiding.

February 26th, 2009, 08:19 PM	#1
Jason Leonard Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NY Posts: 83	real rookie question here Hey all, I am new to the AE world and i have a rookie question for all of you AEwarriors. In AECS3 I am trying to animate a piece of vector art (a pool ball that i am importing as an illustrator file). The problem that i am getting is when i attempt to animate the ball's rotation it becomes an egg like oval. Upon further inspection i see that this is the case with all art, even the preset shapes bundled with AE. Am i just missing something simple here? Thanks in advance, i know this is a real newbie problem.

February 26th, 2009, 09:58 PM	#2
Trish Kerr Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 294	Are you sure you're working in square pixels? What is the video format of the rest of the composition? Check that toggle icon in the composition window - it's a square with a double directional arrow above it - it toggles between viewing a non square pixel ratio composition as it really is and in its corrected form to the eye - a circle will appear correct with the compensated view on and egg shaped with it turned off Trish

February 27th, 2009, 09:09 AM	#3
Jason Leonard Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NY Posts: 83	Yup! There it is! Thanks so much! Blood pressure lowering...vision returning...rage subsiding.