oval circle - aftereffects and illustrator

[perik]

Hi!

Im making the credits for my shortfilm in aftereffects. I want to have my logo in the credits. the logo is made in illustrator but when I import the logo into after effects its oval and not a perfect circle.

My settings in aftereffects is:
Preset: HDV 1080 25
Width: 1440
Height: 1080
Pixel Aspect ratio: HDV 1080/DVCPRO HD 720 (1,33)

Ive understood this has to do with the pixel aspect ratio is different in illustrator and after effects? am I correct?

but how do I correct this problem?

The settings above is the same as on the filmed material (as you probably understand)

thanks

Per

[guns1inger]

There is probably a proper way to do this, but one method that works is to build your comp as 1920 X 1080 Square Pixel and work in this resolution until the comp is finished. When it is done, drop this comp into a new comp that is 1440 X 1080, which will make your circle an oval again. Render it out, but encode it with the correct 16:9 Aspect Ratio. It will now match your existing 16:9 footage.

[perik]

ok, thanks! sounds like it would solve it

are there any other way doing this?

[edDV]

ok, thanks! sounds like it would solve it

are there any other way doing this?

Recent versions of Photoshop allow working in non-square PAR project settings but with square pixel preview for computer display. I'd assume Illustrator has this feature. It should be explained in the docs. Otherwise, preview on an HDTV.