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Importing DDR-based footage
To find out if After Effects plug-ins are available for your digital disk recorder (DDR),
contact your DDR manufacturer.
You can bring DDR-based footage into an After Effects project in two ways. First, you can
work with the footage while it remains on the DDR, essentially treating the DDR as a
remote hard disk. You can also transfer the footage to your hard disk and import it into an
After Effects project as you would any other file.
For information on using your specific DDR with After Effects, refer to your DDR manufac-
turer's plug-in documentation.
Setting up frames and fields for DDR-based footage
When working with DDR-based footage in After Effects, make sure that your Composition
Settings, Render Settings, and the Interpret Footage dialog boxes for the footage files are
all set to the fps used by your DDR. If the frame rate in the Interpret Footage dialog box is
29.97 and the Composition Settings frame rate is 30 fps, the footage will appear with
duplicate frames.
It is also important to separate fields when importing DDR-based footage. Make sure that
the field settings in the Interpret Footage and Render Settings dialog boxes are the same;
otherwise, the footage will preview and render with the wrong field order, causing the
footage to play back with a jerky appearance. See "Using interlaced video in After Effects"
on page 43.
For information on using your specific DDR with After Effects, refer to your DDR manufac-
turer's plug-in documentation.
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