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Main menu > View > Display with aspect ratio: what is it?

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<t>I've been using TVPaint for a while and have just spotted this option, and also the option following it - "display with video". I have searched TVPaint and Google and have not been able to find what either means.<br/>
I'd like to understand and also to know what should be ticked or unticked for these.<br/>
I guess a related question is: where exactly are all those View options explained? <br/>
Many thanks for answers.<br/>
John</t>
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Re: Main menu > View > Display with aspect ratio: what is it?

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Do you remember CRT TVs ?
On those, pixels weren't square, and "Display with Aspect Ratio" simulates this.
I guess today you can safely ignore it (leave it unticked), unless you make your animation specifically for these old devices/video formats (PAL & NTSC)
To see it's effect, you can create an NTSC or PAL project and toggle it on and off.

Display with Video, for what I remember (!), enables you to display the video from a video acquisition board in the background of your project window, but I may be wrong...
That was used for stuff like rotoscoping, etc...
Nowadays your reference footage is all digital and you just import it into a layer.
Quicktime is DEAD. Get over it and move on !
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Re: Main menu > View > Display with aspect ratio: what is it?

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Many thanks for your reply - you have been really helpful.
All the best
John
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020). 3.8 Ghz 8-core Intel Core i7, 128GB 2667 MHz DDR4. MacOS Catalina 10.15.7.
TVPaint Animation 11 Pro (11.5.2-64 bits).
Wacom Cintiq pro 24". Driver using 6.3.43-3 (avoiding 6.3.44-1)
John from Newcastle, johnfromncl Updated 2021-09-24
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