You use the Avid After Effects EMP plug-in mainly to preview colors, objects, and anti-aliased text on an NTSC or PAL monitor without having to export the composition to the Avid editing application.

The Avid After Effect EMP plug-in accurately converts colors produced in After Effects to color values that can be displayed on an NTSC or PAL monitor. It converts RGB 4:4:4 values to the YUV 4:2:2 values used for video output.

Playback motion won't be as smooth on the external monitor because After Effects displays full progressive frames rather than interlaced fields. In order to view the interlaced video, you must render the composition with the Field Render option active and then import the composition into the Avid editing application.

In order to view the identical image that you will see on the Avid editing application, select one of the following resolutions for your After Effects composition:

If you use another resolution, After Effects resizes the image when it displays it on the external monitor. This might cause some softening of the image. Color representation will still be correct, but the display quality will differ from the image you will see in the Avid editing application.