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1280 X 720 DVD menu from PS
i am assembling a DVD using mostly moving backgrounds at 1280 X 720. now i have to make a few extra menus so i thought that a 1280 X 720 document ( square pixels ) in PS would come in cleanly but its squished in on the sides a bit leaving dark lines and the text ( and images to a lesser degree ) are very jaggie and look bad. i have the menus set to 16:9 and to display letterboxed on a 4:3 TV but when i simulate there is no setting that looks passable. any ideas ? i thought doing graphics and text in PS was supposed to be the higher road.
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i am using DVD studio pro 4.2 on a mac 10.5.5
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Never judge quality in simulator, that is not what it is for.
DVD is always 720×480 and 16:9 pixel ratio is 1.2 vs. .9 for 4:3. Images need to be converted before importing them into DVDSP.
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ok, i will try building them at the more appropriate dimensions. odd that the movies (m2v) down scale better than the still. thanks for your input.
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I believe I had read at one time that DVD menus are always 4:3, even if the program itself is 16:9 video. This has been my experience with PC-based DVD authoring software, and also when I watch a DVD from Blockbuster, the menu is 4:3 even when movie itself is 16:9
Jeff Pulera
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Most Hollywood discs are 16×9 menus (pan/scan)
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