• Adobe Encore DVD

  Menu Image Resolution – URGENT HELP NEEDED!

  Posted by Will Gaffney on September 25, 2007 at 12:09 pm

  I’m currently in the process of authoring a DVD in Encore CS3 and have designed the menu’s using Photoshop CS3. The menu files have the following specs:

  1600 x 900 pixels @ 150 pixels per inch

  Pixel Aspect Ratio is Square

  All the images I have created are crystal clear but when I build a DVD using these images and play it back on any screen be it computer monitor or TV, all backgrounds/buttons etc are blurry and just look terrible.

  Can anyone explain why this might be and what is the best solution to rectify the problem?

  Will Gaffney replied 18 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Mike Velte

  September 26, 2007 at 1:24 pm

  In Photoshop CS3, begin by creating a new blank file using the Film and Video preset and the the NTSC size.
  Add your elements and preview at 100% zoom.
  Stick with NTSC safe colors and Sans serif fonts.
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  Will Gaffney

  September 26, 2007 at 1:33 pm

  Sorry, forgot to mention a couple of things…

  1. I’m in Australia and therefore use the PAL format

  2. The project is in 16:9

  Should I just use the DV Pal widescreen settings in Photoshop?
  I only ask this as all the text and images still appear distorted.

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