• Adobe Photoshop

  Resizing (?) images for import to video editor

  Posted by Lawrence Mcdonough on December 13, 2005 at 12:32 am

  I am uncertain if I should post here or at the Apple Final Cut Pro forum, so I will try both. I am new to Photoshop. Using Elements 2.0 I need to resize some photo’s that were taken as potrait views and make them like a landscape view for proper viewing in my video editing applications viewer/canvas window, it’s size is 720 x 480. When I import a portrait view it is too narrow and I end up with black vertical bands on each side of the picture on the video timeline. Help?

  Larry

  Jim Kanter replied 20 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Lee115

  December 13, 2005 at 10:31 pm

  How big are the original photos? if they are larger then 720 pixels wide then you can crop them at the right ratio and then resize to 720 x 480. They should import correctly then.

  Josh
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  Jim Kanter

  December 15, 2005 at 12:14 am

  SInce you are planning on outputting to 4:3 NTSC video (DV or DVD) you need to CROP them to 720×534 and then do an IMAGE SIZE to 720×480 (to get the correct pixel aspect ratio for digital video).

  Jim Kanter,
  Digital Film Institute
  http://www.dfilminst.com

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