• Adobe Photoshop

  New File Preset for Video

  Posted by John Grote, jr. on February 20, 2006 at 8:45 pm

  Good day,

  I am beginning my path of learning Photoshop CS. My question is what File presets are you using for 720×486 NTSC Video? Are you working with 720×540, 72 resolution, background (transparent) and Pixel Aspect Ratio (square)? If so how than are you saving the final file, ie., pct? What size, etc?

  Thank you to all that may answer!!!

  John

  Wayne Williams replied 20 years, 2 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  Tim Kurkoski

  February 21, 2006 at 3:06 am

  I use the presets in Photoshop (CS2, but CS has the same) to create 720×480, 0.9 pixel aspect ratio.

  That’s all that really matters. Sometimes I start with transparent, sometimes white, it depends on what I’m doing. The resolution doesn’t matter. (Repeat after me: The resolution doesn’t matter. The resolution doesn’t matter. — This is a hard lesson for many people to learn, but ppi/dpi resolution means exactly zero in video.)

  I save my files as .PSD.
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  Jim Kanter

  February 24, 2006 at 5:22 pm

  I use the 720×486 preset.

  720 x 486
  72 ppi
  RGB
  Transparent
  D1/DV NTSC (0.9)

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

  February 27, 2006 at 7:59 pm

  I’m resizing pict;s in photoshop that will be transfered for a video. they must be sized at a 4 by 3 percent or ratio. How do I do that. Is it crop procedure or an image file size change.

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