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using snapshots in premiere pro 1.5
I am putting together a video of 50 years of film, photos, and video that I
will make available for classmates. I am stymied by lack of knowledge about
the proper method of scanning photos taken with ordinary film cameras scanned
into photoshop elements II which are then imported into pro 1.5. the books
that I have do not give enough information. I really need a step-by-step
guide of applications and numbers. I’ve read of a need for high resolution
and large file numbers, but steps and methods are left out. Has anyone done
this with non-professional cameras, tape, and photos to direct me with some
do’s and don’t’s?
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I will share a little information;)
First, the resolution required for your scanning will depend on the amount of zoom (if any) you plan on doing inside Premiere on these pictures.
If you are working on standard NTSC DV, and plan on say zooming in 200% and/or pan, then you will need a resolution of at least roughly 1300×900 pixels (Twice the standard resolution of NTSC). If you only plan on using static shots (no zoom or pan), then you only need (exactly) a 648×432 “PIXELS” resolution (Square Pixels), that will translate to 720×480 when you import them into Premiere. (Make sure that scale to frame size is disabled in Premiere)
Because I am not sure about the limitation of Photoshop Elements I will let someone else tell you how to do that part 😉
The most difficult part will be cropping the images without losing vital information (I am assuming that you will be working in 4:3 NTSC DV), and so on an horizontal 6×4 picture, you will need to crop the sides so that they fit in that ratio, unless you don’t mind just squeezing them to fit (I wouldn’t:-). Again, in Photoshop you can set a fixed crop size, and I’m not sure that’s available in Elements.
Anyway, the amount of steps you take depends on the time you have to spend on it, and the quality students with be expecting from you 😉
I’ll let others jump in…
Vince
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Correction: I said static images should be 648×432, but meant to say 648×480 😉
Vince
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Quality begins with the scan. In the scanner settings choose 200 DPI for most photos, maybe 300 for tiny pics.
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I have a Sony F-717 still camera. I put the photos in a clear 8×10 photo frame and aim a standed soft light to the photo.(no flash just a bulb) The camera stand in tripod too. I make white balance, frame the photo to be taken and shoot.
In a minute I can take 13-15 photos.
Its very frustating to scan one by one or a group in a scanner; rename each scanning and then going to PS to crop each one and rename again…
I don’t have the patient! -
In Photoshop, you should look into the automated batch feature, very useful for this type of thing.
Vince
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