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best still resolution for video?
Is there a set standard for still resolution and best file type for using in video projects?
Thanks!
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15 Replies
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No.
Dimensions are based on are you doing moves or not, are you working in DV, SD or HD.
No set standard. For SD, if you are doing no moves, then 720×486 (DPI is unimportant). If you want to do moves, the pixel dimensions shoul dbe at least double your project resolution. Again…DPI is unimportant.
Shane
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[Shane Ross] “Again…DPI is unimportant.”
Actually, I’ve found that 72dpi is the lowest you want for a still graphic in video. Anything under that does not hold up well.
anything over that is just overkill.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.comDirector, “The Rough Cut”
https://www.theroughcutmovie.comNow Posting “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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[walter biscardi] “[Shane Ross] “Again…DPI is unimportant.”
Actually, I’ve found that 72dpi is the lowest you want for a still graphic in video. Anything under that does not hold up well.”
Walter, I’m with Shane on this, DPI is meaningless on video timeline.
DIMENSIONS X by X pixels are all that counts.
720 by 480 @ 72 DPI
is the same on the timeline as
720 x 480 @ 300 DPI
is the same on the timeline as
720 x 480 @ 2 DPI.This is NOT applicable to SCANNING photos, however.
With SCANNING, the DPI settings are very important.
You need to set those to a MINIMUM of 72 DPI, as you said. -
thank you both. very helpful.
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Yep. I even read it in the manual somewhere that DPI is not acknowledged by FCP. Might have been AE manual. But same concept. It’s meaningless.
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[Bret Williams] ”
Yep. I even read it in the manual somewhere that DPI is not acknowledged by FCP.”What you’ll find that a higher DPI image shows up as a larger pixel by pixel size in FCP than a smaller DPI image. Not sure why, but it seems to work that way.
As a test, create a 720×486 image at 400 DPI in Photoshop. Save it and then create an 800×600 image at 72 DPI. Bring them both into FCP. You’ll see that the 400 DPI image is much larger and you can easily do zoom in / zoom out moves on it while the 72 DPI image is just good for stills. If you zoom in on the 72 DPI image it will start to fall apart.
Again, I have no idea why this is, but it’s how it works here.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.comDirector, “The Rough Cut”
https://www.theroughcutmovie.comNow Posting “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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[walter biscardi] “Save it and then create an 800×600 image at 72 DPI.”
actually, meant to say make that 720×486 as well.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.comDirector, “The Rough Cut”
https://www.theroughcutmovie.comNow Posting “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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What about JPEG or TIFF. Is there a friendlier file?
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Ok. So I did and you are absolutely wrong. I don’t know what you’re doing or think you’re doing, but importing a 720×480 72dpi image and a 720×480 400dpi image into FCP yields EXACTLY the same results. Pixel for pixel as others have said. It always has for the last 5 years. You can even zoom into both images 400% if you like in the timeline and flip between them or do a split screen and you won’t see even a micropixel of change. The dpi data is completely irrelevant.
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psd imports as a layered sequence. That’s pretty friendly. No reason to use jpeg if you have uncompressed tifs available. Jpeg, even at 100% is still compressed.
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