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confusion for NTSC widescreen graphics
We are making a video consisting of still images and graphics. One version will be PAL widescreen and the other will be NTSC widescreen.
For PAL widescreen I’ve found that a graphic made in an Adobe Illustrator document with the dimension of 1024X576 looks fine in FCP. Whether or not I take the graphic into photoshop to convert to the PAL pixel aspect ratio, it makes no difference in FCP. Why is this?
Also, we need to make everything for NTSC as well, and I am having a hard time finding the proper dimensions for NTSC widescreen. Illustrator brings up 864X480, but it doesn’t seem wide enough. After creating the graphic, will converting it to NTSC pixel aspect ratio fix this?
Thanks
Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
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3 Replies
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Try 853×480.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
Dave,
To answer your question, the images will not be moving. They will be static and we will add 3D text in Illustrator to make it look like the text is in the “scene.” The images will simply cut from one to another. The reason we will use Illustrator for the text is because the 3D extrude tool works quite nicely and will work better than trying to fake 3D text in Motion or After Effects. The text will not be moving, so it shouldn’t cause any problems when creating the illusion of 3D.
One question for you though: I think I will take up your idea of starting with 1280X720 and then down-converting, but why do the NTSC version first? Will it make a difference if I do the PAL version first. We happen to need the PAL version for the client first.
Thanks for the help.
Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
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Or how about 1920 x 1080. Seems overkill but I bet they would work for both sequences and if by chance in 6 months they want to have a full HD version on Blu Ray, you are ready!
Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media
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