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DVD Menu Quality
Hello!
I need to make high quality DVD’s. I’m using DVD Studio Pro and whenever I create a menu, no matter how high the resolution, it always turns out pixelated. Any idea how I can make a DVD menu that is high quality? Is there a better software for this?
Thanks!
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What are you using for your source? Are these video backgrounds or stills? More info please.
Noah
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Hey, I’m running into the same issue.
I was given a menu created in Photoshop that consists of 11 layers (background + a Normal and Selected layer for each of the 5 buttons). Misc graphics were merged with the Background, and the button layers each rasterized individually. They want it to show up full screen on a 16:9 monitor and letterboxed on a 4×3 monitor. It was created at 1920×1080 at 150 dpi and set to Square Pixels.
No one is happy with the quality. The type is not crisp/clear and shows bad jagged edges.
I can probably provide more info if you ask me, but can’t think of what else to say here.
J O H N H U N T E R
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You have to resize the images in Photoshop, all DVDs are 720×480 non-square pixel. To convert you need to make it 853×720 and down sample the resolution to 72 p/inch. The image will look correct at this point.
Then unselect “Constrain Proportions” and make the image 720×480 (For NTSC) resolution still at 72.
This will help greatly with image quality.
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