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DVD slideshow
Hi there,
I am using Premier Pro CS5 to create a slide show sequence with a narrator and background music.
My question is .. I have a load of very big images (4500×3000 at 300dpi) and I was wandering would I need to resize them in Photoshop before importing? I need them to be large as I want to do a couple of zooms and pans across the images. Whilst retaining all of the detail.
Also I was just wandering … I need to export onto DVD via Encore …should I make the Premier project 720×576 ? or will I get a better result if I make it an HD project (1280×720) and then export DVD via Encore.
Any help would be very much appreciated 🙂
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4 Replies
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Set up your sequence to the frame size that corresponds to the DVD standard. There’s no point in working at a larger size if you know that you’re just going to scale down for output.
Prepare your still images so that they’re only as large as they need to be. There’s no point in bringing in a bunch of pixels that you aren’t going to use and are going to have to waste computation time on discarding.
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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
Technical Support for professional video software
After Effects Help & Support
Premiere Pro Help & Support
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thanks so much for your reply
Ok will set up a normal DVD 720×576 (D1/DV PAL Widescreen 1.46) sequence as it’s going on DVD
The images are .tiff …would I need to convert them into jpeg or psd? would I need to resize them to 72 dpi? (as 300 dpi means nothing in the video world correct)
Also would I need to go into Photoshop and make sure the pixel aspect ratio on each of the images is D1/DV PAL Widescreen 1.46…before I import them into Premier Pro or should I leave them at 1.0 Square Pixel?
thanks for your time
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> The images are .tiff …would I need to convert them into jpeg or psd?
No. Premiere Pro can import TIFF files.
would I need to resize them to 72 dpi? (as 300 dpi means nothing in the video world correct)
You’re half right.
DPI and PPI mean nothing whatsoever in video. Nothing. People who say “video is 72dpi” are confused. Forget about DPI and PPI. They are irrelevant.
What matters is dimensions (width and height) in pixels. So, if you’re resizing in Photoshop, what matters is that the resulting image is 720×480 or 1920×1080 or whatever is appropriate.
There are tips for preparing still images here.
Also would I need to go into Photoshop and make sure the pixel aspect ratio on each of the images is D1/DV PAL Widescreen 1.46…before I import them into Premier Pro or should I leave them at 1.0 Square Pixel?
Don’t overthink it and try to do things manually that the software will do automatically. The correct approach is to import a file into Premiere Pro and tell it (using Interpret Footage) what the pixel aspect ratio of the item is.
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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
Technical Support for professional video software
After Effects Help & Support
Premiere Pro Help & Support
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right ok
Thanks so much for your help!
🙂
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