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Final Cut Pro Photo Resolution. HELP needed!
I have to scan a TON of photos into FCP. Most of the photos are standard 35mm prints that are 3X5. What resolution should I scan these photos in where they will look best in FCP?
Many Thanks!
dg
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5 Replies
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Do an advanced search in this forum for photo scan, be sure to include the archives. You will find the info you need there.
Jeremy
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Depends on what you want to do with the photos. I usually make them at least double a television frame and make sure they are all 72dpi. Any format will do but I prefer .tif or .pct
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The advice to scan at 72dpi is unnecessary and the concept is usually misunderstood.
There is no dpi in video, there are only pixels. You r video image is about 800×500 pixels depending on your video format. That has nothing to do with resolution or dpi. If you scan your image to be 800×500 pixels, it will fill the screen. If you scan your image to be 1600×1000 pixels, you will need to scale it by 25% to fit it into the screen but you would be able to zoom into the image or pan across it. If you scan your image to create a file that is 400×250 pixels, you will blow each of the pixels up to fit the screen and things will look awful. Scanning to produce an image that is much larger than 4 times your screen size is generally a complete waste of resources.
bogiesan
This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”
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Bogie,
Thanks for the help. I scanned all the images at 600. Didn’t get your message til this afternoon. Will know next time. It just takes so darn long to scan at 1200 res. Any suggestions? Get a new scanner? 🙂
Thanks.
DG
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Be prepared for heaps of problems using high dpi images in FCP. DPI does affect resolution.
Video is rated at 72di.
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