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Graphic Reqirements for TV/DVD
Hello,
I’m editing a project that will be output to TV and DVD. The graphic artist is asking for the requirements for pixel size and pixel ratio.
I have been reading some of the other posts and it looks like 720×480 4:3 works the best but I wanted to be sure. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Neobe -
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DVDs are 720×480 but with a distored pixel aspect ratio. (The pixels aren’t square like on a computer.
IF your designer is using Photoshop CS1 or above, tell them to start a new file and pick the preset “NTSC DV 720×480 (with guides)”
That will make a 720×480 file but one that will account for the distorted pixels. They can work as usual after that.
If that’s NOT an option then they should work on a 640×480 file. Once they’re done they should copy it into a 720×480 file and STRETCH it width-wise to make it fit, edge to edge. That would work too.
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It would depend on you, since you are the editor.
How do you capture and output 720×480 or 720×486? -
What? Why would someone want to create a smaller file and stretch it out? The most suggested method, and by the way it’s all spelled out very clearly in the graphics section of the FCP manual, it’s in the on-line help, and it’s been discussed thousands of times in this forum; that’s a hint that you should do a little search before asking it for the 2,000th time 🙂
If you’re *not* using Photoshop CS1 or later, create a 720×540 graphic to fit a 720×480 video, if it’s a 720×486 video, make it a 720×547 graphic.
It’s really spelled out in detail if you RTFM!
Ed[Jeff Carpenter] “If that’s NOT an option then they should work on a 640×480 file. Once they’re done they should copy it into a 720×480 file and STRETCH it width-wise to make it fit, edge to edge. That would work too.”
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