Importing HD graphics

[Joe Womble]

What will you be using to move the HD stills? Moving Picture? RED? AE? Avid Pan and Scan?

Regards,

Joe Womble

[Sakaenyc]

Moving Picture most likely. Thanks.

[Sakaenyc]

Moving Picture most likely. Thanks.

[Joe Womble]

If you’re using the plug-in version of Moving Picture, the parameters should be set for the project size, etc. You just need to scan a photo at no larger than 8,000 X 8,000 pixels and import it. From Stagetools web site:

“MovingPicture will accept images up to 8,000 by 8,000 pixels in size. Most scanner software have an option to specify the image size by pixels. In general, 1,500 to 2,000 pixels is the best size to use for most shows, unless you are really zooming in very tight. As a rule of thumb, you want to have at least 400 pixels to preserve image quality. For example, you could safely zoom in to one-fifth of the picture by using a 2,000 pixel image. This is somewhat subjective though, as some images hold up better than others.”

I use RED a lot for moving on still images. Works great for me. Again, using it as a plug-in sets the parameters within the program based on the format of the project I’m in. Then I just scan a picture (very large if I’m going to do a lot of movement, not so large if not) and RED takes care of making sure it will work with my project settings from there.

You should do a quick test in your project by scanning one picture, doing a move on it and playing back to see if it’s what you had in mind. If not, let us know and we can guide you from there.

Regards,

Joe Womble

[Terence Fernandes]

I do not know your project settings. However I hope this helps (you can consult your CGI team as to the frame size etc that they have used to create your image stills/sequence).

You have to open a new project with the settings you would be outputting to. Eg. Format HD YCC 422 – 1080psf or 1080i and then chose your frame rate.

To import your images. Trace the path of your files in Win Explorer & paste it on the DS address space. hen right click and go to capture settings. Here you can vary the compression if u want. In your Media Capture window – click on “Keep Alpha” & Premultiplied Alpha. Input Levels should be “Graphics” since this is a CGI image and not Video.

Thanks