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Photoshop and DV in FCP – PAL dimensions?
Shane Ross suggests in his very helpful Ultimate Real World FCP FAQ that Photoshop stills should not match the dimensions of the DV project.
Shane does the computations for I guess an NTSC project – what would the recommended dimensions be for a PAL 720 x 576 DV project?
Darryl
Here’s Shane’s post:
Shane’s Stock Answer #23: Photoshop and DV in FCP
If you want to work with photos in Final Cut Pro, full sized, then you need to choose slightly different dimensions than 720×486.This is because FCP pixels are rectangular and Photoshop works with square pixels.
Set the dimensions in Photoshop: 720×534. Do that and your pictures will import properly and fill the screen.
FYI, “DPI” or “Dots Per Inch” is meaningless in FCP. That term only pertains to PRINT media, not video…as there are not “dots.” Pixel dimensions are all that matter.
After you’ve made your graphic, go to Image Size and, making sure Constrain Proportions is deselected and Bicubic is selected, change the height of the image to 480 or 486, as appropriate.
If you want to make stills to use in Final Cut Pro, then you need to make the dimensions larger. Typical suggestions are twice as large as the project settings you are using them in. If 720×480 then the pics should be 1440×960. If 1920×1080, then 3840×2260.
Dazzer
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Use 800×600.
Dan
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Actually, the dimensions are different Shane. For DV, it’s 720 x 540, not 720 x 534.
It’s all here in this article: https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=36836
Kevin Monahan
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro
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