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photoshop file size for import into AE
Hi,
I am making a map in Photoshop and will import it into AE to be eventually Rendered in a 720×480 widescreen comp.
I will be zooming in on my photoshop file up to 200%
I’d like to know what my photoshop image size should be. Are there any internet resources to help me with this?
Or, do i just need to make my file 300 pixels/inch.
I’d apprecaite it if someone could tell me a way to figure out what image size I should use to make a high quality animation in photoshop.
(I can’t use Vectors for this project- that’s why I’m doing it in Photohsop)
Thanks,
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2 Replies
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Hi there,
From what you’re saying you will need a map double the size of your final render because you want to zoom in to 200%….if that makes sense. Basically, any part that you want to fill the screen with (say you want to zoom in on Italy) needs to be the resolution of your comp at a minimum. So if at any time you want to come from a world-map view down to just italy, that means in photoshot, when you measure the pixels across just the italy part, it should be 720 pixels to give you no pixelation when you zoom. This of course makes the whole image 1000s of pixels wide (and high), but that is what you need to take into account if you are going to zoom into parts of any image.
Remember, you can always reduce the size of an image in AE, but once you increase past 100% scale, it will start to pixelate. You can sometimes go up to 110% without it looking to bad, but 200% is quite high without major pixelation.
So this map would be in AE mostly at 50%, and when you zoom in, you scale to 100% centering the section you want to focus on.
Hope I didn’t confuse you.
Alex
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Alex,
Thanks. This is great help.
Best,
Jack
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