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Physical Dimensions of a SD 480i Project
I want to import still images into a SD 480 FCP project. I might do some zooms on parts of the pictures.
1. What is the native resolution/physical dimensions of video or images that are included in the timeline?
2. How much bigger should I make the ones that I will zoom on?
Thanks in advance.
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3 Replies
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720 X 480 nonsquare pixels
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A general rule.
An image double the frame size 1440x 960 with the same dimensions as your source will let you zoom in to about 150% to 175% quite easily.
A maximum of 150 DPI but 72 DPI is enough.
DO not make the common mistake of using high DPI files (it does not make a difference but it forces FCP to do far more calculating than it has to.
David
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DPI means Dots Per Inch (IN PRINT)
PPI means Pixels per inch.. which is how graphics are measure
Inches means nothing in the world of video as the same signal goes to screens of all sizes
DPI/PPI mean NOTHING to video..
Total pixel count
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