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SD 16:9 production workflow?
Anyone have a good explanation on how to appropriately work in 16:9 on my AVID Media Composer?
My questions involve…already acquired 16:9 SD footage on Beta; Graphics prepared in Photoshop (v7 – square pixels); and output to Beta.
Thanks for any help, I know this is fairly vague…but I’m not sure exactly questions I need to ask.
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set your avid to 16:9 (only important for the CG and circle wipes)
If you work in square pixels in photoshop, set up an image with a 16:9 aspect ratio
(1024 x 576 in PAL) and after you’re done, scale the image to your video resolution.
Set your monitor to 16:9 and there really isn’t much more to it…Bouke
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I’m working in NTSC…what is the square pixel dimensions I need to use?
Also, when you say “scale down” do you mean take my 864 x 486 PSD document and then in Photoshop resize to 720 x 486? Is that it…or scale it in the import settings in the avid?
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Whatever you prefer, end result will be the same as for correct aspect ratio.
However, test with a few files to see what looks best for you.
(i never trust an NLE to do ‘proper’ scaling on import, so my pref is to do it in photoshop. But if it looks good, scaling by Avid will improve speed and reduce chances of errors on different revisions…)Bouke
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Bouke,
Thanks for the ideas, I’m finishing it this weekend…so hopefully It will work!
One quick question, when I create GFX for a 4:3 in Photoshop (ver7.0 – so square pixels). I do 720 x 540.
So why would I do 864 x 486 and not 864 x 540?
-JB
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