Size of still images to use with DVCPRO HD?

[Richard Harrington]

Use the new document presets they are there for both DVCPRO flavors

[Noah Kadner]

Well it kinda depends- 1280×720 is the size you’d create something in Photoshop to look proper once it drops into an FCP timeline(squeezed in 960×720). But let’s say you want to do a move or a zoom into a still image. In that case you’ll want to create a still double sized or more to give you sufficient image resolution so that the zoom doesn’t reveal a lack of resolution or degraded image.

Noah

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[Kat Hayes]

1. Do you meant the “new document presets” that are in Photoshop CS3? If so, unfortunately I do not have it.

2. Is this preset setup in the program as a template?

Thanks!

[Kat Hayes]

I plan to shoot at 1080-30P, and I might do some zooms and pans.

1. Is 1280×720 the frame size for 1080?

2. Should I double this to 2,560×1,440 since I will be doing some zooming and panning?

3. I am guessing that the resolution of the file is not relevant since this is being put into video — is this correct?

4. Why is it squeezed to 960×720 once put in the timeline?

Thanks!!!!

[Richard Harrington]

[Noah Kadner]

[kat.hayes] “plan to shoot at 1080-30P, and I might do some zooms and pans.

1. Is 1280×720 the frame size for 1080?

No actually that is the size for 720p. For 1080, you want 1920×1080, which will be resized to 1440 x 1080.

2. Should I double this to 2,560×1,440 since I will be doing some zooming and panning?

Double yes- but start at 1920×1080 and go up for 1080p.

3. I am guessing that the resolution of the file is not relevant since this is being put into video — is this correct?

Yes it is relevant- 1920×1080. Just don’t get confused between pixel dimension and DPI in Photoshop. Dpi is irrelevant to video only pixel x pixel size.

4. Why is it squeezed to 960×720 once put in the timeline?

Pixels are squished in FCP in order to display the aspect ratio properly. In Photoshop you will want to see them unsqueezed. Trust me this just works, try not to worry about it too much. 1920×1080 is all you need to worry about or 2x 1920×1080 if you want to enlarge a shot by double in FCP.

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[Kat Hayes]

Thanks for posting the video. I am at a coffee shop now and can not view it, though I will do so later.

[Kat Hayes]

1. When you said that “No actually that is the size for 720p. For 1080, you want 1920×1080, which will be resized to 1440 x 1080. ”
By “resized,” do you mean it will automatically do that in the timeline?

2. When you said “Double yes- but start at 1920×1080 and go up for 1080p.”
What do you mean by “go up for 1080p?” Do you mean just double the 1920×1080 if I want to zoom or something else.

3. Are there any potential issues with scanning all my images to 1920×1080 or double 1920×1080 but do not do any zooms or pans on those images but just display them in the timeline? I’m guessing they will just display like any other image. Just want to make sure because I am not sure yet which images I will zoom and pan on.

Thanks!!!!

[Noah Kadner]

YesYesNO.

Noah

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[Mariusz Cichon]

DVCPRO HD in 1080 is being squeezed into 1080×1280 not 1440. If you create picture 1080×1280 pixels in Photoshop it will be resized to 1080×1920 in FCP timeline and it will look correct.

Mariusz