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Two Different Outputs
Hello all:
I am working on a project that requires to be able to play on a computer screen (QuickTime or WMV) and TV (DVD). I will be preparing the images in Photoshop first and then import them into Premiere Pro CS3.
What is the best way to approach this? Do I make two separate Premiere files keeping in mind that the aspect ratio is different between a computer screen and a TV, or can I just use one working file and export into the desired outputs?
Thanks for your help.
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When you create a new file in photoshop, you can size your canvas to match Premiere. 720 x 480, resolution 72 and when click the advanced arrow expansion and under “pixel aspect ratio” you can select D1/DV NTSC .91. Now this is basically a preview, so if you export as a JPG, it will go to square pixels (1.0)… but you can always resize your graphics to “640 x 480” to get them to 1.0 and display right on a computer monitor.
As for your .wmv or quicktime playback… that’s fine, but if it’s quicktime, it will be a large file. I would compare WMV to MPEG 1. MPEG 1 is more universal. If you don’t have a windows media player or quicktime movie player on the machine, the person will be out of luck depending on the format you output. MPEG 1 (.mpg) files are universal (for the most part) and playback on most every player!
You don’t need to create two separate projects. Just export through media encoder based on your output. (Once for DVD, a second time for MPEG 1). When you setup your playback for the PC, try and export as large as possiable at the max size that works for you. I always try to push DVD playback on PC’s because the quality is the best!
Tim Robinson
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