[Carlos Angeli]

I forgot to say that I have used this same process with other videos and it worked fine. So I´m guessing it´s something related with this particular kind of video. The original file is DV PAL 25 fps and I´m keeping the same format for the Premiere sequence and for Encore as well.

[Carlos Angeli]

Hi. I redid the psd files in the same seuqence size using Photoshop DV presets. Back into Premiere created a new sequence (DV PAL widescreen) and put the imported PSD. Quality has improved, and process became simpler. Thank you so much to everyone for your answers.

Andy, thanks for taking the time to answer my post so many times. I really appreciate it.

[Carlos Angeli]

Thanks Andy. I have the original PSD, so I will resize it to the same size than the DV PAL Widescreen sequence before importing it as an asset.

I will let you know how it went. You´ve been really helpfull.

[Carlos Angeli]

That I din´t know. I took 1366 x 768 from th TV specs and thought that was the size I was suposed to work on.

[Carlos Angeli]

Thanks Andy. I´ll give it a try.

What still doesn´t seem right is that having used the same resolution from the TV specs, the image wouldn´t fit into the screen area.

I guess I´ll make o psd with the same DV PAL size (720 x 576) and see what happens. Any other ideas are welcome.

[Carlos Angeli]

Andy,

thanks for the quick response and advice. But I´m not zooming in on a still. Actually I had to scale down the hole sequence with a psd in it, because part of it wouldn´t fit inside the screen area.

I first started on a 1366 x 768 px sequence because I looked up on the internet for the TV specs. When I sent it to the client, it didn´t fit on the screen. So I scaled it down by putting it inside another sequence, this time DV PAL preset. That seems to fit just fine (haven´t been able to see it in person) but I do know that when I look at the end result on my monitor the psd images look blurry.

I would expect some quality loss in the mpeg file that plays in one part of the screen since I guess is being recompressed, but I thought that the psd next to it would look perfect being still image with great quality. Maybe I´m mistaken about this.

[Carlos Angeli]

Hi Ann. Thanks for answering.

A couple more questions:

1. Do you think that scalling down the psd is what´s making it look worse?

2.This is suposed to play on a dvd. The TV is a 42″ LCD TV that has a 1366 x 768 px resolution. I first made the psd and the project with that same size but it wouldn´t fit entirely on the screen. I then took that same sequence and put it inside a smaller one(DVPAL preset). That solved the fitting issue but may have caused quality loss.

3.I`m not sure wether to use a DV PAL preset or a NTSC preset. The TV is suposed to be PAL, but does it matter since the video is coming from a DVD?

[Carlos Angeli]

Hi Ann. Thanks for answering. My account took a long time to get activated and I couldn´t use it until now.

-The trailer is played in a 42″ LCD TV that has a 1366 x 768 px resolution, from a DVD player.

-I get a trailer on a DVD (vob). From then I go into Premiere import as an asset, and put inside a new sequence, let´s say sequence 1.
Then create another sequence (2) that has an original background design (psd file) and put sequence 1 in it´s timeline, since I need the trailer to be displayed in a smaller part of the screen while still showing the psd behind it.

Sequence 2 had the same resolution than the TV (1366 x 768) but then created one last sequence (DVPAL widescreen preset) and scaled down the previous one (2).

That seems to have worked at least for fitting in the screen though I´m not sure about the quality. I have only seen it in my computer and the quality is not as good as I would like it to be.

I´m in PAL land.

Thanks