Jeff Pulera
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In the Clip Bin, right-click the clip and choose “Interpret Footage” and select one of the Widescreen aspect settings (NTSC or PAL) and that shouild do it
Jeff Pulera
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The resolution of a DVD is fixed (720×480 for NTSC), maybe it is 720×576 for PAL users, so your project setting in CS4 should match the standard for your region, either NTSC or PAL. Basically, you want to match your DV video footage, so 720×576 PAL 48k audio (choose Standard or Widescreen).
Whatever size photos you have, CS4 will scale them to fit into that standard video-sized frame. In CS4 Preferences, check the box for “Scale to Frame” prior to Importing photos. If already imported, you can right-click photos on timeline and choose Scale to Frame there manually.
The only way you could get a higher resolution from your photos to your HD display would be to edit in an HD preset and burn to Blu-ray, DVD resolution is always “standard definition”. Most newer DVD players offer a hardware upconvert to HD output that looks good.
Jeff Pulera
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If trying to use HD footage in an SD timeline, you need to right-click the clip on the timeline and select “Scale to Frame Size”. This can be set as a default in Preferences, then any clips imported after that will be automatically scaled.
If you mean to be working in HD, then as Vince said, make sure Project settings match the footage
Jeff Pulera
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Hi Sam,
If you want each pic to be 1 frame in duration, you can import the stills as an image sequence. Go to the Import requester, select just the FIRST still (assuming they are numbered sequentially), and then at the bottom of the requester, check the box for “still sequence” (says something like that) and then hit OK and all the stills will be brought in as one single clip.
I suppose you could then add some slow-motion if you want it to run longer, haven’t tried that myself.
Jeff Pulera
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Are you certain the video was not shot as 16:9 in the camera? Whether shooting 4:3 or 16:9 DV, it is always the same number of pixels, only the Pixel Aspect Ratio changes. If it was 16:9 footage and you captured it in a 4:3 project, the clips might say 4:3, but they will look squished in the 4:3 project.
Right-click a clip in the Clip Bin and choose Interpret Footage and select a widescreen DV aspect setting from the drop down. The clip should then get letterboxed on the timeline and if the proportions look correct, then it must be a 16:9 clip.
If so, you can import the clips into a 16:9 project and you may need to use Interpret Footage on them (I believe you can multi-select and do them all at once).
Jeff Pulera
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Hi Diane,
Make sure the images use RGB color and NOT CYMK, which is for print images. Also, make sure the dimensions are not too super-huge, SD video is 720×480, HD is at most 1920×1080, so for instance 6000×6000 images are overkill and may not even work, I don’t know offhand what the size limit is in CS4.
Jeff Pulera
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Hi Joe,
Even though CS4 supports AVCHD, it can be difficult to work with. It may be easier to work with an intermediate codec such as Cineform NeoScene, it has a free trial download you can experiment with.
Jeff Pulera
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Hi Joe,
There ARE software plug-ins to upres SD to HD, but really, most newer DVD players have hardware upconvert built-in when playing DVD out to an HD display. Either way, you are starting out with a 720×480 source, so I see no benefit in converting to HD and burning to Blu-ray; it will look no better than letting the DVD player or display “blow it up” for you.
Unless you are producing an HD program for broadcast and must mix-in some SD footage, I wouldn’t bother with converting.
Jeff Pulera
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Hi Dan,
Though the camera should work with Class 4, note that the new 16GB and 32GB cards available from Panasonic are Class 10. You get what you pay for I guess. I saw some Class 4 cards over at the wholesale club the other day dirt cheap, but I’d be nervous shooting with them on a commercial project
Jeff Pulera
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I would look at an intermediate codec that is easier on the system, as AVCHD is not really meant for editing. Check out Cineform NeoScene. There will be no quality loss, but it will edit much faster. You can download a free trial to test it.
Jeff Pulera
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