[Joseph Mclachlan]

Hello,

I was wondering which application you use Motion Tab in. Photoshop or FCP?

check “constrain proportions” you need to retain the image format, resize to 720 and ignore vertical pixels (unless it is less than 576 in which case you will have to resize to larger than 720 so that vertical ends up with 576) and manipulate with motion (motion tab) so that what end up being cropped is what you can afford to lose.

Thanks

Joe

17″ PowerBook G4, OS 10.4.6, Final Cut Studio, Photoshop CS2, Canopus ADVC110

[Joseph Mclachlan]

Thanks for clearing that up for me John.

You made it perfectly clear. I’ve made my final project, gigantic, unnecessarily.

Now I should be able to create and control my images, and understand what to expect for my finished project, whilst I’m editing.

Thanking you.

Joseph

17″ PowerBook G4, OS 10.4.6, Final Cut Studio, Photoshop CS2, Canopus ADVC110

[Joseph Mclachlan]

Thank you Richard.

I will take your advice on board and endevour to sharpen and hone my skills with FCP and photoshop.

Hopefully I can get it right, reduce file size and speed up production.

Pointing me to your tutorials and blog will be of great value.

Thanks again

Love the COW!!!

Joseph

17″ PowerBook G4, OS 10.4.6, Final Cut Studio, Photoshop CS2, Canopus ADVC110

[Joseph Mclachlan]

Hello John,

Sorry for the late reply. I appreciate your time in helping me understand how to activate title safe guides within photoshop.

When you do file – new, you get at least on Windows, a window that has a custom preset at the top with an arrow that pulls down when you click it and all the presets are there, including down toward the bottom, the ones called (with guides). These are the ones you want.

I have been using images at 300 dpi for my TV slideshows and now I am lost as to what the best scanning resolution is for video slideshows. I have used the preset: PAL D1/DV 720 x 526 (with guides), and using the copy and paste, I’ve imported an image that was 300 dpi. Sure enough it was giant when I pasted into the new document with guides, at 72.

Any attempt to change the 72 dpi and the preset becomes a cutom preset and I loose the guides. Does this mean that for TV you only need image to be 72 dpi?

The method I have been using from start to finish is as follows:

1. Scan photo at 300dpi
2. Save image as a jpeg then crop and lighten till satisfied
3. Import into Final Cut Pro and add transitions
4. Export FCP file to Compressor and Compress file

I’d like to be in complete control and know what I will be able to view, at the best resolution, without any unwanted cropping or distortion.

If you could please help that would be much appreciated

Thanking you,

Joseph

17″ PowerBook G4, OS 10.4.6, Final Cut Studio, Photoshop CS2, Canopus ADVC110

[Joseph Mclachlan]

Thank you for your response Tim,

Photoshop CS2 has preset document sizes that match common video frame sizes and pixel aspect ratios, and they include guides that match the video safe margins.

I’ve tried to find the automataic guides for the Title safe area within photoshop but I cannot seem to locate where and how to activate them. Even though there is an image in Photoshop Help that shows the guides in action.

You can also created new guides on an existing document by using View > New Guide, and entering a percentage value. The standard sizes for safe guides are 10% and 20%. (For Photoshop, since you’ll have to create guides for each side and each orientation, that’s 8 guides total: 10% horiz. and vert., 20% h. and v., 80% h. and v., and 90% h. and v.)

Was wondering if the auto title safe area is a more accurate representation, or is the manual method mentioned above, the best method?

thanks again,

Joseph

17″ PowerBook G4, OS 10.4.6, Final Cut Studio, Photoshop CS2, Canopus ADVC110

[Joseph Mclachlan]

Thank you Shane,

I truly appreciate your time and effort on this. I know I need to put my head down and work this out myself . . . Sorry if my questions seem elementary. thanks again.

Joseph

17″ PowerBook G4, OS 10.4.6, Final Cut Studio, Photoshop CS2, Canopus ADVC110

[Joseph Mclachlan]

Hello Shane,

Thank you for your response.

I swear that I have saved the job before closing, and I opened the file in the vault that was the 3rd last version to be saved. (which thankfully was the version I was looking for)

Is it possible that I opened a file from the auto-save vault and by saving the file manually could have saved that version instead of my file in my projects folder?

How can I streamline my work flow and HDrive space by cutting down the amount of versions on my Scratch Disk so I’m using only one file in my projects folder.? Are there any tutorials available?

Kind regards,

Joseph

17″ PowerBook G4, OS 10.4.6, Final Cut Studio, Photoshop CS2, Canopus ADVC110

[Joseph Mclachlan]

Thanks Timothy,

I was creating a file for print . . . However, I wanted to send a proof via email and the file was about 8MB.

So I had to adjust a low-res file in Photoshop to reduce the file size.

I was hoping that there could be another method to create a trasparent (alpha) channel that didn’t seem so awkward.

Thanks for clearing that up for me.

Take Care

Joseph

[Joseph Mclachlan]

Thank you very much Tom,

The method of extracting the audio worked a treat!!!!

I’m very happy and cannot praise the COW enough.

I love being a part of this community.

I’ll most likely need some more guidance in the not to distant future . . . All the best.

Joseph

[Joseph Mclachlan]

Thank you Tom