Neal Broffman
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[Chris Poisson] “As you can see from the answers, it is the size that matters”
Yes, but the size is dictated by two variables: dpi and image size (pixel dimensions)both of which need to be adjusted in order to maximize editing happiness (both yours and your system’s). You do not need anything over 72dpi in video. Chances are the stills sent to you by your client are much higher than 72dpi because in order to print your photos on paper you need at least 150 dpi and greater to have a decent looking image…on paper. Video is different so throw out the stuff you don’t need.
Go into Photoshop or one of the other programs suggested, and re-size your photos for BOTH dpi and pixel dimension. First change the dpi to 72 and, in the same dialog box change the pixel dimensions to a size that is 2-3 times the dimensions of your editing format. The larger the pixel dimensions the more you can “blow up” the image in FCP without it falling apart. There is a box in photoshop called “constrain properties”…make sure this is selected so you don’t absolutely resize the image to the new pixel dimensions but, rather do so proportionately to the current dimensions of the image. This prevents distortion.
If you do this correctly you will have no problem moving all around your images like a real PBS pro.
And don’t forget to Save As…in case you need to do it again.
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This has been touched on many times but…remember, you do not need stills that are higher resolution than 72dpi. It is the actual image size of those stills that will give you the room to zoom in and move on them.
Resize them to 72dpi and to several times your screen dimension, remembering to constrain the properties of the stills so they scale without distorting, depending on how far into the still you want to zoom.It’s the size of the still not the DPI that gives you the flexibility to blow them up…FCP has to scale them to 72dpi so if you do it first you save lots of render time.
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There are two variables you seem to be confusing: dpi and image size.
72 dpi is all you need your image to be because the rest of the resolution is not needed for display (it IS needed for prints). What happens when you have an image with more resolution than 72dpi is that FCP will use lots of muscle to make it 72dpi.The other issue is the actual size of the image. If you resize your image only to 720X480 at 72dpi then you will not be able to zoom into or blow up the image because the image is the size of the screen and any zooming will cause the image to pixelate.
Balancing these two factors means you should get rid of the huge amount of extraneous info that exists in the higher resolution by changing the resolution to 72dpi. At the same time you should also change the pixel dimensions of the image to (as noted here several times by several people) 2-3 times 720X480 for SD projects.
To do this go into photoshop (save a copy of your image so you don’t ruin your original that you may want to print later on photo paper). Take your copy and using the image pull down menu adjust the resolution and size accordingly (as described above). Be sure to constrain the properties so your image does not become distorted.
Good luck.
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Resize them in photoshop to 72dpi and to the neighborhood of 1400×900 pixel size (constrain the proportions) to allow room to zoom into the stills. If you only resize to 720×486 72dpi you will not be able to blow them up without watching the image degrade.
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I bought all of my memory from these guys, https://transintl.com/. Absolutely no problems.
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Apply the AU Dynamics Processor filter in Audio Filters—Apple Folder in FCP and adjust the master gain as appropriate.
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If your piece is NTSC your DVD will be NTSC. It will still play in many DVD players in Europe, though, as most DVD players sold in Europe today play both NTSC and PAL. For the sake of certainty, however, you should convert your edited piece from NTSC to PAL and then make your PAL DVD. This can be done at many post houses using hardware or you can do it yourself using the Nattress conversion plug-in for FCP which is a great tool and at $100 is a bargain. Fantastic results.
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Sounds like patience is a the answer.
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In order to upgrade to 6.0 (when and if) I would imagine you will need the original discs to benefit from the reduced upgrade price. You don’t have them which creates another problem.
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https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/chroma_key_fcp_hd_monahan.html
This link may help you get better results using your current set-up.