[Ppro_dan]

I figured it out. I used the DV settings as a starting point. The settings that I changed:

Editing Mode: Video for Windows – I believe that this is what solved it
Fields: No fields (Progressive Scan)

Now the stills are crisp and sharp. It looked really nice on TV too. It makes for a massive export though. Optimizing the stills makes the files a little smaller however.

Recap:
– I converted the .jpg to .tif (Photoshop CS)
– I resized the pictures to 720×480 (Photoshop)
– I imported into Premiere Pro (did not interpret the footage)
– Automate to sequence
– Export with no compression
– Make DVD with Encore
– Burn and you’re done 🙂

Thanks to all

[Ppro_dan]

I decided to build a DVD to see how it looked on the TV. I looked as crappy as it did on the computer.

I redid my images, resized them to 720×480 and imported them into Premiere. Premiere indicates to me that the pixel ratio is 0.9, but I’m sure it’s 1.0 since it’s coming from a straight resize in Photoshop CS (I left them as is, I didn’t “Intepret footage”). I unchecked the box “optimize stills” and now it looks relatively good on the computer and on the rendered movie.

The only negative is the pixelation during the cross disolve that was added between stills when I did “automate to sequence”. Once the effect is done, the picture is sharp without any jaggies. But once the cross disolve starts, the still is pixelated again.

[Ppro_dan]

Hrm… never thought of putting it to DVD and looking at the quality. I do wonder how regular DVDs look so sharp and clear on the computer and the still sequence wouldn’t look the same.

I’ve worked with miniDV footage before and that looked sharp and clear on the computer. Just puzzled at the fact that stills wouldn’t be of the same quality.

[Ppro_dan]

I was thinking of exporting the clip using the *.flm exention (Filmstrip). All the frames are contained into 1 single file. Can you do this with other formats too such as the ones you mention?

Thanks for your reply.

Dan