[Tony Thijssen]

Hi Walter,

thanks for your tips. I don’t think I’ll have a laptop there available that can play 1920×1080 smoothly. I’ll see what 1376×774 will do on my own monitor and take it from there. If that’s not acceptable I’ll look into the Blu-ray option.

Thanks again,

-Tony

[Tony Thijssen]

Hi Walter,

I still have to start in After Effects so I can set the frame rate to 29.97 (or 30) and make the comp size every size I want. That said I already designed the storyboard in PSD and there I’m using 1376×774, because that was the resolution of the monitor we were supposed to get. That model got replaced by a 1920×1080.

We’re going to use VGA to connect to the monitor, so I could use QuickTime or VCL and run it in full screen. I’m concerned though that it will look blurry and not as crisp on this monitor if I use the same comp size as current PSD file (1376×774). But I’m not sure, it might work. Unfortunately I can’t test before the start of the tradeshow.

I also could set up my comp as 1280×720, frame rate 29.97 and create the final output on a DVD that will be played from the computer. May be that will give a better result…?

Any tips/best practices for this issues would be welcome. Thanks!

[Tony Thijssen]

Hi Jason,

it looks like it will be hooked up to the monitor using VGA. I’m flexible with the frame rate. I finished the storyboard in PSD using the 1376×774 dimension and now I have to start in After Effects and make a decision what the best size and frame rate for the comp is.

I’m wondering if I stick with 1376×774 and play it on the laptop full screen with QuickTime or VCL on a 1920×1080 monitor if my graphics will look blurry and not as crisps as in the PSD, since it has to scale up. Unfortunately I can’t test on that monitor until shortly before the trade show starts.

Another possibility could be to resize the PSD to work for a 1280×720 comp with 29.97 f/s and export to a DVD. Not sure what would work better. Therefore any knowledge share/recommendation would be much appreciated.

Thanks!