[MacDV] Re: importing files to iMovie

[Roy Harker]

There are probably a number of solutions for this problem. Try this and 
remember to save all changes under a new name so that your original 
file is not changed. Use Photoshop Elements.

First
change the pixels/inch to 72. I believe that is the maximum that your 
screen and Tv can view.

Second
Change the Width of your logo to 640 pixels.

Third
Under the FILE Menu, create a new blank document that is 640 pixels by 
480 pixels and 72 pixels/inch with a transparent background or any 
color that will match the background of the Logo.

Fourth
Copy the contents of your logo and paste them into the new document. It 
will have 2 layers. If the background layer doesn't already have the 
same color as the logo background, then make them the same.

Fifth
 From the LAYER Menu, select the last choice: Flatten Image. You now 
have a new logo that is in a 640 480 pixel format without have changed 
the proportions.

Roy Harker



On 24-Oct-04, at 8:08 PM, Brian Olesky wrote:

>
>>>>
>>> Got it. So right now, PS Elements says my original "document" is 1200
>>> pixels
>>> wide X 300 high.  The variables I can change are width, height and
>>> resolution. Right now the resolution is 600 pixels/inch, and the
>>> corresponding width and height are 2" W X .5" high. Sorry for being
>>> such a
>>> novice about this but are there some magic numbers I should enter 
>>> into
>>> the
>>> width and height boxes, or the resolution box, to get me to 640 X 480
>>> pixels? Unfortunately the width and height boxes only allow for
>>> inches, cms,
>>> mms, etc., but not pixels. I went thru PS's help files, but they seem
>>> mostly
>>> to deal with print use, rather than video.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Brian
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I have photoshop CS and my image size window HAS a pixels box to 
>> change
>> it.
>> Image size?
>> Not canvas size . And I hope that's on black because it isn't a screen
>> filler.
>> assuming that you don't do this every day a certain amount of trial 
>> and
>> error is indicated but if you can't get your iMovie output to a screen
>> you are somewhat hampered.
>>
> My basic confusion rests in the fact that my current image is 1200 
> pixels
> wide by 300 high, a 4:1 ratio, so when I try to convert the width to 
> 640,
> instead of 640 X 480 I end up with 640 X 160 (thru resampling the 
> image, but
> constraining the proportions.) Will 640 X 160 work? And you're right, I
> realize that with a black type logo on a white background, once I have 
> this
> step straightened out, I'm going to have to next figure out how to 
> design
> the iMovie frame so I don't have a logo that's black on white, sitting 
> in
> the middle of a black frame.
>
> That's why I was hoping I could just rip the frames from my existing 
> video,
> which I did with DVDBackup, and then figure out how to get them from 
> there
> to iMovie. I downloaded MPEG Streamclip, but can't quite figure out if 
> I
> also have to download some additional software as well to make them
> compatible with iMovie.
>
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