pixels and importing into FCP--MacDV Digest #2610

[Ted Langdell]

Not every photo is going to match the 4 x 3 width to height ratio of a 
television screen... so I do things a little differently than some of 
the other posters suggested. The end result is (as with their methods) 
more pixels... which means you can zoom in to smaller areas without 
breakup.

I generally scan with Photoshop at 300 DPI using a 6" (printed size) 
dimension for the longest side of the photo. I don't worry so much 
about the aspect ratio, although I do crop before scanning to improve 
the composition or eliminate unwanted stuff in the picture.

That method gives me a file with enough pixels to zoom in without 
having to do a bunch of math. 300 DPI also give me a file with enough 
resolution for many kinds of print work or photo print out.


On Feb 23, 2004, at 5:26 AM, Macintosh Digital Video List wrote:

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> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 11:41:24 -0800
> From: Ray Statham <raystatham at shaw.ca>
> Subject: [MacDV] pixels
> Message-id: <194A7F1B-656F-11D8-8457-000A9578422C at shaw.ca>
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> Hi Everyone,
>
> Can anyone straighten me out with the business of square/nonsquare
> pixels? I'm doing a short project in FCP which requires me to import
> still images for zooming and panning, and I'm not sure how to handle
> it. Do I need to do anything in the scanning stage to prevent distorted
> images, or does FCP have a way of automatically dealing with this?
>
> Ray
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Ted Langdell
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