[MacDV] pixels

[Richard Brown]

You will need to "vertically squash" your scans to compensate for the 
pixel size difference between computer monitor and TV set.

In Photoshop or other image editor, you can resize JUST THE VERTICAL to 
88-90% while NOT constraining proportions, thereby creating a "vertical 
squash" which, when brought into Final Cut, will look normal. If you do 
not do this, all things will look stretched vertically, which could, of 
course, be after the fact compensated for within Final Cut, but this is 
NOT the recommended procedure as it will waste time. Of course, a 
vertically stretched person might look thinner.... ; )

On Feb 22, 2004, at 11:41 AM, Ray Statham wrote:

> 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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