[MacDV] Photoshop resolution for DV?

[rgb at ellerbach.com]

On Mon, November 6, 2006 10:49 am, Mark Des Cotes wrote:
> Rich,
>
> I think you've lost me. If I'm understanding you correctly, and it's
> possible I'm not, you're saying I should figure out what part of my
> image I want to zoom into first. Then I set that part, when at
> maximum zoom, to the proper pixel count. From there I calculate how
> many pixels my un-zoomed image has to be? I still don't know how many
> pixels my image should be, zoomed or not.

Yep you are understanding me correctly. For standard DV images you want
720 pixels wide and then whatever you need for either the 4:3 or 16:9
aspect ratio (540 or 405). But that's "in theory". If you save a from from
iMovie you actually get an image at 720x528 so the height observed is
actually a bit less. Playing around with heights in that range whould give
you what you want though.

Don't forget to consider the TV overscan area though. You don't want to
put anything important too close to the edge of the image as it may get
cutoff on the actual display.

>
> What is PhotoToMovie? is it a plugin for some app or is it a
> standalone application?

It is a standalone app that does some very nice panning and zooming. Have
a look at www.lqgraphics.com. A similar program is StillLife.

Rich