[MacDV] Basics regarding iMovie 6

[rgb at ellerbach.com]

First,

There is no such thing as "resolution" when dealing with non-print media.
So throw the concept of dpi out of your mind and never let it return. The
*only* thing that matters is the pixel count.

To see exactly what iM expects in a frame (still) export one from an
existing movie, open it in your image editor and look at the pixel count
for horizontal and vertical dimensions. Then create your stills at the
same size for import.

Rich

On Thu, May 29, 2008 10:10 pm, Juan M wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have done many very nice movies in iMovie over the last few years
> but I haven't done one in at least a year. So tonight I am starting a
> project and I am having the basic problem that I don't recall how I
> had resolved it in the past.
>
> The question is what size/resolution should still photos be imported in?
>
> Imovie 6 is being used.
>
> I have tried cropping photos to 720 x 480 and 640 x 480 and both are
> cropped? Why?
>
> The final movie will be shown on a NTSC TV or using a projector.
>
> I am viewing everything with my Mac set at 1152 x 720.
>
> Resolution of the photos can vary from 72 dpi to 300dpi. is there a
> optimum resolution? In the past I recall I always used 100 or 72.
>
>
> I am all goofed up with the basics right now.
>
> thanks for your input.
>
> Back to googling.
>
>
> Juan
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