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I usually have the client supply their music on a CD and give me
pictures that I can scan myself. <br>
Sometimes I receive scanned files but I've found people don't always
know what their doing.<br>
Music always has to be up-sampled to 48.000 from 41.000 ( or mp3 ) for
DVD playback. <br>
<br>
I keep the image resolution high until the final stage when I do my
sizing and I run a series of <br>
corrections on each image. I only do major restoration around faces but
I do clean up the more<br>
noticeable scratches and dust specks. I've found boosting the contrast,
lowing the brightness, <br>
and sometimes bumping up the saturation helps the image stand out
better on a TV screen. <br>
Of course adjusting Levels is important as well as Sharpening the image.<br>
<br>
I always edit to the music so getting the clips to flow with the beat
takes time and attention. <br>
I like to do a lot of compositing with my video sideshows so I'll use
motion in my background,<br>
as well as, motion with my images. <br>
<br>
As far as the images that I include on a CD for the client I generally
give them printable files, 300 dpi<br>
5 x 7's or 8 x 10's.<br>
<br>
P.S I'd like to know what others are charging for their DVD slide shows.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<br>
darrell padlesky<br>
edmonton, alberta<br>
<br>
<br>
<i>"Are you doing any major restoration/cleanup/color correction on the
<br>
stills, or just scanning what's there and plunking that into the <br>
project as is? What resolution/image size are you providing on the
client CD" ?<br>
<br>
Thanks, Ted.</i><br>
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