Ideal Still Frame Size

Wags wrote on 11/30/2001, 11:22 AM

What is the ideal LxW pixel size for jpg's for making DV? I understand the pixels in one format are square and rectangular in the other.
Thanks!

Comments

SonyEPM wrote on 11/30/2001, 12:38 PM

Stills created for use in NTSC DV projects should be 655x480.

yirm wrote on 11/30/2001, 8:18 PM

Going the other way, if I want to capture stills from the Preview window to use on my computer or to print, what are the proper settings for this?

-Jeremy

pelvis wrote on 11/30/2001, 8:44 PM

Capturing a timeline snapshot from the preview window is entirely wysiwyg, so make it look good there and grab the still. It won't look any different in Photoshop.

Method:

Go to the preview window, set preview quality to good, right click- display at project size, size the preview to the project size, find the frame you want and grab it. Stills grabbed from the timeline are pixel aspect corrected, so there's no worries there.

If you see unacceptable interlacing, set the project to progressive temporarily (or you might event set preview quality to "preview"- that also displays a deinterlaced image, but the quality is a little lower).

yirm wrote on 12/1/2001, 9:31 AM

Thanks.

-Jeremy