slide show.. use 24p? auto color correct?

sjohn wrote on 4/12/2003, 10:56 AM
One of my projects that I am working on is a vacation video that will
contain scanned photographs for a slideshow..

Would anyone recommend rendering this in 24p?

Also most of the pictures scanned have the color somewhat washed out.
Is this typical of most scanned pictures(I used a canon d1250, thought this was
supposed to be pretty good..). I am currently scanning these pictures
at 1200dpi.. I figured this would be good enough for a video.. any suggestions?

I just learned that I cannot apply filters to jpeg on the timeline.. is this true?

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 4/12/2003, 11:20 AM
If the video contains clips shot at 29.97 interlaced then render the project at 29.97 interlaced as well. The stills really won't show much difference at 24p.

You could probably adjust the gamma setting in the scanning software to get the correct tonal balance while scanning. This would be preferable to trying to correct afterwards. 1200dpi may be rather excessive, depending on the size of the photos. Remember that video resolution is 654x480 (for NTSC) so anything above that is a waste. If you're planning on zooming in or panning, then you only need enough pixels to end up with 654x480 at the highest zoom. So, if you're going to zoom in on a section of a photo that's about 3" x 2", then 300dpi is more than plenty. More than this wastes time and disc space as well as making the rendering process take a lot longer.

You should be able to apply filters to any event in a video track no matter what media type it is.
Bear wrote on 4/12/2003, 4:12 PM
I agree 300 dpi is more than enough and your scanner software should be adjustable.
GaryStebbins wrote on 4/14/2003, 4:11 PM
Your scanned pictures should not appear washed out. I've not used the Canon scanner, but did think it's a good scanner. Be sure to adjust contrast and color balance when you scan, or use PSP or PS to adjust post-scan (although adjusting during scan should lose less information, if the Canon software lets you do this).

Gary
BillyBoy wrote on 4/14/2003, 10:23 PM
I have a link on my web site that goes to a link with a excellent scanner tutorial.
Forget which link, near the top left hand side I think.

http://www.wideopenwest.com/%7Ewvg/tutorial-menu.htm

Duh... just looked. Scanning tips.