Vegas DV stills to print

Rich Reilly wrote on 7/30/2007, 9:44 AM

To what pixel dimensions do DV clips captured, then exported out of Vegas need to be converted for print purposes?
It seems that Vegas has an unusual output size. (655x480)

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rs170a wrote on 7/30/2007, 9:51 AM

Pixels is a video/computer term that has nothing to do with the dpi of the printed image.
If you want to (BTW, I don't recommend doing this!!), you could print a frame grab as a 24" x 36" poster. The qualit ywould be horrendous though.
I'd personally go no larger than a 4" x 6" print.
Obviously, the better the quality of the original video image, the better the quality of the resulting print.

Mike

Rich Reilly wrote on 7/30/2007, 10:26 AM

I'm referring to adjusting for pixel shape and use in photoshop for print publications.

rs170a wrote on 7/30/2007, 10:49 AM

I've done that before (print publications) and never worried about compensating for different Pixel Aspect Ratios.
Do a frame grab, clean up in Photoshop as desired and print it.

Mike

Chienworks wrote on 7/30/2007, 11:37 AM

655x480 is the frame size at a 1.0 pixel aspect ratio, which is what you want for most still image applications. Use that. It's correct. It's not unusual at all; it's just the size that NTSC DV images really are.