Posted by Kenny Mims on 01/10/06 12:43

In article <dlu5r1pd492u3m5gve7s0l99r1738oi7qv@4ax.com>,
XchrissheX@Xgmail.comX wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Noob question: I have a video project that I want to import still
> images to (Adobe Premier). The images are relatively high quality,
> sharp stills, 6mp digital images. When I import them and place them in
> the sequence, they're too large of course.
>
> So I've tried several methods of sizing them down, using the scale
> effect in Premier, scaling them down externally and importing that
> scaled version, but they're all poor quality in the project.
>
> I've tried scaling them down in Photoshop, Nikon Capture, and other
> apps, saving them as non-compressed, but they're still crappy. The
> video project was captured at 720x480 and looks decent, but the stills
> scaled down to that resolution are not.
>
> Any tips? I'm guessing that I'm missing something pretty fundamental.
>
> Thanks, Chris
>


Are you working in some compressed format (DV?)

I use stills all day long and they look terrific, but I work exclusively in
uncompressed QT.

Try this if your editor allows.

Size your shots in Photoshop according to how you're gonna use them.
If your going to use them only full frame make them 720x480.

If you want to zoom 'em up, calculate accordingly.
Ditto if you want to pan 'em.

Most of my output is SD, but I routinely use images that are thousands of
pixels wide (more sometimes).

KM/LMG

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