photos to be scanned for video use

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Allan_Williams
Apr 6, 2004
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Hello: I have a large amount of pictures to be used for video. The problem is that the pictures that are scanned at the best are at a very large pixel. If I resize the picture to 640×480, it looks bad. I am using photshop cs and was wondering if there is a feature that will solve this little problem.

Thank You..

Allan
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Peter_Figen
Apr 6, 2004
You generally have to resharpen the images after downsampling them, but remember that 640 X 480 is pretty low res so you aren’t going to have the detail of larger file sizes.
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rmack
Apr 6, 2004
A little of this will depend on your NLE application and you should review the instructions for that app. In my case I use Vegas and it’ll take anything at any size and it assumes the PAR to be 1.0 for stills.

Regardless, you should experiment a little and see what looks good on a NTSC or PAL monitor rather than your computer screen. (actually, preview on whatever the final viewing device is.) The reason is that what looks kind of bad on the computer may look just fine on a monitor.

If you want to pan and scan then you may want to start with large scans.

Again, though, check the instructions for your NLE.

Rob Mack

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Hello: I have a large amount of pictures to be used for video. The problem
is that the pictures that are scanned at the best are at a very large pixel. If I resize the picture to 640×480, it looks bad. I am using photshop cs and was wondering if there is a feature that will solve this little problem.
Thank You..

Allan
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Allan_Williams
Apr 7, 2004
ok I see your point. Is there a way to make the pictures look normal when downsizing? I tend to find the pictures smashed or wider than they should be.

Thank You.

Allan
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Gary_Hummell
Apr 7, 2004
Be sure that "Constrain Proportions" is checked in the Image Size dialog. This will assure that the image is not smashed or stretched.

Gary
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Allan_Williams
Apr 7, 2004
Thank you I will try this out.

Allan Williams

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