| You
need to make sure your photos are properly size to use in Final
Cut or DVD SP. There is a general rule your size should not exceed
2000x2000. But this is insanely large and will gum up your timeline.
Me...I prefer to size them to DV specs. It is not that simple
though. Because digital photos are made up of square pixels and
DV is rectangular pixels you need to make your photos slightly
stretched to look appropriate in FCP or DVDSP. You can do this
in the following manner. (This is just one way, and perhaps a
bit long winded. I suggest to invent a way that works best for
you if you think this is dumb)! |
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Go
to File, and down to New. |
This
is the PS 7.0 program, the newer CS program is sized a bit differently
but look for the NTSC DV/DVD lable. |
You
have a new PS doc. Set this aside and open the photo you want
to covert |
Go
to File, and down to Open. |
Find
your photo. |
When
you open it go to Image and then to Image
Size. |
I
usually make my new image size a bit bigger than 720 wide to
allow me to position it better in FCP or to make it look better
in DVDSP. |
Using
the keyboard shortcut of Apple key + a
you select the entire document and then use the keyboard shortcut
Apple key + c
to copy the document. |
Using
the keyboard shortcut of Apple key + v
to paste the photo into the NEW file (the one you set for DV
NTSC. |
Then
go to File, then Save As. |
You
can name the file here, and choose the format, a jpeg will flatten
the image, Use PSD if you want to maintain the layers. Then
you click on Save and import the newly prepared file into your
project! |
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