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1. Re: Difficulty Importing a Properly Sized TIFF image (I think)
SupersoulVP Apr 16, 2011 11:34 PM (in response to mdubuque)Hey Matt. If you are using this tiff in a menu in your SD project, there is going to be some issues going from an HD size of 1920x1080 down to 720x480. Is your project 4:3 aspect ratio or 16:9? Generally you want your menus to match what the video elements are.
If your encoded video elements are 4:3 (hard) letterboxed, then the menu should be 4:3 as well, although it could be 4:3 full frame. No sense having black bars on your menu pages. If this is the case, that 16:9 tiff image will be edge-cropped.
Likely since your video was shot in HD, you want to have a widescreen dvd. The source video will have to be encoded as 16:9 SD. I usually make all my elements before bringing them into Encore. For any menus, I start in Photoshop using the appropriate "Film and Video" preset. Probably the 720x480 widescreen preset (1.21 pixel aspect ratio) will work for your project if it is indeed a 16:9 disc you want to make. Being a 16:9 frame size, the tiff file will scale down almost perfectly into a 720x480 widescreen frame.
I would suggest making a new file in Photoshop using the appropriate film and video preset. Then open your tiff file in Photoshop and drag it into that one. Scale it down and save. That way when you bring it into Encore, the scaling has been done and you know what it is going to look like.
Note that when you are working with files in Photoshop that are not square pixels, they will appear jaggy or squeezed depending on if you have pixel-aspect correction turned On or Off in the View menu. The files are fine and will look good on a disc. Also, I almost always change the viewer in Encore to 100% or some other whole number rather than "Fit". Fit just seems to make things look terrible, especially text and the outer frame edges. There is also the option to toggle pixel aspect correction On or Off in that viewer as well.
Hope this helps.
Cheers.
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2. Re: Difficulty Importing a Properly Sized TIFF image (I think)
mdubuque Apr 16, 2011 11:55 PM (in response to SupersoulVP)Thanks Supersoul, this looks very helpful!
I will devour and then digest it first thing in the morning!
matt
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3. Re: Difficulty Importing a Properly Sized TIFF image (I think)
Bill Hunt Apr 18, 2011 9:27 AM (in response to mdubuque)Matt,
Do you also have Photoshop?
If so, I find it much easier to work in PS, for Menus, and you have much more control, as you can do all sorts of Image editing right there. Encore wants everything in perfect condition, before it can really use the Asset. It does not do Video editing, Audio editing, nor Image editing. I always try to Import material in a final form, to the specs. that Encore can work best with. This holds for my Video, Audio and Images, whether for a SlideShow, or for a Menu. About the only "editing" that I do in Encore is regarding Color Sets for Sub-picture Highlights (something that is done at the DVD stage in Encore, and PS does not even recognize Color Sets). Otherwise, I will ONLY author in Encore.
Good luck,
Hunt
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4. Re: Difficulty Importing a Properly Sized TIFF image (I think)
mdubuque Apr 18, 2011 5:19 PM (in response to Bill Hunt)Thanks gentlemen and thanks Bill, helpful concept about Encore ONLY best used for finish work!
Matt




