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Wide Screen Slideshow Assets

Postby momoffduty » Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:12 pm

When creating a wide screen slideshow, I tested photo size to be about 1600x1200. Sound correct? I need to up size my gradients for gradient wipes. What size?

If I use HD motion backgrounds, do I need to change the field order?

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Re: Wide Screen Slideshow Assets

Postby Steve Grisetti » Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:34 pm

Is it a hi-def slideshow? If so, that photo size should be about right.
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Re: Wide Screen Slideshow Assets

Postby momoffduty » Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:44 pm

Not HD. I downconverted in the camera and using a WS project.
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Re: Wide Screen Slideshow Assets

Postby momoffduty » Fri Aug 06, 2010 5:10 pm

As for the gradient wipe, I remembered I had an AE conversion chart of square pixels to non square pixel sizes. A wipe has to be a jpg which is square pixels and that is 864x480 = non square WS 1.2 aspect ratio. That is the old conversion chart and should work.

(Not to be confused with the new AE conversion is 872x486 = WS 1.21) This is for Pro, so the first set of numbers should work.

The HD field order okay to keep the same?
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Re: Wide Screen Slideshow Assets

Postby Steve Grisetti » Fri Aug 06, 2010 5:28 pm

I think you'll be okay. Might want to do a test output (an MOV or a WMV) to make sure of that field order issue.
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Re: Wide Screen Slideshow Assets

Postby Bob » Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:17 pm

If I use HD motion backgrounds, do I need to change the field order?


For a HD clip in a SD project, check the HD clip to be sure. If the HD motion background is progressive, i.e. not interlaced, you don't need to do a thing. If the HD motion background is interlaced, you'll need to reverse the field order. HDV 1080i is upper field first, SD is bottom field first. If I'm remembering correctly, the ones I've downloaded were progressive, but I don't know if they all are.

I take it you have a specific HD motion background in mind that you want to use rather than use a SD motion background.
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Re: Wide Screen Slideshow Assets

Postby momoffduty » Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:11 pm

Thanks Steve & Bob. I'll check the HD motion backgrounds. I can't use SD backgrounds because they don't fill the screen. I'll post back if the gradients work at the new size.
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Re: Wide Screen Slideshow Assets

Postby Peru » Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:33 am

momoffduty wrote:I can't use SD backgrounds because they don't fill the screen.


Couldn't you just increase the size in motion properties? Or is the resulting cropping not ok?
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Re: Wide Screen Slideshow Assets

Postby momoffduty » Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:03 am

Peru wrote:
momoffduty wrote:I can't use SD backgrounds because they don't fill the screen.


Couldn't you just increase the size in motion properties? Or is the resulting cropping not ok?


The motion backgrounds are for the sides of a portrait photo. Didn't think to upsize the motion background. The HD ones are working in the project. Noticed that they are 1.0 aspect ratio.

Tested a resized gradient and works. Did a batch process multiple files to resize all of my gradients into a new folder. Unchecked the constrained proportions & plugged in the numbers.
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Re: Wide Screen Slideshow Assets

Postby momoffduty » Thu Aug 12, 2010 5:33 pm

Update on the gradients: Some did not upsize too good, but set the softness in the 30's in PrPro and looks fine.
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