Hi ---
I am building four videos for Youtube, which consist of 75 or so digital stills in each video, to which will be added word supers, key frames, transitions, and music. My question is whether I am following the best process to prepare the stills for inputting into PRE 10...
What I am doing is pulling the image up in Lightroom (where my images are stored), then cropping to a 16:9 ratio using LR's easy tools. Mindful of Steve Grisetti's admonition (pp. 46-47 of his PRE10 book) to not exceed 1000x750 pixels, I then pull the same image up in PS Elements 10 for a quick check and any editing. Without exception, I find the newly cropped image is 1000x563 pixels, resolution 72. I can't bump it to 1000x750, at least I haven't found the method to do so (and it looks like I then violate the rule to not exceed 1000). Because it's close, and the image seems to be reasonably sharp on a widescreen monitor, I tell my dog, "This looks pretty good," and go on to the next image.
As a newbie, before I do another 100 or so more images, I gotta ask, "Am I holding the shovel right?" Is there anything I am missing?
P.S. I prepare the word supers in Adobe Illustrator, exporting as .pngs, which I then pull onto second video tracks in PRE10. Quick and easy for me to do it this way, and I can add a couple more .pngs on additional tracks if the occasion warrants. Anything wrong with this? I see the .pngs add very little to size of the video.
Thanks very much for your time,
Amadeus