I recommend you don't "resize" them at all - import them into PPro, as is.
Most of mine are 5184x3456 jpg's. Before importing you might want to set
your project preferences to a default slide duration - I usually use 60
frames but of course once imported they can be dragged to any duration you
desire.
Drag them onto your timeline - they will be scaled at 100% which will be too
large - but that is good. I then scale each photo using key frames according
to the subject matter and photo composition. For instance, a group picture
might not show well as a group in a video, in which case I might scale down
a bit and put a position and scale keyframe at the start to show only the
left side of the photo and another position/scale keyframe at the end to
show only the right side of the picture. Then when the video is played, the
photo will be "panning" from left to right. The speed of the pan will depend
on the photo duration and the position differences. You can also adjust the
scale while panning, if that is your artistic desire.
Another thing I often do is zoom into a face, again using keyframes that
adjust the scale; sometime I go into a face and sometimes pull out.
All of these zoom/panning techniques work best when the photo is still at
its original size. Trying to zoom into a photo might not show up very clear,
or panning won't work at all unless the photo is much larger than the video
frame size.
Portrait photos might need more work because they might be too narrow. Two
options here, one is to scale up so the width fits the video and let the top
and bottom be cropped, or second, if that doesn't look right, I just leave
the photo too narrow and maybe include a background on another layer to
dress up the side blank areas.
Lee
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of John Ashburn
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 10:42 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [AP] Mixing video and still clips
Hello All
I am editing a nature video that incorporates both video and still photos.
It is an HD project in 1920x1080P and am using CS5 to edit.
I have never mixed video and still images in the same project and am not
sure what size to make the stills. I presume I would resize and crop them to
1920x1080, but not sure what DPI setting to use. I know if they were to be
viewed on a computer monitor I would use 72DPI, but what should be used for
viewing on a large screen TV?
I will be burning this project to Blu Ray.
Any advice you can offer will be helpful and appreciated
Thanks
John A
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