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Working in HD question!?
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21 Dec 2008Here's the thing, I've decided on doing a new 2D animation project, to get myself back into the swing of things, as it has been such a while since I last did anything of the sort, but I've decided on doing it in 16:9 High Def! (silly, I know)
Currently, I have chosen the size that I will work to and that is 1280x768, though that one out of the way, I've come a cropper, what DPI to work to! That's my question. What DPI do you recommend I work to? What gives the best pic when it comes to High Def?
Cheers
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21 Dec 2008DPI? DPI is for print work...don't have to worry about it when doing video work. The resolution is the only size variable you have to consider
Oh btw, the industry standard for hi-res print work is 300 dpi -
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23 Dec 2008Hmmm, best if I just show ya:
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23 Dec 2008Hey Zentron,
You're using Photoshop, right? When you make a new document, take a look under the Film & Video presets (I think that's what its called, something like that.) There's should be a selection of sizes that are standards for film and video work.
There's not really a DPI equivalent in film and video. The pixel ratio is it, that's all you have. So if you're video/film image is 1280 pixels across, it doesn't matter what pixels/inch it is. If you're making a moving image, at some point, you're going to have to take your photoshop image into an editing program or a compositing program, something that outputs video. When you do that, pixels/inch doesn't even play a part of it. It's only going to care about the pixel width and height.
Here's a video resolution chart.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vecto ... dards2.svg
It does not include film resolutions, the most common of which is generally called "2K", which is 2048x1556 pixels. -
23 Dec 2008Wow hype....that's a great chart....really helpful!
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23 Dec 2008yeah really cool chart *bookmark*
wikipedia is my friend -
24 Dec 2008Yeah no joke. *bookmarked*
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06 Jan 2009It looks nice and informational...... can't understand any of it! (dyslexia's a bitch)
BTW, anybody know of any good HD animation software? Preferably free, or really cheap... say £40!
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