Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Avid Pan and Zoom - Zoom in Issues

Yes, DPI is more applicable to my old days working on print-based stuff.

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On 24/05/2010 15:21, Steve Hullfish wrote:
>
> You might also want to apply a slight blur to the file to help with
> the artifacting as you zoom. I'd only do this if there were weird
> artifacts during movement though.
>
> I agree about Ken's DPI assessment. Once you are talking in pixels, a
> pixel is a pixel. It's only when you're talking about inches (or some
> other non-pixel measurement, like cm) that the dpi matters. And a 2K
> file is very close to being standard HD video. 2K is 2048 horizontal
> rez and HD is 1920. So you're talking about approx. 5% bigger.
> Photoshop has much better resizing algorithms than Avid's Pan and Zoom
> (I'm guessing). If you have Photoshop Extended, (or even After
> Effects) it might be better to do the zoom in that than Avid. Or use
> Boris RED.
>
> Steve Hullfish
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>
> On May 24, 2010, at 9:07 AM, Kenavid2 wrote:
>
> > dpi is pretty much irrelevant in video. Pixel size is what's
> > important. a 1920x1080 image should be identical, video quality wise
> > at 300dpi or 72dpi.
> >
> > KEN
>
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