Re: [Avid-L2] Has Import behavior changed with the new nomenclature

On Oct 14, 2009, at 5:16 PM, John Moore wrote:

> I was taught in the Avid graphics for media composer class that a
> photoshop document should be 720x540 or 648x486 on the computer
> screen to look like it will when it is imported to Avid with non
> square pixels etc.... Today I had a 648x486 document and choose the
> top choice graphic is at the right size. Well this F'd the import
> up I had to choose the bottome resize on import to get it right. I
> took the same graphic in photoshop and resized it to both 720x540
> and 720x486 and imported both with the top choice and both are
> correct and identical. Am I mis remembering this. I thought with
> the top choice the 648x486 graphic would just get stretched out
> horizontally yielding the correct aspect ratio in non square
> pixels. In fact I distinctly remember be told in the Avid class
> 648x486 was better than 720x540 because there would be no vertical
> interpolation. I rarely if ever get 648x486 graphics but didn't
> they use to come in correct with the top
> choice or am I just hallucinating?

640 x 486 not 486. I think that's why it's not working. 640 x 486 is
the square pixel equivalent of 720 x 486 non-square pixels.

And Avid is the last NLE standing using 720 x 540 as a source. Apple
changed with FCP about version 4.5 or 5 and Adobe moved into line with
the "more accurate" numbers with CS4.

I, however, still use 720 x 540 and scale to 720 x 486 for video use.

Philip

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