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musicjerm
03-02-2005, 05:16 PM
Hi, I've been trying to render a final project for school, and I am a bit confused about what resolution and aspect ratios to use for DVD format. From what I am aware of I should use a resolution of 720x486 and a pixel aspect ratio of 0.9 for full screen or 1.2 for wide screen. Now there are just a couple things that confuse me about this. First off, I'm rendering targa images with Maya 6 and I am using Premiere Pro 1.5 to compile the images. When I start a new project with Premiere it shows the default widescreen and standard resolutions as being 720x480. Why is this, when I have rendered my images at 720x486? Should I have rendered at 720x480? What does the 6 pixel difference mean? Or should I just create a custom project with the 720x486 resolution? My final project will be viewed on a standard 4:3 television so is there some kind of letterboxing technique that I should use in Premiere if I want a 16:9 widescreen look? Or will the tv or dvd player automatically add the black bars on top and bottom? Also, when I render my project with a pixel aspect ratio of 1.2 and import the targas into Premiere, it detects the pixel aspect ratio being 0.9. I can change it to 1.2 in Premiere, but will I lose any picture quality by doing so? Any help or answers to any of my questions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Jerm.
ninus3d
03-03-2005, 08:31 AM
In terms of wether or not the image get stretched by the tv really depends on the tv!
If the picture is to wide to be showed 1:1 on a 4:3 tv in fullscreen then the tv will automatically add the blacks on top and bottom, but most tv's today have a viewmode select so you can adjust it yourself ;)

Regarding the the other problem im sorry but i dont really know :\
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