operaguy opened this issue on Jan 06, 2005 ยท 34 posts
kuroyume0161 posted Thu, 06 January 2005 at 3:47 AM
Obviously, the optimal target size is dependent upon the maximum "minimum" size for the desired targets. For DVD, the size is usually about 720x536 (NTSC), but Widescreen, HDTV have different specs (within the specification, that is). If you are going to have a Widescreen 16:9 version, that is one target complete. All movies are done in Widescreen and "accomodated" for Fullscreen to handle the 4:3 of TeeVee. ;) So, plan for that aspect ratio as default. Otherwise, you are going to need to check each target for its specifications. I had to do the same thing for DVD (and there are many various formats just for that - NTSC/PAL, Widescreen/Fullscreen, etc.). BTW, screw DPI. DPI = Dots Per Inch, which is only relevant for printing. Unless you plan on printing your movie - hmmm - DPI=1 is just as valid as DPI=1000000000.
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