gusdrum opened this issue on Feb 11, 2003 ยท 4 posts
gusdrum posted Tue, 11 February 2003 at 8:58 PM
What is a standard resolution size and video codec for making a DVD? I making a movie in Poser 5 and need high quality in the final product. Tanks.
gryffnn posted Thu, 13 February 2003 at 3:34 PM
As I recall, it's 720x536 pixels, but folks use 540. IF you've got a Mac with a SuperDrive running OSX or access to one, it's become simple to make a DVD. Render your animation as a series of still images, import them into iMovie (or the new FinalCutExpress), adding transitions and marking chapters if you want them. (I always tell folks to render to images anyway, because you don't have to start from scratch if there's a problem part way through a long render, and you can use them in other ways later.) Then drag-and-drop the movie into the iDVD, which even has built-in, customizable templates for motion menus with chapters. I believe the movie ends up in MPEG2 format; looks good. (iMovie and iDVD are free.) HTH, Elisa/gryffnn
classic posted Fri, 14 February 2003 at 5:03 AM
DVD resolution can vary depending upon whether it is PAL or NTSC signal. I think it is possible for a DVD to use MPEG1 compression, everything I have seen has used MPEG 2.
You might the following pages helpful
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvd
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/mpg/dvdr-guides.htm
steveshanks posted Wed, 19 February 2003 at 3:03 PM
