widescreen format
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- itstimefortea
i'm working on an animation which is going to loop on a widescreen tv in a store... what is the best widescreen format to use? 1024x576px is what I was thinking, is this too small?
cheers
- chossy0
Nope thats the dimensions of widescreen :)
HD has a few different sizes though, just ask the people what player they are using and what telly they are using and they should be able to tell you what you need to know. Don;t be shy ask them :)
- itstimefortea0
yeah ur right... asking them now... cheers very much
- itstimefortea0
ok so they came back and said that the size of the screen is 10240x1677... this seems massive to me... would you do the movie at actual size?
- lukusW0
that can't be right... can it?
it would be very very long
- monospaced0
I think they mean 1677x1024, but even that sounds off. Usually it's a straight up 16:9 ratio, such as 1920x1080 (aka 1080i) or 840x480 (something like that).
Anyways, simply asking is always the best bet, as chossy noted.
- itstimefortea0
sorry... typo... 10240x7677px
- that is HUGE .. is it a very posh shop which is paying you a whole heap of money?lukusW
- ummm, that's impossible
1024x768 is a 4:3 ratio, and NOT widescreenmonospaced - 1024 x 768, is a very standard (non-widescreen) resolutionlukusW
- Bluejam0
decent article on designing for tv with downloadable templates
- Every single Adobe application has built-in templates for designing for DVD and various video formats.monospaced
- soynutz70
is there really still overscan with HDTVS? since its digital shouldn't it just fit? is that a stupid question? i've read that there is still overscan but why can't they resolve this issue. If i've designed something for 1080p and it plays on a 1080p hdtv, its should be all good right?
- lukusW0
I'd ask them again for the correct resolution - if you go over, it might not play back well - or there could be performance problems.
perhaps just ask them for the model number of the screen? that way they won't need to think.
- monospaced0
Most likely they'll play from a DVD (hopefully) and the resolution is kinda set. Just ask.
- itstimefortea0
communication breakdown - in the end turns out its 1024x768... sorry for confusion and thanks that article... looks really useful
- chossy0
Hey dude you have received some poor guidance.
If it is a widescreen telly and not HD, YOU MUST!!! design it 1024 x 576 then export a movie which is 720X576 for the final file, There can be no argument about this it's correct.
1024x768 is 4:3 and it is a computers monitor ratio not a PAL TV ratio again no discussion is needed it's fact, so they may be playing it on a computer and not a widescreen telly. You have to phone these people again as you could be in a sorry state if you proceed as they have asked you to.
- itstimefortea0
ok cool... sorted... now i have to convert it from .mov to .mpg.... but my version of compressor isn't working... is there anything free i can use?? i tried quicktime pro with no joy.