What file size is best for animation??

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What file size is best for animation??

Hello,

I am creating an animation in imovie from drawings manipulated firstly in photoshop. I have made each frame 1024 (w) x 768 (h) pixels to fit a 4:3 ratio, at 72 dpi - but I am concerned that it will lose image quality when I project it on a wall at a size 135cm x 101.25 cm. What is the best file size to make still frames that are transferred into video??

Thanks!!

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Posted on Aug 15, 2009 7:22 AM

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Aug 15, 2009 8:24 AM in response to mostlymilk

video has very few, fix resolutions..
and therefor no such thing as 'dots per inch' .. same 'dots'/pixel on any sized screen..

in Australia, you have PAL - 768x576 , resp. 720x576 on a DVD.
when you like to use later 16:9 PAL; you have to paint in 1024x576 ... in 'video' that gets 'distorted' to anamoprh 768x576.. on playback, you see 1024 again..

the other options are 1280x720 (socalled 720) and 1920x1080 (socalled FullHD), both are not supported on videoDVDs..

that's all with video, 3.5 resolutions..
projection size doesn't matter, therefor dpi neither

ah, and Welcome, mostlymilk, to the  boards..

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