I need to resize 8 MB .jpg files to use as clips in FCPX, how small should each be for hi-def video?
Final Cut Pro X, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Depending on what you need to do with it, either the same size as your project format or double the size at 72dpi.
My video project will be projected in an art gallery. The .jpg files that I'm using as clips in the video are all shot with a dSLR. I want to resize my .jpg files (72 dpi & 5184w x 3456h) so that they'll be hi-def video and the hightest resolution possible for the projected video. I also have some camera raw size files to resize, I assume these can be resized to the same resolution as the .jpg files (the raw files are about 22 MB each?)
The bottle neck is the projector. What's it capable off? That will determine what's best to use for the project format. The specs I gave above should give you guidelines for your stills. Get out of JPEG and go to PNG or TIFF.
Why use PNG or TIFF instead of JPEG?
JPEG recompresses every time the file is saved or copied.
The projector will vary depending upon the gallery or museum where the project is exhibitied. Don't know if I'll have control over this. I therefore want the hightest quality/resolution video possible and assume that I'll have a top-or-the-line projector.
Since I have JPG files should I save all of these as TIFFS when they are resized? I'm lookinking for specifics about resizing given the info. above.
randy ericksen wrote:
Why use PNG or TIFF instead of JPEG?
Because PNG is way better! :-)
And here is video resolution specs...
Make the project 1920x1080p at 23.98. Make the stills the same size.
Tom Wolsky wrote:
Make the project 1920x1080p at 23.98. Make the stills the same size.
Or bigger, if you would like to zoom into the pictures and not loose quality.
It really depends on what you like to do with them.. ;-)
How so?
I'd like to understand your reasoning, why 23.98?
I am using the full frame, not zooming in.
How is PNG better than JPG and then TIFF?
23.98 is a standard video frame. Use whatever frame rate you want. For stills it doesn't matter much.
You might want to look beytond this one delivery mechanism you're now using and look to what you may need to deliver from the same master at some future date.
1920 x 1080 at 72dpi? The resized file is then ~ 1.9 MG, this sounds a little small?
For a single frame of video? Calculate that as uncompressed video at 1.9MB/frame. That's 45MB/second at 24fps, 2.74G/minute.
Thanks very much, but I'm in over my head! I don't understand the significance of these figures
I need to resize 8 MB .jpg files to use as clips in FCPX, how small can each be for hi-def video?
