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Best file for video montage?

X-Steven
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Jun 13, 2003, 12:07 AM

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What is the best kind of file to save a scanned photo in for a montage. I have read that a jpeg was no good. I would like to save the photo larger than 740 x 480, so I can use a zoom and movement options on the pictures. I do not have any adobe products.
Is there a good search function on this forum, I know I have read about this before but I could not find it.
Thanks

X-Mike
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Jun 13, 2003, 1:23 AM

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TIFF or BMP	Can't Post

Tiff and BMP work just fine.

Mike

X-ChopSueyChrisaolcom
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Jun 13, 2003, 2:46 AM

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Scanners such as a epson give you options... high res jpegs are fine... low res(website pic type files are ng.)
I go with tiff since the hd space is nothing as compared to even half an hour of dv video...
i use Imaginate to zoom/pan/tilt all my pics for my photo montages.. it came with my storm2 and love it.
You can buy imagiante on its own @ canopus.com i think its 99 or 199 for the program.
basically you inport any pic file and then it records the file out as ms codec avi1 or a canopus codec avi2 (which ever you wish)
I never read any instruction manuals and within a hour i had it running to produce a photo montage.
Works nicely with panning invites as well.
:-) hope this helps
chris

X-Danno
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Jun 13, 2003, 2:58 AM

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Re: TIFF or BMP [In reply to]	Can't Post

Absolutely agree,
Imaginate is a great product. You get solid pans/zooms etc. with no pixel "shimmering". Works great with Premiere as well.
: Scanners such as a epson give you options... high res jpegs are fine... low res(website pic type files are ng.)
: I go with tiff since the hd space is nothing as compared to even half an hour of dv video...
: i use Imaginate to zoom/pan/tilt all my pics for my photo montages.. it came with my storm2 and love it.
: You can buy imagiante on its own @ canopus.com i think its 99 or 199 for the program.
: basically you inport any pic file and then it records the file out as ms codec avi1 or a canopus codec avi2 (which ever you wish)
: I never read any instruction manuals and within a hour i had it running to produce a photo montage.
: Works nicely with panning invites as well.
: :-) hope this helps
: chris

X-ChopSueyChrisaolcom
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Jun 13, 2003, 3:09 AM

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Re: TIFF or BMP [In reply to]	Can't Post

I import the files directly into premiere 6.5 as well...

BTW I have also scanned business cards with rotating the cards for 30 second clips and used it as a loop for dj's demo reels I have produced on dvd with ulead workshop. Using the avi file as the background fr the menu page and then imported video clips for the links.. Looks great and works even easier!
Also I use xplode pro for my 3d transitions in adobe... I often use stills with rotating effects durring edits as background for video 1a and 1b:-)
ex.
with "around the world" i would go from a video clip of a group of people dancing to a tight shot of the bride and grooms hands starting to cut the cake.. but the background image durring the transition where the 2 sceens rotate/flip into one another the background is a still shot of the cake zooming into the still shot of the cake.
anyways..there is a lot of ways to use imaginate... not jsu tiwht canopus2 or premiere.
-chris

X-Steven
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Jun 14, 2003, 10:45 AM

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I had already scanned in about 100 photos and saved them as JPEGs, can I resave them as a TIFF? Will I still lose the quality by doing that. Should I just rescan them in again?
Thanks Agian.

X-Videofred
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Jun 16, 2003, 1:11 PM

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You're going to have to rescan. The reason that .jpgs are no good is they are compressed. This compression can be light, as it is in high-quality .jpgs or heavy as in low-quality. For video you want an uncompressed source. Especially if you're going to be panning and such. .tif files are the best compromise. This is a lossless compression system which is as close to completely uncompressed - .bmp - as you can get.
If you just resave the .jpgs as .tif the damage is already done...
: I had already scanned in about 100 photos and saved them as JPEGs, can I resave them as a TIFF? Will I still lose the quality by doing that. Should I just rescan them in again?
: Thanks Agian.