What BMP size do I need for menus to retain proportions

burgo · Post by **burgo** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 5:49 pm

I am using VS8 and currently at the menu creation stage.

The BMP I am currently using is 1440 X 1152, which I thought would do the trick as it is effectively double DVD size. However, it has reduced the width more than the height and I have appeared to put on a few pounds.

Does anyone know the best size for this task ?

thecoalman · Post by **thecoalman** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:00 pm

If it's stretching it to the full dimensions....720x480.....you need to crop it by ratio. with those dimensions for a 4:3 you need to crop about 70 pixels off the heigth. I don't mean resize, you need to remove part of the image.

If it's 16:9 you need to remove 340 pixels off the heigth.

If you have photoimpact it will automatically adjust the crop box to the correct ratio.