i imported a .jpg image to use for my menu background and its not being displayed on my set correctly. When i view it in workshop 2.0 it looks just like it should until i burn it. I am using the "hight quiality" template for my DVD menu. I've lowered the "Title safe area" from the default 10% to 0% but to no avail. It appears that the image is getting streched on top and bottom as well as left to right. I have changed my DVD player settings to all possible settings but the issue still persists. I have imported the .jpg in 3 different resolutions.
720x480
768x576
640x480
And none of them allow the image to be displayed correctly. Some cut more off the image than others but the resulting menu is still cropped. I am looking for 4x3 without any pan and scann or letterbox.
Thankyou
Cropped Menu image
It sounds like ther are two issues...
- The safe-area is the area that's supposed to show-up on most TVs. The amount of over-scan (outside of the safe area) is determined by the TV, not by DVD Workshop. A high-quality well-adjusted TV will have less over-scan.
When you change the safe area in Workshop, it just changes the guidelines that show you what's safe.
- You need to supply Workshop with a 4x3 image, and you must allow for over-scan. The 768x576 and 640x480 versions should work. The 720x480 image won't work because it's not 4x3. Still images use square pixels, but video does not. Both 4x3 and 16x9 DVDs are 720x480.... Confusing, eh?
Here's what I do to solve the ratio problem and/or the overscan problem:
I used my image editing software to made some 4x3 solid-color rectangles. When I want to insert a still image into a video, I paste my image on top of that background.
I can adjust the size of the image while keeping it's original proportions. The solid-color background becomes a frame or matt for the image. And, the combined image remains 4X3.
- The safe-area is the area that's supposed to show-up on most TVs. The amount of over-scan (outside of the safe area) is determined by the TV, not by DVD Workshop. A high-quality well-adjusted TV will have less over-scan.
When you change the safe area in Workshop, it just changes the guidelines that show you what's safe.
- You need to supply Workshop with a 4x3 image, and you must allow for over-scan. The 768x576 and 640x480 versions should work. The 720x480 image won't work because it's not 4x3. Still images use square pixels, but video does not. Both 4x3 and 16x9 DVDs are 720x480.... Confusing, eh?
Here's what I do to solve the ratio problem and/or the overscan problem:
I used my image editing software to made some 4x3 solid-color rectangles. When I want to insert a still image into a video, I paste my image on top of that background.
I can adjust the size of the image while keeping it's original proportions. The solid-color background becomes a frame or matt for the image. And, the combined image remains 4X3.
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I added a solid black image ( 640x480 ) to my library and dragged it onto a blank menu. Then i right clicked on this new menu and pasted my 4x3 image ( 640x480 ) and proceded to add my buttons. All went fine but when i play it in my DVD player i still get the overscan. Did i not do it correctly. I thought i understood the frame concept but it didn't work for me.
Any thoughts...
Any thoughts...
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pauley
For the matte, I think DVDoug was suggesting that can be used when your picture is not already 4x3 in order to use as a frame of reference and keep your pic looking normal and not stretched.
For the overscan, it just sounds like you are putting your pic/text outside the safe zones. I think you are chasing an impossible goal. If you want the picture to fill the screen with no borders (even when played on a computer which does not have the overscan problem), then you will have cropping on any TV. As said earlier, different TVs have different amounts of overscan, so you can never tune it perfectly for every TV. Generally, I make my pictures/backgrounds to fill the screen, but have the focus of the picture within the safe zone. Otherwise, I just have a discrete moving background or soft solid color.
If you do want to tune it to your specific TV, then make a DVD with a background with 2 rulers (X and Y axes) on it. Burn the DVD, and 'measure' your screen on the rulers. Next add some lines to your ruler background that show what your TV screen sees and use that as the reference for your DVD.
Pauley
For the overscan, it just sounds like you are putting your pic/text outside the safe zones. I think you are chasing an impossible goal. If you want the picture to fill the screen with no borders (even when played on a computer which does not have the overscan problem), then you will have cropping on any TV. As said earlier, different TVs have different amounts of overscan, so you can never tune it perfectly for every TV. Generally, I make my pictures/backgrounds to fill the screen, but have the focus of the picture within the safe zone. Otherwise, I just have a discrete moving background or soft solid color.
If you do want to tune it to your specific TV, then make a DVD with a background with 2 rulers (X and Y axes) on it. Burn the DVD, and 'measure' your screen on the rulers. Next add some lines to your ruler background that show what your TV screen sees and use that as the reference for your DVD.
Pauley