Optimum Resolution for Images

[RobertOZ]

This may seem a strange question, but I do not work with images very often and having just returned from holiday in NZ (how privileged you are to live there Ken) I have some 30GB of video and almost 1000 images to edit.
These images are 16:9 4000x2248, 180 dpi and 24 bit depth, so is there an optimum resolution that these should be reduced to, for creating projects in conjunction with the video (1280x720 HD 59fps) I read some time ago that images need to be reduced in size, but I can't remember why.

Thank you for any assistance

Robert

[BrianCee]

I never ever change the resolution of my images, but what I have found is that you can get distortion if you do not format your images first.

so I always crop my images to a true 16:9 (or previously 4:3) before importing them to VideoStudio - at whatever resolution the camera used.

[Ken Berry]

I do the same as Brian. Keeping the pics to their original resolution also helps if you intended to use pan and zoom on them. If you zoom in on a photo with reduced resolution, you will quickly get pixelation showing up in the video.

[Ken Veal]

So ,how do I crop pics to 16.9 as described? I have Paint Shop Pro X and VSX5 Pro.

[BrianCee]

We have already been through that Kenneth - there is a three page topic which you started with just that question here :-

http://forum.corel.com/EN/viewtopic.php?t=46329


If you still do not have the answer perhaps you could return there and continue that discussion.

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