What DSLR image size imports best into VSx6?

[ChicagoBill]

Just upgraded from Studio 12 to VSx6 and love it. Now I'm trying to be more creative and import .jpg images from my Nikon DSLR to use in my videos. Most of my images are 4288x2848 for 12.2 MB. Should I be resizing the images before importing, if so to what size?

For example, I created a time-lapse from 90 images in VSx6 from the same size images, but the video did not have the sharpness I expected. The individual photos were sharp as a tack, but the video seemed almost out of focus.

Any advice would be appreciated and thanks in advance.

[BrianCee]

i don't know that there is a preferred size as such to use in VideoStudio - after all the final image will be viewed at the resolution of your TV/PC monitor and if your TV has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 then any image bigger than that is going to be scaled down to that size. I personally would never put such large images as yours in the timeline - the bigger they are the more reduction will be applied to fit your TV screen

The only thing I have found important when using still images is that the format should match the screen format - so for a 16:9 video I make all my images 16:9 - which could be 1600 x 900 or 2400 x 1350 or any other combination which is 16 by 9 - that way I find the image does not get pulled out of shape when it fits to screen in your project and mine at least maintain a reasonable clarity.

[canuck]

Just upgraded from Studio 12 to VSx6 and love it. Now I'm trying to be more creative and import .jpg images from my Nikon DSLR to use in my videos. Most of my images are 4288x2848 for 12.2 MB. Should I be resizing the images before importing, if so to what size?

For example, I created a time-lapse from 90 images in VSx6 from the same size images, but the video did not have the sharpness I expected. The individual photos were sharp as a tack, but the video seemed almost out of focus.

Any advice would be appreciated and thanks in advance.

The "sharpness" will of course depend on what you have selected as your video output. There will be considerable difference between standard DVD quality of some HiDef format. So which one are you selecting?

[ChicagoBill]

Thanks very much for the information. I'm using a Sony HDV camera to import the HD tapes to VSx6. Later I burn them to DVDs and they are played on a fairly new DVD recorder/player (not a Blu-Ray device) and viewed on an HD big screen TV. The clips come in fine and produce excellent DVDs.

When I try to add a Nikon DSLR image (they are quite large) to the clips, the images import just fine (automatically resized??) to the timeline and they do show up when I view the entire timeline in the preview screen. However, the image does not look very sharp when viewed in the preview screen. I'm wondering if I would have better luck resizing the images in Paint Shop Pro before importing and adding them to the timeline. In other words, would Paint Shop Pro produce a better "resized" image that the automatic resizing component of VSx6?

You said, "There will be considerable difference between standard DVD quality of some HiDef format. So which one are you selecting?" The VSx6 manual is a little fuzzy on what output to use so I have just been using the DVD format. To produce the highest quality on a non-Blu-Ray DVD should I be using a different format?

I will be using the 16:9 format for any resizing I do in Paint Shop Pro.

Again, thanks for the help.

[lata]

Hi

A standard DVD uses a frame size of 720 x 480 for NTSC.
This is considerably smaller than your original images and smaller than your HD TV

I have to say I burn many slide shows with good quality using images from a Canon 7D.

If your TV has a USB input terminal then you may be best creating a HD video file and playing the file via the USB, that will give you the ultimate quality.
Do you have USB on the TV set.

For standard definition…….
Rendering the project to MPEG2 video file, this will be used to burn a DVD, you may be best using Frame Based rather than interlaced.

Edit your project properties (Alt + Enter) to

NTSC drop frame (29.97 fps)
MPEG files
24 bits, 720 x 480, 29.97 fps
Frame-based
(DVD-NTSC), 16:9
Video data rate: 8000 kbps (Constant) (max 70 minutes of video)
Audio data rate: 256 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio, 48 KHz, 2/0(L,R)

After completing the editing choose Share Create video File Same as project properties, play the new Mpeg2 file to check quality.