On 31 Mar 2003 12:20:53 -0800, flynnoco@aol.com (Flynn) wrote:

>Okay, I've done Google searches. I've read books and manuals. And I'm

>still totally confused and lost on how this whole resolution thing

>works when creating titles/graphics in Photoshop and placing them in

>Premiere.

>

>My question(s) is(are): Am I designing for NTSC resolution (square

>pixel) -- 640 x 480 -- because the ultimate output device will be a

>NTSC television, or am I designing for NTSC DV resolution (non-square

>pixel) -- 720 x 480 -- because the media it's going to be recorded on

>is DV (even though it's going to be viewed on a NTSC television)? Or

>have I somehow got this all totally backward?

>

>What I want is for my images to look the same on output as they do

>when I'm designing them -- i.e., no image distortion or "squishing"; I

>want circles to be circles, not ovals.

Then do a simple experiment: make two graphics with a single

large circle in the middle, one in 640x480 proportion (I

prefer to double the resolution for best results [and you

can also use 720x534...), and one in 720x480 proportion.

Import both, render both, and export both and view them on

a TV. With a few minutes of labor, you will know the

answer...! ;-)