Images for television?

[Patrick 10D]

This is an interesting one.

Tomorrow, I have to take approximately 20 RAW images that will be used on a LIVE television broadcast. These will be head shots and posed shots of American Football players - the images will be used during the broadcast to highlight certain players from each team.

The producer of the program asked me if it was possible to take the images in 16:9 aspect or format. I have RTFM and as far as I can tell, there is no adjustment for this. Or?

And, what is the aspect that the 10D captures images in? I was under the impression that it was 3:2.

I also suggested 10 second video clips taken pre-game, either with one of their cameras or with my Sony TVR-950. My Sony is out of the question because it is a NTSC camera from the US ... and they are not so sure about a running clip of the player (as per Monday Night Football etc.).

Anyway, if anyone can answer the question about the picture aspect, I would greatly appreciate it!

[Longwatcher]

The 10D produces a 8"x12" at 240DPI natively (actually a bit more in each dimension, but close enough). Thus it is 3:2 scale format. To get 16:9 just crop to desired format, unless you have to send them unaltered.

You have to do that to get almost any other format then 4x6 prints anyway.

You can't take them in that format, but you can provide them in the desired format. You will need to sharpen them anyway, so just crop them first.

Recommend taking some practice runs first so that you know what they will look like when done versus what the look like in camera.

Just my semi-uninformed opinion,

[Patrick 10D]

Thanks! I will give this a try tomorrow - thankfully, four hours before the broadcast begins ...

Now I just have to figure out how to "crop" the images to 16:9! I don't have to give them to the guy in the truck unaltered, just in .jpg format, in as large a resolution as possible.

[PacAce]

Patrick 10D wrote:
Thanks! I will give this a try tomorrow - thankfully, four hours before the broadcast begins ...

Now I just have to figure out how to "crop" the images to 16:9! I don't have to give them to the guy in the truck unaltered, just in .jpg format, in as large a resolution as possible.



If using Photoshop, set your crop tool to 16" width and 9" height (or vise versa depending on orientation of image) and you'll have the aspect ratio you need.

Actually, you HAVE to make it 16 width and 9 height since the TV aspect is ALWAYS set that way.

[Patrick 10D]

PacAce wrote: If using Photoshop, set your crop tool to 16" width and 9" height (or vise versa depending on orientation of image) and you'll have the aspect ratio you need.


Excellent. Now to convert that to the Metric System ... : )

Thank you!

[PacAce]

Patrick 10D wrote:
PacAce wrote: If using Photoshop, set your crop tool to 16" width and 9" height (or vise versa depending on orientation of image) and you'll have the aspect ratio you need.


Excellent. Now to convert that to the Metric System ... : )

Thank you!



Doesn't matter. You could set it to 16 apples and 9 apples...same thing. It's the ratio thta matters, not the units as long as they the same unit.

[Patrick 10D]

PacAce wrote:Doesn't matter. You could set it to 16 apples and 9 apples...same thing. It's the ratio thta matters, not the units as long as they the same unit.

I was sort of kidding (it is post-Happy Hour here in Finland).

However, I am using PS Elements - which I am relatively new to - and I figuring out how to change the image size etc. And I see exactly what happens when I change it to 16" X 9". Granted, this is old hat to most of you, but I am pleased to learn something new! Thank you for the help.

I have a 23" Cinema Display here at home which makes this sort of thing a bit easier, but tomorrow I will have to do it with my 12" iBook outdoors! That will be interesting.