Creating Images For Video - Adobe 13102498 - Photoshop CS3 - Mac User Manual

Important: You may lose some interpolated keyframes when converting a timeline animation to a frame animation (the
appearance of the animation doesn't change).
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In the Animation palette, do any of the following:
• Click the Convert To Frame Animation icon
• Click the Convert To Timeline Animation icon
• From the Animation palette menu, choose either Convert To Frame Animation or Convert To Timeline.
Specify timeline duration and frame rate (Photoshop Extended)
When you are working in timeline mode, you can specify the duration and frame rate of a document containing
video or animation. Duration is the overall time length of the video clip in the document. Frame rate or frames per
second (fps), is usually determined by the type of output you produce: NTSC video has a frame rate of 29.97 fps; PAL
video has a frame rate of 25 fps; and motion picture film has a frame rate of 24 fps. Depending on the broadcast
system, DVD video can have the same frame rate as NTSC video or PAL video, or a frame rate of 23.976. Video
intended for CD-ROM or the web typically has a frame rate of 10 to 15 fps.
When you create a new document, the default timeline duration is 10 seconds and the frame rate is 30 fps.
From the Animation palette menu, choose Document Settings.
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Enter or choose values for Duration and Frame Rate.
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Note: Reducing the duration of an existing video or animation has the effect of trimming frames (and any keyframes)
from the end of the document.
See also
"Set a work area (Photoshop Extended)" on page 561

Creating images for video

About creating images for video
Photoshop can create images of various aspect ratios so that they appear properly on devices such as video monitors.
You can select a specific video option (using the New dialog box) to compensate for scaling when the final image is
incorporated into video.
Safe zones
The Film & Video preset also creates a document with nonprinting guides that delineate the action-safe and title-safe
areas of the image. Using the options in the Size menu, you can produce images for specific video systems—NTSC,
PAL, or HDTV.
Safe zones are useful when you edit for broadcast and videotape. Most consumer TV sets use a process called
overscan, which cuts off a portion of the outer edges of the picture, allowing the center of the picture to be enlarged.
The amount of overscan is not consistent across TVs. To ensure that everything fits within the area that most TVs
display, keep text within the title-safe margins, and all other important elements within the action-safe margins.
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