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Graphics experts, I have a question?
- Thread starter Waterdog
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You will probably want to use Adobe Photoshop to do the image tweaking. You can do amzing visual tricks or do a collage type deal as well as tweak colors and balance. The problem will be in the image capture, unless you have a film element i.e. a negative you will not get enough resolution to make a 24"x36" image that is clear. Do not even think of capturing off video, even DVD doesnt have the resolution you really want. It might look great on a 20" monitor but blowing that up 4-500% will really show you the limitations of video resolution.
Also depends on the use.
As MPower said, you're prolly not gonna get a good result if you're looking to do a full-size print poster from a straight out video or screen capture. But for web use, like Oleg's masterpieces, you're fine.
Here's the other trick -- copyright.
If it's just for your personal use, or for this little community, you probably fall under "fair use." However, if you're going to post this poster up for the outside world, and ESPECIALLY if you're looking to make money out of it somehow (even ads on your website, for example) you're asking for trouble. Now Paramount (or whoever) isn't likely to waste effort tracking you down I'd say -- but then again since this board started sending complaints to HK and Glock about VPC's website, you never know who might try to rat you out from the other side.
Can you maybe tell us a little more about what you want to do? Like -- what format do you have the movie in, what equipment/software do you have for designing the poster, and what's your intended final output?
Then we could give you more specific advice...
[This message has been edited by Kaylee (edited August 04, 2000).]
As MPower said, you're prolly not gonna get a good result if you're looking to do a full-size print poster from a straight out video or screen capture. But for web use, like Oleg's masterpieces, you're fine.
Here's the other trick -- copyright.
If it's just for your personal use, or for this little community, you probably fall under "fair use." However, if you're going to post this poster up for the outside world, and ESPECIALLY if you're looking to make money out of it somehow (even ads on your website, for example) you're asking for trouble. Now Paramount (or whoever) isn't likely to waste effort tracking you down I'd say -- but then again since this board started sending complaints to HK and Glock about VPC's website, you never know who might try to rat you out from the other side.
Can you maybe tell us a little more about what you want to do? Like -- what format do you have the movie in, what equipment/software do you have for designing the poster, and what's your intended final output?
Then we could give you more specific advice...
[This message has been edited by Kaylee (edited August 04, 2000).]
I would use a video capture board (most Macs have one built in, it will do a 640x480 image), you can get better bards for PCs which would do several passes over the same frame and thus get higher res and less noise. The quality is not very good, though you can do OK from DVD if you choose a scene with little movement. No worse than scans from history books I see on-line.