120-neg Scanning Resolution for Use on Television?

Hi Folks, some of my work has been selected for use on television (opening
titles etc). Does anyone have experience in this undertaking?

I suspect that a moderately low resolution will suffice, but do not want to
under provide.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks! Mark.

http://www.toycamera.com/skorj/index.html

"Skorj" skj1960 at hotmail dot com wrote:

Hi Folks, some of my work has been selected for use on television (opening
titles etc). Does anyone have experience in this undertaking?

Not me. But I'd think that the people doing the TV would. Are you sure they
really want scanned images (i.e. digital files (tiffs or jpegs))??? Can't
they just put your prints on a copy stand???

I suspect that a moderately low resolution will suffice, but do not want
to
under provide.

Scanning's hard. Cheap, low-res scanning is usually lousy quality in terms
of contrast, color, flare from contrasty areas. And high-res/high-quality
scanning's expensive, time consuming, and downsampling to lower resolution
requires care (since aliasing raises its ugly head at every opportunity).

Have you considered aiming a digital camera at your prints? I've had
surprisingly good results doing that with my Sony F707, and I didn't even
try very hard.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

"Skorj" skj1960 at hotmail dot com wrote:

Hi Folks, some of my work has been selected for use on television (opening
titles etc). Does anyone have experience in this undertaking?


I'd ask this in a video newsgroup, interlaced video isn't even the same
sport!

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Stacey

"Skorj" skj1960 at hotmail dot com wrote in message
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Hi Folks, some of my work has been selected for use on television (opening
titles etc). Does anyone have experience in this undertaking?

I suspect that a moderately low resolution will suffice, but do not want
to
under provide.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks! Mark.

http://www.toycamera.com/skorj/index.html

PAL resolution is 720x576, NTSC is (I think) 720x480. I would probably send
it to them in a high resolution and allow them to resample.

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no, and yes...."

Recently, Skorj skj1960 at hotmail dot com posted:

Hi Folks, some of my work has been selected for use on television
(opening titles etc). Does anyone have experience in this undertaking?

I suspect that a moderately low resolution will suffice, but do not
want to under provide.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks! Mark.

While this somewhat depends on what kind of "television"... broadcast NTSC
/ PAL etc., or VCR / DVD, the main thing is that you want to provide
enough image to reach both the horizontal and vertical blanking areas. For
example, in NTSC, the image size could be around 720 x 480. But, there are
other considerations around color. If it's for broadcast, you'll need to
keep your color space in the "legal" zone for the format. Those requesting
your services should be able to provide you with the details.

Regards,

Neil

Skorj wrote:

Hi Folks, some of my work has been selected for use on television (opening
titles etc). Does anyone have experience in this undertaking?

I suspect that a moderately low resolution will suffice, but do not want to
under provide.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks! Mark.

http://www.toycamera.com/skorj/index.html

Ask them for specifications, if they want you to do the scanning. Both NTSC
and PAL can involve non-square pixels (imagine a basketball looking oblong, if
you get it wrong). I would try to contact someone in production, and ask them
what they want to work with to slot the images into their show. The colour
space for television is somewhat compressed, without a really strong black
point, nor white point, so ideally give them more colour than they need, and
let the technicians do the adjustments. You can get a sort of preview by
switching to NTSC colour in PhotoShop, though a computer monitor has a wider
colour space . . . the only real way to see it is the put the image onto a
television monitor.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
A G Studio
http://www.allgstudio.com
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what they want to work with to slot the images into their show. The colour
space for television is somewhat compressed, without a really strong black
point, nor white point, so ideally give them more colour than they need, and
let the technicians do the adjustments. You can get a sort of preview by

Would that not cause them to turn down the saturation?

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Peter Chant wrote:

In article ,
Gordon Moat writes:
what they want to work with to slot the images into their show. The colour
space for television is somewhat compressed, without a really strong black
point, nor white point, so ideally give them more colour than they need, and
let the technicians do the adjustments. You can get a sort of preview by

Would that not cause them to turn down the saturation?

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Yes, though that would be easier than trying to increase saturation. With the
proper software and experience, plus being able to preview on a calibrated NTSC
monitor, he could do the adjustments, and then give the files. However, without
knowing how the images will fit into the show, or all the variables, it would be
better to allow them to do the adjustments. Anyway, if the images hold up well
now, slight saturation changes should not make them any less interesting, nor
less compelling.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
A G Studio
http://www.allgstudio.com
http://www.agstudiopro.com Coming Soon!