Best settings for DVD project

I have done all of my work so far for online projects so I didn't realise that dvd always has dimensions of 720x576, and that it is only blueray which plays in full HD, until I started building a DVD project in Encore.
I would like some advice to produce the best possible results on a dvd format;
I presume that this means I must build all my menus in photoshop to 720x576 dimensions?
But what about the video itself? It was filmed in 1920x1080, and was created on a 1920x1080 timeline in Premiere Pro, can I simply export it at as an SD file?
What I'm asking really is how should I export my project from Premiere, and build it in Encore for best possible results for DVD format?
Thanks in advance

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I'm sure there are topics about this in this forum but I couldn't search and find them.
If your HD material has a lot of fine detail that might strobe try adding a Gaussian blur to your HD export, I find a setting of 3 to 4 vertical helps.

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Hi, I have hd footage that looks great and is 1920x1080. I want to burn this to disk in this same resolution, however I don't want to burn blueray I want everybody to be able to play this. I have some 8.5gb disks and my project is 7.4gbs. It currently looks great on my 30 inch screen and looks like a dvd that id bought. Is it possible to burn this to this disk. Also will sd tvs crop the film when it plays?
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Referring back to your post 4.
Additional info: When I published my test video for DVD I chose “Computer” on the Publish+Share drop-down list, then chose MPEG, Presets: HDTV 1080p 29.97 High Quality.
Saved and burned to DVD. I also did the same choosing AVCHD Presets: MP4 – H264 1920x1080p 30. Saved and burned to DVD
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There used to be the discussion about HDV to DVD-VIDEO format on DVD disc - whether HDV file should be imported into the project as source or whether the user should downsize the HDV to DV widescreen in the camera before import into a DV Widescreen Premiere Elements project. As we getting into this type of question with your 1080p60 to DV widescreen?
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Please forgive me for asking what I am sure has been asked before, but having done a few searches I was still unsure as to what is the best approach for this project.
I have just come over to FCP from Avid (hence knowing very little about FCP), and have a documentary project that I want to cut in FCP.
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>it seems sensible to use a more compressed offline res as there is well over 100 hours of footage.
Sorry Avid-man...going to have to let go of your "offline/online" workflow ideals. There is no offline in FCP. Well, it is best if there isn't. You will...SHOULD...be working with XDCAM and DVCPRO HD at full resolution. So your cut will then just be color corrected. 100 hours of XDCAM is 1.7TB. 100 hours of DVCPRO HD is well...5.4T TB...but you will have a mixture of the two. I had 80 hours of DVCPRO HD and all that fit on 2TB...but then again, that was at 720p. Still...unless you REALLY know what you are doing...unless you have an FCP expert on staff...do not offline/online.
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