Making the right choice at the beginning

I'm doing OK with learning Motion, Final Cut Pro and even DVD Studio. I'm pleased with what I can figure out with books and Help files. But I'm trying to make a short movie with stills and music which can be played on TV as a DVD (both a regular screen TV and a modern high resolution wide screen TV) and I'm confused as to what size to start the project: THE RESOLUTION and FRAME RATE. DVC PROHD?
I attempted one preset (DVC PRO HD, 720p60) and did part of the project in Motion, imported it into Final Cut Pro and everything was great, but then imported it into DVD Studio and the movie was squished. I'm thinking everything should be the same, but it is all guesswork on my part as to the presets. Thanks for any help.

DVDs work at a 720x480 resolution. You can work at a larger dimension but eventually the project will have be resized.
Both 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios in a standard DVD are 720x480. What makes them different is how FCP, DVDSP and the DVD player interpret the aspect ratio of the pixels. Video is not based on square pixels. Wide screen uses a wider pixel and 4:3 a narrower one. If you want to do a wide screen version (16:9), you need to tell FCP and DVDSP the material is 'anamorphic'.
One way to get better images while working in this size is to set your codec to DV50. It runs at a higher color space and offers better compositing options.
Have fun with those manuals. They contain a wealth of information.
good luck,
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I want this laptop to last me until I am done with my masters and into the first couple years of my teaching career, so roughly 6 years. Is that too much to ask from this machiene?
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My roomate has a Macbook Pro and keeps telling me that I'd hate the Air.
I've read that people do not like it as it does not have a backlit keyboard. That doesn't bother me as my keyboard currently isn't backlit.
I've also read that people continue to prefer the pro over the air but I am not a fan of the pro just as it is so much bigger.
I barely ever use my USB drive, when I do its to transfer over files that need to be printed. So having only two of them means nothing to me really.
I'm just looking for assistance to help me make my decision. I feel like I already made it but I just want to be sure that I'm making the right choice.
My personal pros/cons:
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Cons: it's so thin I feel like I would snap it in two pieces
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Listen to us, Lovekate!
We know you're eager, but hold out just a little longer--maybe a week or two--for the update! Please! It's the smart thing to do because it may give you options you can use. Kate! Look away from the machines. This way! This way! You can do this. If you don't, you'll feel buyers remorse and that's not good. Hold off. You'll be happy you did...also, don't forget, when you do buy, you get a student discount.
From what you say, you've found the computer you love and don't need any encouragement from us. But here's advise for what you can say to your friends:
(1) To those telling you to get the Pro--you are not going to buy more than you need. With Clouds, and online mail and external hard drives, there is no need for you to haul around anything made heavy with a huge hard drive you'll never fill up. And the Air can do anything a Pro can do excepting update to a bigger hard drive (which you've just explained you don't need--like you don't need the CD drive). And the 13" actually has a longer lasting battery than the 13" Pro.
(2) Why should you get a computer you don't love, and therefore is no fun or joy for you to work on, rather than a computer you love, which you will love working on? Apple rule, "Always get what you love."
(3) To your Dad, you are buying something very like a car. And like a car, if you buy one cheap, it will cost you if it breaks down, needs repairs, or needs replacing. Needing to buy a new cheap car every other year can add up to the same cost as buying a new car that will last you ten years. You are buying a computer that will last you, be reliable, and not need repairs thus interfering with your productivity (by the way, get Apple Care--adds two more years warranty for a total of 3 years--trust us on this. If you can't afford it now, you can hold off buying it till the end of the first year, but do get it!). Apple computers also have good resale value.
In short, as much as it costs, it will be worth it.
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Peace
G

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//Created by Daryl R. Smith
//This is the tab for Totes
#target illustrator
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var w = new Window ("dialog", "Choose Totes Template", undefined, {closeButton: false});
w.alignChildren = "right";
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tpanel.size = [400, 520];
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totes1.alignChildren = "left";
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var newGroup = app.activeDocument.groupItems.add();
for ( i = 0; i < docSelection.length; i++ ) {
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var TotenamesArr = [];
for(var i=0; i<toteTempFiles.length; i++){
var thisToteFile = toteTempFiles[i];
TotenamesArr.push(thisToteFile.displayName);
return TotenamesArr;
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rsize.alignChildren = "left"
rsize.orientation = "column"
rsizeyes = rsize.add ("radiobutton", undefined, "Yes");
rsizeno = rsize.add ("radiobutton", undefined, "No");
rsize.children[1].value = true;
var kbottombuttons = bottombuttons.add ("group", undefined, "")
kbottombuttons.orientation = "column"
kbottombuttons.add ("button", undefined, "Ok");
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var confirmed = confirm ("You picked [ " + selected_rbutton (totalgroups) +" ]"+ "\nYou picked [ " + questionResize (rsizechoice) + " ] to resize" + "\n" +"\nContinue?");
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{//start function
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for (var i = 0; i < rsize.children.length; i++)
if (rsize.children[i].value == true)
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}//end function QuestionResize
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                var guideBox = pID
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        var hNum = guideBox.height;
        var swNum = selecteditem.width;
        var shNum = selecteditem.height;
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        var syOffset = (shNum/2);
        var xOffset = (wNum/2);
        var yOffset = (hNum/2);
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        var yNum = guideBox.position[1]-yOffset;
        var guideXCenter = xNum-sxOffset;
        var guideYCenter = yNum+syOffset;
        var sxNum = selecteditem.position[0]+sxOffset;
        var syNum = selecteditem.position[1]-syOffset;
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              // alert("GuideBox Data:\nWidth: "+wNum+"\nHeight: "+hNum+"\nX Position: "+xNum+"\nY Position: "+yNum);
              // alert ("Selected object Data:\nWidth: "+swNum+"\nHeight: "+shNum+"\nX Position: "+sxNum+"\nY Position: "+syNum);
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var selecteditem = app.activeDocument.groupItems[0];
   if (questionResize (rsizechoice) == "Yes")
        for (var i = 0; i < app.activeDocument.pageItems.length; i++)
            if (app.activeDocument.pageItems[i].guides == true) {
                var guideBoxSize = app.activeDocument.pageItems[i];
            } //end if
        }   //end for
        var guideW = guideBoxSize.width;
        var guideH = guideBoxSize.height;
        var itemW = selecteditem.width;
        var itemH = selecteditem.height;
         //to test your script for resize un annotate the two alerts below
      // alert ("guide is this tall " + guideH + "\nguide is this wide " + guideW);
      // alert ("item is this tall " + itemH + "\nitem is this wide " + itemW);
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        var artHeight =itemH;
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           var a = (guideW/artWidth)*100;
           selecteditem.resize(a,a);
    if (artHeight > artWidth)
           var b = (guideH/artHeight)*100;
           selecteditem.resize(b,b);
var artWidth2 = selecteditem.width;
var artHeight2 =selecteditem.height;
if (artHeight2 > guideH)
       var c = (guideH/artHeight2)*100;
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var thisDoc = app.activeDocument;
var template = app.documents[1];
var vartwork = app.documents[0];
var itemToDuplicate = template.pageItems['ArtGroup1'];
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//all radiobutton groups must be present in this array
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//this function checks each group for the 1 radio button is clicked then returns its text
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{//start function to check buttons
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////Totes tab buttons
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return totes1.children[i].text;
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}//end if
}//end for
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If you don't want to use IE, which I didn't, you can follow this link and revert back to an older version of FF until a fix or work around is found for the flash issue.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
It work for me. Fireforx 3.6.16

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