PhotoShop size for iMovie 4

When we import 640x480 .pict graphics from PS into iMovie 4 we get black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. What should our PS template screen size be to fit the iMovie screen exactly?

What you must do, unfortunately is tweak the Ken Burns effect 'zoom' and 'alignment' settings to situate your images properly.
Zoom using the blue toggle bar with the small photo icon at one end and the large photo icon at the other end.
Align your image by clicking on the image in the small preview window and dragging the desired area into view.
You shouldn't have to do all this, but you do.
Gotta disagree with most of that. It's definitely NOT necessary to "do all this" each time you use Ken Burns. If a user has previously changed the Ken Burns pan for an image, then Yes, the user must UN-change it as I described above. But normally that's not necessary.
Ken Burns has very useful feature that's involved here. KB "remembers" your last Ken Burns settings, which lets you apply them to your NEXT photo import(s). In other words, KB accepts your current setting as the default setting for all future imports, until you want to change the default. Very convenient.
You can change the current KB settings by (a) re-configuring the Ken Burns controls, or (b) clicking on a clip previously imported with the Ken Burns settings you like, or (c) reverting to the default KB settings as I described above.
That's all good stuff, not a problem, in my opinion.
It's unlikely the Ken Burns settings are causing the problem Dewey described, for he's seeing black bars on both the top and bottom edges. To the best of my knowledge, it's impossible to create that with Ken Burns on a 640x480 image. That IS what you get, however, by importing an image that does not have a 4:3 aspect ratio, so I'd first check the dimensions of the image. A 5:3 aspect ratio will cause it, for example.
He might also try trashing the iMovie preference file. iMovie stores the "current" KB settings there, and it's possible those or something else is corrupted. (Be sure to quit iMovie before discarding the file.)
Karl

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I'm not saying this is the "only" way but I've gotten used to batch converting folders with images I intend for iMovie slide shows so that they will "fit" the view screen.
Many experienced users will say that it's "better" to just crop your images or at least limit any applied text to areas near the center of the image so they still appear when displayed in slide show mode.
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- Press "Go"
- A new folder will be created with all the images resized to 1024
pixels wide at 72 DPI.
============
You should definitely SAVE your original full-size images for use in iPhoto and prints, etc.
And of course, you will probably want to delete those under-size versions from your iPhoto Library after you're finished.

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Specifically, in Photoshop, for vertically oriented pictures, what would be the recommendation for:
1) File size and best way to control that in Photoshop. Should I increase the file size on the original RAW image import? (I currently use the 2000x3008 6MP default)
2) Should each photo be cropped to an exact size or can I keep a specific aspect ratio instead?
3) Should I use a pixel aspect ratio other than normal? (These will all be viewed in the US )
4) Should the photos be imported into iMovie first and go through KB (even with no zooming) or can they go into iDVD?
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Since posting the test I suggested you run, Alesse, I've done some testing of my own, with some interesting results. They aren't going to help you much, I'm afraid, but they might shed some light on the whole process of making slideshows.
I do everything I can to maximize image quality in iMovie slideshows. Then I've wondered what affect iDVD has on the result.
So today I played the same slideshow from three sources. One version from the camera, one version from iDVD and one version from a Digital Video Recorder (DVR).
First I created a slideshow where the same photos were imported four different ways, each as a four 4-second clip. The test used rather simple photos, 1600x1200 jpegs, about 500k each, from an old Nikon Coolpix 950.
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1) I imported the sequence of images into QuickTime Player, then saved that as two DV streams, one Progressive and one Interlaced. These were dropped into the Media folder as described above. iMovie "adopted" them when I re-opened the project. (They were NOT imported by iMovie.)
2) I imported the same images with Ken Burns ON (but with no animation); and
3) I imported the same images with Ken Burns OFF.
The four clips of each image were arranged side-by-side on the Timeline, so I could easily compare their quality while played on the TV.
(The images were selected to include those that are easy to encode by iDVD and images difficult to encode — having lots of high-contrast lines like roof lines, lap-siding on buildings, telephone lines, the kind of content that tends to acquire the "jaggies". I avoided the bug where iMovie adds jaggies if you grant it permission to render UNrendered images as you export the project to iDVD or to the camera.)
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1) the slideshow played from the camera;
2) the slideshow burned by iDVD and
3) the slideshow burned by a standalone DVR.
To make the three slideshows, I did this:
1) used iDVD to burn a DVD of the iMovie project;
2) exported the iMovie slideshow project back to the camera; and
3) connected the camera to a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) and burned a DVD on the DVR. This was so I could compare the quality of iDVD to a DVR recording.
Then I connected the camera to the TV so I could compare it, in turn, to each of the DVDs. Because each image played for a total of 16 seconds, I was able to play both the DVD and the camera simultaneously and switch the TV back and forth between the two inputs to compare the image quality of the camera to a DVD.
RESULT
• The camera image was superior in all respects to both the DVDs, as one would expect. Considerably better. There were virtually no jaggies. Subtler colors. Less contrast. iMovie 6 was obviously delivering the goods. Great quality, on every clip.
• At first I thought the DVR image was better than the iDVD image, but reconsidered that later. Each had its own positive qualities. There was little difference. Each was slightly better in some respects than the other, worse in others. It was basically a wash. Both had about the same amount of jaggies, sometimes in different places.
• Another interesting result was that all the clips — from all four sources — played basically the same on the camera and on the two DVDs. There was very little difference among the four import methods. (I expected more difference.)
• There WAS an obvious difference among clips played in iMovie, however. The DV stream exported as a DV Progressive movie displayed with better quality in iMovie itself. The difference wasn't huge, but it was sharper, more "life-like".
• It is obvious that encoding an iMovie project to the MPEG-2 format used by a DVD — whether by iDVD or by a DVR — sacrifices quality. You won't notice it much on some images — flowers, faces, landscapes — but you will see jaggies on others.
• When the test was over, I watched a DVD slideshow of the same images I had burned a few weeks ago containing three iMovie widescreen formats: DV Widescreen, 720p, and 1080i. It was a close call, but I think they were all slightly better than the DV slideshow. Some images, especially, were better.
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If you want the best playback quality possible, use the camcorder to play the slideshow on the TV, not a DVD.
To avoid the jaggies, it may be necessary to avoid certain photos. It's hard to tell which those are until you play the DVD on a TV. Plan to burn a DVD, then purge the images that acquire bad jaggies and burn it again.
Softening the TV picture can help. My TV offers a tremendous range of sharpness, a feature common to new TVs.
• My guess is that until we can burn Hi-Def DVDs, our huger and huger TVs are going to make the problem of DVD quality worser and worser. My slideshows would probably all look great on yesterday's "huge" 20" TV.
• I don't have DVD Studio Pro to test. Perhaps someone can compare that too?
Anyway, I hope something here helps.
Karl

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