Still from .mov to PhotoshopCS to DVD Studio - square/rectangular?

Although the non-square pixel option in PS cs is a great addition, it has made murky for the the already mind-twisting square/non-square pixel business.
With this workflow -
1)Export still from FCP/Motion for Photoshop
2)Use still as reference to create overlays
3)Import overlays into DVD Studio Pro
My uncertainty is with this-
When I open the still in PS do I change to 0.9 pixels to do the overlays? Or any consideration at all with this matter?
Thanks

Pretty much what the others have said also, ditto. Bear in mind that you may also need to throw a deinterlacing or NTSC filter on it if need be (may not dependning what comes out.)
The whole 720 x 540, 720 x 534, 720 x 486, 720 x 480 choices, coupled with the version of DVD SP and version of Photoshop, as a wise man oncee said, makes it a bad day to give up sniffing glue somtimes
(Sizes and NTSC filters are NTSC centric)

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