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Dear All,
I'm creating an H264 1280 x 720 video for Google Maps that incorporates still images and 1280x720 HD video. I've always used 96 dpi for image resolution in the past when I cropped images for standard 720 x 640 video and they looked good. If I crop my still images in Photoshop to 1260 x 720 at 96 dpi, jpeg, will that give me a good still image in the final product? I know that the dpi really doesn't matter unless we're talking about print, but I want to start with a good image resolution. There are many things to learn about all of the new formats! Thanks.
Small Town Gal

Hi SMG,
As Ann said, forget DPI for video, has absolutely no bearing on things. For a 1280x720 video, optimum still size is 1280x720 pixels. If you want to do any zooming/panning to animate the still, then of course a higher resolution will be beneficial.
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
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