TIF as transition in 16:9

I'm creating a transition from a track to a menu by placing a still image (TIF) after the video & then adding the transition. Video is 16:9 anamorphic. I created the still from the sequence in Final Cut. When I import the still to DVDSP and add it to the end of the track, it remains squeezed. I take it into Photoshop to re-size to 16:9 (864x480?), but no matter what I do, when I import there is a slight vertical shrink when cutting to the tif. The original tif from FCP is 720x486 and when I bring it into Photoshop the pixel ratio is square. I've even changed that in combination with the size, and I just can't seem to get the TIF to match. How should I be resizing the TIF?

Hi:
Use this info (taken from DVDSP User MAnual) to resize your images to use in DVDSP:
You say you capture a frame from your NTSC 16:9 video. Then you get a 720x480 (or 486?) image. You don't need to rescale this image. Anamorphic images are 720x480.
But if your footage is really 720x486, then most probably you are seeing the difference between the original 486 height video and your 480 still.
Alberto

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----quote:
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