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Author:	Topic: creating an mpg still image in HD resolution
amorris27 Member
	Posted: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:34AM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	I urgently need to know if you can create mpg stills in FCP 5 For my work I need to create iframe backgrounds as mpg still for use in iTV. So far I have been using software that only caters for SD resolution. The still i need are for HD size 1280x720. Can this be done in FCP? if so can someone tell me the process?
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Author:	Topic: Re: creating an mpg still image in HD resolution
MattDavis Member
	Posted: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 09:12AM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	At the risk of stating the obvious, have you tried selecting the frame you want in your 1280x720 sequence, then choose Export --> Using QuickTime Conversion from the file menu, then selecting Movie to still image (and an appropriate compressor)? I would hope that once you got the image out of FCP (which will probably be a PICT), more specialist software (Photoshop?) can get it into the format you want. Perhaps you could provide a little more info? Source formats, end file formats, process, etc?
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Author:	Topic: Re: creating an mpg still image in HD resolution
amorris27 Member
	Posted: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 02:37PM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	MattDavis, Thanks for the reply. I can export an image ok from FCP and edit in Phtoshop etc. However what I requre is to convert an image created in photoshop to an mpg still. But it needs to be am mpg still and not an mpg movie. if I try and save 1 frame in FCP to mpg it always saves as a movie. I have used other conversion software but nothing I have found so far does it in HD resolution. I just thought that somehow we might be able to bring in an image into FCP and export as a still mpg. I don't know if this info helps! Anita
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Author:	Topic: Re: creating an mpg still image in HD resolution
MattDavis Member
	Posted: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:55AM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	You've got me stumped - an MPEG still image sounds a bit of an oxymoron, and whilst I can imagine a case for something like this (though it brings me back to the CDi days and combining layers in realtime on a playback device), it's the sort of esoterica that mainstream packages don't support...
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