Alain spake:

> Stefan Viljoen <spamnot@ nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 15/05/2006 14:48:
>> Hi guys
>> 
>> I got an enquiry today from a UK TV production house that want to use one
>> of my images in a TV program.
>> 
>> Yay! But how should I render the image to make it suitable for broadcast?
>> Anybody else had to do this before (I assume yes) - what size / aspect
>> ratios / camera angles do you suggest to eventually get the best result
>> when it is broadcast and displayed on a TV screen?
>> 
>> Any pointers as regards copyrights, royalties, etc. etc.?
> Personaly, I would go for a resolution around 3 to 5 times the TV
> resolution's.

Which, for an ordinary non-HD set is what? 460x200? I know it is very low,
compared to PC monitors, but how low?

> This will enable the producter to zoom in on some details if 
> wanted. The effective screen aspect ratio is 4:3, even it the displayed
> pixels are not square, and your image's pixels probably don't need to
> match the camera' ones. Ask the productor how your images will be used:
> directly? printed and shown with a camera?

As far as I can determine it will be displayed "1:1" full-screen, only for a
few seconds.

> What dimentions are the best? 
> TV stations have some prety cool image manipulation softwares and
> hardwares. Those can do all sort if format convertions and manipulations.

I'm currently thinking of supplying a 2600x1800 image that I've rendered,
this is much larger than anything they could possibly want, and they can
reduce and play with it as needed. Unless they ask for something else.
Thanks for the advice, anyway! 

-- 
Stefan Viljoen
Software Support Technician / Programmer
Polar Design Solutions

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