Comments on: Designing for television http://lasseklein.com/2006/09/designing-for-television/ Computer Graphics | Design | Photography | New Media Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:09:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brandy Flin http://lasseklein.com/2006/09/designing-for-television/comment-page-1/#comment-8757 Brandy Flin Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:18:25 +0000 http://herrklein.com/2006/09/designing-for-television/#comment-8757 Super-informative site! I am loving it!! Will come back again - taking you feeds also, Thanks. Super-informative site! I am loving it!! Will come back again – taking you feeds also, Thanks.

]]> By: daz maclean http://lasseklein.com/2006/09/designing-for-television/comment-page-1/#comment-2827 daz maclean Wed, 07 May 2008 10:23:08 +0000 http://herrklein.com/2006/09/designing-for-television/#comment-2827 Hey, great article, and thx for the templates :)Really helpful advice. Hey, great article, and thx for the templates :) Really helpful advice.

]]> By: herr klein http://lasseklein.com/2006/09/designing-for-television/comment-page-1/#comment-2144 herr klein Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:26:06 +0000 http://herrklein.com/2006/09/designing-for-television/#comment-2144 It certainly did! I am glad I could be of help to you guys at Opera. It certainly did!

I am glad I could be of help to you guys at Opera.

]]> By: Christian M Sinding-Larsen http://lasseklein.com/2006/09/designing-for-television/comment-page-1/#comment-2143 Christian M Sinding-Larsen Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:15:19 +0000 http://herrklein.com/2006/09/designing-for-television/#comment-2143 Thank you for putting us on the right track with the Wii browser. It turned out to be a good product! :) Thank you for putting us on the right track with the Wii browser. It turned out to be a good product! :)

]]> By: Olivia Williamson http://lasseklein.com/2006/09/designing-for-television/comment-page-1/#comment-1437 Olivia Williamson Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:37:19 +0000 http://herrklein.com/2006/09/designing-for-television/#comment-1437 Thanks from another web designer asked to temporarily cross over to the world of TV design - your templates saved the day (and a lot of time!). Thanks from another web designer asked to temporarily cross over to the world of TV design – your templates saved the day (and a lot of time!).

]]> By: Anonymous Finn http://lasseklein.com/2006/09/designing-for-television/comment-page-1/#comment-1202 Anonymous Finn Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:13:04 +0000 http://herrklein.com/2006/09/designing-for-television/#comment-1202 Thanks a million for taking the time! I'm a somewhat experienced designer, but have never before needed to make anything for television until now. This was exactly what I was looking for - basic rules and hints. :) Thanks a million for taking the time! I’m a somewhat experienced designer, but have never before needed to make anything for television until now. This was exactly what I was looking for – basic rules and hints. :)

]]> By: admin http://lasseklein.com/2006/09/designing-for-television/comment-page-1/#comment-17 admin Sun, 08 Oct 2006 15:34:46 +0000 http://herrklein.com/2006/09/designing-for-television/#comment-17 Thanks for the great input, Oceanwatcher! I hope to free up some time to update the article soon. Thanks for the great input, Oceanwatcher! I hope to free up some time to update the article soon.

]]> By: Oceanwatcher http://lasseklein.com/2006/09/designing-for-television/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Oceanwatcher Sun, 08 Oct 2006 11:24:30 +0000 http://herrklein.com/2006/09/designing-for-television/#comment-16 First of all a very small thing that might be nitpicking, but it makes a difference.. PAL and NTSC has nothing to do with framerates and number of pixels in the picture. It has become very clear to me since I am moving to a country that uses PAL-M. This system uses 720x486 pixels and 29.97 fps. But it is still PAL. Because PAL and NTSC just refers to the color coding applied to the signal. Condusing? Yes. But since the web is a world wide thing it is worth mentioning. More important is the fact that most software used today is fully capable of displaying so called DV/D1 pixels. Menaing there is no reason to use anything else than 720x576 pixels for Europe... uh.. PAL, and 720x486 for USA.. uh.. NTSC. Just remember to specify if it is DV/D1 pixels or DV/D1 Wide. You did not mention the 16x9 case. Before we used to do this in 1024x576 in Europe and I do not remember the size in USA. But this is as I mentioned above, not necessary as you use the correct pixel numbers and just set it to DV/D1 Wide. Of the software that already know about this is from the top of my head Photoshop, After Effects, 3D Studio Max, most of the editing systems I know, and a few more I do not remember the names of as I am writing this :-) And you might want to add that dpi has no relevance to screen media, only for print. First of all a very small thing that might be nitpicking, but it makes a difference..

PAL and NTSC has nothing to do with framerates and number of pixels in the picture. It has become very clear to me since I am moving to a country that uses PAL-M. This system uses 720×486 pixels and 29.97 fps. But it is still PAL. Because PAL and NTSC just refers to the color coding applied to the signal. Condusing? Yes. But since the web is a world wide thing it is worth mentioning.

More important is the fact that most software used today is fully capable of displaying so called DV/D1 pixels. Menaing there is no reason to use anything else than 720×576 pixels for Europe… uh.. PAL, and 720×486 for USA.. uh.. NTSC. Just remember to specify if it is DV/D1 pixels or DV/D1 Wide.

You did not mention the 16×9 case. Before we used to do this in 1024×576 in Europe and I do not remember the size in USA. But this is as I mentioned above, not necessary as you use the correct pixel numbers and just set it to DV/D1 Wide.

Of the software that already know about this is from the top of my head Photoshop, After Effects, 3D Studio Max, most of the editing systems I know, and a few more I do not remember the names of as I am writing this :-)

And you might want to add that dpi has no relevance to screen media, only for print.

]]> By: eirikso.com » Blog Archive » Designing for television http://lasseklein.com/2006/09/designing-for-television/comment-page-1/#comment-14 eirikso.com » Blog Archive » Designing for television Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:18:10 +0000 http://herrklein.com/2006/09/designing-for-television/#comment-14 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: admin http://lasseklein.com/2006/09/designing-for-television/comment-page-1/#comment-13 admin Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:46:49 +0000 http://herrklein.com/2006/09/designing-for-television/#comment-13 I am no expert on Flash, but I have used Flash for TV once. We ended up making two animations: The actual animation and a black and white version to be used as an alpha channel in the final composition. Black for transparent areas, white for opaque areas, and everything in between for semi-transparent areas. We exported both animations from Flash as single frames, and composited the animation on a background in After Effects. It required a little extra Flash work, but the result was very good. I will post further updates as soon as my workload alows it :) I am no expert on Flash, but I have used Flash for TV once. We ended up making two animations: The actual animation and a black and white version to be used as an alpha channel in the final composition. Black for transparent areas, white for opaque areas, and everything in between for semi-transparent areas.

We exported both animations from Flash as single frames, and composited the animation on a background in After Effects. It required a little extra Flash work, but the result was very good.

I will post further updates as soon as my workload alows it :)

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