HOW TO CREATE PSD IMAGES [111022]

• If you want to capture an image from the screen, open it and make zoom in (Command + "+") or zoom out (Command + "-") as you need it.

• Make a shot of the image (Command + Shift + 3), which usually appears on the right hand top corner of the screen.

• Create a new folder and name it "images," where you will save all your images.

• Open Adobe Photoshop CS5

• Drag and drop an image that you want to edit in Photoshop.

• Once you do the editing of the image, save it as JPG format. The size of the image should be at least 1000 px to have a better resolution once is showed in the video.

• Go to File menu and click on New

• On the New window

    • Click on the Preset menu box

    • Select Film & Video from the menu

    • Size: HDV 1080p/29.97

    • Width: 1440 pixels

    • Height: 1080 pixels

    • Resolution: 72 pixels/inch

    • Background Contents: Transparent

• A blank window appears. The window has double blue lines on each side, which simbolize the working area.

• Drag and drop a JPG image into the blank window.

• Go to File and select Save As

• Give a name to the file (e. image_01.psd)

• Format: PSD (Photoshop)

• Click on Save and OK in the next window.

⇒ Once you have the image_01.psd saved, open Final Cut Pro

• Right click on the FCP Browser window

• Appears a window with a menu

• Click on New Bin to create a new folder, which you can name, "Images"

• Double click on Images folder to open it

• Go to File menu and select Import---> Files

• Select the image_01.psd

• The image_01.psd appears on the Images folder

• Double click on image_01.psd, which opens on its own TAB right next to Sequence 1, below the Browser window.

• On the image_01.psd tab, right click on the image_01.jpg clip and select Copy from the window menu

• Once the image is copied, get back to Sequence 1 tab, where are the video clips and do a right click on the timeline movie to paste the image_01.psd

• Double click on the image_01.psd to see it on the FCP Canvas window

• If it is necessary, on the FCP Viewer window, click on the Motion tab and select Distort ---> Aspect Ratio, and you will see the changes on the FCP Canvas window

• Close tab image

• Now, image_01.psd is ready to use with the movie clips.