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[hinterland]

i want to use a photograph in combustion for 2k project,for this in what resolution(dpi) should i scan the photograph.
Is there any precautions to take while scanning.
Thanx

[jtk77]

If you;re going to NTSC or PAL.
72 DPI is fine. Inf act , scan it in at 150 or 300 then drop it to 72 before you use it in combustion or other..thats usaly the best bet.
Make sure the size is large enough if you;re zooming into it.
If not , screen size will work .

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[svensven]

"2k" is film-res, so he's not using NTSC or PAL

I've only worked with video, not film, but a good rule of thumb is to think of how much of the screen your image is going to fill, and figure out about how many pixels that is; you don't have to go any higher than that (unless you stretch it larger than the screen, like for a sky texture, as jtk77 mentioned). For example, there's no reason to make an image that's going on NTSC any higher resolution than 720x486: that's the maximum number of pixels on an NTSC monitor, and any more detail than that will be lost anyway. If the image is only going to take up a quarter of the screen maximum, there's no reason to make it higher resolution than 360x243, etc. Of course, having more resolution than you actually need is (way) better than having less, but it's a question of efficiency and disk space. Up to you.

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