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For the video professional
Also expanding Photoshop's capabilities are new features designed specifically for video professionals. Obviously Photoshop is a critical tool in video production, and Adobe has begun to recognize this with the addition of three new enhancements, two minor and one fairly major.[an error occurred while processing this directive]In the minor category, Photoshop CS has an enhanced New Document dialog, which includes several presets for working at various video resolutions. (Interestingly, the DVD NTSC 720 x 534 was dropped from this release for whatever reason. But it can be added back manually.)
Also in the minor category is the addition of action and title safety guides as presets in the New Document setup. I say this is minor because the guides are not omnipresent. They can only be generated automatically when creating a new document, not later in the process. (Of course, if you want some really good NTSC action/title safety generators, you could always download my collection of Photoshop Actions here.)
But the more major addition is support for pixel aspect ratio correction, something video professionals have been requesting for quite a while. With this feature, regardless of the size or type of file you're working with, Photoshop can display your image as either square or rectangular pixels (or both). First, when you create a new document, the dialog presents you with the option of setting the pixel aspect ratio.
Or, if you're opening a file that has already been created, you can set the pixel aspect ratio manually through a new menu item under the Image menu.
You can also use the Custom Pixel Aspect Ratio to define and store your own settings for later use. (This feature is also accessed through the Image menu.)
And, finally, you can choose to show pixel aspect ratio correction or not via a new item in the View menu. You can also open multiple views of your image to see it in corrected or uncorrected aspects.
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