npcomplete
09-14-2012, 06:29 AM
Culture Japan Season 2 Episode 9 - How Anime is Made at JC Staff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvYxaNVsTWQ#t=10m40s
".. they are scanned in at 144 dpi. At a resolution of 960 x 1600. This is used for the anime screened on TV."
(for the characters at least)
A potential issue in my opinion is how they apply "smoothing" during the cinematography phase (compositing, camera panning, etc). The guy at the helm may love blurry lines...
I also think that the technique of downscaling then upscaling most people use to determine the original resolution is flawed. Most people use a random selection, rather than testing every single scene, examining every background and object asset. At best, it's a heuristic that only works to estimate the minimum possible resolution used for a particular scene rather than actually determining the max.
For example if I have a square, it's native resolution can be 1080p as I have created it on a 1920x1080 canvas. Yet that technique would result in people stating the image was say, 10p, if people followed it to its logical conclusion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvYxaNVsTWQ#t=10m40s
".. they are scanned in at 144 dpi. At a resolution of 960 x 1600. This is used for the anime screened on TV."
(for the characters at least)
A potential issue in my opinion is how they apply "smoothing" during the cinematography phase (compositing, camera panning, etc). The guy at the helm may love blurry lines...
I also think that the technique of downscaling then upscaling most people use to determine the original resolution is flawed. Most people use a random selection, rather than testing every single scene, examining every background and object asset. At best, it's a heuristic that only works to estimate the minimum possible resolution used for a particular scene rather than actually determining the max.
For example if I have a square, it's native resolution can be 1080p as I have created it on a 1920x1080 canvas. Yet that technique would result in people stating the image was say, 10p, if people followed it to its logical conclusion.