Creating graphics for import to Lyric Pro
by Jim Hurguy
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Jan 27, 2009 at 11:36:17 pm
I'm new to Chyron and Lyric Pro...trying to learn some basic operations in a very condensed 4-day period for a college basketball game that will air locally.
If I were to create graphic files in Photoshop to import into Lyric Pro, what file size/pixel dimension do I begin at? 1280 x 720? Square pixels? What would the standard definition title-safe area be in the 1280 x 720 document?
Re: Creating graphics for import to Lyric Pro by Bryant Vander Weerd on Feb 4, 2009 at 8:15:36 pm
Photoshop has preset document settings for specific screen resolutions. If you're working in SD, I usually set the resolution as 720x480, and 4:3 aspect ratio.
The 4:3 aspect ratio will take care of your "square pixels" question as well. PS automatically formats the pixel size if you differentiate between 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratio. For HD, things get a little more complicated. At the PBS station where I work, HD is 1440x1080. Photoshop also has presets for HD too, depending on if your graphics need to be 720P or 1080i. It never hurts to ask your director or producer.
And when you save your graphics, save them as TIFF images. Make sure you check the "save transparency" box if your compositions have alpha channels. That way, when you import them into Chyron, they will already be transparent and you can place them where you want.
What basic Chyron commands/operations do you want to know?
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Re: Creating graphics for import to Lyric Pro by Ed Mohar on Aug 28, 2009 at 4:22:29 pm
Hey Bryant, I found your post by accident while searching around. I'm a student of broadcasting in Syracuse, NY and I also work at a PBS station, WCNY in Liverpool, NY. I was wondering if you still work at your PBS station?
Anyhow, I guess the guy who used to be the main Chyron guy here at WCNY isn't here anymore, and at least to my knoweldge not many people here know much about Lyric. I've somehow become the defunct chyron guy and I've just been learning through fiddeling with it. I'm left with some of the templates the previous guy created, and I don't entirely understand it...
I was wondering if I could email you a few questions and if you'd be willing to help me out.
ehmtwo@gmail.com
-Ed Mohar
Student of Broadcast Television
Production Assistant at WCNY
Re: Creating graphics for import to Lyric Pro by Bryant Vander Weerd on Nov 3, 2009 at 4:21:19 am
Thanks Ed - Im actually embarrassed I didn't see this until just now, MONTHS after it has been posted.
I'd be glad to help you out with what you need, if you still need advice. Yes, I am still at the PBS station... until I graduate! Hope you get this posting. Good luck!
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"I've always found it's better to shoot something than it is to troubleshoot it..."
Re: Creating graphics for import to Lyric Pro by Bryant Vander Weerd on Feb 4, 2009 at 8:18:31 pm
Another thing I forgot... after you choose your project preset settings, make sure the background color is set to "transparent" if you want an alpha channel.
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"I've always found it's better to shoot something than it is to troubleshoot it..."
Re: Creating graphics for import to Lyric Pro by Douglas Warouw on Feb 6, 2009 at 12:43:07 pm
Hey Jim, I normally build all my PS projects in 1920x1080 square pixles because with Lyric you can still set you canvas to 1080 but your hardware output can be set to SD or D1 animorphic.
I've never had any problems with it other than needing to put a 1.0 Gausian Blur on my GFX.
One bit of advice when building your GFX in PS just remember that Lyric will layer you image transparencies as a Normal layer. So you'll never get Overlay, Colour Burn, etc like in Photoshop. I usually build up my design and collapse sections of it to keep some of my looks.
