Basic Slide Show Questions - FAQ

Posted: 09-08-2003, 10:38 PM

Warren Jones

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Can someone please direct me to above.
Initially I want to create a slide show optimised for best quality. Images
will come from a 6mp digital camera.
Assumedly these jpegs would be 'reduced' in a photoshop action to a 'best
size for maximum quality', then MM2 saved to CD to be played thru a DVD/TV.
Emphasis is on optimising the 'collections' file of pictures.

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Bob

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Re: Basic Slide Show Questions - FAQ

Posted: 09-09-2003, 02:16 AM

I don't know about a FAQ, but here are a couple things to be aware of before
you start creating your slide show.

1. The resolution of your 6Mp photos will be reduced to approx. 0.3 Mp,
then compressed using a compression algorithm that is optimized for motion
video. The quality of the photos in your final slide show will be pretty
poor.

2. MM2 can not save your slide show to a CD that would be playable in any
standard DVD player. You would need to use a third party application to
convert your MM2-produced video to VCD or SVCD format.

-Bob

"Warren Jones" <w.jones@auckland.ac.nz> wrote in message
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> Can someone please direct me to above.
> Initially I want to create a slide show optimised for best quality. Images
> will come from a 6mp digital camera.
> Assumedly these jpegs would be 'reduced' in a photoshop action to a 'best
> size for maximum quality', then MM2 saved to CD to be played thru a

DVD/TV.

> Emphasis is on optimising the 'collections' file of pictures.
>
>
>
>

J. Daniel Smith

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Re: Basic Slide Show Questions - FAQ

Posted: 09-09-2003, 01:32 PM

Since you mentioned playing back your slide show via a DVD player, you might
find you get better results using specialized software such as Ulead's DVD
PictureShow.

Dan

"Warren Jones" <w.jones@auckland.ac.nz> wrote in message
news:3f5d04ce$1@news.auckland.ac.nz...

> Can someone please direct me to above.
> Initially I want to create a slide show optimised for best quality. Images
> will come from a 6mp digital camera.
> Assumedly these jpegs would be 'reduced' in a photoshop action to a 'best
> size for maximum quality', then MM2 saved to CD to be played thru a

DVD/TV.

> Emphasis is on optimising the 'collections' file of pictures.
>
>
>
>

Bob

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Re: Basic Slide Show Questions - FAQ

Posted: 09-09-2003, 02:59 PM

The conversion to DVD, SVCD, or VCD format will still reduce the final
resolution -- no matter what resolution you used when you saved your movie
in MM2.

-Bob

"PapaJohn" <PapaJohn@CharterMi.net> wrote in message
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> Warren,
>
> See the Saving Movies... Custom WMV Profiles page of www.papajohn.org for
> info about higher than usual resolution for saved movies.
>
> PapaJohn
>
> "Warren Jones" <w.jones@auckland.ac.nz> wrote in message
> news:3f5d04ce$1@news.auckland.ac.nz...
> > Can someone please direct me to above.
> > Initially I want to create a slide show optimised for best quality.

Images

> > will come from a 6mp digital camera.
> > Assumedly these jpegs would be 'reduced' in a photoshop action to a

'best

> > size for maximum quality', then MM2 saved to CD to be played thru a
> DVD/TV.
> > Emphasis is on optimising the 'collections' file of pictures.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

Malcolm

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Re: Basic Slide Show Questions - FAQ

Posted: 09-14-2003, 05:01 PM

Don't bother trying to get MM2 to work, it's by MS and
next to useless. Get a real program like ProShow Gold ,
it's excellent for slide shows and records SVDC on CD-R
for playing back on TV

Malcolm

>-----Original Message-----
>The conversion to DVD, SVCD, or VCD format will still

reduce the final

>resolution -- no matter what resolution you used when

you saved your movie

>in MM2.
>
>-Bob
>
>
>"PapaJohn" <PapaJohn@CharterMi.net> wrote in message
>news:vlquh9ej06rlc9@corp.supernews.com...
>> Warren,
>>
>> See the Saving Movies... Custom WMV Profiles page of

www.papajohn.org for

>> info about higher than usual resolution for saved

movies.

>>
>> PapaJohn
>>
>> "Warren Jones" <w.jones@auckland.ac.nz> wrote in

message

>> news:3f5d04ce$1@news.auckland.ac.nz...
>> > Can someone please direct me to above.
>> > Initially I want to create a slide show optimised

for best quality.

>Images

>> > will come from a 6mp digital camera.
>> > Assumedly these jpegs would be 'reduced' in a

photoshop action to a

>'best

>> > size for maximum quality', then MM2 saved to CD to

be played thru a

>> DVD/TV.
>> > Emphasis is on optimising the 'collections' file of

pictures.

>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>

Just a nutter

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Re: Basic Slide Show Questions - FAQ

Posted: 09-14-2003, 06:18 PM

"Malcolm" <malcolm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Don't bother trying to get MM2 to work, it's by MS and
> next to useless. Get a real program like ProShow Gold ,
> it's excellent for slide shows and records SVDC on CD-R
> for playing back on TV

Check out www.the-kellys.org and go take a look at the Video section for
a couple of examples of using MM2 to create a slide show (The images were
either from a 2MP camera or scabbed from 35mm film using the cannon FS2710
film scanner at 2710 dpi. Video's to look at would be "Warwick Castle", "Old
Snaps", "France" and "Mexico"

MM2 does an excelent job, especially when you consider what we all paid
for it!!

Many Regards.....

Just a nutter

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Re: Basic Slide Show Questions - FAQ

Posted: 09-14-2003, 06:20 PM

Oh dear....for scabbed please read as scanned !!!

"Just a nutter" <police@nabbers.net> wrote in message
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> "Malcolm" <malcolm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:011601c37ae1$cdc5d2f0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> > Don't bother trying to get MM2 to work, it's by MS and
> > next to useless. Get a real program like ProShow Gold ,
> > it's excellent for slide shows and records SVDC on CD-R
> > for playing back on TV
>
> Check out www.the-kellys.org and go take a look at the Video section

for

> a couple of examples of using MM2 to create a slide show (The images were
> either from a 2MP camera or scabbed from 35mm film using the cannon FS2710
> film scanner at 2710 dpi. Video's to look at would be "Warwick Castle",

"Old

> Snaps", "France" and "Mexico"
>
> MM2 does an excelent job, especially when you consider what we all

paid

> for it!!
>
> Many Regards.....
>
>

PapaJohn $MVP$

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Re: Basic Slide Show Questions - FAQ

Posted: 09-14-2003, 07:12 PM

I assume the very determined giraffe was just going after the very
determined camel

PapaJohn

Would you like me to add a link to your site on my Online... Video page of
www.papajohn.org, in the Video Samples section?

"Just a nutter" <police@nabbers.net> wrote in message
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> "Malcolm" <malcolm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:011601c37ae1$cdc5d2f0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> > Don't bother trying to get MM2 to work, it's by MS and
> > next to useless. Get a real program like ProShow Gold ,
> > it's excellent for slide shows and records SVDC on CD-R
> > for playing back on TV
>
> Check out www.the-kellys.org and go take a look at the Video section

for

> a couple of examples of using MM2 to create a slide show (The images were
> either from a 2MP camera or scabbed from 35mm film using the cannon FS2710
> film scanner at 2710 dpi. Video's to look at would be "Warwick Castle",

"Old

> Snaps", "France" and "Mexico"
>
> MM2 does an excelent job, especially when you consider what we all

paid

> for it!!
>
> Many Regards.....
>
>

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