claudia26

Thanks , I'll try that ! Also , as to pixel ratio , do you have a recommendation ? Is there a "better" size to begin with in PTE ? I have full size jpegs and then set 16:9 with 1920x1080 which then PTE reduces further for the HD video . And then , processing my small slideshows into one DVD which at 720x480 reduces the size further , will the procedure work the same or will I get into a new problem ? Many thanks , Claudia

I am assembling slideshows importing full-size jpegs at 1920x1080 . I use only the ZOOM effect with a full-size screen at 16x9 and 1024x768 high quality setting ; hardware acceleration ON I then CONVERT to an HD video for PC and MAC with quality high setting and PAN&SCAN off Is there any way to set the parameters to minimise the flickering ? Claudia

Latest update : to string the slideshows with individual tracks of music together , Adobe Encore works fine ; we just did a trial DVD assembly .

Thanks once again , I am looking into it .

Peter , I want to run them as a continuous set but I need to be able to control the space between the shows ; the music tracks have odd seconds of silence and I'd like to clean that up when stringing the shows together .

Thanks Lin , But then the pauses between the tracks will be dictated by the tracks themselves and cannot be modified I guess .

Thanks to everyone for the helpful comments ; I am in the middle of putting together a number of short PTE slideshows , set to individual tracks of music . Does any of you have a suggestion as to how to string them together to be run as a continuous set ?

Thank you very much for your detailed reply ; this helps a lot . I use lightroom to export and convert the files . That way I can treat all pictures at once .

I usually work with PSD files and need to resize and convert them to jpeg for the slideshows ; is there a rule of thumb for the conversion , such as reducing them to 50% quality ? Or can I just use the full size jpegs ( around 5MB each) - I have not found the "formula' yet .

I simply went with thwe wave file from 32 to 16 and got the program to run the music so I agree. Claudia

SUCCESS !!!! It actually didn't like the 32 bit . I tried MP3 as well as Wave in 16 bit and the waveline comes up ! Thanks a million . You've all helped me a lot . Happy to have joined the forum . Will no doubt be back with more puzzles since I am new to this . Claudia

Hi , Thanks for the reply ; the wave file already is PCM , about four minutes with a size of 88MB and 3072kbps ; 32 bit ; 48khz Audio sample rate - I see the icon but can't click on it because the frame is not active . Is there maybe a template out there that I could simply copy and adapt ? Claudia

Hi Hawk and thanks for the swift response . As to the situation : the icon is not active although I see the symbol . No response when I click on it .

Hi I am not able to get the waveform visible on the timeline although the wav file is loaded and playing . any suggestions ? Claudia