steven62 Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Hi,While I have been using photoshop since Cs3 (now CS5) I have seldom dealt with resizing issues as I generally crop to size for printing so please bear with me.I read as many posts here on resolution and resizing as I could and now find that I have confused the living tweedle out of myself.I am trying to make a slide show for DVD (LCD TV's) using 125 slides, average length for each slide is 8 seconds (for older folks to view).I made 2 DVD's using 10 slides each and they do not look right on my LCD TV.I think I know what I have to do but am not sure.Each of the 125 files will have to be cropped from the original file size of 3896 X 2616 pixels (raw file) to 1920 x 1080 and saved as a jpg file.Then in the project options I set the aspect ratio to 16:9, music set to synchronize music and slides, screen and slide set to fullscreen, size of slide: 1920 x 1080 and fixed size of slide checked on.Is this correct?Thank You,Steven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xahu34 Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Your settings look good, at least for playing an exe-version of your show on a PC. Maybe you did something wrong when creating the video.Regards,Xaver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven62 Posted August 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Hi Xaver,I am trying to make a DVD for TV not an exe file for PC. Am I doing something wrong?Steven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 WHAT IS SIZE OF YOUR EXE?quite important -- that will give us an idea if you are too bighttp://www.picturest...e-show-too-big/http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?/topic/6880-got-burned-at-99/page__pid__42914ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven62 Posted August 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Ken,In the Pictures ToExe Deluxe version 7.0 manual on page 7 there is a list of questions and answers two of which I will retype here.Question: How many slides can I include in my slide show?Answer: Up to 20,000Question: What is the largest size that the generated executable file can be?Answer: The resulting executable file can be up to 4 GB.I know that my 125 slides will be well under that. In addition the 2 sample DVD's I made only contained 10 slides each as I was just experimenting.The problem is that they were coming out too small on the screen.One thing I am wondering is should I be burning ISO and/or Mpeg 2 files? See, I told you that I'm confused. This is my first time trying to do a slide show with something other then a simple $5.00 program but I am learning. Just can't seem to get past this resizing and cropping issue.Steven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yachtsman1 Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Hi StevenAssuming you have the de-lux version with Video Builder, this is what you use to publish a DVD for TV or PC, see screen shot.Just add a title & don't change any settings as you proceed through the building.Yachtsman1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 "The resulting executable file can be up to 4 GB."the exe can be that big but not if you plan on burning it to dvdthe 2 links i provided should tell you the max size for a dvd and the other parameters -- they have not changed in years -- look at the date stamp of the threadsmake an exe with the existing files and tell us how big it isken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEB Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Steven,What precisely do you mean by "....they do not look right on my LCD TV" ?John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 You need to untick the box below the resolution figures on the SCREEN tab of project options which might be causing a problem.You also need to set TV Safe Zone.DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobeefstu Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 StevenDG's post above is correct. You need to remove your setting of fixed size of slide when making a (standard definition) SD DVD disc. Video Builder does not create (high definition) HD DVD disc.* This is necessary due to NTSC/PAL standard definition for DVD is not 1920x1080. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven62 Posted August 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Assuming you have the de-lux version with Video Builder, this is what you use to publish a DVD for TV or PC, see screen shot.Just add a title & don't change any settings as you proceed through the building.Thank you Yachtsman1, I will do that.You need to untick the box below the resolution figures on the SCREEN tab of project options which might be causing a problem.You also need to set TV Safe Zone.DG andDG's post above is correct. You need to remove your setting of fixed size of slide when making a (standard definition) SD DVD disc. Video Builder does not create (high definition) HD DVD disc.I will untick the fixed size of slide as I did have it checked.One question though: what or where is the TV safe zone?I will run another test slide to see if the images come up in size.I appreciate all of your comments Thank you.StevenEdit.OK, I ran another sample of 10 to a DVD and the sizing looks great!Thanks again for all of your help. It seems that unchecking the fixed size of the slide was the culprit.Thanks again.Steven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 Thanks Stu,I was replying from my phone and could not remember what the "fixed size of slide" was called!!Steven,Put a border around your trial of a few pixels - can you see the border on the TV?If your TV has a USB input and Media Player you could avoid all of the "problems" associated with DVDs and increase the quality of the final product on the TV by making an MPEG4, transfering it to a USB key and playing it on the TVs Media Player.Obviously, if you need to send a copy to someone then the DVD is the easiest way to do that.DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven62 Posted August 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 Thanks Stu,I was replying from my phone and could not remember what the "fixed size of slide" was called!!Steven,Put a border around your trial of a few pixels - can you see the border on the TV?If your TV has a USB input and Media Player you could avoid all of the "problems" associated with DVDs and increase the quality of the final product on the TV by making an MPEG4, transfering it to a USB key and playing it on the TVs Media Player.Obviously, if you need to send a copy to someone then the DVD is the easiest way to do that.DGWhat a great idea! I never would have thought of using a USB stick. As it is my TV does have a USB port with built in media player and I will be checking the TV's of the folks who have LCD TV's to see if they also have a USB port and built in media player. Thanks for the idea.One question though.You mentioned in your first reply something about setting a "TV Safe Zone". Is that the same as "fixed size of slide"?ThanksSteven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fh1805 Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 No. The "TV Safe Zone" is a throwback to the days of CRT technology when the area visible to the viewer was not always the total area of the CRT itself. Modern LCD TVs usually show the full image area. As was suggested in a post above, apply a border around a sample image and check that the border is visible when played back on the TV. My own LCD TV shows all 1920x1080 pixels with no loss."Fixed size of slide", when ticked, ensures that your images are never "up-sized" on the fly. Let's take an example: with "Fixed size..." unticked, you build a sequence at 1024x768 but then have it projected through a 1920x1080 projector. The result will be that the image quality is massively degraded because the computer has had to add in pixels that never existed (= interpolation). With "Fixed size..." ticked, the images will be projected at 1024x768. They will be the same quality you expected them to be - but very small compared to sequences built to a larger size.General rule of thumb: build to the maximum size you think you might need (probably 1920x1080 with current technology) and, if needed, let the computer downsize your images to a lower resolution. Most computer systems do a very good job of preserving image quality when down-sizing.Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 You do not need tv safe with mpeg4 but it is % of main image in the more tab (??).I have not used it for a while.DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 pg 74 read manualIn the first picture you can see this rectange which determines the zone you won`t see on your TV.In the second picture you can`t see this zone, you just see the whole picture on you monitor. It isrecommended to show TV safe zone, because it is more convenient to adjust your menu watchingthis zone. But if you want to switch this option off for some reason, then you should right-click onthe menu and the following box will be opened.This dialog box is the same as Edit menu of this window. So youhave two ways of opening it: by right-clicking on the previewwindow and by clicking on the Edit menu in the left upper corner ofthe main window.You can see several options here, almost all of them have beendescribed already.Apply changes for each page is the option, which helps you tomake all changes very quickly. If you have more than one projectand more than one page in the menu and you have done somechanges on the first or second page, for example, you can click onthis option and these changes will be applied for all pages.After adjusting this window, press the button Next to go to the next step.When clicking, the following window for burning the disc will be opened.ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven62 Posted August 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 Peter, Dave, & Ken,OK, finally the fog has cleared and it all begins to make sense.I will be saving this topic in order to refer to it in the event I have a relapse.Ken: I appreciate you sticking with me in order to understand. As I go through the manual in some areas I need to read and do as I go along, however occasionally it just does not gel so I seek tutorials to clarify what I have just read. Folks like Peter, Dave, you and the many others here with experience in P2E are walking tutorials and are appreciated.I have been going through the tutorial section, downloaded and/or watched many demos, samples and tutorials as I can including most of Lin's stuff. I am amazed as to what this program can do and am chomping at the bit to produce some really good slide shows. As I mentioned before I am not new to photography having picked up my first 35mm SLR in the mid 60's, developed and printed my own film, then photoshop, but this all new to me as well as the terminolgy so I hope you folks bear with me because I have no doubt that there will be more question all be it simple for you but a big HUH! to me.Thank You,Steven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Peter,Please clarify?Are you sure that you do not need "TV Safe" when playing a 16:9 PTE show on a DVD into your LCD TV?DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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