How to compress and save in a smaller sized slide show

[BenHerrmann]

Hello all...

I'm very new to this program - in fact, I just purchased it today as of this writing.  I saw enough to fall in love with the program, but I do have one initial question that I couldn't find in the user guide.

I've just created a slide show for a friend, but with the photos and everything, the total slide show came to 140 Megabytes.  How can I save the project in a smaller format - or do I have to save it in a compressed format?  Is there a way to compress or make smaller prior to saving the project?

Thanks,

 

Bernd Herrmann

[JRR]

Bernd:  Congrats on creating the AV show.

Re the user guide, did you look at the Online help at:

https://docs.pteavstudio.com/en-us/11.0/main

 

[digartal]

14 hours ago, BenHerrmann said:

Hello all...

I'm very new to this program - in fact, I just purchased it today as of this writing.  I saw enough to fall in love with the program, but I do have one initial question that I couldn't find in the user guide.

I've just created a slide show for a friend, but with the photos and everything, the total slide show came to 140 Megabytes.  How can I save the project in a smaller format - or do I have to save it in a compressed format?  Is there a way to compress or make smaller prior to saving the project?

Thanks,

 

Bernd Herrmann

Hi

You could look at the options in the show when you export it. Reducing the file size can be achieved by reducing the AV export dimensions.

To reduce the file size of your exported video in PTE AV Studio 11, lower your export resolution (e.g., from 4K to 1080p), select the H.264 (MP4) codec, and reduce the Frame Rate (FPS). Additionally, use the "Quality" slider to balance sharpness and file size.

Alternatively, you could use another free application like Handbrake to reduce file size after export as I often do with my 360-degree videos.

I am guessing that this should be posted in another topic as this is for the slideshows made by PTE users, but admin may relocate.

Regards

Mark

[SeismicGuy]

By show are you talking about the resulting mp4 file size?

[BenHerrmann]

Yes, that was the MP size I was talking about.

[SeismicGuy]

Depending on how long your slide show is and if it contains video clips as well as jpg's, 140mb doesn't seem all that large.  My travelogue shows are from about 20 minutes to 30 minutes and the resulting mp4 files are from 2GB to 4+GB in size.