newb needs help with slide show

I'm trying to create a simple slideshow from scanned
photos using MM2. I've scanned the photos (all are
either 5x7s or 7x5) at 300 dpi, saved as jpg. Most have
a resolution of 1812x1196.

I've experimented by saving the movie in several
different formats such as DV-AVI, "Best quaity for
playback on my computer...", etc. Yet regardless of the
movie format, the images still come out significantly
blurry. To illustrate, in IrfanView Full screen mode, I
can clearly make out the smallest text on a street sign.
But in WMP9 full screen, I can't even make out the larger
letters on that same sign in the movie.

I know others have asked this question before but I've
yet to see an answer posted here*. How can I get the
same clarity of the original jpg in a full screen movie?
Do I need to crop my image to a certain H/W ratio? I've
tried resampling to varios resolutions with Irfanview but
that only made the pictures more blurry.

The video will be projected via an InFocus projector from
a Powerbook (Mac). Can someone help me get the best
possible quality of these images from MM2?

* I've seen several references to PapaJohn's pages, but
the links all appear to be dead at this time. I'll check
back tomorrow and hopefully they'll be back up.

Thanks in advance,
Joe

See the Saving Movies > Custom WMV Profiles page of my site
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 - www.papajohn.org
Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org

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"Joe" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2b0b01c42850$ccf32cc0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I'm trying to create a simple slideshow from scanned
> photos using MM2. I've scanned the photos (all are
> either 5x7s or 7x5) at 300 dpi, saved as jpg. Most have
> a resolution of 1812x1196.
>
> I've experimented by saving the movie in several
> different formats such as DV-AVI, "Best quaity for
> playback on my computer...", etc. Yet regardless of the
> movie format, the images still come out significantly
> blurry. To illustrate, in IrfanView Full screen mode, I
> can clearly make out the smallest text on a street sign.
> But in WMP9 full screen, I can't even make out the larger
> letters on that same sign in the movie.
>
> I know others have asked this question before but I've
> yet to see an answer posted here*. How can I get the
> same clarity of the original jpg in a full screen movie?
> Do I need to crop my image to a certain H/W ratio? I've
> tried resampling to varios resolutions with Irfanview but
> that only made the pictures more blurry.
>
> The video will be projected via an InFocus projector from
> a Powerbook (Mac). Can someone help me get the best
> possible quality of these images from MM2?
>
> * I've seen several references to PapaJohn's pages, but
> the links all appear to be dead at this time. I'll check
> back tomorrow and hopefully they'll be back up.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Joe

I've read those pages and they don't make sense to me.
Can you explain further in simple language????


>-----Original Message-----
>See the Saving Movies > Custom WMV Profiles page of my
site
>--
>PapaJohn
>
>Movie Maker 2 - www.papajohn.org
>Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
>
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>"Joe" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:2b0b01c42850$ccf32cc0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> I'm trying to create a simple slideshow from scanned
>> photos using MM2. I've scanned the photos (all are
>> either 5x7s or 7x5) at 300 dpi, saved as jpg. Most have
>> a resolution of 1812x1196.
>>
>> I've experimented by saving the movie in several
>> different formats such as DV-AVI, "Best quaity for
>> playback on my computer...", etc. Yet regardless of the
>> movie format, the images still come out significantly
>> blurry. To illustrate, in IrfanView Full screen mode, I
>> can clearly make out the smallest text on a street sign.
>> But in WMP9 full screen, I can't even make out the
larger
>> letters on that same sign in the movie.
>>
>> I know others have asked this question before but I've
>> yet to see an answer posted here*. How can I get the
>> same clarity of the original jpg in a full screen movie?
>> Do I need to crop my image to a certain H/W ratio? I've
>> tried resampling to varios resolutions with Irfanview
but
>> that only made the pictures more blurry.
>>
>> The video will be projected via an InFocus projector
from
>> a Powerbook (Mac). Can someone help me get the best
>> possible quality of these images from MM2?
>>
>> * I've seen several references to PapaJohn's pages, but
>> the links all appear to be dead at this time. I'll
check
>> back tomorrow and hopefully they'll be back up.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Joe
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