Picture size in Windows Movie Maker

[Guest]

I have put all my pictues in and burned to a DVD disc. Problem is some of my
pictures are to large for the frame. I have tried resizing them to make
smaller but this did not help. I see on the storybook mode the pictures are a
little oversized but how do I get them in the frame so they fit correctly? I
had Movie Shop Deluxe and it allowed me to click on the frame and fit it in
the window. I can not find this feature in Movie maker. Does it exist?

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

the ratio of the width to the height of the picture is what's critical....
for standard aspect ratio movies, it's 4:3 - so use pictures with dimensions
such as 640x480, 800x600, 1600x1200, 2400x1800, etc.

Do the necessary cropping or resizing in another app before importing them
into Movie Maker.
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PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 - www.papajohn.org
Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
Photo Story 3 - use the menu branch at www.papajohn.org

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[Guest]

I used the 4:3 and the largest picture size I used was 415x296. I had
approximatley 200 pictures. Of these about 40 were not in the frame
completely. Some of the picture was outside. I am using Windows XP. I thought
I had cropped and resized them to fit using my documents and MGI Photo Suite.
So do I need to make them exactly 600x480, 800x600, etc.?

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

You can use any size picture... Movie Maker will resize it so it fits within
the overall movie frame, and add blackness to the left/right or top/bottom
so the picture isn't distorted.

The whole picture should stay within the frame and it's just the black
borders that's the issue... for those who don't want them.
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PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 - www.papajohn.org
Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
Photo Story 3 - use the menu branch at www.papajohn.org

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