Pixel Size of Pictures to be Viewed on TV

[Guest]

I scanned off my old slides using Photo Shop CS3. I then created a DVD using
Microsoft Movie Maker, to be viewed on my 50" HD Widescreen TV.
My pictures are horizontal and vertical.
I tried using dimensions of 560 w x 899 h (vertical) and 560 h x 899 w
(horizontal) with a DPI of 150.
The pictures are pretty sharp when I test run them using Microsoft Media
Center, but when I view them on my big TV, they are not as sharp.

What can I do to make these pictures appear sharper on the tv screen?

I tried increasing the DPI to 300, but it didn't look any different than the
150.


What am I missing?

 

[John Inzer]

I scanned off my old slides using Photo Shop CS3. I then created a
DVD using Microsoft Movie Maker, to be viewed on my 50" HD Widescreen
TV.
My pictures are horizontal and vertical.
I tried using dimensions of 560 w x 899 h (vertical) and 560 h x 899 w
(horizontal) with a DPI of 150.
The pictures are pretty sharp when I test run them using Microsoft
Media Center, but when I view them on my big TV, they are not as
sharp.

What can I do to make these pictures appear sharper on the tv screen?

I tried increasing the DPI to 300, but it didn't look any different
than the 150.


What am I missing?

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Maybe using a custom profile
would improve the quality:

Movie Maker 2 - Saving
Movies - Custom WMV Profiles
http://tinyurl.com/s2vgu

Creating Custom Profiles
for Windows Movie Maker 2
http://tinyurl.com/cuny7

Even more info
Windows Movie Maker
Custom Export Formats
http://tinyurl.com/dnylc


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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
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I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

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[Guest]

I forgot to tell you, I am using Vista.
I have Movie Maker 6.

 

[John Inzer]

I forgot to tell you, I am using Vista.
I have Movie Maker 6.

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Ok...why are you posting in
a Windows XP newsgroup?

Try the following newsgroup:

Discussions in Windows Vista
Music, Pictures, and Video
http://tinyurl.com/yqjkwz

BTW...the profiles work for Vista.

There's lots of info on PapaJohn's
site...some time spent there would
be a good idea.

Movie Maker - Photo Story
http://www.papajohn.org/

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Gord Dibben]

John

I notice when saving to DVD, under "Other Settings" there is

PapaJohn - WMV for DVD(NTSC) as an option.

I have used that setting with some of my projects.......photos only.

Seems to give a clear picture on 36" TV

Any other profile that may be better?


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[Gord Dibben]

Projects created using MovieMaker 2.1 that is.


Gord

 

[John Inzer]

John

I notice when saving to DVD, under "Other Settings" there is

PapaJohn - WMV for DVD(NTSC) as an option.

I have used that setting with some of my projects.......photos only.

Seems to give a clear picture on 36" TV

Any other profile that may be better?


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

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Hi Gord,

PapaJohn is the expert on that and
the following article offers some ideas:

Movie Maker 2 - Saving
Movies - Custom WMV Profiles
http://tinyurl.com/s2vgu

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Jim]

I scanned off my old slides using Photo Shop CS3. I then created a DVD
using
Microsoft Movie Maker, to be viewed on my 50" HD Widescreen TV.
My pictures are horizontal and vertical.
I tried using dimensions of 560 w x 899 h (vertical) and 560 h x 899 w
(horizontal) with a DPI of 150.
The pictures are pretty sharp when I test run them using Microsoft Media
Center, but when I view them on my big TV, they are not as sharp.

What can I do to make these pictures appear sharper on the tv screen?

I tried increasing the DPI to 300, but it didn't look any different than
the
150.


What am I missing?

Your TV is surely able to handle 1080p. So, why not send it that size of an
image?
Ignore dpi, it is just a scale factor.

The fine manual for my Sharp HDTV discusses this issue at great length.
Jim

 

[John Inzer]

Your TV is surely able to handle 1080p. So, why not send it that
size of an image?
Ignore dpi, it is just a scale factor.

================================
Movie Maker can't do that without a
Custom Profile.
================================

The fine manual for my Sharp HDTV discusses this issue at great length.
Jim

================================
You mean there are people who actually
read manuals )

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Gord Dibben]

Thanks John

I had previously downloaded some profiles from PapaJohn's site including the one
mentioned.

Just wondering why that particular profile was included with MM 2.1

Is it included by default or did MM pick it up from the profiles I had
downloaded which are sitting in a folder?


Gord

 

[John Inzer]

Thanks John

I had previously downloaded some profiles from PapaJohn's site
including the one mentioned.

Just wondering why that particular profile was included with MM 2.1

Is it included by default or did MM pick it up from the profiles I had
downloaded which are sitting in a folder?


Gord

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It's not included. Apparently MM 2.1 is accessing
the folder where you saved the downloaded profile.

C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared\Profiles

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Gord Dibben]

It's not included. Apparently MM 2.1 is accessing
the folder where you saved the downloaded profile.

C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared\Profiles

That's it! Spot on.

I had forgotten where I had stored the D/L's profiles.

MM has found two out of three of those profiles in the Shared folder.

PapaJohnn-WMV-for-DVD-NTSC.prx

SlideShow-1024x768WMV9.prx

Strange that PapaJohnn-WMV-for-DVD-PAL.prx in same folder is not picked up
as a choice of profile.

But I confess to harbouring a great deal of ignorance about these things<g>


Gord

 

[John Inzer]

That's it! Spot on.

I had forgotten where I had stored the D/L's profiles.

MM has found two out of three of those profiles in the Shared folder.

PapaJohnn-WMV-for-DVD-NTSC.prx

SlideShow-1024x768WMV9.prx

Strange that PapaJohnn-WMV-for-DVD-PAL.prx in same folder is not
picked up as a choice of profile.

But I confess to harbouring a great deal of ignorance about these
things<g>


Gord

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The PAL profiles won't show up unless you
make a change under...Tools / Options /
Advanced tab / Video Properties...

Tick...PAL instead of NTSC.

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

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[Gord Dibben]

Now I am not quite so ignorant as I was a couple hours ago.

Thanks for stickiing with me John.

RTFM time for me<g>

And do some more browsing through PapaJohn's site.

Practice. practice, practice.


Gord

 

[John Inzer]

Now I am not quite so ignorant as I was a couple hours ago.

Thanks for stickiing with me John.

RTFM time for me<g>

And do some more browsing through PapaJohn's site.

Practice. practice, practice.


Gord

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You're welcome...Gord, I'm happy
to be of service.

Yes...PapaJohn's site is a great
resource for Movie Maker users.

More resources at the following link:

Movie Maker 2 - Online
Tutorials and References
http://tinyurl.com/yyyfux


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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk