Photo Story any better???.....PapaJohn?

[Guest]

As I posted earlier, I'm having problems making the images in my slideshow
that I've produced in Movie Maker appear in a full screen mode (even after
saving in numerous formats).

Is Photo Story much better if I just want to make slideshows? I tried the
trial version from the Microsoft website but it just seems like a simplified
version of Movie Maker.

And more importantly, after saving it in Photo Story can you play it in such
a way that it is truly "full screen" while retaining image quality ??

Thanks!!!!

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

Most people who have tried both Movie Maker and PhotoStory prefer the extra
features of Movie Maker, even though PhotoStory produces a higher quality
file at only 10% the file size. Most like the additional transitions and
effects of Movie Maker.

I use both.
--
PapaJohn

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

..

 

[Rehan]

For best quality out of a still pictures slideshow; try the following:
* make your input pictures 640x480 or a multiple and
* save as good bitrate WMV format that saves in 640x480.

 

[John Kelly]

Hello there,

If your final output video is say 720 x 576 pixels, then all you need do is
crop the image so that it is also 720 x 576. In fact, you can safely make the
image any size larger than the output provided you use the function f(x) = nx
where n is any integer value greater than zero. In practical terms though its a
lot easier to simply resample/crop using your favorite image editor so that it
matches the desired output exactly...this removes the frequently seen flaw in
Movie Maker where it likes to apply a very tacky re sampling method which
results in anything except the optimal result.

Take note that there is some very bad advice floating around that suggests you
use all sorts of peculiar image size/ratios that WILL result in black bands at
the left/right or top/bottom sides of the final video. In particular their is
advice that suggests you use a 640 x 480 image...even though your desired
output might be 720 x 576...think about how the pixels of such a picture need
to be distributed so that they cover the 720 x 576 (or whatever size/ratio you
require)

Anyway, hope this helps a little )