Picture Quality

[Guest]

I import pictures that are perfectly clear into a movie but when I play the
movie back the pictures have become very blurry. The pictures were
originally shot at 3000x2000 resolution and are in the .jpg format. Do I
need to re-size them to something smaller? This is the 3rd movie that I've
made and I did not have problems using pictures taken at this res before.
Any help that I can get would be much appreciated.

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

You're using 6 megapixel pictures and making a 1/3 megapixel video... maybe
the content of your earlier ones was such that you didn't notice the
differences as much.

 

[eeyore]

A couple of questions:
- When you notice the poor quality where are you playing the movie and
is it the same as before (ie are we talking on the PC or DVD or are you
playing the project within MM2)
- Have you changed the resolution or type of movie rendered(ie 320x240,
wmv rather than AVI, or 480kbps rather than 1500)?

 

[Guest]

For this project, I'm solely using still photgraphs taken with my Nikon D70
DSLR. I notice the poor quality from within Movie Maker. I import a picture
into the project - it looks fine. As soon as I drag it onto the Storyboard
it becomes blurry.

I tried changing the resolution from 3000x2000 to 1024x768 (approximately).
It made no difference.

To answer PapaJohn, I would have noticed it if this had happened to my
earlier project. Funny thing is that when I open that older project now, I
have the same problem. This problem did not exist before.

I appreciate your replies!

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

the project storyline/timeline is a low draft quality 320x240 mode at 15
fps... not the quality you get when you save the movie...

nothing has changed in Movie Maker