picture sizing?

[Guest]

i'm making a slideshow of photos. is there any way to make it so that the
photo does not fill up the screen? many of the photos have been scanned and
when they are stretched automatically by moviemaker the quality is very bad -
i'd like to keep them smaller.

 

[John Inzer]

i'm making a slideshow of photos. is there any way to make it so
that the photo does not fill up the screen? many of the photos have
been scanned and when they are stretched automatically by moviemaker
the quality is very bad - i'd like to keep them smaller.

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Are you viewing the slideshow on a
widescreen monitor? Do the images
display correctly when you view them
in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer?

The following article may
offer some ideas:

Prepping Still Pix for Import
http://tinyurl.com/v9vo9

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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

 

[Guest]

No, I do not have a widescreen monitor. When I open up the files in any
other program (including Windows Picture and Fax Viewer) they are fine.

 

[John Inzer]

No, I do not have a widescreen monitor. When I open up the files in
any other program (including Windows Picture and Fax Viewer) they are
fine.

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Do you mean they are stretched as in distorted?
Or just enlarged to the point of appearing pixelized?

If you are viewing the images from the timeline
fullscreen they may appear pixelized but this
would not affect the finished movie file.

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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

 

[Graham Hughes]

If the pictures are all odd sizes then you could use your still image
programme to make a background of teh size 768x576 for PAL, then put your
picture on top of this layer and position where you want.
Now save, import into MM and you will have a border around the picture when
viewed.