Preparing Pictures for Movie Maker

[MysticSinger]

I want to import photos to do a slide show with music for Movie Maker.
Currently have all of them large and high res. Should I change them to
480x720 and 72 dpi before importing? Want them to show at best image
sharpness as possible once they are in.

 

[John Inzer]

I want to import photos to do a slide show with music for Movie Maker.
Currently have all of them large and high res. Should I change them
to 480x720 and 72 dpi before importing? Want them to show at best
image sharpness as possible once they are in.

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Leave the resolution as it is and try the free
PhotoStory 3 for creating your video slide show.

PhotoStory 3 For Windows
http://tinyurl.com/4f869
or...
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
(runs on XP, Vista and Win7)

If you decide to use Movie Maker anyway...
you might want to learn about Custom Profiles:

Personally, I use the following .wmv profile
when saving movies.
SlideShow-1024x768WMV9

Download from the following site...

Movie Maker 2 - Saving
Movies - Custom WMV Profiles
http://tinyurl.com/s2vgu
or...
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-SavingMovies-CustomProfiles.html

Right click / Save as...drop it in the following folder:
C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared\Profiles folder
(if there is no Profiles folder...you will have to create it)

Choose 'SlideShow-1024x768WMV9' when you save...

File / Save Movie File / My Computer / Next / Next /
Show more choices / Other Settings...

More info:

Creating Custom Profiles
for Windows Movie Maker 2
http://tinyurl.com/cuny7
or...
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/expert/customprofile.mspx

Even more info
Windows Movie Maker
Custom Export Formats
http://tinyurl.com/dnylc
or...
http://www.jakeludington.com/project_studio/20050909_windows_movie_maker_custom_export_formats.html

And...the following forum may be worth a look;

Windows Movie Maker Forums
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/

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