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Community Newsletter: Q&A: 1/14/05 Slide shows on DVD
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MemoriesOnTV - Disapointing
by JackConner - 4/9/05 8:55 AM In reply to: Success with MemoriesOnTV by jcoonrodWhile I am a former user of MemoriesOn TV who has recently upgraded, I found the Photo-to-Movie Slideshow marketplace has passed it by. Most specifically, its sound quality is poor and movement within the final product (both Ken Burns affect as well as transitions) lacking smoothness. Memories does have the best transitions and packaging arrangement on the market.
Compatibility
by Daddo - 1/14/05 5:13 AM In reply to: 1/14/05 Slide shows on DVD by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Hello,
I didn't read all the post, so I don't know if this was mentioned before or not, but if your making these for someone other then yourself, the biggest problem I have run into is compatibility. Some dvd players will play the jpeg format, some photo cd, and others you have to make it as a svcd. So before you jump in, and spend endless hours cropping, adjusting and arranging, you might want to find out what formats the player will play. Might save you some time in the long run.
CD/DVD authoring
by dredd143 - 1/14/05 5:42 AM In reply to: Compatibility by DaddoPhotostory 3 and windows movie maker are great tools in making a photo slide show, but one weakness of these tools is that you can't burn your save project into a CD and/or dvd disc without using a third party software tool. Not only that, you have to find the right 3rd party cd/dvd authoring tool that is compatible with the extension file that you have saved.
I suggest you use a complete package photo/video editing tools like Roxio or Ulead, unles otherwise you want to use two or more tools which are very time consuming and expensive.
Disappointed with your winning choice
by mcp111 - 1/14/05 5:31 AM In reply to: 1/14/05 Slide shows on DVD by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I am disappointed with you choosing Rachel's answer to Jack's question. Rachel just gave some general thoughts which anybody could have given. She did not even illustrate a program which could do what Jack wanted. I don't know how you could choose that as the winning answer. I thought CNet had more knowledgeable people!
Me too . . .
by pboisen - 1/14/05 6:56 AM In reply to: Disappointed with your winning choice by mcp111I couldn't agree more. I expected to find some software recomendations, tips and hints . . . I hope the rest of the answers contain more info.
Ditto!
by DennisTheMenace - 1/14/05 7:22 AM In reply to: Disappointed with your winning choice by mcp111>> Rachel's winning answer sets the tone for
>> many of our members' recommendations on
>> utilities.
I actually had to read it 3 times to see if I missed something?! And guess what. I missed it all three times. Now I'm going to have to read the 300 other posts, and try to find a REAL recommendation. Once I have multiple, I then have to decipher all of those... So basically, a ton of work that I would have to do any way... Oh well...
Winners choice??
by anzen - 1/14/05 12:54 PM In reply to: Disappointed with your winning choice by mcp111I agree, Rachel didn't even recommend anything. Her reply was a waste of time and certainly should not be used for "advice".
double disappointed
by FreddyCoupler - 1/14/05 4:52 PM In reply to: Disappointed with your winning choice by mcp111I agree totally. I read through alot of responses and I would definately have chosen a different answer,because Rachel's said nothing much that would have helped me. !!
I couldn't agree more
by rickscript - 1/18/05 5:26 AM In reply to: Disappointed with your winning choice by mcp111I have to totally agree with the others who thought that the choice of Rachel's answer as winning choice was very weak. Her answer provided nothing of any real value and didn;t answer the original question at all. If that's all it takes to win one of these, most of us could do it in our sleep.
DVD PixPlay
by sewnsew - 1/14/05 5:38 AM In reply to: 1/14/05 Slide shows on DVD by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have used Roxio, U-Lead and Nero's newest addition Photo show. These are all costly programs and a couple rather complicated. Which is fine if you want to make an elaborate slide show. For simplicity I have a found this neat little program at a budget price. Works well in my DVD but have yet to experiment with other's players. To find out about the program and get a copy of their trial version go to www.xequte.com They also have a screensaver called Amaze which will use an album stored in your My Pictures. You get to see your photos as a screensaver. Change to another album when you tire of the one playing.
Best I've Found
by raptorman - 1/14/05 5:56 AM In reply to: 1/14/05 Slide shows on DVD by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I use a program from Cyberlink called PowerDirector 3. It will do all Jack wants and more. It creates slide shows as well as DVD movies or a combo of movies and slides on the same project. Very easy to use and understand. It has all the transitions and you can add or edit audio. There is a free download at http://www.gocyberlink.com/english/download.
Family Photo Slideshows
by longjohn - 1/14/05 6:00 AM In reply to: 1/14/05 Slide shows on DVD by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Just a quick note to say that I use Muvee magig moments for those projesct. It gives u some professional slide shows and does it all for u.
dvd photos
by alonso110675 - 1/14/05 6:31 AM In reply to: 1/14/05 Slide shows on DVD by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
what are the most recommended programs to create, and what is the format that we should use (vcd, kodak, etc)
thanks
Snapfish's Photoshow
by dratner - 1/14/05 7:03 AM In reply to: 1/14/05 Slide shows on DVD by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I use Snapfish's Photoshow to make video CD's with music of my photos.
My recommendation for a Slide Show Presenter
by larrybum - 1/14/05 7:04 AM In reply to: 1/14/05 Slide shows on DVD by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have grown to really appreciate the Pinnacle Studio DV video editing programs. Although it is technically a video editing program, my favorite thing to do is create slide shows with it. You can import jpgs (and maybe some other graphic types) to create a series of pictures to show. You can also use your camcorder to take as many pictures as you wish. The zoom feature on the camcorder will let you fill the screen with a very small photo, for example. Then your video editor can "grab" a video frame and add it to your movie.
Transistions of various stripes are available, even including things like page turns. You have a titler. The really neat thing is the ability to intersperse video with the slides. So, sometimes you see a picture; sometimes you get motion and it has a great effect.
The sound track can be anything...narration, mp3 files, or some automated rhythms that come with the program. Or you can hear the sound of a video clip interpersed with music in the background.
For my Mom's 80th birthday, I put together some photos made in the 20s, 30s, and 40s and used a couple of old Bing Crosby numbers as background for that segment to set the atmosphere. It was strictly for family viewing and I think falls within a fair use purpose.
As far as DVDs go, I've had my problems. A lot of players won't play dvds I have burned (Pinnacle Studio allows you to make a movie in one of several different formats). I don't think the problem is +R or -R. Most players are designed to read commercially produced dvds (they are stamped in some way). The burners actually change the color of a dye on the dvd. Some dyes are silver, some green, some purpler. A lot of players have trouble with this, not the format.
Where I have had MUCH success in making a disc that is readable on a dvd player is to use the SVCD format. It is little used in this country. I think it is used in Asia a lot and most dvd players will play it. Its quality matches DVD in my opinion, but you burn it on a CD. You can put 35 mintues of video (slide show or whatever) on it. It looks great and it plays in a much higher percentage of dvd players.
Maybe one day we'll have a more standard way to produce dvds that can be more consistently read, but we aren't there yet...and I hear this from lots of folks.
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