Re: PPT storyboarding with Photo Story 3

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In article <eqEUKRwcGHA.3840@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mitch Gallant wrote:
Well I think the exported ppt images at 960x720 should be sufficient quality
for input to any DVD slideshow authoring tool.

Just for grins, I'd also try PNGs or BMPs if the authoring tool will eat 'em.
These use lossless or no compression compared to JPG's lossy compression.
With text and other small, 'hard-eged' graphics, JPG can give you compression
artifacts ... stuff that looks like hairs or paramecia hovering around your
graphics.

I next will try importing these images directly into the DVD authoring tools
(Ulead MovieFactory or NeroVision Express 3SE). Not sure if it is worth
trying the Windows Movie Maker and create a large avi first with the images.
Any ideas or suggestions on 2nd try ??
Actually I looked at my first attempt below with 640X480 and it isn't too
shabby except for some small text problems, border clipping etc..

Question: Since I am burning a few expendable DVD -R for this, if I get a
bad DVD video burn, is there a way to easily add some BACKUP data to that
disk so if the video created is no good, at least I have some backup data
and the disk isn't a complete writeoff? The slideshows only use a small
part of the DVD.

- Mitch Gallant

"Mitch Gallant" <jensigner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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PPT 2003 exports jpg images by default on my system as 960x720 (1.333
aspect), and the quality of the generated images is quite impressive. Is
that exported jpg resolution configurable?
(My current LCD monitor size is 17" with the display resolution set at
1280x1024).

As I mentioned in my OP on this thread, with MS PhotoStory I used the save
setting "Profile for creating DVDs" NTSC 640x480 which is WMV Q=98 4:3
aspect ration and 30 ffs. That suggested resolution seems somewhat low
(DVD is 720X480?).

Also, I noticed that my DVD authoring/burning app (ULead MovieFactory 3
SE) has ability to directly create image slide-shows, so maybe PhotoStory
isn't necessary. I also have NeroVision Express 3SE and it also has
slide-show capability, but haven't tried it. I imagine these apps. are
similar in their results. Maybe importing PPT exported images directly
into these tools makes more sense than using MS as intermediate slideshow
generator.
I didn't see any "safe area" setting, to assist with managing unwanted
display cropping in Ulead's product.

- Mitch Gallant

"Echo S" <msnewsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Mitch Gallant" <jensigner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I didn't see any "preview what this will roughly look likeon your TV" in
MovieFactory before committing to burn to DVD. That might have showed
the edge problems.

When you create stuff for TV display, you want to put nonimportant parts
of the pictures in the margins because, while that area may show on some
TVs, it may not show on others. And, as far as I know, there's really no
way to tell ahead of time. So some products (Adobe products being some of
them) have what's called a "safe area" indicator you can turn on. One's
for titles, one's for margins. Anything inside the margin area will show
on most (all?) TVs, and anything inside the "title safe area" is where
you want any text to be if you want to be sure it will show on most
(all?) TVs.

I don't know the ULead products, but you might look for something like a
"safe area" option in them.

I think sometimes when people user PowerPoint for too long, it tends to
blind people as to the only way to go as the source slide authoring
approach.

Totally agree. (I might say "source screen authoring," though.)

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