Photos to AVI

[Outback Paul]

I'm trying to convert some pictures to AVI so I can use Adobe Premiere Elements to add and edit audio before converting to mpg with TMPGEnc. I've tried SSMM and the regular production works but leaves a pulsating look to bright colors. I keep tryin the final production but the program crashes after the first few pictures.

I then tried Proshow Gold but you cannot export to AVI which is important to me because the DVD I'm making will consist of 2 other video files and another avi with pictures. Transitions are nice but not important at this time.

Anyone know of something that can help me with this?

Thanks

[thecoalman]

Soften or blur the images slightly in an image editor before importing them.

[AvalonMan]

I had the same problem with playback on DVD after importing stills into Premier, encoding with TMPGEnc etc.

The solution I found on some threads in this forum is to save the pictures at a resolution no more than DVD resolution. eg I live in PAL land so I ensure that the H or W doesn't exceed the PAL resolution.

I use PhotoShop to do this as I expect it has good "re-resolution" routines.

That stopped the shimmer.

Peter