Still pics to DVD - how to maintain full screen size

[dstrege8]

I do a great deal of project work converting digital pics from the camera to DVD videos.

First, my issue is with the pics when they are displayed on DVD. They either appear "stretched" to the width of the screen (fatter people, etc.) or they appear 1:1 but have blank (black) space on either side.

I use a digital camera at either 1024x768 or 1216x912 resolution. (The resolution shouldn't matter much, correct?) I take the pics into Corel Draw or Paint to edit. I SaveAs/Export to jpg file. I've tried exporting settings 1:1, 1024x768, etc., but either they are too fat or aspect ratio keeps them to small for the screen.

Can anyone help me work out what steps I would need to take to convert pic to full size video without fattening up the picture. I can change size/resolution/resample in Corel. I have tried many many different sizes to find something that will only stretch a little. No luck yet. Has anyone else resolved or experienced a similar issue.

Thanks in advance for the help and suggestions.

[Nolonemo]

You need to CROP (i.e., cut off part of one edge) the images to the aspect ratio of the DVD (NTSC 720 X 480). In Photoshop when you select the crop tool you can enter the ratio you want, then crop how you want. In photoshop you could create a batch action that would do a standard crop on each image.