Best programs for .jpeg slide shows?

[Captain Satellite]

I own ProShow Gold and Adobe Premeire Elements. Is there anything that will give me better results for .jpeg slide shows? What do the pros use to make their stuff look so good on TV. Man, by the time my stuff gets that far it's blurry. I'm using high-res shots but it doesn't seem to matter. What's out there or how can I get better results with what I'm using? Thanks!

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[Des]

I use Proshow Gold all the time to make professional slide shows from jpegs. Results are great both through a video projector and my Olevia 37 inch TV. I have used high quality jpegs (least amount of compression) from 4mps up to 7mps cameras. For photos I need to scan I use 400dpi for wallet size photos and 300dpi for 4x6 up to 8x10.\

Most of my clients use a projector or a 27inch TV when they show them.

I output using the high quality and sp settings from Proshow Gold to mpeg dvd or directly to DVD iso if I am not going to create a custom menu in TMPGEnc DVD Author.

--dES

[Captain Satellite]

Thanks. I'm probably expecting too much.

[ScorpioDragon]

I own ProShow Gold and Adobe Premeire Elements. Is there anything that will give me better results for .jpeg slide shows? What do the pros use to make their stuff look so good on TV. Man, by the time my stuff gets that far it's blurry. I'm using high-res shots but it doesn't seem to matter. What's out there or how can I get better results with what I'm using? Thanks!

Check out the clarity of this clip:

http://www.34722calleramona.com/

It is possible to achieve great results using ProShow. I use ProShow also [Producer version], and when I first started using it I discovered that the results were much better using a lossless format such as .png or .tif (instead of .jpg) when creating slideshows. Try converting your images to .png or .tif first, and make sure your output settings are set to "High Quality." I believe you will achieve much better results.

[mats.hogberg]

Unless the jpg decoding routine in ProShow is seriously flawed, there should be no quality gain in going
jpg->"uncompressed" -> ProShow
instead of
jpg -> ProShow
as the "uncompressed" will never be of higher q than the original jpg.

/Mats

[Captain Satellite]

OK, shows are looking good. I've got a question...

I'm trying to delay the start of my audio. It's starting immediately but I want an intro with no audio. I can't figure how to do this. I'm selecting all, then de-selecting the first two blank slides, then checking 'sync selected slides'. No matter what I do, the audio wants to start as soon as the show starts. Help?

[guns1inger]

Use Audacity to add a few seconds of silence to the start of the audio track

[Captain Satellite]

I thought about taking that route. Thanks for your replies as usual, guns1inger.

[Captain Satellite]

Ummm, are there a few quick and easy steps to doing this?

[Captain Satellite]

Scratch that - import track, generate silence. Thanks!

[Captain Satellite]

Dear mods, I'm not bumping, I have more questions!

What is causing this 'weirdness' when zooming in and out?

http://myfavoritevideoclips.com/potluck/disneyland2007.wmv

[mats.hogberg]

I guess it's a feature to add some life to the creation. MS PhotoStory 3 does the same. But there should be some way to turn it off.

/Mats

[Captain Satellite]

No, I added the zooming. I'm talking about the 'crawling' in some of the slides. On the fifth slide on the girl's pants...

[mats.hogberg]

OK, I see - That's from the resizing. A kind of Moiré effect. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moire_pattern)
Only way to avoid that'd be to blur the image first, I guess. You see that effect on TV too, specially in pinstripes or small checkers.

/Mats

[Captain Satellite]

Thanks for your help as always, mats!

[john_22]

HELLO. I THINK THAT A GOOD PROGRAM EVEN IN DEMO VERSION WILL BE DVD PIXPLAY.

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[Heywould3]

wow! a ban for all caps? i know its rude but worth a banning? for the record. its never botherd me when a person typed in all caps. but im a designer/engineer.. and i use to work on a drafting table with paper/velum we were required to write all txt in caps and all the same size. so i guess thats why i dont mind it

EDIT: oops looks like it was lifted.. :P

[john_22]

hello again. i'm new here and i didn't know that i shouldn't use capital letters.i'm sorry for any incinvenience.