Better resolution slide shows

[antollamh]

The slide show option made as a movie via premier elements is nice in principle, but not worth using because of the poor resolution on offer, which degrades the photos. It appears that the prx files offered by the options box, and elsewhere in the program files, are not good enough, at least for use on a PAL system digital telly.

[philscot]

You could try 'Pictures to exe' from wnsoft. The results are better than any other I have used

[baderms]

I use ProShowGold for my multimedia shows. It's made by photodex.

[ATR]

Antollamh

Specifically what are you putting into your slideshow and where?
1. Are you creating your slideshow in Photoshop Elements and then sending it over to Premiere Elements to generate a DVD-VIDEO or something else? Are you creating a .wmv slideshow in Photoshop Elements and, if so, what profiles have you found and used?
a. What versions of Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements are you using?
b. What project preset are you using for Premiere Elements?

2. What are the pixel dimensions of the photos that go into the slideshow and what is the format, jpeg, other? What is the video format of any video that you have in your slideshow? Are you using HDV video? If so, how are you capturing it and from what?

Have you taken the time to do a mini test run of a project before doing the grand project?

A lot of people like the ProGold software better. I have never tried it, but I get good results with Photoshop Elements 3 or 6 and Premiere Elements 2 or 4.

If you want to provide more details, I will see if I can figure out why you are not getting better results with these Adobe products.

ATR

[antollamh]

Thanks for the reply ATR. I'll try to recall, otherwise may have to go through it again and write down each step.

Firstly I create a slide show and add some sound, which is straighforward.

I want it on a DVD, so I do Output, Burn to Disc, DVD, PAL, OK (no options offered on this route I think). It asks me to save the slide show first, so I do that (as a wmv I think). It then launches Premier Elements 2.0, which I have, and asks for a project title, then opens the slides in Premier Elements 2.0. It then goes through asking if I want chapters etc on the DVD (I usually skip while testing it), and eventually burns the DVD.

This comes out playable, with music, but poor resolution than just dumping pictures on to a DVD and looking at them in my DVD player - the slide output looks fuzzier and poorer resolution.

I also tried playing around with the setting options for a wmv file (save as file, movie file, file settings) but none of these are very high resolution.

Any suggestions welcome. Of course I can just copy my photos randomly onto the DVD, and look at them via a DVD player if I want a decent picture, but the slide show would be nice if it gave as good an image.

I understand that the slide show is actually a movie generated by Premier elements, rather than the original slides, but don't understand why the quality is degraded. Am I missing some setting(s) in Premier Elements?

Thanks again.

[ATR]

Here are some classical FAQs on some of the issues that you presented. You say that you are using Premiere Elements 2. What version of Photoshop Elements are you using? And, what are the pixel dimensions of your source photos?


Why does my video/slideshow look so poor on my computer?”
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3bc14b78

Why is my Premiere Elements slideshow not as clear as my original photos?
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3bbebfd1


If the above does not explain what is happening there, we could dig deeper into the details of what you are doing. I suspect that the bottom line may be the you are dealing with high resolution photos whose resolution far exceeds that of standard DVD-VIDEO..."DVD-VIDEO is DVD-VIDEO" with its standardized frame sizes, properties, etc. But, let us keep an open mind as we try to rule in or out reasons for what you are observing.

ATR

[antollamh]

"You say that you are using Premiere Elements 2. What version of Photoshop Elements are you using? And, what are the pixel dimensions of your source photos?"

I am using Photoshop Elements 6.0, and the pixel dimensions are 3648 X 2736. I guess that is way beyond the capacity of the TV pixels (PAL).
Thanks anyway for explaining the limitation of the slide show videos.