Proshow question

u8myufo · 11 Nov 2013

It has been a while sinced I last used it and even then it was just for a slideshow or three that is either kept on my PC or a couple of the family that have PC`s just have an exectuble file. However I want to create a DVD for somebody and was wondering what the best file size would be to save the Jpegs at before loading them into the programme, the show will be watched via a DVD player as they have no PC. From what I have looked at so far there are for`s and against`s for using biggest size possible with todays high pixel count images.

haggis · 11 Nov 2013

I tend to export them at 3000 px on the long side and file sizes range anywhere from 5 to 8Mb. I also produce the output as Blu-ray.

Edit** I also meant to say I use the Photodex web app as I moved from PC to Mac and they don't do a Mav version of Proshow.

cosmicma · 11 Nov 2013

if your just showing one full slide after another and not zooming or panning around a photo a resolution of 1280 x 1024 would be enough for dvd ( sd dvd = 1024 x 768 16 - 9 widescreen ) but you would be better off cropping to a 16 - 9 ratio if you want to display full screen something like 1920 x 1080 to to keep resolution and allow a little room for zooming the frame

on the other hand if you do want pan and zoom within the photo you are better off keeping your photos at full resolution to stop pixelation if you zoom in a fair bit

Spuriousfish · 12 Nov 2013

DVD resolution (pixel dimensions ) would only be 720 x 576 (UK). Proshow does a good job in resizing but I always give it some help by re-sizing down to 1920 on the long edge - mostly because I prefer to have HD Mpeg files to play directly rather than a lower resolution authored DVD. If I need a DVD then I'll still use the same pixel dimensions and let Proshow take care of the rest

Colin

sep9001 · 12 Nov 2013

haggis said:
I tend to export them at 3000 px on the long side and file sizes range anywhere from 5 to 8Mb. I also produce the output as Blu-ray.

Edit** I also meant to say I use the Photodex web app as I moved from PC to Mac and they don't do a Mav version of Proshow.

Rich

Sorry to post on you thread.

Jim

Once you have exported it as a bluray do you burn to bluray or dvd? Also what app do you use to burn it.

Thanks

Kev

Spuriousfish · 13 Nov 2013

Proshow does the burning. You just target the DVD or Blu Ray so no need to export anything.

Alternatively you could use Imgburn - http://www.imgburn.com/ - although this doesn't 'author' the DVD i.e produce menus etc

Colin

sep9001 · 13 Nov 2013

Spuriousfish said:
Proshow does the burning. You just target the DVD or Blu Ray so no need to export anything.

Alternatively you could use Imgburn - http://www.imgburn.com/ - although this doesn't 'author' the DVD i.e produce menus etc

Colin

Colin,

Thanks. I have just exported the slideshow iso using bluray option to hd but cannot view it using vlc, where as the dvd exported iso works fine in vlc.

Am I doing something wrong?

Spuriousfish · 13 Nov 2013

I'm not a great fan of VLC so I seldom use it. Instead I prefer to use Media Player Classic - http://mpc-hc.org/ - it seems to play most things.

I don't use Blu-Ray either. For HD in Proshow I use the Video File export option (produces Mpeg files) and choose HD and Quality of mostly 720P because my player can't keep up with 1080p.

Colin

sep9001 · 13 Nov 2013

Spuriousfish said:
I'm not a great fan of VLC so I seldom use it. Instead I prefer to use Media Player Classic - http://mpc-hc.org/ - it seems to play most things.

I don't use Blu-Ray either. For HD in Proshow I use the Video File export option (produces Mpeg files) and choose HD and Quality of mostly 720P because my player can't keep up with 1080p.

Colin

Thank you will give that a go.

sep9001 · 13 Nov 2013

Colin

Sorry, more questions. After the mpg4 file has been created how do you create your dvd to watch in a stand alone dvd player.

Thanks

Kev

john-oh · 13 Nov 2013

To quote Paul Schmidt (founder & President of Photodex Corp) in 'Secrets of Proshow Experts' - "Don't resize your photos"

haggis · 13 Nov 2013

sep9001 said:
Rich

Sorry to post on you thread.

Jim

Once you have exported it as a bluray do you burn to bluray or dvd? Also what app do you use to burn it.

Thanks

Kev

Photodex (Proshow web) does all the work really. You choose the type and quality you want, the site compiles it and then you download and burn to the appropriate type of disc.

sep9001 · 13 Nov 2013

haggis said:
Photodex (Proshow web) does all the work really. You choose the type and quality you want, the site compiles it and then you download and burn to the appropriate type of disc.

Thanks. Been playing with Proshow producer which has a few more options. I have created a mpeg4 just need to work out how to create a DVD.

cosmicma · 14 Nov 2013

sep9001 said:
Thanks. Been playing with Proshow producer which has a few more options. I have created a mpeg4 just need to work out how to create a DVD.

you would be better off outputting the file as a dvd iso and using stand alone burning software such as imgeburn
dvd's are mpeg 2 an mpeg 4 video file would need to be re rendered to mpeg 2 to create a dvd

Spuriousfish · 14 Nov 2013

Did you really mean Mpeg-4 because this is really a format for video streaming. e.g via the Internet?

If your target is going to be a DVD just get Proshow to create and burn the DVD. If your target is for Blu-Ray and higher definition, just get Proshow to create and burn the Blu-Ray disk. These options are both available directly through the Create Output menu.

Colin

sep9001 · 14 Nov 2013

Spuriousfish said:
Did you really mean Mpeg-4 because this is really a format for video streaming. e.g via the Internet?

If your target is going to be a DVD just get Proshow to create and burn the DVD. If your target is for Blu-Ray and higher definition, just get Proshow to create and burn the Blu-Ray disk. These options are both available directly through the Create Output menu.

Colin

Cool. Thanks, will use the dvd option.