[MacDV] Best way to make simple slideshows for DVD?

[Nick Scalise]

On May 7, 2007, at 8:36 PM, Brett Conlon wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm working on a small home DVD project and am trying to build a  
> simple
> slideshow fading from slide to slide and while DVD Studio Pro  
> offers this
> feature in a fast and simple way I'm just so unimpressed with the  
> final
> results.
>
> I have found that it works best if you set all your stills at 678X576
> (PAL) so DVD Studio Pro doesn't have to resize them but when you  
> play the
> slideshow from your DVD on your DVD player there is a few frames of  
> very
> low resolution image which shows just before each of the dissolve
> transitions kick in - very distracting (in group shots, eyes and teeth
> momentarily disappear in the blocks of pixels that appear)! If your  
> images
> are any other size (like original size from the camera) and DVD  
> Studio Pro
> has to resize them for you, I have found that every still frame looks
> terribly low rez but the transitions look fine.
>
> Because of this I've used Final Cut Pro on a previous project or  
> two to
> manually make slideshows but this involves calculating the exact  
> duration
> of each slide before importing the pics, manually setting the  
> transition
> between each slide. And if you change the duration of the music you  
> have
> to manually change the duration of each slide and kinda build it  
> again...
> but perhaps there is a better way that I don't know of.
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations? I love the ease of setting up  
> the
> DVDSPro slideshows (eg. set the slide durations as per the music  
> length)
> but they just don't work properly for me!
>
> I don't have iMovie installed but that shouldn't be a problem if  
> someone
> recommended that route.

Have you tried exporting iPhoto SlideShows to QuickTime and importing  
that movie into DVD Studio Pro?

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Nick Scalise
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