Best format for DVD

donnier wrote on 7/14/2008, 6:07 PM

I am using Movie Studio Platinum. I use mostly still images from my camera to make movies (slide shows). My images are very sharp when viewed in my phot editing software, or when printed.

When I render into a dvd, they appear fuzzy on the tv when watching the movie.

Can anyone advise me on what setting I may be messing up when rendering that would cause this?

Thanks,

Comments

richard-amirault wrote on 7/14/2008, 7:04 PM

Well, first tell us more about these images.

What format? What size? What resolution? And how are you adding them to the project?

Tim L wrote on 7/14/2008, 7:10 PM

As a start, don't forget that DVD resolution (assuming NTSC) is only 720 pixels by 480 pixels (PAL is 720x576, I think). That amounts to about a 0.35 megapixel still image (i.e. 1/3 of a megapixel).

So if you are starting with a 5 MP original, you are bound to lose a lot of sharpness and detail by the time it appears on your TV. But all std def DVD's are like this -- have the same limitation.

But regardless, post more details -- maybe something else is going on.

Tim L

donnier wrote on 7/15/2008, 6:18 AM

I have a Canon S2 IS - 5mp camera. The photos are jpeg format and I pull the photos into the project through the "explorer" window within Vegas.

I'm at work right now, so I can't check the resolution and size, but I'm pretty sure that I use the Large Size (2592 x 1944) at superfine resolution.

Does that help?