Pictures lose resolution

mmessina wrote on 12/7/2004, 11:29 AM

after I made my first attempt at using the screenblast sofware, I am disappointed. The playback of my still digital pictures looks fine on the timeline view, but after burning, they lost much of their resolution, especially when you try to view it full screen. Does anyone know what I did wrong?

Comments

Former user wrote on 12/7/2004, 11:57 AM

Probably nothing. DV Video has a resolution of 720 x 480 NTSC. so stills will lose resolution. This will be more noticed on a computer screen than a TV screen. Have you viewed your images on a TV?

Dave T2

Steve Grisetti wrote on 12/7/2004, 12:28 PM

Dave is right, but another consideration has to do with your term "burn them."

Did you create a DVD or a VCD? Did you save them as MPEG-1 or MPEG-2? Did you view them on television or your computer monitor?

Assuming your photos had at least 650 x 480 resolution to begin with, your video tape should look fine on TV. A VCD or an MPEG can be a disappointment, even on TV.

Your computer monitor, depending on your settings, can have four times as much resolution or more (which is why your TV-quality video typically doesn't fill the screen at 100%). If you're trying to produce a slide show to be seen on a full-screen, 1028 x 720 computer screen, there are other pieces of software more aptly designed (like, I believe, the new Photoshop Elements 3.0 and PowerPoint).

Depends on what you're trying to accomplish.