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farss wrote on 5/27/2008, 7:28 AM
Some specific information would be helpfull.
What are you creating the slideshow from?
Unless the images you are using are the same or higher resolution than you output it's not going to look too good.
How are you going to playout a DVD to get 1080p?
Regular DVDs are standard definition with is 1/4 the resolution of the Sony TV.
When you say "so far it all looks very pixelated" where is so far?
Have you actually made a DVD and are viewing that. Or is this just on the Vegas preview.

Soryy to ask so many questions but I or others could be doing a lot of typing trying to cover all the possible causes of your problem without them.

Bob.
captainfearless wrote on 5/27/2008, 7:54 AM
Fair comment Bob! and cheers for the quick reply.
I am creating the slideshow from photos from my digital camera.
My dvd player upscales to 1080p .
It looks pixelated on the tester dvd i have made ,watching it on my tv.
I am not wishing to get too technical/specific here,rather just looking for good general settings,to create a nice looking photo dvd .
So far i have used ....
PAL DV Widescreen (720x576, 25.000 fps)
pixel aspect ratio 1.4568 (PAL DV Widescreen)
pixel format 8 bit
full res rend quality best
gaussian
blend fields
photos are high res jpeg
Chienworks wrote on 5/27/2008, 10:35 AM
What format are you rendering to? If it's MPEG, what bitrate are you using? Too low of a bitrate will look pixellated.

Also keep in mind that the DVD is going to be 720x576 resolution regardless of whether the player upscales or not. You won't really get a 1920x1080 result. Upscaling will probably look worse on still images than on moving video since you get to sit and stare at the pixels for a while rather than having them fly by before your mind can register them.
johnmeyer wrote on 5/27/2008, 11:05 AM
Scan all your photos at about 20% more than 720x576 times the zoom factor (if you zoom into the photo so that it is half the width and height, then you need double the number of pixels in each direction.

Most important -- and I'll be this is your problem -- do NOT use track motion to zoom into the photo. ONLY use pan/crop for zooms on still photos.

Finally, use "Best" in Render As.