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OhMyGosh wrote on 5/9/2007, 9:09 AM
I know, it's been covered a thousand times I'm sure, but I still can't find the answer after seaching the message boards :( I want to incorporate a slide show into my project (VMS6.0b). When I bring in stills (jpg 2112X2816) that are shot in landscape they don't fill the screen. Since the project is 720x480x32 (I don't know what the heck the 32 means??) I would think the photo would be huge. I go to pan/crop and use the 'Match Output Aspect' but that then makes it too big. In my searching, read a lot of mixed things about if I should use 'reduce interlace flickering'. Without getting too technical, should I check the little darn button or not :) Also, a lot of people said you will have a rendering issue if you use too many large .jpg photos. What is too many? 10, 50, 100? Thanks for the help. Cin

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Chienworks wrote on 5/9/2007, 9:51 AM
"makes it too big" ... do you mean that part of the image is now cut off? When you use Match Output Aspect, that resizes the photo to be about 654.5 x 490.9. Since the frame is only 480 pixels high, you end up losing about 11 pixels of the height. This is the correct thing to have happen. If you don't want to lose any of the image then leave it the way Vegas imports it, with black bars on the sides.

The other choice you have is to stretch the image to fit the frame. This will make everything a little shorter & fatter, but not much so it might not be noticeable.

When the still image shape doesn't match the project frame shape exactly, something has to give. You can make one of the three choices i listed, or some combination of them to get it close to fitting.

"32" is the bit depth. 8 bits for red + 8 bits for green + 8 bits for blue + 8 bits for alpha (transparancy).
OhMyGosh wrote on 5/9/2007, 9:52 PM
Can't thank you enough Kelly for all you do for everyone on this board :) I will try what you said and see how I like that. Also, during my search first on this board some people recommended ProShow for slide shows. I downloaded the trial version, and will see what I think of that. I believe that I will be able to save in a format that is compatable with VMS. Thanks again for your time and knowledge. Cin