Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oliver, There are several utilities that work well: Ulead has one, and with Sonic (bundled free with some burners) you can also work adequately. My favourite is Dvd-lab http://www.mediachance.com/dvdlab/ which is not the cheapest, but super also as a authoring tool. It comes with a very good slideshow tool in its basic setup. Authoring: make (interactive) menus and combine slide shows with videos. A breeze with Dvd-lab. The main advantage of Dvd-lab slideshows is that the slides are saved so that you can go back and forth with your remote control. As far as I remember with Ulead and Sonic, they make one sequence that you can only stop and resume. DvD-lab is also very good in not changing the quality of the pictures too much. Remember that DVD has a resolution of 720 pixels wide,, not more. So do not hold your breath when it comes to sharpness on a TV screen, compared to a well projected slide. Anyhow, also here: garbage in,garbage out. So you need excellent scans or digital pictures as starting material. You may have to boost your saturation a bit, and also juggle the contrast, to get good reslults on your screen. Any more questions:happy to answer them offline. Sander Amsterdam Holland ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- Van: Oliver <oliverbryk@iqmail.net> Datum: woensdag 30 juni 2004 om 22:57 uur Onderwerp: [Leica] OT - slide shows on DVD > I have been asked whether I can make some of my Leica photographs > availableon DVDs as slide shows to be shown on home TVs equipped > with DVD players. > Just thinking about file formats, resolution, aspect ratios, > hardware, and > authoring software gave me a headache. I don't have a DVD burner > on my > Win2000 but that is not an insurmountable obstacle. Does any LUGer > havefirst hand experience with preparing slide shows on DVDs? I > shall be > grateful for reasoned and seasoned advice, especially regarding > errors to > avoid. > TIA, Oliver Bryk > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >