Hello everyone,
I will keep this as brief as possible. I've been tasked with creating a photo slideshow to be displayed at my niece's wedding later this week.
The content basics: approx 120 images- most are from scans(at 600 ppi) of photos of various sizes- 3x3 up to 5x7 and saved as high-quality jpegs(also saved as .tifs but I didn't notice any perceptable quality difference on my 27" Cinema display).
The output and display requirements:
Output #1: a DVD of the iMovie slideshow that will be played on a DVD player connected to an HD capable projector that will display the slideshow on a 100" diagonal screen(4:3 format). The slideshow will run passively in the backgound(not a viewing 'event') and loop throughout the night during the wedding reception. No music or sound from the DVD will be played during this playback of the DVD; it will be muted.
Output #2: a handful of DVDs of the slideshow(16:9 format) to be passed out as gifts to family members that will be played on either their HDTV(most are 720p) or their computer at home. The DVD slideshow will have transitions between photos, a few title slides, and integrated music clips.
I did a test export today(15 slides plus a music clip) from iMovie to iDVD and saw a pretty noticible reduction in photo quality comparing(on my same Mac screen) the photos in iPhoto to the photos in the rendered iMovie slideshow.
I'm fairly new at creating photo slideshows. Specifically, my questions are what settings in iMovie and iDVD should I set to optimized video quality for both of these output needs? I was told to set up my iMovie slideshow in 16:9 format for Output #1(the large screen at the wedding) to optimize visual quality- knowing it will letterbox. I also read somewhere that it might be better to create the slideshow in iDVD vs iMovie for quality purposes. However, I have multiple music clips for the slideshow and iDVD doesn't support that.
Anyhow, ANY tips at all would be greatly appreciated so I optimize the slideshow quality and try to avoid any technical surprises at the wedding.
Thank you!
I will keep this as brief as possible. I've been tasked with creating a photo slideshow to be displayed at my niece's wedding later this week.
The content basics: approx 120 images- most are from scans(at 600 ppi) of photos of various sizes- 3x3 up to 5x7 and saved as high-quality jpegs(also saved as .tifs but I didn't notice any perceptable quality difference on my 27" Cinema display).
The output and display requirements:
Output #1: a DVD of the iMovie slideshow that will be played on a DVD player connected to an HD capable projector that will display the slideshow on a 100" diagonal screen(4:3 format). The slideshow will run passively in the backgound(not a viewing 'event') and loop throughout the night during the wedding reception. No music or sound from the DVD will be played during this playback of the DVD; it will be muted.
Output #2: a handful of DVDs of the slideshow(16:9 format) to be passed out as gifts to family members that will be played on either their HDTV(most are 720p) or their computer at home. The DVD slideshow will have transitions between photos, a few title slides, and integrated music clips.
I did a test export today(15 slides plus a music clip) from iMovie to iDVD and saw a pretty noticible reduction in photo quality comparing(on my same Mac screen) the photos in iPhoto to the photos in the rendered iMovie slideshow.
I'm fairly new at creating photo slideshows. Specifically, my questions are what settings in iMovie and iDVD should I set to optimized video quality for both of these output needs? I was told to set up my iMovie slideshow in 16:9 format for Output #1(the large screen at the wedding) to optimize visual quality- knowing it will letterbox. I also read somewhere that it might be better to create the slideshow in iDVD vs iMovie for quality purposes. However, I have multiple music clips for the slideshow and iDVD doesn't support that.
Anyhow, ANY tips at all would be greatly appreciated so I optimize the slideshow quality and try to avoid any technical surprises at the wedding.
Thank you!