MF5 vs. MF4 Slideshows - Images Displayed Differently?

[michaeltee]

Hi,

Re slideshows, is there any difference between the way images are displayed in MF5 versus MF4? I've just noticed that in MF5, odd sized images are automatically padded (sometimes black bordered on all four sides as if centered on a canvas) whereas in MF4, images are "fit-to-frame" to the maximum possible size within the 4:3 ratio. In other words, depending upon image size, in MF4 you might get horizontal OR vertical padding but not BOTH as sometimes seems to be the case with MF5. Can anyone explain?

Thanks,
-Mike

[maddrummer3301]

Mike,
At the bottom of the timeline is 16:9 the aspect ratio?
My MF5 sometimes starts up with a 16:9 setting.
Needs to be 4:3 for slideshows to match a standard camera.

MD

[michaeltee]

Mike,
At the bottom of the timeline is 16:9 the aspect ratio?
My MF5 sometimes starts up with a 16:9 setting.
Needs to be 4:3 for slideshows to match a standard camera.

MD

Hi MD,

No, before posting I checked that along with all of MF5's other preferences and settings. Even if I shift to 16:9 intentionally the same thing happens. I normally use MF4/5 with video clips rather than static images so I never noticed it previously. Basically I was experimenting with some random images that happened to be cropped to unusual dimensions for various printing projects I'm working on. For example, images with dimensions of 455X367, 550X366, 315X278 and 640X480 are all centered with padding on all 4 sides. Any of these could potentially fit-to-screen with ONLY vertical borders/padding while maintaining a 4:3 screen ratio. I grant you, it would probably make sense to scale down and canvas smaller images such as these from a "viewing quality" point of view but it seems odd that this would be done by default (if that's in fact what's happening). I wonder if anyone would have a minute to make a quick test project using some images of similar dimensions and let me know if they're getting the same results?

Thanks,
-Mike