Videostudio pro x4

[momoe]

Hi. new to the forum and just downloaded the trial fro vs pro x4. I am trying to create a video slideshow of just images. I got that so far. everything looks good except on playback, the image is only 3x5" or so. I want to have a large image because I am presenting photos to clients. I want to try this out before I buy the program. any help would be great.

Thanks so much

[Ron P.]

Welcome to the forums,

Inches have no meaning when it comes to video. Video is measured in Pixels. When you render your project (Share>Create Video File), what settings are you using? Are you wanting to create a video slide-show to be viewed on the internet/your PC, television, and if the latter, standard or high-definition?

[momoe]

Yes. Slideshow for tv/net. HD. I'm using hi res images and playback for now is on a 24" viewsonic HD screen. The window is rather small though. I am new to the program so I let it choose to make a complete template for me and I plugged in my images.

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi

HD video uses 16:9 as its frame ratio.
So if you have an image using 16:9 ratio then it will fill the screen.

My camera produces images at 5184 x 4321px this is 3 x 2 ratio, using these will produce a border.

Some cameras use 4:3. but again trying to fit this into a widescreen will again result in a border.

So if you wish to fill the screen the image has to be the same shape, and that’s 16:9. (for example 2048 x 1152px is 16:9 ratio)

Right click an image in the timeline and select properties, will show the pixel size of your image.

Safe Area or Overscan.
When we view video on a TV set we loose some detail around the edges, this is called “overscan”
Generally we don’t notice the effect when viewing video But when using still images we tend to crop them quite tightly, the overscan effect is more noticeable.

How much, well about 10%, yep that’s a lot.
So if you are intending to re-size the images, take care.

Overscan is not noticeable when viewing the video on the PC monitor, only on a TV set.

[BrianCee]

momoe - where are you putting the photos in the timeline ? - are they in the top video track, or one of the overlay tracks ? If in the overlay track have you selected 'fit to screen' as the size option.

[momoe]

Apparently I didn't go far enough in the process. I built it it and hit playback. I decided to do a test and make a disk to see how it looked. I then saw the options to make it 16:9 Thanks for the help