Strips on image/picture

[bordt]

I'm using VideoStudio 8 to build a picture slide show.
Doing that, I notice after the ceation of the AVI video file, that some of the pictures show some vertical strips on the right side of the picture.

Any idear why that happens and what I can to to avoid this?

Regards
Martin Bordt

[GeorgeW]

Are the source pics portrait or landscape (vertical or horizontal)? It could just be a "sizing" issue when dealing with portrait pics -- this gives black area on the left/right of the picture. You could zoom in on the picture until the entire screen is filled...

[bordt]

The pictures are all landscape, taken directly from a digital camera.
What surprises me, that only some of the pictures show these strips.

I have created the same AVI file using the Video Editor from Ulead MediaStudio 7 - there no strips appear.

Maybe some more details about the setup:
Input files:
- JPEG, about 3000*2000

Output file:
- PAL AVI, 720*565, 16:9 format, frame based
- pictures xy relation will not be changed

System:
- Windows XP

Regards
Martin

[Imiricol]

I too have noticed stipes on the top of vertical images and right hand side of horizontal images.

I had to put out a xmas dvd so I worked around by using the zoom filter and setting to 100%, no panning. I use VS 8

Imiricol

[bordt]

I have tested with MediaStudio 7 and Video Studio 9 - there the problem does not show up.

Unfortunatelly this does not solve the problem - but it shows, that there is something wrong with the video coder in VS 8.

[Imiricol]

I just tried with VS6, had no problems turning an image into a dvd mpg.

Does seem likely VS8 is the issue.

My image is from a canon S2IS. 1944 x 2592 , ~1.6 meg

Imiricol

[csprick]

I recently noticed the same thing - a thin vertical line about 1/3rd of the distance from the right edge of some slides in a slideshow created with VS 8. I've created quite a few other DVD's containing both video adn still photos and have not seen this happen before.

Has anyone figured out the cause / correction to this apparently random but annoying problem?

[Imiricol]

Yes, same problem as me, about 1/3 from the top, some are worse than others.

Like I said, I had a workaround which was to add a zoom filter at 100%, no panning, and it worked normally.

Only thing I can thing of is that I applied a patch from the ulead site a while ago, something about jpg files occasionally carrying some sort of virus. Not sure if it's related to me installing the patch, as I don't normally use still pictures in videos. I thought a jpg is a jpg, so the problem must be with VS8 itself. Hence thought it must be the patch, as it definately worked ok when I first installed the software.

[Ilene]

I had experienced similar problems on occasion when I was using VS9...In general I've improved my jpgs by following the following procedure....I scan the images at 200dpi...this gives me high enough resolution to zoom in, and at the same time, I reduce the image size to 720x480....you can even go with less dpi, it doesn't make too much difference. Overall the smaller image size has been helpful. I think it also improves rendering speeds because the file sizes are smaller. One other tip...I try to crop in or zoom in on the pictures even just a little. Not necessarily pan, but I crop in, so that the zoom ratio at the start of the image is the same as at the end. This along with the procedures in the opening sticky...has helped me produce clear and sharp results without the striating lines that sometimes appeared to the right of an image...both landscape an portrait.