DVD Brennen mit PSE 4.0 und PE 2.0

Question

hallo, ich habe mit pse 4.0 eine diashow erstellt und möchte diese mittels pe 2.0 auf eine dvd brennen. so weit so gut, nachdem pse 4.0 eine wmv-datei erstellt hat, berechnet pe 2.0 die dvd-daten und beginnt auch diese auf eine dvd zu brennen (ist auf der dvd ersichtlich, aber nicht abspielbar), aber und nun kommt mein problem die dvd wird nicht abgeschlossen (pe hört immer kurz vor dem ende auf und ich habe schon 6 kaputte dvd`s, habe schon stundenlang gewartet aber pe schließt die dvd nicht ab). habe pe 2.0 heute komplett neu installiert aber es hat wieder nicht funktioniert. wer kann mir weiterhelfen? gruß helmut

Answer 1

Jay,
I downloaded the trial of Elements 4 primarily for the purpose of evaluating the slideshow capabilities. I liked the idea of being able to create my slideshows within Elements instead of going to another software package.
Basically you can do your steps 2 and 3 [creating the slideshow with the pan and zoom like in PhotoStory]. Then you export to a wmv file which can be used in DVD software.
The pan and zoom tools in Elements 4 were ok at best, but definitely not as easy to use as in other software packages I use for slideshows [primarily Sony Movie Studio - a video editing program like Premiere Elements, but easier to use]. The clip art and text options for the slide show were cheesy. The quality of the wmv file was not as good as the quality I get with Sony Movie Studio. The zooming was somewhat choppy and simple crossfade transitions were also choppy. Elements 4 allows you to select the output resolution and quality of the wmv file, and I chose the settings for a DVD. You might get better results if you selected a higher resolution, but choppiness is usually an indicator of the quality of the conversion engine, and not the resolution you select.
Given the relatively more difficult tool for panning and zooming, and the lower quality output, I would not use Elements 4 to create slideshows. I will continue to use a Collection in Elements 3 to create the order of my pictures for my slideshow, then drag them to a timeline in Sony Movie Studio where I'll apply pan and zoom and output to a DVD compliant MPG file. For me, this is the easiest workflow with the best output. You could replicate this process in Premiere Elements, but the pan and zoom tools in Premiere Elements are not as easy to use as in Sony Movie Studio or ProShow Gold.