Slide show loop and quality

Hi, help! I have to put together a couple of slide show presentations for a kiosk type setting, I will have a 2 DVD players available. I will have one presentation with music and about 95 slides and the other presentation of over 100 slides with music. I don't want to leave my Mac unattended while we are in meeting but need the slide show to loop continuously while in the meetings. I know how to make a slide show in IDVD and IPHOTO, but not sure if I can make them loop or is there any other software that would be better or any advice. I need the best quality photos also. My last slideshow presentation using IDVD looked a little less then professional in photo quality. Thanks in advance and do covet the wealth of knowledge out there.

You can set a a slideshow in an iDVD project to automatically play and loop. Go to the Map mode and drag the the slideshow into the far left (blue) bin.
Click to view full size
To loop selet the slideshow in the Map mode and use the Advanced menu.
Click to view full size
You will only be able to have one slideshow per disk play and loop so you will need to iDVD projects resulting in two burned discs.
The slideshow with 95 slides will not present a problem but with the 100+ slideshow you can run into a pause at slide #100. That's because the DVD standard is only 99 chapters per slideshow and each slide, when created from still photos, is a chapter. iDVD gets around this limitation by renumbering the slides back to #1 when it reaches 99. At that point some DVD players will pause briefly or stop. A lot depends on the DVD player being used. Of course if you create the slideshow in iPhoto and export it to iDVD as a Quicktime movie file using the Share->Send to iDVD menu option the pause will not be a problem.
If you plan on using your laptop or Mac to play the slideshow you won't even have to burn the iDVD project to disk. Just use the File->Save as Disk Image, mount the disk image and play it full screen with DVD Player. If you need to create a disc of the project then burn to disc with Disk Utility at the slowest speed available to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatium, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.

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I don't know if there is a simple answer to my question. Here goes. I created an infinitely looping series of photos that scrolls from right to left. The animation was created with 6 photos and was animated using AS 3.
Is there substitute coding using AS 2 in place of my AS 3 coding?
Or is it more complicated and does it depend on how the photos were set up in my document, how the photos and groups of photos were converted to symbols etc??
here is my current AS 3 code that works.
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infiniteGallery.x= (-galleryWidth/2);
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thanks for the info - but I did find coding that worked for pausing multiple instances on the timeline in AS3
I imported my infinite slide show loop as a movie clip at a pause on the timeline and it works great
Only issue is that the infinite slide show loop pops into the scene instead of fading into the animation
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here is AS 3 coding that fades it out
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Do I need to put this fade in code on a different timeline?
any info will help
infiniteGallery.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fadeOut);
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Web Gallery Slide Shows: Music and Captions an option?

The title sums up the question. Can web gallery slide shows (on my .Mac account) be made to look and sound like the slide shows i'm running in iphoto - with captions and audio?

Mark:
You can get the captions to be displayed in the web gallery by running this script to move the description to the title field before you publish the gallery. After the gallery is published you can change the title back to the file name with the Photos->Batch Change menu option.
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OK, I know this is an ongoing issue, but I am trying to figure out the best way to proceed.
Made a movie of stills. They are jagged unless there is a title or a transition, then they are very smooth.
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See the "huge caveat" mentioned in this thread:
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What's the best way to create a fancy slide show in PE 4 and PSE 6? I need to create a slide show of about 600 pictures. I'm on Windows XP with 3gb RAM. I've done this a few years ago in earlier versions of PE and PSE. Before i plunge into this again i wanted to get some overall guidance for what to do or not do.
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2. transitions between every photo
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eric,
I am going to offer some reasons NOT to start this slide show in Photoshop Elements. This is despite the fact that I have used the workflow of starting in Photoshop Elements and used the Send Slideshow to Premiere Elements in PSE5 - PE 3 and PSE7 - PE7.
1- Timing differences between the PSE and PE slide show construction and processing
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2- your requirement to
"words and graphics that appear on slide at precisely the right moment to match the song, and stay on the screen as one slide transitions to another. i want the text to be able to move and fade in and out."
You can't really sync the audio to a slide in PSE. The text can't move or fade in/out. I think that it will be more grief to retrofit these functions to a slide show that was created in PSE than it will be to do the all the work in Premiere Elements.
3- "Add the sound track for the ENTIRE slide show (this will be longer than i currently have slides for because i don't have all the photos"
I am suspicious that adding the ENTIRE sound track in one PSE slide show will not work.
I have done multiple sends from PSE slide show editor to Premiere Elements. However, I decided on the approach of using no audio in the PSE slideshow editor and adding Audio in Premiere Elements AFTER sending all the slide shows.
Again, your objective of syncing specific photos to music points is good artistically - but I am concerned that it will make your PSE to PRE workflow problematic.
4- "as new photos arrive, do the arrangement/pans/zooms in PSE and move them to PE"
As Steve mentioned when you do subsequent sends of the slideshow, it appends to the end - does not seem to fit your objective of replacing part of the middle.
Also if you get new photos in for the second section of the slideshow - but over in Premiere Elements you had already made other changes in the second section. There is no function to combine new changes doen in PSE and changes done in PE for that same "section" of the slideshow.
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Conclusion:
Some of my comments here are definitely subjective - however, it is my overall conclusion that your objectives and work plan are not a good fit for the Photoshop Elements slide show editor to Premiere Elements workflow.
My perspective on the Photoshop Elements slide show editor is that it is designed to simple, quick and easy. Therefore it has limitations.

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http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/tween.htm
I've linked this twice today, but it really is a very nice
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Ahhh flash 7.
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>Is there an economic solution?
I'm new to slide shows, too, and just got my first DVD burner which included Nero 7 Essentials and I purchased the DVD burner plugin.
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> Slide Show Magic detects the size of each incoming
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> it's the same size as the current image, the system will
employ a smooth
> cross-fader - simultaneously fading out the current
image as the new one
> fades in. If the incoming image is a different size than
the current one,
> the system will fade out the current image, glide the
image container to
> the size of the incoming image, then fade the new image
in. It's all
> automatic.
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>
> Staged preloader
>
> When the slide show is running in automatic mode, the
system will preload
> the next image as the current one is being shown,
providing a seamless
> experience in most cases.
>
>
> Intuitive toolbar controls
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> Play, Pause, Next, and Last buttons. It also contains a
slider bar that
> allows users to adjust the slide show timing, plus
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> visibility of the thumbnail display and navigation menu,
and an image
> counter.
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> Drag-enabled thumbnail panel
>
> The Thumbnail panel can be dragged about the screen,
enabling users to
> fine-tune the interface for best viewing of the show.
>
>
> Full-Size images can be hyperlinks
>
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hyperlink to another page,
> programmed to open in a new window or tab.
>
>
> Image descriptions
>
> Each full-size image can display an optional
description, which can
> contain any type of valid markup (paragraphs, tables,
DIVs, lists, links,
> or images).
>
>
> Automated image processing with Fireworks...
>
> Web-ready images are automatically produced from your
original images,
> which can be located on any drive connected to your
computer - including
> drives mounted by your digital camera. Slide Show Magic
handles all image
> processing automatically - preserving your original
files in their
> original locations in their original and unaltered
states. Your images are
> scaled, optimized, and neatly organized into folders
within your defined
> site.
>
>
> Import your existing images...
>
> Point to a folder (or folders) that contain your
existing full-size and
> thumbnail image and Slide Show Magic will match them up
and add them to
> your slide show - unaltered and ready to view.
>
>
> Organize Images into sets
>
> Slide Show Magic enables you to define logical image
sets and organizes
> the thumbnail panel into navigable sets.
>
>
> Mix landscape and portrait orientations
>
> Your images are never distorted in any way. Original
aspect ratios are
> always preserved. Use both landscape and portrait images
in the same slide
> show.
>
>
> Deploy alone or inside existing layouts
>
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> page.
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> slide shows.
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> Manage it all inside a dedicated Dreamweaver Interface
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> Add (append) new images
> Delete images or re-order them
> Manage Descriptions, links, and ALT text
> Edit existing full-size or Thumbnail images
> Reprocess all of your slide show's images
>
> And lots more, including a comprehensive manual and free
tech support.
> $95
>
> --
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>
http://www.projectseven.com
> Extending Dreamweaver - Nav Systems | Galleries |
Widgets
> Authors: "42nd Street: Mastering the Art of CSS Design"
>
>
>
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What if I have a long slide show (300+) and want to have two or three or ... more songs on it? Any one know how I would do this? PS - This is my first ever post on a forum.

Create a single track out of the multiple songs using audio editing software. Try audacity (free) or if you have a mac, use garage band.

Premier 3.02 crashes when breaking apart transferred slide show

Following the instructions in a reply on the PS Elements forum, when I right click on the scene transferred from PSE to Premier Elements and right click in the menu to break apart the slide show for additional editing, after receiving a "low system memory" warning Premier eventually crashes. The error message is "Sorry, a serious error has occurred that requires Adobe PE to shut down. We will attempt to save your current project."
I'm running PE 3.02
Vista Business
3.00GB RAM
Video card AT1 Radeon HD 3450
54.3 GB free disc space
No browser or Outlook is open and have even closed PS Elements before trying to break apart the Premier scene slide.
I have had no problems, warnings, or crashes constructing a 30 minute slide show in PS Elements.

Gina,
>Open Premiere then try to begin my project in from Photoshop and get the same issue. The message from Windows says shut down due to serious error.
It is not clear to me WHEN the failure occurs in this scenario. Does Premiere Elements start up OK? Can you open a new project in Premiere Elements? And does it then fail when you have do the Send of the Slideshow from Premiere Elements?
Or like the original poster on this thread, does it fail only when you attempt to Break Apart the slide show?
And also - have you deleted or moved or renamed any of the photo files or video files included within that slide show?
A more general question - have you previously done any projects successfully in Premiere Elements?

How can you create a screen width slide show?

I have created screen width images that resize depending on the screen resolution using the fill option.
However, when I use any of the slide show widgets and size them to the edge of the site, it doesn't fill the screen width on the live mode. It always leaves a margin.
What can I do?

Widgets do not support full width or responsive. I hope they do support it in the near future though.

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