Slideshow in Encore, best image format

I have imported an HD timeline into encore CS4, and generated two short slideshows (JPEG). When I transcode and burn a Standard Definition DVD, the slide show images are terrible ( grainy, exposure problems,etc). The JPEG images look good on my computer screen when I render the slideshow in encore. The slideshow has audio, also. Do I need to use a different file format for the slideshow images ? Thanks for any help. Jean Matusik

Jeanmatu wrote:
Ok Jim, thanks for the response. I will import the images into PP CS4 and try that. If Adobe purports the slideshow as a feature of Encore, it ought to work? I have gotten the slideshow feature to work well on a HD-blu ray project using the same size images for a different project and just wonder why the same size images (different subject) look lousy in SD DVD? Jean
But are they really the same size?
SD is 720 x 480 and HD is up to 1920 x 1080, and your original JPRG images may well have been automatically resized to fit, and a JPEG is lossy encoding anywayt (zoom right in 7 see how blocky things get).
HD may well be keeping them the same size.
I would try to use lossless TIF or BMP images to keep quality the highest possible anbd edit a sequence using Premiere instead of the Encore Slideshow

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