Slideshow Quality

I am using a PowerBook G4, and with iPhoto '08 I still notice poor quality when running a slideshow. It switches the resolution to 800x600, runs the show, then switches back. At 800x600, the photos look fuzzy, and they have a black border. They look fine full-screen in the Edit mode.
I understand from the Help that this is somehow due to the video chip in my PowerBook.
Other photo software applications have no problem to display my photos in a full-screen slideshow at full resolution, with no black border and no unsharp photos on my PowerBook.
My hope was that this would have been corrected in iPhoto '08.
Do others with older computers notice this?

I'm having the same problem. However, I know for a fact all of my stills and video are 720x480. But I'm still getting the same quality issues. The stills look blocky and smeared. The only way I know how to put it is when you use the video/de-interlace filter in photoshop on a still that does not need to be de-interfaced.
I'm trying to set up a DVD as a presentation. I cannot use powerpoint because it won't playback full screen video at a high quality.
What I want to do is play a still that pauses until presented decides to move it along, plays a video track, comes back to still, which pauses until presenter wants to move on.
Technically, it works. I go to slideshow, which is a still that holds until manual interaction, then plays video, goes to another still, to video and so on. But the quality is unusable.
Any ideas for a work-around?
G4 tower 867mz Mac OS 9.2.x

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IDVD slideshow quality

I've read through several of the posts on slideshow quality and think I understand some of the basic problems with transferring slideshows to DVD for viewing on a TV but hoped someone might have a few additional suggestions...
I have been trying to get a nice slideshow put together with FotoMagico. I like the program features and interface (although their support leaves something to be desired). Like others, I'm just not satisfied with the results. I'm using old scanned b/w photos, scanned at 600-dpi in TIF format. I tried a variety of export settings. The Quicktime (.mov) is always very good but once iDVD does its conversions and burns the final product often its just bad.
My intention was that the slideshow have an 'old photo album' quality so I wanted to zoom up from a smaller image on black background to full screen (or vise versa) over a 10 second span. Many of these are particularly bad - lots of flicker or jitter - as well as murky detail in smaller view. Stripes, steps and bricks have become evil things to me. Even the titles on black background title pages are very murky, even at a reasonably large font - in fact the watermark that shows up on their demo version is really terrible on a DVD burned for TV. On the other hand, full screen shots of the same images that are zoomed in on a little further seem pretty good. My question is this: is there something in the conversion that is screwing up because of all the black background on the smaller view of the images?
Also a random thought... when recording a TV show to a home DVD recorder the images, though not as good as the original broadcast, are really quite good. And even small titles and text scrolling across the screen are easily read, while corresponding font sizes on my slideshows would be completely unreadable... and I do mean completely. Notwithstanding all that has been written on the forums about NTSC and television limitations, what gives?

I did get a small marginal improvement with the
DVCPRO setting. I couldn't find any gamma settings.
No, I had to batch gamma adjust my images with another program (Equlibrium's DeBabelizer although Photoshop could also have been used).
Once again, my biggest problem is with old b/w photo
scans. Certain photos are clearly worse than others.
More recent color photos appear to be much better. My
biggest problem is being fairly new at this and not
having anyone that can look at a DVD I've done and
tell me "yes, that's as good as you'll get" or "no,
something is wrong".
The best way to learn is by experimenting. You need to take a few or your problem images and try adjusting ther contrast to different levels and creating a disk image out of iDVD. Keep notes and see which images look the best.
I'm stuck in neutral trying to
find a (possibly non-existent) solution rather than
giving up and using more full screen shots, less zoom
& pan, stills, etc.
It's possible you expecitations might be too high.
Were you able to set the quality level to 'Best' in the custom settings in FotoMagico after you selected DV/DVCPRO?
Finally, back to my random thought on the TV and home
recorder, as I said television recordings of grainy,
old movies on a cheap home recorder are MUCH superior
to anything I can get with this slide show. Movement
is smooth, titles are quite readable where mine is
flickery, jerky & fuzzy. Is it actually that the big
problem is the conversion to Quicktime/.mov file. And
that although the .mov file looks fine when played
back on a computer, there is already so much loss of
image at that point, that the conversion that iDVD is
doing just is amplifying an already insurmountable
degradation of the images?
What does the quality of the DV QuickTime movie you create look like on your computer screen?
Did your FotoMagico custom setting screen look like this: http://homepage.mac.com/prof_pixel/FotoMagico.jpg

Slideshow quality in iDVD?

Hi all
I've read most of the posts I can find on the problems with poor quality slideshows after burning with iDVD and I think I'm clear on the reasons why, (quicktime) and the current state of affairs re enhancement (deal with it - thats how it is...).
My question is whether there is other software available that can do this better? Presumably DVD studio pro would make no difference as the slideshow would still have to go through quicktime. And before anyone says anything, doing the slideshow in imovie is equally poor quality, and less versatile. Simply allowing us to export the slideshow as a .mpg not .mov would give a **** of a lot more versatility.
Iphoto slideshows are excellent, but apple has a knack of being classy only if you enjoy it on the machine that it was created. Too often apple media is un-versatile and un-helpful.
(still reeling from having to purchase quicktime pro when it clearly should be bundled anyway - what a waste of money. "Powerhouse media authoring"...!! I don't know how to get across my incredulous, hollow laughter with text..
yours, hoping for a reply
H

Thomas
Thank for the info - its very useful to know.
I'm making a slide show in iPhoto. I don't know what sort of engine iPhoto uses to present its slideshows but it looks great. In order to burn a DVD of the slide show you've created you can either click 'send to iDVD' in iPhoto or you can open iDVD and insert it as you would with any movie or audio. Your only other option if you've created your slideshow in iPhoto is to use the 'export' function which is basically what happens when you click 'send to iDVD' - it saves your slideshow as a quicktime.mov file. which you can then drag and drop in iDVD.
I'm fairly savvy about my computer (i'm only a user but i'm not a total fool) and I certainly have no problems with trying to find other ways round this, downloading software, even spending more cash - I realise that computers can't just do anything we want, that there are incredibly complex things happening etc etc...
I guess my gripe is that the whole process seems to be so perfectly set up; you do the slideshow, you send it to iDVD (all the while thinking what a wonderful machine this is) you burn the DVD, and all of a sudden the results are awful - I mean awful! It seems a bit cheeky - the application almost wants you to burn a DVD of your slideshow and yet the results are like something from 1986.
Am I fighting a losing battle? Was this machine never designed to burn acceptable quality DVDs, just joke, toy ones for kids?
Sorry, getting carried away.. I know iDVD can produce much better quality still image slideshows but no KB effect, no different timings or transitions - its kind of the point.
By the way I'm in england. Not sure what the TV protocols are.

IPhoto 9 Slideshow Quality

Hi
I have a MacBook Pro 13,3" with iLife 11 and Nikon Picture Project .
and I have many photos that were improted from a Nikon Camera.
When I see the photo in the slideshow mode in iPhoto the Photo does not have a good quality .
If I see the same Photo with Picture Project the result is better,I can see details that iPhoto can not show.
I dont use the export functions .
Is there a solution for this problem ?
Thanks

In iPhoto, when you play a slideshow it's showing you the actual photos.
After export , you're watching a movie made from these images. The process of exporting to a movie necessarily involves compression. Even HD export is still about 2 MP range. If you're shooting 6, 10, 12 or more MP images there is an inevitable loss of data. The enormous stills from your camera are being squeezed down into HDTV quality. It's even worse if you try export for a DVD. TV avoids this by not shooting such high quality images.
So, what you can try is use another app and one that has different algorithms for this process. Frankly, it'll be a process of trial and error to find the one that works best for your images.
Alternatives to iPhoto's slideshow include:
iMovie is on every Mac sold. It's worth a try, though it only has the same export options as iPhoto now. Older versions had more.
Others, in order of price:
PhotoPresenter $29
PhotoToMovie $49.95
PulpMotion $129
FotoMagico $29 (Home version) ($149 Pro version, which includes PhotoPresenter)
Final Cut Pro X $299
It's difficult to compare these apps. They have differences in capability - some are driven off templates. some aren't. Some have a wider variety of transitions. Others will have excellent audio controls. It's worth checking them out to see what meets your needs. However, there is no doubt that Final Cut Pro X is the most capable app of them all. You get what you pay for.

Slideshow quality is poor

Successfully completed a many menued slideshow. On screen colour and clarity is great.
When burnt to DVD, quality is quite terrible. Contrast is too high and sharpness and detail is reduced.
Looks like the rendering from computer to DVD is loosing too much information.
How can I improve final picture quality?
(Tried HD, but could not play it; used SD at 16:9 format)

Few things:
First, remember (if this is what is happening) that computer monitors, televison sets etc. all look different (also simulator vs Apple DVD Player). Are you color correcting the photos to look good on a computer? That can be one issue
If you have the chance to use an external tv monitor you may be better off, or if it is not available, run some tests on image adjustments to see which ones work when burned. I often have to tweak the same photo if it is being used for different things (DVD, web or print)
Along the same lines, I have had issues with playback of slide shows in that they often skip and stall on some players for me. I have no idea why (the rest of the disc works fine). It occurred often enough, so that I just do a workaround I like is making the slide show in After Effects, Motion, FCP and even iPhoto and iMovie, encoding it outside of DVD SP, then bringing it in as a track. Of course many others have had success with slideshows, so keep that in mind (and in fact the slideshows work fine on many of my own players and look okay)
Also check your encoding settings for your project When the DVD is built the slideshow is encoded via DVD SP and that may be causing some of the issues.
(You may need to start a new project with the new encode settings, changing settings on an existing project sometimes does not work.)

Slideshow Quality to iDVD

Hello,
could anyone offer any advice on sharing slideshows to iDVD?
The basic question is how to retain optimum quality from original photograph to slideshow to eventual burn on to iDVD.

N H H:
If you use iMovie HD 6 (in my opinion much better than the current version and available to users who have iLife 08) let me suggest the following work flow:
1 - after you're satisfied with the movie slideshow save and quit iMovie.
2 - open iDVD, select your theme and create a slideshow by clicking on the "+" button at the bottom.
3 - open that slideshow and drag your iMovie project file into it.
4 - complete the iDVD project and save as a disk image to preview with DVD Player before burning with Disk Utility at the slowest possible speed.
This lets iDVD do the rendering of the movie thus saving a second compression of the movie, first iMovie's and then iDVDs. This also lets iDVD scale the movie to the TV Safe Area so none of it is lost to TV overscan when played on CRT TV sets as seen here.
As far as burning it's strongly recommended in the iDVD forum to use Verbatim-R disks and burn at the slowest speed possible. This will give you the best possible quality finished product.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
Note: There now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

Slideshow Quality - Better to use iMovie first?

Or would it be better to make the slideshow directly in iDVD?
I understand that video quality would/might be better if I use iMovie 6 HD for my DV footage. Does this matter for a slideshow, or are iM 6 and iM 9 the same in this regard.
Just want pretty slides on DVD.

I come from the video end and I feel that it's best to import video into a video application and stills into a stills application. If you import the video into Apeerture you still have to get it into FCP. You then drag the video into FCP to edit it. You're doubling up the file, because FCP will want it in the event folder not the Aperture library. When you drag a still into FCP it will remain linked to the Aperture library. Currently FCP imports the JPEG thumbnail from Aperture not the RAW file BTW. If you want the RAW image you have to export it from Aperture and bring it into FCP.

Slideshow Quality Query

Hey,
I'm doing a slideshow for our class's graduation in iMovie. We are going to put in a few titles, some movies, but mostly pictures. The slideshow will be shown through a projector on to a white screen. My question is:
When the slideshow is completed in iMovies, what's the best way to export it to get good quality on the screen? Should I export as a full quality DV, and run quicktime off of my laptop through the projector, or send the movie to iDVD and burn it off and use the DVD player on said laptop? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Colin

I am making a slideshow. PS12 It looks wonderful on my computer, but when I burned to a cd, I tried burning to a DVD, didn't work sooo I put it on a cd. which worked, However the images are grainy. Any suggestions or resources? I have Prieme 11.

Why does my photo slideshow quality deteriorate when exported to iDVD?

I have a client whose photos look great in iPhoto & iMovie, but look all pixelated when exported to iDVD. I've tried making a slideshow directly with iDVD, but the photos still look worse than they did in the iPhoto slideshow.
The size of the photos is pretty large (as big as 5233 x 3546), which I'm guessing might be part of the problem, so I tried exporting them from iPhoto with a limitation of 720 x 540, but they still look bad. I expect a decrease in quality once I burn the DVD, but these look bad even in the DVD preview.
Any ideas?

All DVD slideshows are defaulted to 640 x 480 pixels. That's the standard. As long as the photos are in the 4:3 dimension ratio you can leave them at their fullest size. You can try using the Pro Quailty encoding to get better quality images. IMO the best image quality is obtained by creating the slideshow in iDVD from still photos. You don't get the Ken Burns effect, but in my opinion it's a bit over used too many time.
If you are creating your slideshow in iMovie then try the following.
1 - when your slideshow is how you want it quit iMovie.
2 - open iDVD, create a slideshow and open the slideshow edit mode.
3 - drag the iMovie project file into the slideshow pane on the left. (NOTE: this lets iDVD scale the movie file to the TV safe area when played on CRT TV sets.)
This also lets iDVD do the encoding for the iMovie assets and avoids two compressions, one by iMovie when you export to iDVD and the iDVD encoding.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.≤br>
Note: There now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

How to improve Slideshow quality?

Hi,
I've 'shared' an iPhoto slideshow into iDVD to create the main part of a DVD. But the quality is poor / low res. I've got the DVD set to 'Professional Quality' and also to widescreen, but even on a 13" MacBook it presents quite low res and hence soft.
How do i extract the slideshow from iPhoto into iDVD at the same res / 1080p res?
TIA
Bill

Hi Bill
How do i extract the slideshow from iPhoto into iDVD at the same res / 1080p res?
You don't - and there are several reasons to this. But one can get better result than what You've got now.
a. DVD is as standard only SD-Video - no matter what program used. iDVD, DVD-Studio Pro or Roxio Toast™
b. Share to iDVD - give a less quality than "Share to Media Browser" and as Large (Not HD or other res.)
c. iMovie'08 or 09 or 11 - are not tools of choice. iMovie HD6 or FinalCut or FotoMagico™ are.
(they iM'08-11 - discard every second line = less resolution)
My notes on DVD-Quality
DVD quality
1. iDVD 08, 09 & 11 has three levels of qualities. (version 7.0.1, 7,0.4 & 7.1.1)
iDVD 6 has the two last ones
• Professional Quality (movies + menus up to 120 min.) - BEST
• Best Performances (movies + menus less than 60 min.) - High quality on final DVD
• High Quality (in iDVD08 or 09) / Best Quality (in iDVD6) (movies + menus up to 120 min.) - slightly lower quality than above
About double on DL DVDs.
2. Video from
• FCE/P - Export out as full quality QuickTime.mov (not self-containing, no conversion)
• iMovie x-6 - Don't use ”Share/Export to iDVD” = destructive even to movie project and especially so
when the movie includes photos. Instead just drop or import the iMovie movie project icon (with a Star on it) into iDVD theme window.
• iMovie’08 not meant to go to iDVD. Go via Media Browser or rather use iMovie HD 6 from start.
3. I use Roxio Toast™ to make an as slow burn as possibly eg x1 (in iDVD’08 or 09 this can also be set)
This can also be done with Apple’s Disk Utilities application.
4. There has to be about or more than 25Gb free space on internal (start-up) hard disk. iDVD can't
use an external one as scratch disk (if it is not start-up disc).
5. I use Verbatim ( also recommended by many - Taiyo Yuden DVDs - I can’t get hold of it to test )
6. I use DVD-R (no +R or +/-RW)
7. Keep NTSC to NTSC - or - PAL to PAL when going from iMovie to iDVD
8. Don’t burn more than three DVD at a time - but let the laser cool off for a while before next batch.
iDVD quality also depends on.
• DVD is a standard in it self. It is Standard Definition Quality = Same as on old CRT-TV sets and can not
deliver anything better that this.
HD-DVD was a short-lived standard and it was only a few Toshiba DVD-players that could playback.
These DVDs could be made in DVD-Studio Pro. But they don’t playback on any other standard DVD-layer.
Blu-Ray / BD can be coded onto DVDs but limited in time to - about 20-30 minutes and then need
_ Roxio Toast™ 10 Pro incl. BD-component
_ BD disks and burner if full length movies are to be stored
_ BD-Player or PlayStation3 - to be able to playback
The BD-encoded DVDs can be play-backed IF Mac also have Roxio DVD-player tool. Not on any standard Mac or DVD-player
Full BD-disks needs a BD-player (in Mac) as they need blue-laser to be read. No red-laser can do this.
• HOW much free space is there on Your internal (start-up) hard disk. Go for approx. 25Gb.
less than 5Gb and Your result will most probably not play.
• How it was recorded - Tripod vs Handheld Camera. A stable picture will give a much higher quality
• Audio is most often more critical than picture. Bad audio and with dropouts usually results in a non-viewed movie.
• Use of Video-editor. iMovie’08 or 09 or 11 are not the tools for DVD-production. They discard every second line resulting in a close to VHS-tape quality.
iMovie 1 to HD6 and FinalCut any version delivers same quality as Camera record in = 100% to iDVD
• What kind of movie project You drop into it. MPEG4 seems to be a bad choice.
other strange formats are .avi, .wmv, .flash etc. Convert to streamingDV first
Also audio formats matters. I use only .aiff or from miniDV tape Camera 16-bit
strange formats often problematic are .avi, .wmv, audio from iTunes, .mp3 etc
Convert to .aiff first and use this in movie project
• What kind of standard - NTSC movie and NTSC DVD or PAL to PAL - no mix.
(If You need to change to do a NTSC DVD from PAL material let JES_Deinterlacer_3.2.2 do the conversion)
(Dropping a PAL movie into a NTSC iDVD project
(US) NTSC DVDs most often are playable in EU
(EU) PAL DVDs most often needs to be converted to play in US
UNLESS. They are play-backed by a Mac - then You need not to care
• What kind of DVDs You are using. I use Verbatim DVD-R (this brand AND no +R or +/-RW)
• How You encode and burn it. Two settings prior iDVD’08 or 09
Pro Quality (only in iDVD 08 & 09)
Best / High Quality (not always - most often not)
Best / High Performances (most often my choice before Pro Quality)
1. go to iDVD pref. menu and select tab far right and set burn speed to x1 (less errors = plays better) - only in iDVD 08 & 09
(x4 by some and may be even better)
2. Project info. Select Professional Encoding - only in iDVD 08 & 09.
Region codes.
iDVD - only burn Region = 0 - meaning - DVDs are playable everywhere
DVD Studio pro can set Region codes.
1 = US
2 = EU
unclemano wrote
What it turned out to be was the "quality" settings in iDVD. The total clip time was NOT over 2 hours or 4.7GB, yet iDVD created massive visual artifacts on the "professional quality" setting.
I switched the settings to "high quality" which solved the problem. According iDVD help, "high quality" determines the best bit rate for the clips you have.
I have NEVER seen iDVD do this before, especially when I was under the 2 hour and 4.7GB limits.
For anyone else, there seem to be 2 places in iDVD to set quality settings, the first is under "preferences" and the second under "project info." They do NOT seem to be linked (i.e. if you change one, the other is NOT changed). take care, Mario
TO GET IT TO WORK SLIGHTLY FASTER
• Minimum of 25Gb free space on Start-Up hard disk
• No other programs running in BackGround eg Energy-Saver
• Don’t let HD spin down or be turned off (in Energy-Save)
• Move hard disks that are not to be used to Trash - To be disconnected/turned off
• Goto Spotlight and set the rest of them under Integrity (not to be scanned)
• Set screen-saver to a folder without any photo - then make an active corner (up right for me) and set
pointer to this - turns on screen saver - to show that it has nothing to show
Yours Bengt W

Blu-ray Slideshow Quality

I'm building a slideshow of hi-res 1920x1080 jpegs for Blu-ray. The stock images look great. However, after rendering and playing back in simulation, these images are filled with DV artifacts. I thought that this might just be due to the simulator so I burned a Blu-ray disc. I played this back on our big wide screen display through a Sony Blu-ray player and the artifacts are still there. The settings were for Blu-ray H.264 1920x1080P. Can anyone shed some light on what I may be doing wrong. I would think that with Blu-ray, the images should look equal to the source.
Thanks,
Mike

I just figured this out... see my latest post. Change your default codec at the beginning of the project to MPEG2 and the photos will look great. Just make sure to use H264 as the video codec by changing the settings after the video clips are imported.
Tom

Slideshows Quality is poor

Hello everyone the slideshows I try to burn on standard mac software has a really poor result when replayed. is it possible to use something like final cut to give me better results? I am wanting to give these DVDs to my customers, with the results I have had so far this is not possible.
Phil

It would have helped if you had stated what Mac you have and what version of OS X, but:
There are many ways to produce slide shows using iPhoto, iMovie or iDVD and some limit the number of photos you can use (iDVD has a 99 chapter (slide) limitation).
If what you want is what I want, namely to be able to use high resolution photos (even 300 dpi tiff files), to pan and zoom individual photos, use a variety of transitions, to add and edit music or commentary, place text exactly where you want it, and to end up with a DVD that looks good on both your Mac and a TV - in other words end up with and end result that does not look like an old fashioned slide show from a projector - you may be interested in how I do it. You don't have to do it my way, but the following may be food for thought!
Firstly you need proper software to assemble the photos, decide on the duration of each, the transitions you want to use, and how to pan and zoom individual photos where required, and add proper titles. For this I use Photo to Movie. You can read about what it can do on their website:
http://www.lqgraphics.com/software/phototomovie.php
(Other users here use the alternative FotoMagico: http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/homevspro/ which you may prefer - I have no experience with it.)
Neither of these are freeware, but are worth the investment if you are going to do a lot of slide shows. Read about them in detail, then decide which one you feel is best suited to your needs.
Once you have timed and arranged and manipulated the photos to your liking in Photo to Movie, it exports the file to iMovie as a DV stream. You can add music in Photo to Movie, but I prefer doing this in iMovie where it is easier to edit. You can now further edit the slide show in iMovie just as you would a movie, including adding other video clips, then send it to iDVD 7, or Toast, for burning.
You will be pleasantly surprised at how professional the results can be!
To simply create a slide show in iDVD 7 onwards from images in iPhoto or stored in other places on your hard disk or a connected server, look here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1089

Poor quality images on Slideshow

Hello all,
I recently downloaded Aperture from the Mac App store - seemed to good a bargain not to and I was already considering upgrading from iPhoto 08.
I imported all my pictures (along with the captions) into Aperture and created a slideshow from an album. I was quite disappointed to see that the image quality was really poor and very grainy. The photos themselves were fine in the album - but not so in the slideshow.
I thought this may have been down to importing from iPhoto, so I experimented by adding other images directly into Aperture. The same slideshow quality issue arose. I also possess a MacBook Pro and decided to re-perform the steps described above. The images and slideshow are absolutely fine on my MacBook pro.
I wish to maintain my photo library on my main iMac and will be very downhearted if Aperture cannot give me the same picture quality on slideshows that I achieved in iPhoto. Can anyone help me figure out why I'm suffering from poor quality images in slideshows on my iMac?
Thanks in advance,
Simon.

Hi Simon,
Aperture uses the image Preview in Slideshows:
_About Displaying Sharp Images in Slideshows_
To display slideshows at the best quality, you should set Aperture to create high-resolution previews. In addition to setting previews to their highest resolution, you should also use full-size previews to prevent upscaling with large displays. If previews are not available, images in the slideshow may not be as sharp as they would be otherwise. For more information about creating high-resolution previews, see Working with Preview Images.
From the [User Manual|http://documentation.apple.com/en/aperture/usermanual/index.html#chapter=21%26se ction=2]
What size Previews do you have?

Display Quality for slideshows

How do I improve slideshow quality. I am using professional quality settings. I have tried different resolution camera output but it doesn't make any difference. Images are very soft and small. When I create an Iphoto slideshow with the same pics I get a full screen and better resolution. Any ideas?

Yes, large display - I'm outputting to a Panasonic
AE900 projector and putting up a 90 inches diagonal
picture.
nice setup.. OSX with Front Row is a good platform for HTPC. Unfortunately the picture quality is not as good as what you can obtain with PC's. but it is still plenty good. Then again, if you will watch DVD's only, I would recommend getting an upconverting DVD player (Oppo is a good brand for 200 bucks aprox). Again, check out the avsforums, you'll find plenty of useful info and very helpful people.
Gmas.

Slideshow to DVD for better quality

PSE4 slideshow quality on a VCD is horrible. I am using good quality images from a Nikon D70 and windows XP. Copying the slideshow to a WMV and then burning it to a DVD is still poor quality. I don't want to use PDF. Is there any way to copy direct to a DVD without premiere elements? Are there any other ways to increase the quality of the slideshow? Thanks for any help offered.
Dave.

PSE4 slideshow quality on a VCD is horrible. I am using good quality images from a Nikon D70 and windows XP. Copying the slideshow to a WMV and then burning it to a DVD is still poor quality. I don't want to use PDF. Is there any way to copy direct to a DVD without premiere elements? Are there any other ways to increase the quality of the slideshow? Thanks for any help offered.
Dave.

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