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[Rob G.]

I scanned several photos; during the process I had to crop them.  When I preview the pictures they look just as I want them to (after cropping). The problem I have encountered is that when I view them in Videowave on the story line, the photos have black bars on them where they were cropped.  How do I remove those black bars to make the photos look in the storyline like they do on the preview.  I do not want them to have the black bars when I burn them to my dvd.

Thank you

Rob G.

[sknis]

I scanned several photos; during the process I had to crop them. When I preview the pictures they look just as I want them to (after cropping). The problem I have encountered is that when I view them in Videowave on the story line, the photos have black bars on them where they were cropped. How do I remove those black bars to make the photos look in the storyline like they do on the preview. I do not want them to have the black bars when I burn them to my dvd.

Thank you

Rob G.

Make sure you turn on the TV safe zone indication (looks like a rectangle with a target).  What you see inside the zone will be what you'll see on a DVD player connected to a standard TV.  If you are using a Hi Def TV, you see somewhat more (some of the image inside the TV safe zone).

If there only a few that are going to be a problem, add a color panel in the location of the image and then add the image as a overlay.  You can adjust the overlay size and location to fit into the TV safe zone.

BTW, You can change the black bars to a color, a pattern, or even a back ground image if you have too many images to add as overlays and that have key elements that will be cut off.

[Rob G.]

I do have many pictures that have the black bars so I would like to know how to change the background look as you suggested.  

By the way, why does this happen only a certain pictures that are scanned in?  When I look at the pictures in their folders they are cropped and look just as I edited them

thank you

[sknis]

I do have many pictures that have the black bars so I would like to know how to change the background look as you suggested.

By the way, why does this happen only a certain pictures that are scanned in? When I look at the pictures in their folders they are cropped and look just as I edited them

thank you

It is a size/ratio thing.  Make sure all your images are exactly 4:3 ratio.  If not such as in a portrait, the program adds the bars to fill out the screen.

To change the black bars to another color to to an image, select File>Productions Settings> Background fill.  The options are a solid color, a gradient with up to 9 colors, or an image.  

There are other ways of making sure images fit.  You can use Multiple Image Resizer or Image Cropper (Can't get that link to open now but it is the one on the darkwood site)  or  just resize your photo to about 85% of original (that puts a white band around the picture) using Photosuite or other photo processing software.  Portrait images should be handled with a different resizer setting and will still give bars around the image.

Edited by sknis, 14 October 2007 - 08:13 AM.

[RCD74]

To change the black bars to another color to to an image, select File>Productions Settings> Background fill.  The options are a solid color, a gradient with up to 9 colors, or an image.

Sknis - Is there a way to have the black bars a different color in each picture without using the image as an overlay and having a color panel??  The directions above changes it for the whole production. Thanks.

Rachel

[sknis]

Sknis - Is there a way to have the black bars a different color in each picture without using the image as an overlay and having a color panel?? The directions above changes it for the whole production. Thanks.

Rachel

No, sorry.  Of course you can use an image editor such as those mentioned above and put a different color on each image.