Heads chopped of in slideshow photos?

[BigHE]

I am putting together a slideshow in MyDVD and the heads are chopped off in a lot of the photos. I want the photos in wide screen. I cropped the photos in 16:9 and the photo looks like I want until I preview the show. I save and the whole nine but the photo is still screwed. If I take off the "pan and zoom all" Then I have the whole photo but with those black areas around the photo. Anyway to have the photos panned and somed and still select the portion of the photo I want shown. (less legs and more head if I have to choose)

[malatekid]

Must be the TV Overscan issue. Here is a post on that.

 

http://forums.support.roxio.com/index.php?...ost&p=65344

[BigHE]

Must be the TV Overscan issue. Here is a post on that.

 

http://forums.support.roxio.com/index.php?...ost&p=65344

 

I am not even getting that far. I've burned nothing to DVD yet. I am seeing the problem in my creation within EMC. When I hit preview there lies the problem.

[bimicher]

I am putting together a slideshow in MyDVD and the heads are chopped off in a lot of the photos. I want the photos in wide screen. I cropped the photos in 16:9 and the photo looks like I want until I preview the show. I save and the whole nine but the photo is still screwed. If I take off the "pan and zoom all" Then I have the whole photo but with those black areas around the photo. Anyway to have the photos panned and somed and still select the portion of the photo I want shown. (less legs and more head if I have to choose)

 

Are you using the "Auto Motion" feature? If so, then the start point may already be zoomed in to the point that parts of the photo are cut off. I very seldom use the auto mode and normally do a manual "pan 7 zoom" so I can control where it pans, zooms, etc. Try it with manual "pan & zoom" and see if it works better.

[malatekid]

I am not even getting that far. I've burned nothing to DVD yet. I am seeing the problem in my creation within EMC. When I hit preview there lies the problem.

It is advisable to create Slideshow using Videowave.

 

Anyway, is there an icon that says TV Safe Zone that you can click on in the Slideshow production? That should give you an idea of the overscan in your production.

[BigHE]

Are you using the "Auto Motion" feature? If so, then the start point may already be zoomed in to the point that parts of the photo are cut off. I very seldom use the auto mode and normally do a manual "pan 7 zoom" so I can control where it pans, zooms, etc. Try it with manual "pan & zoom" and see if it works better.

 

I can't find where to make those settings changes. When I click on the slideshow assistant comes up and I can only work on that screen and there are no settings to modify other than add/remove photos or change from normal to widescreen.

 

It is advisable to create Slideshow using Videowave.

 

Anyway, is there an icon that says TV Safe Zone that you can click on in the Slideshow production? That should give you an idea of the overscan in your production.

 

So everything outside the TV safe zone will be missing? On all TVs or does it differ with tv type/size?

[malatekid]

Here is an article from Wikipedia regarding overscan. It says "There is no hard technical specification for overscan amounts. Some say 5%, some say 10%, and the figure can be doubled for title safe, which needs more margin compared to action safe."

[bimicher]

I can't find where to make those settings changes. When I click on the slideshow assistant comes up and I can only work on that screen and there are no settings to modify other than add/remove photos or change from normal to widescreen.

 

Have you read some of the "Tips & tricks" listed for the Easy Media Creator 9 forum?

 

Here are a couple of links to posts that may help your:

 

http://forums.support.roxio.com/index.php?showtopic=15943

 

http://forums.support.roxio.com/index.php?showtopic=16132

[BigHE]

Have you read some of the "Tips & tricks" listed for the Easy Media Creator 9 forum?

 

Here are a couple of links to posts that may help your:

 

http://forums.support.roxio.com/index.php?showtopic=15943

 

http://forums.support.roxio.com/index.php?showtopic=16132

 

I guess I should be using video wav? I am just selecting add slide show in MyDVD and then selecting photos. It seems I would have more control/options in video wav.