Tv Safe Zone Also Menu Question

[Slatts]

I've created a slideshow in videowave with 180 pics, music, transitions and some pan effect on some slides. It's still in the videowave production phase. Now I'm reading on this forum about the TV safe zone. My question is the imaze resizing a MUST or is it something that might, could, probably not be needed? The thing is I am going to burn multiple copies to distribute so no two tv's, dvd players will probably be alike. Do I have to start over and resize all the pictures?

 

My second question has to do with the menu, I just want to be able to put in the dvd, have it load to a menu page with a picture I have and have the PLAY option. Press play and the slideshow begins. I guess I'm a little confused between menu's, chapters. sub menus etc. Don't need all the extras. Thank You.

[malatekid]

I guess I'll try the ISO thing tonight, although I did look at it a little, I couldn't find where you said to save it as an ISO file.. I clicked burn and it didn't ask me to save only if I wanted to burn it..

You don't see the various options as shown here?

[photo slideshow]

Oh no, if that's the case I'm toast!! I completed the slideshow in the assistant and saved it then I opened up video editor and fixed the songs and stuff, and saved that , then I opened it from mydvd and added the slideshow.. is all that ok?

[grandpabruce]

Oh no, if that's the case I'm toast!! I completed the slideshow in the assistant and saved it then I opened up video editor and fixed the songs and stuff, and saved that , then I opened it from mydvd and added the slideshow.. is all that ok?

 

No, it isn't ok. The junk Slide Show Assistant did you in, as it has for a multitude of folks here. I would venture to guess, that about 99% of the folks, who did their projects over in VideoWave, had success in getting a burn without the black pictures.

 

That is why I told you to do your production in VideoWave.

[photo slideshow]

ok so your saying to add all the pictures in Vedeowave and rearrange them all in videowave? When I tried moving pictures around in videowave, it would replace the picture instead of just adding it in the position that I put it in.. So when I was in slideshow assistant I could move a picture to a certain location and it would just place it there and in videowave when I would do that it would replace the one that is in that spot.. and I could never find where the one that was replace went..

 

Any ideas? am I doing something wrong?

 

Thanks,

Desi

[photo slideshow]

When you go to burn, encode to a ISO file, view it in VLC and then copy it to a disc if it views the way you expect it to.

 

 

Hi,

 

How do I convert is to an ISO file and view in VLC? I'm hoping that will fix my problem..

 

Thanks,

Desi

[sknis]

Hi,

 

How do I convert is to an ISO file and view in VLC? I'm hoping that will fix my problem..

 

Thanks,

Desi

 

When you go to burn, select burn to file (ISO) and do not burn directly to disc. Name the file and the location you want it encoded to. An ISO file is a exact duplicate of what will be copied to a disc. You can copy an ISO file to a disc using Creator Classic or Copy and Convert.

 

VLC is a freebie program that will play the ISO file. If you make the ISO file and play it with VLC and you still have the black images, then your production is screwed up. The only way of fixing it is by using Video Wave (see note below). If the ISO file plays with no blank panels then simply copy it to a DVD.

 

You can also mount a virtual drive under the tools tab, add that ISO file and play it as if it were a real disc in your computer's DVD reader.

 

Did you start with Slide Show Assistant that is under the Photos Tab or from the Application menu. If so, that is a three step process where you can do final editing in Video Wave. If you used the two step process from My DVD well ......

 

 

[photo slideshow]

OK, well I just restarted the whole thing again and pretty much done it allin videowave.. The only problem I'm having now is I have like a blank introduction panel in the beginning, with the text on it, but it only flashes for like 1 second and I can't seem to grab it to extend the length of the text during that panel.. Also another quick question when I started adding photos I selected 4.5 seconds and now that's to long, how can I shorten it to 4 seconds? I thought it was by the minus button next to the duration tab, but that doesn't work..

Thanks..

[karri]

OK, well I just restarted the whole thing again and pretty much done it allin videowave.. The only problem I'm having now is I have like a blank introduction panel in the beginning, with the text on it, but it only flashes for like 1 second and I can't seem to grab it to extend the length of the text during that panel.. Also another quick question when I started adding photos I selected 4.5 seconds and now that's to long, how can I shorten it to 4 seconds? I thought it was by the minus button next to the duration tab, but that doesn't work..

Thanks..

 

In Storyline View, you should be able to click on the panel with the text to select it. Then go up above the preview window and you should have Duration listed. Type in the longer duration that you want. Click out side or press enter to accept it.

 

Right click on one of the still images in your production and click on Trim in the context menu. There you should find an option to set all still images to whatever duration you choose.

 

 

 

 

 

[photo slideshow]

ok guys, so I completed the whole project in videowave and burned it through softwate renderin and I still get a couple spots that hav blackouts.. now what?

 

I have another question, when I made my slideshow with the assistant and then edited it in videowave I had the option to use a potluck (256) transitions, but when I did it entirely though videowave it didn't give me that option, is there a way to get all transitions?

 

Someone please I have to have this done by tomorrow early...

Thanks,

 

Desi

 

[malatekid]

I have another question, when I made my slideshow with the assistant and then edited it in videowave I had the option to use a potluck (256) transitions, but when I did it entirely though videowave it didn't give me that option, is there a way to get all transitions?

3D transitions are only available if rendering is set to hardware. In Videowave, select Tools->Options.

[sknis]

ok guys, so I completed the whole project in videowave and burned it through softwate renderin and I still get a couple spots that hav blackouts.. now what?

 

I have another question, when I made my slideshow with the assistant and then edited it in videowave I had the option to use a potluck (256) transitions, but when I did it entirely though videowave it didn't give me that option, is there a way to get all transitions?

 

Someone please I have to have this done by tomorrow early...

Thanks,

 

Desi

 

Did you ever try the ISO file? Did you ever update the video card/chip drivers? What did the VLC player look like. Any missing panels?

 

[photo slideshow]

Well I never got around to doing the ISO file thing.. I just started a new project in videowave since the original was done with the slideshow assistant and everyone was saying that was junk.. One thing I was noticing was when I figured out which pictures were blacked out, I would go into the project and in storyview double click that picture and the window would pop up and it would say no image and when I would do it to others it would show the picture.. Could there be something wrong with the pictures?

 

I guess I'll try the ISO thing tonight, although I did look at it a little, I couldn't find where you said to save it as an ISO file.. I clicked burn and it didn't ask me to save only if I wanted to burn it..

[sknis]

Well I didn't do anything about the directx9 drivers I'll check on that at home tonight. As far as the slideshow, what did you mean by start a new one? I'm assuming you didn't mean start all over.. All I did was open the file that was already saved.. Is that not what I should have done?

 

Thanks,

Desi

When you go to burn, encode to a ISO file, view it in VLC and then copy it to a disc if it views the way you expect it to.

 

[photo slideshow]

You don't see the various options as shown here?

 

 

Hey thanks,

 

I will check into that tonight when I get home.. I think I remember seeing that, but I guess since the burn disc was checked I never saw a save button..

 

Thanks again..

[photo slideshow]

ok guys now I'm panicing!! I did everything everyone has told me , I completed the project in videowave, burned it though software rendering, and now just did the ISO file thing and I sitll get black outs.. it seems like it's always the same picture, can there be something wrong with the image? someone please..

 

Thanks,

Desi

[photo slideshow]

So I thought I figured out the problem but I didn't.. I noticed the same pictures are always blacking out.. and then I noticed all those pictures were saved as bitmap and all the others were jpg. so I changed them and replace them in the project and reburned it to t adisc but still nothing.. I hope someone can help I would hate to have to use this disc at the party with all these jacked blacked out photos..

[sknis]

So I thought I figured out the problem but I didn't.. I noticed the same pictures are always blacking out.. and then I noticed all those pictures were saved as bitmap and all the others were jpg. so I changed them and replace them in the project and reburned it to t adisc but still nothing.. I hope someone can help I would hate to have to use this disc at the party with all these jacked blacked out photos..

 

Since it always the same images that are the problem (if we knew that this thread would have been shorter), then yes the image is a problem. First clear the proxy files by going to the top menu, tools, options, click clear.

 

In Video Wave, double click on the image to get the image editor to open. Do something small to the image, auto fix, add a small color change, blur, etc. Close that. About 99% of the time that will allow that image to show up in the slide show.

 

In Video Wave, output the project to an mpg2 file (icon above the preview screen) and watch the encoding. You'll be able to see if any panels still show up blank and be able to fix those.

 

 

[photo slideshow]

Since it always the same images that are the problem (if we knew that this thread would have been shorter), then yes the image is a problem. First clear the proxy files by going to the top menu, tools, options, click clear.

 

In Video Wave, double click on the image to get the image editor to open. Do something small to the image, auto fix, add a small color change, blur, etc. Close that. About 99% of the time that will allow that image to show up in the slide show.

 

In Video Wave, output the project to an mpg2 file (icon above the preview screen) and watch the encoding. You'll be able to see if any panels still show up blank and be able to fix those.

 

 

Hey thanks for the early response.. So I tried what you said I cleared the proxy and when I double click the picture to make a change to it the small window that opens up is blank and say's "no image".

 

Any ideas?

[photo slideshow]

So here is antother thing I just tried, I removed the pictures that were always blacking out and cleared the proxy, I output as mpeg2 file and viewed it and now some pictures that showed up fine before are blacking out?? Any ideas anyone?

 

Thanks..

[photo slideshow]

Well I was able to finally get a clean DVD.. the only thing is I had to remove the pictures that were always blacking out, and I had to use software rendering. SO I tried to put the pictures back in and do it over but it wouldn't work. When I double click on the picture in storyview I would get a blank window that say's no image..

 

 

 

 

[grandpabruce]

Well I was able to finally get a clean DVD.. the only thing is I had to remove the pictures that were always blacking out, and I had to use software rendering. SO I tried to put the pictures back in and do it over but it wouldn't work. When I double click on the picture in storyview I would get a blank window that say's no image..

 

Then those pictures are corrupted.

[photo slideshow]

Then those pictures are corrupted.

 

 

So all I had done was scan them in.. Would I just need to delete them and rescan them in? I was also thinking the same thing, but initially after I removed them other pictures were blacking out that were previously good.. Any thoughts on that?

 

Well for the most part I have one good DVD so I'm using that..

 

Thanks to everyone that gave me advice you don't know how much I appreciate it!

 

Thanks,

Desi

[grandpabruce]

So all I had done was scan them in.. Would I just need to delete them and rescan them in? I was also thinking the same thing, but initially after I removed them other pictures were blacking out that were previously good.. Any thoughts on that?

 

Well for the most part I have one good DVD so I'm using that..

 

Thanks to everyone that gave me advice you don't know how much I appreciate it!

 

Thanks,

Desi

 

I would rescan them, and this time, I woud scan them as jpegs, and see if that makes a difference.

 

[sknis]

I would rescan them, and this time, I woud scan them as jpegs, and see if that makes a difference.

 

... and at a lower resolution. Remember that for a video, you need something equal or slightly better than only about 100 dpi. If you are doing thousands by thousands dpi you are wasting space and will not get a better result since videos are 720 by 460.

 

I remember scanning at a high DPI once and had some problems. You can also use one of your image editing programs to downgrade the resolution.

Using an Epson scanner, they "recommend" something like 100 dpi for the web or for monitor, 300 dpi for printing (depending on the size you want to print). My personal preference is 600 dpi since it seems to give me a good balance of file size and resolution for printing (8 by 10) and slide shows. Also depends on the size of the original that you are scanning.

[photo slideshow]

Cool I'll try that.. and thanks guys for eveything!

 

Desi