Jeff said:
I have been experimenting with Movie Maker, and I am creating all of my
slides into files , then I want to create a movie and burn to DVD, however
the pictures are small. I was wondering if they can be made into a larger
format, so when they are viewed on the TV it will be big enough, any help is
greatly appriciated. Jeff
You should be aware that DVDs support a maximum resolution of 720x480
pixels--less than 346,000 pixels--quite small by digital photography
standards.
Digital photos that are made into DVD "movies" for viewing can look
only as good as the best DVD movie--and no better.
So if you sit back far enough from the screen that movies look good,
your DVD slide show will look as good. If you look at a DVD image
"up close" on a TV or a computer screen, you will find it quite
blurry.
That's how it's *supposed* to work, and it is sufficient for many
purposes.
There are competing formats for HD DVDs that are just rolling out,
and these will extend the maximum resolution to 1920x1080 pixels--
still less than 2MP, so pretty spare from a digital photography
perspective--but very pretty when viewed from a few feet away.
Until these "standards" become more prevalent, the only way to
take full advantage of the native resolution of an HD monitor is
by driving it with a computer as an alternate display, and, of
course, you can't send that in the mail to relatives. ;-)
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