ghamer

You are correct, the monitor's native resolution is 1280x1024, but the images I uploaded to the slide show are approx. 1280x800 since that is closer to the aspect ratio of my Canon 5D full frame digital SLR sensor. It turns out the problem was the D3D hardware acceleration box that was checked in PTE 5.5. Thanks for your help!

That was it!!! I unchecked the D3D Hardware Acceleration box and the video is now correct. Thank you so much for taking the time to help with this! BTW I use a Raedon X300 video card and use Spyder 3 calibration software. Gary

Thanks for the responses. I am using a desktop with a Dell 19 inch ultra sharp monitor. No laptop involved in the process. The 1 stop I mentioned is just an estimate of the brightness increase. I am using Windows XP.

Hello, I just created a slide show w/ PTE ver 5.5. Everything went well until I previewed the show. Each slide looks overexposed by about 1 stop. The images (1280x800) look fine when using any other viewer like Photoshop, Bridge, Windows Explorer, etc. In fact, when I select any individual slide in PTE, it looks fine in the main control panel. But when I start the slideshow, the images become over exposed. Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!