djay Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 I have finally produced a slideshow and managed to burn it to DVD. I edited the photographs in Phtoshop 7. It looks beautiful on my computer screen and I am delighted. However, when played on my widescreen TV the pictures become distorted and squashed. Is it something to do with the pixels being square rather than oblong? I changed al my pictures into 1024 x 768 resolution as recommended.I am new to this and do not undestand lots of technical jargon, and, at 65 am probably your oldest female recruit.Any help would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Djaywelcome to the forumcan you change the aspect ratio on the widescreen tv??ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djay Posted August 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Yes I can - wide, superwide, cinema, 4: 3, but it doesn't help. the first three squash and 4: 3 cuts off the top and bottom.Thanks, Ken, for prompt reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 DJayhow does it play on a normal tvken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djay Posted August 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Ken,I don't know - I haven'y got one.Djay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 well i have made several dvd shows using the pte default settings for North America,encoded them using roxio suite, nero suite and windvd suite i take no special care when putting the show together - -i scan them in at 1078/768 with an average pict size of 75 to 150 kb then setting them to full screen and the resizing the screen to 90 to 95%i have several different sizes of tv's at home but no widescreen to test on thus i have to take them to electronic outlets and to friend's places and play them on wide screen tv's and have not had a problem or an objectionable display - i was actually amazed at the excellent quality.so i would suggest you maybe try your shows on a normal tv and then tell us how the results wereken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djay Posted August 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 Thanks Ken,I usually get my photographs from my digital camera and change the resolution in Photoshop. Maybe my files are too large as I know they are more than 150 kb each. My settings are for Europe and I use Nero for burning, I did resize the screen to 95% as I think it makes for a more elegant presentation. I will try to find someone with a normal TV and a DVD and let you know. I will also put together another slideshow and see how I get on with that one.Djay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ContaxMan Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 You don't say which version of Photoshop you use. CS (vers 8) has support for non-square pixels. I haven't explored this yet but it may be just what you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djay Posted August 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 Hello Contax ManYes I have had a quick look at PS CS and was aware of the non-square pixels. When do you think you would convert your file to non-square pixels as you need them square to edit them? Otherwise they would look out of proprtion on the computer monitor I should think.I suspect I have to pluck up courage and try a simple slideshow to see what happens. I can use CS at a friend's office.Djay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keffs Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 You might want to have a look at this site. It has a lot of stuff, and I remember seeing something about aspect ratios etc.Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ContaxMan Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 If you do try with CS, my inclination would be to do all the editing first and convert to non-square at the last possible moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djay Posted August 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2004 Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I am going to be offline for a bit while I work on the ideas. Plenty of reading and experimenting. I will report back with my results. The CS Help has a good section on non-square pixels.Djay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djay Posted September 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 Hi Everybody,I am back after a break to sort out what I have learned. Unfortunately I got a Trojan Virus on my computer and, just to be on the safe side, had to restore my system to its factory settings and reload everything which took ages.As for my original problem, I think I made a fuss about nothing as I changed the TV ratio to 4: 3 and my new presentation works fine. I have given up on understanding non-square pixels for the moment as I want to push on and make some more presentations. By the way I posted a slidewhow on Beechbrook Cottage. How brave is that?Anyway, thanks for all your help.djay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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