mightec Posted December 7, 2007 Report Posted December 7, 2007 I am getting confused, I have produced a couple of slideshows with a screen setting of 5x4, but when I run these on my SONY Bravia widesreen TV, they fill the widesreen. I am assuming that the SONY TV is making the changes under its 'smart' screen settings. To do this I am clearly losing some of the original image, the upper and lower parts.Is there a way of setting up my slideshow so that when I change the screen aspect ratio setting in Project Option/Screen that the show will stay in proportion. This would be the ideal if it would then display that way even if I ran on my computer in 5x4 or someone else is computer which maybe 4x3 or a TV which maybe 16x9 or 4x3.
Peter S Posted December 7, 2007 Report Posted December 7, 2007 Hi Mike,I have a button on my TV remote that allows me to change the aspect ratio of whatever I am viewing. Can't you do this on your TV?Kind regardsPeter
mightec Posted December 7, 2007 Author Report Posted December 7, 2007 Hello PeterYes I can and the Sony does it automatically for me, so I don't have any problems viewing myself. It is more about other who maybe watching on their own TV, I suppose it not a problem if all TV's are the same and can be altered. But I have noticed on TheDom's Photo Album that what ever aspect ratio I set in Projects Options the album adjusts its self, which is very neat. I would be able to create one template and then the aspect ratio can be set depending on the screen requirements of the user.
fh1805 Posted December 7, 2007 Report Posted December 7, 2007 Hi Mike,I understand your concerns in respect of playback on TVs (presumably off DVD) but don't understand your concerns when playing back on computers. I use v5.04 and have, under the Project Options...Screen... tab the "Screen options" set to "Full screen" and the Aspect ratio to "4:3 PC/DVD".When I run any shows built this way they appear at 4:3 ratio when projected and when viewed on the computer monitor. My desktop monitor is 5:4 aspect ratio so I get a black band at top and bottom. My laptop aspect ratio is 16:10 so I get a black band at each side. In both cases, and when projected, the 4:3 aspect ratio is preserved.Are you finding it isn't working this way for you?
mightec Posted December 7, 2007 Author Report Posted December 7, 2007 Hello PeterI am possibly trying to be too much of a perfectionist, I don't have a problem when displaying via a computer, having researched this forum, it seems, like me, that the majority of desktop monitors display at 5:4 and that is fine. So this is what I normally work at, but when displayed on a widesreen TV, I have a small problem. The modern TV adjusts the input DVD and shows it at full screen (16:9), but to do this some of the original image is lost, top and bottom. To retain the aspect ratio of the main subject, centre part of the image, I use the zoom function of the SONY, and of course I loose more of the outer parts of the original image.I was looking for a way that I could set-up the slideshow so that the propositions of the overall image are retained, whether I was working at 5:4, 4:3 or 16:9. The only way I seem to be able to do this is if I create a background for the main subject, of which you would see more or less depending on what aspect ratio I was using.
Ronniebootwest Posted December 8, 2007 Report Posted December 8, 2007 I was looking for a way that I could set-up the slideshow so that the propositions of the overall image are retained, whether I was working at 5:4, 4:3 or 16:9. The only way I seem to be able to do this is if I create a background for the main subject, of which you would see more or less depending on what aspect ratio I was using. Hello Mike,I agree with you, the only way to retain the full image is to use a mask (or frame) made in an image editor such as Photoshop. I have been working on a tutorial that will show how this can be done but I have not been able to complete it as yet. Ron
Guest Dick Le Bleu Posted December 8, 2007 Report Posted December 8, 2007 Hello Mike,I agree with you, the only way to retain the full image is to use a mask (or frame) made in an image editor such as Photoshop. I have been working on a tutorial that will show how this can be done but I have not been able to complete it as yet. RonRon,I used your excellent tutorial on creating a frame border for my lastest slideshow, and I must compliment you on a clear presentation. The only way I could approach the problem above was to create two complete slideshows: 4:3 and 16:9, and make them selectable from a menu screen on the DVD. Of course it doubles the space on the DVD, but that is not a problem for short presentations.Many of my source images were scanned slides at 3:2 aspect ratio, so the presentation in each version of the slideshows varied. For example, in the 16:9 version, an image could be shown in full whereas the 4:3 version some panning was necessary on some images.Dick
Barry Beckham Posted December 9, 2007 Report Posted December 9, 2007 You only need a frame/mask to retain format if you intend to animate outside of the format size, otherwise you don't
mightec Posted December 10, 2007 Author Report Posted December 10, 2007 BarryNot sure that I understand your comment, my fault, still very much a beginner, what do you actually mean by Frame/Mask. When I add in the Objects window of O&A a Frame, then group everything within the frame (Child) I still cannot get the frame to remain in proporsion when moving between different aspect ratio's. Please see thumbnail below.
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