Need a lot more details about what you are doing.

If the photos are too small to start with, you may well have that condition.

Photos for DVD should be a minimum of 720 X 480 NTSC or 720 x 576 PAL.

Much bigger for HD. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

The photos are 1440x1080 (we used the dimensions from the Windows Video Media 9 HD High Quality).

I am simply making a slide show of photos with transitions I would like it to be full screen when played in windows media player. I have played with the dimensions of the photos even within the program but it always renders at the same height, and I can not find an option to change the height of the video before or after rendering.

Thanks for getting back to me so quick

Hi Dan,

Check your aspect ratio. Click on the Director's Chair in the upper left corner of your screen, click Edit, click aspect ratio; then, if 4:3 is checked, change it to 16:9.

I hope this helps.

Regards,

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Hi Dan,

I may have misled you by my earlier post. Like Carl said, more information is needed to actually adjust your display. The fix I suggested is not a fix. The default display is 4:3. That fills the preview screen.

To remove the bars in the timeline and in the display window, place one of the display clips in the time line and see if the bars above and below appear.

If so, go to the little white button to the right of the garbage can and click.
Go to "Set Image Stretch mode, click.
Activate pull down window and click on "Stretch clip to 4:3 aspect ratio"
Click on "Apply to all image clips".

That should make your image fill the display in both the time line and in the preview window.

Bohn Laptop PC, ASUS
Core i7 Q 720
Win 7, 64-bit
RAM 8GB DDR2
Graphics, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M 1GB DDR5

I'm not sure what more to say. I've got it set at 16:9, and used the stretch feature and in the preview screen it looks fine and covers the whole area.

The problem arises when I produce the slide show. Under the produce tab I use the Windows Video Media 9 HD High Quality option and when I go to play it in Windows Media Player it doesn't play full window but leaves black on the top and bottom. That is what I would like to get rid of. If you go to
http://www.myrentersguide.com/viewlisting.php?id=473
and click on the video tour icon it will play and you can see what I mean.

If it is not a feature within this program that is okay I am just trying to eliminate all the possibilities.

Thanks for the Help

Dan Wrote
The problem arises when I produce the slide show. Under the produce tab I use the Windows Video Media 9 HD High Quality option and when I go to play it in Windows Media Player it doesn't play full window but leaves black on the top and bottom. That is what I would like to get rid of. If you go to
http://www.myrentersguide.com/viewlisting.php?id=473
and click on the video tour icon it will play and you can see what I mean.

Your video on the internet looks to me like a 16:9 video produced in a 4:3 format.
Since you are using Adobe Flash, are you sure that your flash software is set to produce a 16:9 video?

Normally if you have your project ratio set to the final output ratio, you get that ratio.
Project ratio is director chair > Edit > aspect ratio.

When your project is set to 16:9, your preview window will be a 16:9 rectangle. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Hi Dan,

Don't wait for further input from me. We are beyond my expertise, if any, already. Carl and I seem to be following the same trail. Therefore, before I opt out, let me express some lingering questions about what is going on.

First, is the 16:9 ratio what you want?
If so, Dan may have put his finger on it. Did you reproduce in 16:9. You may be looking at your old production if 4:3. I sugget you try producing in the format of your choice and displaying in the format of your choice anew. I am curious about the final resolution of your issue. So far, I don't hear anything that implies that you have a hardware or software problem. It sounds more like an issue of getting everything set up the way you want it. Also, you might try producing with other quality options.

Bohn Laptop PC, ASUS
Core i7 Q 720
Win 7, 64-bit
RAM 8GB DDR2
Graphics, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M 1GB DDR5

Excellent thinking Carl!



I think the problem is caused by producing the slideshow to WMV 9 HD High Quality in the first instance.

WMV 9 HD High Quality is 1440x1080 (4:3)
WMV 9 HD Standard Quality is 1280x720 (16:9)

When you play the produced WMV file on your PC, what's the aspect ratio?

The other issue is probably what your flash software is doing with it... or how the website processes it.

I would:
Produce to WMV HD Standard Quality
Convert to flash

Cheers - Tony
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Thanks I appreciate the help

When I'm adding photos, i will use a photo editing tool first and make all the pics the same size as the video output I'm choosing. I always end up with full views.
I'm not sure if this is exactly what you are hoping for, but it might help.
Kevin Saving the world, one goofy video and meme at a time.