Hi Andy -

Depending on the Theme Designer template you're using, the apsect ratio needed varies. Even within each segment of a theme, some photos/clips are displayed within frames & others are displayed either full screen or close to it. Some frames are 16:9 & others vary.

So - to avoid the black bars - you need to either:

1. crop all images to 16:9, so they match all circumstances, or


2. crop some images to 16:9, to match particular segments of the template you're using

I just threw some photos at the Wedding Album template. All the 16:9 photos were displayed without any black bars (though parts were sometimes masked by the frames). The photos that were 4:3 (or close to that AR) very often displayed with black bars.

It's not the "size" that's the issue - it's the aspect ratio.

Cheers - Tony
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Hi Tony,



Sorry it's been a while. Been stupidly busy.



So, give me a clue then. How do I change the aspect ratio of all the pcitures? I have PD 14 and Photo director 7 I can use. I've had a quick play, but can't find anything obvious that says "change aspect ratio"!! It would have been nice.



Cheers



Andy W

Quote Hi Andy -

Depending on the Theme Designer template you're using, the apsect ratio needed varies. Even within each segment of a theme, some photos/clips are displayed within frames & others are displayed either full screen or close to it. Some frames are 16:9 & others vary.

So - to avoid the black bars - you need to either:

1. crop all images to 16:9, so they match all circumstances, or


2. crop some images to 16:9, to match particular segments of the template you're using

I just threw some photos at the Wedding Album template. All the 16:9 photos were displayed without any black bars (though parts were sometimes masked by the frames). The photos that were 4:3 (or close to that AR) very often displayed with black bars.

It's not the "size" that's the issue - it's the aspect ratio.

Cheers - Tony

Live big! Love bigger =)

For re-sizing, cropping, re-sampling etc I use IRFANVIEW, in batch mode if necessary so as long as the crop parameters are the same you can do 100's of images in one click. I've used this in the past with time-lapse photos to crop down to an area I wanted to highlight.

Quote For re-sizing, cropping, re-sampling etc I use IRFANVIEW, in batch mode if necessary so as long as the crop parameters are the same you can do 100's of images in one click. I've used this in the past with time-lapse photos to crop down to an area I wanted to highlight.

Hey Longedge,

I have downloaded IRFANVIEW and had a quick play, but I'm struggling to get it to make the pics 16:9.

Can you walk me through how to do it and how to do a batch please?

Thanks

Andy W Live big! Love bigger =)

"Can you walk me through how to do it and how to do a batch please?"

I can just do it 'in my sleep' now and don't even think about how . I'll have to come back to this one after I have slept for a couple of hours.

For now, open the batch dialogue after you have opened an image by hitting the 'B' key. All the various parameters for renaming, re-sizing.cropping, re-sampling etc. etc. are there to be explored. I've been learning about what you can do with it for years now and I still find something new now and again.