Sounds like a glitch in production. Have you tried to produce it again and see if you get the same effect? __________________________________
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Quote: Sounds like a glitch in production. Have you tried to produce it again and see if you get the same effect?

This ocurred during playback in the window before production. But I had produced and saved a copy so I ran it. The produced copy has the same problem but it's much worse. All 40 photos are jerky and shimmery throughout the entire show. It not watchable!

I've tried to produce it several more times with the same results.

This is a 40 photo 5 minute slideshow. I have windows 8.1. I want to burn the project to DVD for a memorial slideshow. Why is the production so unstable?

The pre-production show is fine except for that one minor glitch with one photo that I mentioned in my first post. I can live with that.

The shimmering is not noticeable when I watch in the small PD13 window but when I enlarge the show on my 27" computer screen, it's very very noticeable. I've produced it in MP4 for mobile devices and MPEG-2. Both productions have the same problem.

Is this the way the slideshow will look when I burn it to a DVD? What am I doing wrong? I spent several months making this slideshow. I can't believe the produced product turned out like this. There must be an easy solution.

I attached a screenshot of the settings prior to production.

Thanks. Doug

I've also used the "default" profile setting instead of "all". I get the same results.

You are producing to Mpeg-2 720x480/60i. There will be these shimmering problems during pan and zoom. The fix is to select a slideshow template where there is no panning or zooming whatsoever like the normal template. There result should be a little better in mp4 if you don't use it to create a DVD.

Thanks for the response.

So are you saying that if I want to burn to a DVD I need to eliminate any movement of the photos. For me that's one of the important aspects of a good slideshow. Without photo movement slideshows are boring.

I'm going to be showing this memorial slideshow in a funeral home. Is there another way to produce the slideshow other than burning a DVD? Would saving it to a tablet or phone and then somehow outputting the show to a large smart TV display work?

Thanks for your time.

Sorry about the deceased. Some places take the video on a usb flash drive. You need to contact the funeral home to see what format they take.

The shimmer seen on DVD can be minimized greatly by resizing all photos to the 720x480 pixel or no more than 1200 pixels wide if pan and zoom is to be used before placing them on the timeline.

This forum timed out on me so I had to type this all over again.

Quote: Thanks for the response.

So are you saying that if I want to burn to a DVD I need to eliminate any movement of the photos. For me that's one of the important aspects of a good slideshow. Without photo movement slideshows are boring.

I'm going to be showing this memorial slideshow in a funeral home. Is there another way to produce the slideshow other than burning a DVD? Would saving it to a tablet or phone and then somehow outputting the show to a large smart TV display work?

Thanks for your time.

Hello Douglas,

You could copy the finished project(produced) to a flash drive, or as you call them in the USA, "thumb-drives", then plug that into the computer at the funeral parlour where your memorial service is taking place. It's likely many(if not all) funeral parlours have such facilities these days. Your presentation would run on either VLC or Windows Media Player.(you'll save a DVD for other uses, or for the memorial if you wish to burn it at a later date.)

Cheers!

Neil.

Quote: IHello Douglas,

You could copy the finished project(produced) to a flash drive, or as you call them in the USA, "thumb-drives", then plug that into the computer at the funeral parlour where your memorial service is taking place. It's likely many(if not all) funeral parlours have such facilities these days. Your presentation would run on either VLC or Windows Media Player.(you'll save a DVD for other uses, or for the memorial if you wish to burn it at a later date.)

Cheers!

Neil.

Thanks tomasc and Neil. Great suggestion about using a thumb-drive. I guess I can plug the thumb-drive into a laptop and the laptop into a large TV which would display the show.

When I produce the slideshow for a thumb-drive what "file format" do I select?

What "profile type"?

What Profile name/Quality?

So my understanding is if I produce the slideshow for a thumb-drive the shimmering will go away without the need to remove the pan and scan on the photos?

Thanks guys. I appreciate your knowledge and input. Doug

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Quote: IHello Douglas,

You could copy the finished project(produced) to a flash drive, or as you call them in the USA, "thumb-drives", then plug that into the computer at the funeral parlour where your memorial service is taking place. It's likely many(if not all) funeral parlours have such facilities these days. Your presentation would run on either VLC or Windows Media Player.(you'll save a DVD for other uses, or for the memorial if you wish to burn it at a later date.)

Cheers!

Neil.

Thanks tomasc and Neil. Great suggestion about using a thumb-drive. I guess I can plug the thumb-drive into a laptop and the laptop into a large TV which would display the show.

When I produce the slideshow for a thumb-drive what "file format" do I select?

What "profile type"?

What Profile name/Quality?

So my understanding is if I produce the slideshow for a thumb-drive the shimmering will go away without the need to remove the pan and scan on the photos?

Thanks guys. I appreciate your knowledge and input. Doug

Hi, Douglas,

In relation to your questions about what file format to put on your flash/thumb drive, really doesn't matter, if it's to be played via a laptop computer, but possibly MPEG2 HQ, or MP4 will do the trick. Profile name/quality? That's already been answered, HQ! MP4 is already a HQ file type, but the two I've mentioned are good in that they can be rendered(produced) quickly and not take up too great an amount of space on your flash drive(Our term)/thumb drive(Your term).

Cheers!

Neil.