I have three different slideshow programs, Movavi Slideshow creator, ProShow Producer and Adobe Elements 10. Each time
I create a slideshow with any of the programs, the images in the slideshow are not as sharp as they are in the program. I
can copy the slideshow to vimeo on the internet and the come out nice and sharp. In contacting the program makers, they
say it is because way the programs burn the slideshow to the disk. Does anyone use a program that produces the final
burned slideshow nice and sharp?????
I don't know about your programs although I have a small "trial" slideshow program, (it is useable forever), and it reduces the memory size of each photo. Reduction in size it what the mfg. uses to intices a person to purchase the pro model.
If I purchased the pro slideshow program, it would size everything as originally so everything would look as they should.
We have proshow gold and it works just fine
FotoMagico is great, IMO.
Ted d
Loc: Green Valley, AZ.
I usse Proshow Producer 8.3 for stills and video no problems, both are sharp
DavidPine wrote:
FotoMagico is great, IMO.
I export full-sized JPEGs from Lightroom which I import into Fotomagico (
http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/). With your approval, Fotomagico reduces the JPEGs with a single mouse click, if needed, to eliminate slide transition delays.
I looked at the Fotomagico demo on their website and was not impressed with the sharpness. I noticed the JPEGs reducing in size for the transitions but the whole program was disappointingly unsharp. They didn't sell me on their program.
Fotoartist wrote:
I looked at the Fotomagico demo on their website and was not impressed with the sharpness. I noticed the JPEGs reducing in size for the transitions but the whole program was disappointingly unsharp. They didn't sell me on their program.
Interesting. I compared the same JPEG at the same zoom level in both "Preview" and "Fotomagico" and see negligible, if any, difference. Perhaps, the difference would be apparent with a Retina display. Naturally, if Fotomagico or any app reduces a JPEG's quality to reduce its file size, the sharpness would be similarly degraded. Perhaps reducing a JPEG's quality would not be necessary with a faster computer or simpler transitions. The attached screen capture compares the FotoMagico JPEG at the top with the same from "Preview". Not a scientific experiment.
I am able to see in high def. on my 27" Mac monitor. and the demo (
http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/) was soft and exhibited quite a lot of JPEG artifacting. Not a good way to sell to picky photographers even if only a demo. And I am in the market for a program.
Fotoartist wrote:
I am able to see in high def. on my 27" Mac monitor. and the Fotomagico demo (
http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/) was soft and exhibited quite a lot of JPEG artifacting. Not a good way to sell to picky photographers even if only a demo. And I am in the market for a program.
Agree. If you don't like the demo, don't buy it. That's what demos are for. I just viewed the demo about Peru for the first time. I did see some artifacts in some text at the beginning on my MacBook Pro. Was not there on replay. Once the video was downloaded enough via my slow DSL connection, I saw no fuzziness, artifacts, etc. Also, viewed on a 27" iMac in 1080p HD.
I suspected that might be the case with that Peru video, going over the web like it does. I will re-examine it downloaded. Thanks
If you are putting it on a disc you may want to considerr purchasing a Blu Ray disc burner. The pictures come out sharper on these discs. You may also want to consider putting the slideshow on a flash drive. I use Pro Show and the pictures are quite sharp, no matter the display size.
travelpals wrote:
I have three different slideshow programs, Movavi Slideshow creator, ProShow Producer and Adobe Elements 10. Each time
I create a slideshow with any of the programs, the images in the slideshow are not as sharp as they are in the program. I
can copy the slideshow to vimeo on the internet and the come out nice and sharp. In contacting the program makers, they
say it is because way the programs burn the slideshow to the disk. Does anyone use a program that produces the final
burned slideshow nice and sharp?????
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