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Nov 8, 2023 10:36:10 #

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

burkphoto wrote:

DVDs are so 20th century. I still own a DVD burner, but haven't made more than five discs in the last ten years. Making DVDs can be done from some video editors (Final Cut Pro on the Mac has an option for that), but normally, you need a special program to re-format the video to the DVD standards, make a "landing page" or "start page", and add chapter markers. Most of those programs are gone or incompatible with modern operating systems.

If you "just gotta" make a DVD, explore solutions from these folks: https://www.roxio.com/en/

These days, VIDEO is all digital, and all high definition or 4K. DVDs are standard definition (640x480 pixels or 720x480 pixels), which is very low resolution.

YouTube and Vimeo are the modern way to distribute video. You can make a Full HD or even 4K video on your computer, upload it to YouTube, and provide your intended audience with the text link to it. That way, they can watch your show on a smartphone, tablet, computer, or smart TV.

YouTube accounts for personal use are free. Sign up for a Google Account, and create a channel.

To make simple slide show videos, I scale and save all my images to a size of 3840x2160 pixels, which is sized for 4K TV screens. In some instances, this requires "padding the canvas" on the sides of the image with black, gray, color, or whatever.

Once all my images are sized for 4K, I drop them into either iMovie or Final Cut Pro on my Mac. From there, I edit them on the video editor's timeline, adding titles, effects, music, narration, sound effects, or whatever I want. Final step is to export the show to a file compatible with YouTube, and upload it to my personal channel.

The advantage of this workflow is that you can incorporate ANYTHING into a show, including video, audio, stills, text, and graphics. Whatever you use, be sure you have the rights to use it, since Google DOES check for copyright infringements.

NOTE: You do need a RECENT computer to make 4K videos. It needs a fast processor and a fast graphics processor. It needs plenty of memory and storage. Many computers made before 2020 are not powerful enough to process 4K.

DVDs are so 20th century. I still own a DVD burner... (show quote)

"this requires "padding the canvas" on the sides of the image with black, gray, color, or whatever."

Now we have "generative fill" for that!

Nov 8, 2023 10:47:20 #

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

bsprague wrote:

"this requires "padding the canvas" on the sides of the image with black, gray, color, or whatever."

Now we have "generative fill" for that!

Yep. Adobe has it. Some video editing tools just need the correct vertical dimension, and will pad with black on the sides.

Nov 8, 2023 12:15:21 #

genocolo Loc: Vail and Gasparilla Island

Architect1776 wrote:

That's about 1.5 hours at 15 seconds each which is really fast.
Most people would go nuts looking at someone else's vacation photos that long.
Perhaps 20-30 at most that have discussion value.
If they are of places seen by everyone dozens of times everywhere what value?
If as background just to have running for no reason to run most TV can do that.
Most people would go

Isn’t 15 seconds per slide an awfully long time? Usually 3-5 seconds works well.

Nov 8, 2023 12:44:53 #

sodapop Loc: Bel Air, MD

I still get many requests from the "older out-of-it folks" to put their VCR tapes, Slide shows, camcorder tapes, and cassette tapes on a DVD or CD. They ask and I do

Nov 8, 2023 13:43:34 #

bobbyjohn Loc: Dallas, TX

There are many different video editors for slide shows. Each has its own strengths and weaknesses. Each has a learning curve. I use "Vegas Pro 19" by Magix. IMO, it is the easiest to use. I also think that adding music to any slide show adds a lot of interest.

I also use "ProShow Gold" (now extinct) to create slide shows. Too bad the company went belly-up!

As an example, in 2015, wife and I vacationed in Alaska, and took many pictures. I selected only a small subset of images and created a slide show using Vegas. The slide show is 11 minutes long, with each image showing for 5 seconds, thus 11 minutes/5 seconds = 132 images. I used fade to next, and zoom in and out. Then, after the video portion was created, I added the music. It is at:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d8GDMAkNWEm1XBO_31DOz4avn_6dfB3u/view?usp=drive_link

Nov 8, 2023 13:54:22 #

genocolo Loc: Vail and Gasparilla Island

iMovie is very easy and creates great movies of slideshows with music.

Nov 8, 2023 14:10:06 #

MJPerini

Your pics will not look their best on a DVD formatted for video
You could place them as digital data files in a data dvd, but it would not be auto play.
Better off with a USB3 Thumb drive
If it is a modern 4k TV,
You want to edit and export JPEG files as "Fit Within" 2160 x 3840 Pixels 8.29 MPXLs
377 files of that size is over 3 GB
Most modern TV's have the ability to do the timing duration from a thumb drive of files
Be aware that peoples TV's are adjusted from the factory to be too bright and oversaturated, so results will vary.
It has also been pointed out that if you are on a MAC , iMovie can do 4k slide shows, and PHOTOS also has a slideshow function.
Good Luck

Nov 8, 2023 14:29:33 #

xposure

I use PhotoStage Slideshow Producer to produce slide shows with random transition of about 2-3 seconds and I inset an audio track and export it to a video MP4 file and play on TV.

You can download PhotoStage Slideshow Producer for free if only used for personal use and not commercial.

Nov 8, 2023 14:49:56 #

bobbyjohn Loc: Dallas, TX

xposure wrote:

Sounds good. I went to the NCH website at https://www.nchsoftware.com/slideshow/index.html ... and saw the ubiquitous blurb about "download for free", but didn't see anywhere about it being free to use for personal use. Is it really free?

And also, what's the difference between the free and the paid version? What are you not getting with the free version?

Nov 8, 2023 14:50:40 #

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

iMovie has been mentioned a couple of times. Those of us on cheaper (?) Windows PCs have the newish Microsoft ClipChamp for slide shows in a video app.

Nov 8, 2023 16:35:50 #

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

genocolo wrote:

Isn’t 15 seconds per slide an awfully long time? Usually 3-5 seconds works well.

For a boring slide.
To see a good interesting and worthwhile photo 3-5 sec. Is woefully inadequate.
When you see good photos posted you only look for 3 sec?

Nov 8, 2023 17:05:26 #

Bobster Loc: Thousand Oaks, CA

In the slide show prepared in lightroom:
1. How do I add music?
2. How do I know how long the slide show is?
3. How do I know how may gigabites the show is?

Thank you

Nov 8, 2023 17:17:25 #

Terry in Indiana Loc: rural Indiana

Bobster wrote:

In the slide show prepared in lightroom:
1. How do I add music?
2. How do I know how long the slide show is?
3. How do I know how may gigabites the show is?

Thank you

1. I haven't added music, but on the side panel toward the bottom there is an option to add music, so I know you can.
2. At the bottom of the slide show (right corner on my screen) it tells how many slides and how many minutes it will take. You can adjust how long each slide is showing on the side panel.
3. I don't know how you can tell until after you Export it??? There's probably a way but I don't know it....

Nov 8, 2023 17:26:37 #

Bobster Loc: Thousand Oaks, CA

Thanks for this. though I cannot see where to add music.

Nov 8, 2023 17:39:20 #

Bobster Loc: Thousand Oaks, CA

Bobster wrote:

Thanks for this. though I cannot see where to add music.

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