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[davids]

Hi All,

I am working on a theatre project where I need to project very large 'stills' and change colours etc.

My main problem is that when I tried using photos @1280 x 960 ( the maximum output for the projector) - things tend to freeze.

Any tips on what is the biggest / best file to use for still photos (like a slideshow presentation) with modul 8....?

I have just tried a group of photos as a slideshow (in imovie11 as a quicktime movie) at 640 x 480 75% quality - and on my laptop pics look soft - not sharp ... : -(

Can anyone suggest the best way to use jpegs / or any other still photograph format for large high quality projections...?

Cheers

[Basic]

try apple intermediate codec and 1280x960 isn't many pixels to push. what machine do you have?

in imovie11 as a quicktime movie) at 640 x 480 75% quality

I would avoid this.

[deepvisual]

you can drag a folder of images into M8 and it will act like a slideshow.
but really, it should run 1280 images no problem

[davids]

Many thanks for your prompt replies ....

Yes I will try loading 1280 images again

Perhaps the problem is in my Modul8 Preferences - presently Preferences > Misc > Movie folder maximum size is set at 640 x480 ... So I will change this to 1280 size output.

Another general 'stills' question is - in photoshop what dpi or other settings are preferable for loading, i.e 72 / 150 / 300. This will surely affect file size / processing speed / quality of very large projected images.

Thanks for any other ideas coming ....

Best
DavidS

[deepvisual]

dpi is only relevant for printers
its the dimensions in pixels that count.
if in doubt, put 72 dpi as its the same res as monitors.

[davids]

Thanks for the help and support !

DavidS