I’m using Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements version 15. Here’s what I trying to do. I created a slideshow for my 50th Class Reunion. It’s about 1.5 hours long. All my photos have been created or edited in Photoshop, and all saved as a png format. Then I imported everything into Premiere Elements (Expert) and organized them in the timeline. Added audio files in the timeline. Created markers where I wanted the menu markers to be located. I then rendered everything. Then I selected the movie menu template that I liked and made sure everything was where I had selected the scene selections to be based on my menu markers, and they look good. Now was the time to figure out what and how I show create the slideshow. I first purchased printable dual layer DVD so I could print a title on the the DVD. I was bothered that my only selection for burning to a DVD on an 8.5 GB was low resolutions (720x576 or 720x480). I knew I couldn’t burn to a blu ray as many people do not have blu ray players. I did try saving the file to AVCHD as an ISO image on my external drive (with the idea that I would forget about using DVD’s and buy thumb drives for everyone) and then the quality would be much better. I’m sure most of the classmates will want a copy so I thought DVD might be the way to go, but quality isn’t very good, even with the old and new pictures. Also due to the size of my slideshow and if I select the high quality, I would really need a disc to hold around 15BGB. So that’s when I decided maybe I should purchase thumb drives and put the video on there for everyone. Problem is my movie menu doesn’t show up but I can say the quality is pretty good. Also right before you hit the triangle on the slide bar you have the destination appearing on the first slide. Not very professional and also the fact that I can select Play Movie or Scene Selection isn’t very impressive either. What options do I have to make this a great slideshow that I can give to everyone and look professional when they view on their televisions? I can’t predict what type of tv everyone owns, but I can ask if they have a smart tv or HD tv and then the thumb drive should work…..providing the menu burns onto that drive. Sharon Kruse
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