We could go on with the discussion forever. 30% resolution is just not going to look as good as 100% resolution. I don't know any other way to say it. People keep bringing up "quality" -- but that's a relative term. It could mean any number of things. If you want to continue the discussion, I challenge you to do this: Create a high-def output from your slides and then open the video in VLC media player. Do a screen capture and then use Photoshop to size this image down to 400x300 pixels. Now take those same photos, rez them down town 1000x750 and put them into a standard DV project. Output a DVD and do a screen capture of the exact same slide when played in VLC media player. Then use Photoshop to size this image down to 400x300 pixels. (This will limit the effect of interlacing, which can affect the "quality" of a DVDs playback on your computer.) Put those two 400x300 images side by side and post them to this forum. Then we can address the specific "quality" issues that are illustrated. ... View more

Premiere Elements is predominantly a video editor, not a slideshow maker. It can use photos and it can produce DVD slideshows, but that's not its main feature by any means. Properly optimizing your media before you add it to a project will give you the best results. If you're interested in a program that is primarly a slideshow creator, you may want to consider Pro Show Gold, a terrific and affordable program that's easy to use and provides excellent results. ... View more

Please confirm that you've gone to Windows Update and manually downloaded even the non-critical updates, that you've downloaded the latest version of Quicktime and that you've followed all of the suggestions above. ... View more

You can contact Adobe by clicking the Contact Adobe button on their web site. As for down-rezzing photos -- this is why we recommend that you pre-down-rez your photos yourself to as close to their final video resolution as possible. For standard video: 1000x750 pixels For high-def: 2000x1500 pixels (The little extra gives you room to do pans and zooms.) The bicubic sharpener in Photoshop Elements does an excellent job at this. ... View more

Again, Premiere Elements is a video editor. It edits video. Although you can use photos in your videos. But if you're looking for a program to display high-quality slideshows from your photos on your computer, you should be looking at a program like Pro Show Gold. Though, as Bill suggests, the Elements Organizer has a slideshow creator built into it, and it can be used to output high-resolutin WMV slideshows (or port lower resolution video to Premiere Elements if you'd prefer). ... View more

You guys are not reading the thread before you post. Video on DVDs is 720x480 pixels. It's IMPOSSIBLE to display a photo at 2048x1536 on a DVD! It's not a bug in Premiere Elements. Video is video. DVDs are DVDs. If you're trying to create a slideshow that's of higher resolution than video, you should not be using a video editor. You should be using a slideshow creator like Pro Show Gold. ... View more

As I said, a DVD file is an interlaced picture and your computer is a progressive scan (non-interlaced) device. So any frame you grab from your DVD is only going to have half the number of horizontal lines as, say, a Flash or progressive scan MP4 file. And that would certainly account for the lack of detail and fuzziness in your screen caps. On your TV, two sweeps -- one displaying even-numbered lines of video and the next displaying odd-numbered lines of video -- are combined to create a single frame of a video 30 times every second. You can't judge the quality of the DVD on your computer. ... View more

Whether or not you do so is the difference between getting very good and getting the best results, copycat. As for your results outputting Flash vs., DVD -- this is why we always ask people how they plan to use a file before we tell them how to do an output. DVDs, which use interlaced video, are ideal for interlaced video media players, like TVs. While Flash is a web-based format and is optimized for non-interlaced players, like computer software. When doing comparisons, you do have to make sure you're comparing similar things. Apples and tomatoes may look alike from the outside, but you can't compare the two. ... View more

Have you tried Googling that error code? Here's a solution. http://ph.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120609012929AAe93pc ... View more

My book (on Amazon) is loaded with lots of helpful tips like that, if you're interested, pretabhorn. ... View more

If you follow these simple instructions, you will get the best possible DVD (720x480) image: 1) Ensure all photos are no larger than 1000x750 pixels in size. 2) Right-click on each photo on your timeline and select Field Options/Flicker Removal. That's not that hard, is it? ... View more

Also note that the Elements Organizer, Premiere Elements file management system, has a tool built into it for transferring your iMovie catalog into the Organizer. Meantime, you can get the basics of how to use Premiere Elements by working through my free 8 part tutorial series. http://forums.adobe.com/thread/537685?tstart=0 ... View more

I agree with Bill. Just add the video to your timeline and the program will automatically set up the project settings for you in version 11. ... View more

rgindiana-- We have explained to you several times that we can not remove you from a thread's mailing. YOU MUST DO IT by selecting the option on the right side of the thread in the forum! I have also e-mailed you instructions. PLEASE FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS AND DO NOT POST "REMOVE ME FROM THIS THREAD" TO THE FORUMS! Thank you. ... View more

yep. ... View more

No reason to make it harder than it is. The Reverb audio effect is exactly what you need. It can be customized so that it sounds like a smaller room, a larger room or a large hall or church. Just drag the effect onto the audio clip on your timeline. ... View more

Then I know of no reason this should be happening. As I said, it's not been my experience at all, and I've been using the program on Windows 7 64-bit for weeks. Sorry I can't be of more help. ... View more

The program works fine on Windows 7 64-bit. I've been running it on mine fine for works. Have you manually gone to Windows Update and downloaded even the non-critical updates (the ones that don't download automatically)? Have you run Disk Cleanup and Defragment? Have you reset your licensing, per the FAQs to the right of this forum? http://forums.adobe.com/thread/542377?tstart=0 Have you ensured you have the latest 64-bit version of Quicktime? ... View more

I'm saying you can't produce a high quality file at 1920x1080 from a video that's 720x480. You can still PRODUCE the file. It's just not going to look good. And that's true no matter what video editor you use. ... View more

I've just read the review you linked to, and I disagree with that reviewer on a number of issues. He says, for instance: "importing digital assets into the Organizer, even from iPhoto, it makes a separate copy of each image or video to the Adobe folder" -- which isn't even remotely true. Although I do agree that "Rendering quality is limited to the original format." Because, well -- duh, you can't get high-def output from standard definition video. If you've like to know about my thoughts on the program and its features, based on my 9 years experience using it and several weeks of working with version 11, you can check out my reviews on the left side of this page: http://Muvipix.com/pe11.php ... View more

Not in my experience. There are, in fact, dozens of possible output options, every one of which is customizable so that it's optimized for whatever use you select. So you can certainly get a video output that looks virtually identical to what you put in. Of course, a lot depends on what type of video you're using as your source. High quality hi-def videos, like HDV and AVCHD, are obviously going to produce sharper, higher def videos than video shot with an iPod. But the quality of the output from Premiere Elements is every bit the quality of output from Premiere Pro, Final Cut, Vegas or any other semi-pro or professional video editor. ... View more

Something is not functioning correctly on your computer -- assuming that your 3.0 ghz processor is a dual core or quad core and not a Pentium 3.0 ghz. And assuming you used Premiere Elements to catpure your video over a FireWire connection. Do you have more than one hard drive? Has your hard drive been cleaned and defragmented? Any details you can provide would be very helpful. With a decently powered computer, you should have no problems editing and playing HDV footage. (Are there red lines above your clips when you add them to your timeline? That would be an indicator that your project is not set up correctly.) ... View more

What model of camcorder is your video from and what format and resolution is it? When you set up your Premiere Elements project, what project settings did you select? How fast is your processor and what operating system are you using? And what version of the program are you using? ... View more

If you are using a Mac, you should use the updated installer. You'll find a link to it in the FAQs to the right of this forum. ... View more

There are some -- and some that can be purchased too. What would you like it to do that it's not already doing? ... View more

I'm not sure why making the transition longer isn't working for you. It certainly should. (It does on my computer.) But you can also try double-clicking on the transition and manually changing its duration in the Transition Properties panel. Lengthening the transition will most certainly slow down the dip in and out of black. But if you're concerned that it's not staying black long enough, that's another problem -- and not one you can fix without creating the transition manually. ... View more

Try stretching it wider on the timeline. As I show you in my book, the longer the transition (or title, for that matter) the slower the animation. ... View more

That's great news, Neale! Thanks for the tip! ... View more

Done, Bill. And you're right, it does make it easier to read! ... View more

Wright2012, did you see my recommendation above that you should never use WMVs as source video in Premiere Elements projects? ... View more