I am creating a slide show for a banquet and want to include some video. I planned to import photos into iMovie and create a video of both the video piece and the photos. I need to project it so that over 100 people can view it. I want the quality to be as good as possible since it will be projected onto a screen. Will the quality of the photos be degraded by bringing them into a movie? Am I better off showing the photos on an iPhoto slideshow since I will be projecting it? Thank you....
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Use iMovie or iPhoto for projected slideshow
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Well, if you don't have to export it, ( meaning you'll take your mac to the presentation ) iPhoto will show the pictures in as high of a resolution as the projector allows.
If you do have to export it, iPhoto is going to lose because it only exports slideshow movies at 640x480 max or something like that, while iMovie can do 1080p HD.
But I would definitely test it beforehand to make sure you like what you see on the projector.
If you are using the computer connected to the projector, then you may also want to use deinterlacing for the exported video. It would be best if you can experiment with the setup before.
Well, if you're going to export it, I would consider using the AIC codec then. It is less CPU intensive than H.264, and you can encode to H.264 later if you want to put it on the web.
But most importantly, like everyone has said.... be sure and test all this out... make sure you even have the right video adapter to plug in to the projector. Figure out what the resolution is of the projector ,etc.
Lots of things can go wrong here.
i have done many many of these types of things. Always try it out in advance. I would even do a few small videos to see how they work for you. Whatever can go wrong, will. More so if you are out of time.
Also, the term slideshow often means just pictures. Since you are including video, it then becomes a movie. Assume you will also do nice effects with the stills as well.
By the way, you do not need high resolution. Until recently moving to the mac, I was using some pc software that was about 10 years old. It was doing a great job.
Also, the term slideshow often means just pictures. Since you are including video, it then becomes a movie. Assume you will also do nice effects with the stills as well.
By the way, you do not need high resolution. Until recently moving to the mac, I was using some pc software that was about 10 years old. It was doing a great job.