A/V sequence - sort of!
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2001 5:41 pm
I've just finished a video documentary about a Victorian photographer. There was no live video, just a series of his stills with music and a voice-over. It occurred to me that I could have overcome the 500 line limit of video and got closer to the quality of an A/V slide sequence by playing hi-res stills from the PC into a data projector.
Most video projectors are data projectors first, but in data mode can handle a resolution of 1152x864 or better, whereas PAL DV has a maximum of 720x576, but this is reduced to 500 lines by DV tape. (Are lines the same as pixels?).
I tried using MS PowerPoint and while it handled the slides ok the dissolve transition is awful and it's very difficult to cue the transitions to music. Does anyone know different? Am I missing something, or is there better software for the job?
Brian Hazelden
Most video projectors are data projectors first, but in data mode can handle a resolution of 1152x864 or better, whereas PAL DV has a maximum of 720x576, but this is reduced to 500 lines by DV tape. (Are lines the same as pixels?).
I tried using MS PowerPoint and while it handled the slides ok the dissolve transition is awful and it's very difficult to cue the transitions to music. Does anyone know different? Am I missing something, or is there better software for the job?
Brian Hazelden