Crash During Rendering

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

Don't forget that there is a batch resize function in Photoshop so re-sizing may be a pain but at least it is easy to do and Photoshop will even create the resized images in a new directory so leaving the original images intact. HTH.

[Steve_Dski]

John;

That's great to know, but as I wrote in an earlier post, I'm a neophyte in the Adobe world. Although this runs afield from my original post, what resources would you, et. al. recommend for learning some of the ins-and-outs of both Premiere and Photoshop? I'm assuming this book written by a couple guys named Grisetti and Engels is pretty good for Premiere , but what about Photoshop? Actually, Steve's/Chuck's book is in my cart at Amazon, so I'd be interested in learning of a comparable resource for Photoshop. Any suggestions? Thanks.

~Steve

P.S.: John, read the specs for your PC and I started to salivate! Comparing your PC to mine is like saying rollerskates and Ferraris are both wheel-based transportation: Technically a true statement, but boy does it miss an important nuance. Very nice system.

[Clayton]

The "Missing Manuals" by Barbara Brundage (sp) are good, and I always liked the "Classrom in a Book" series.

My $.02

[Steve Grisetti]

Hi, Steve!

Chuck also wrote and edited a followup book to "Premiere Elements in a Snap" called "Sams Teach Yourself Photoshop Elements 4 and Premiere Elements 2, All in One", which takes the main parts of "In a Snap" and combines them with Scott and Jennifer Fulton's very thorough Photoshop Elements book (I think it's an "In A Snap" book also).

Meantime, you may want to look at my Steve's Tips article "Creating slideshows with Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements" (a free download if you're a member) on our Products page http://muvipix.com/products.php?maincat ... ubcat_id=7

It covers most of what you'll need to know to make the best use of the slideshow features in Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements.

[Maxine370]

Hi Beth here with a few pointers for you...

first, the Adobe batch resizing function is really simple to use however, there is a simpler way until you get the hang of it. Windows has a powertool that will resize images in seconds.
find it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

I also suggest exporting your work as an AVI first and then importing the AVI file back in a new project. Once you have a AVI, no futher rendering is needed (unless you make more edits to your AVI). This solves many problems when burning to DVD, shortens burn time and when exporting to WMV and other video forms maintains aspect sizes (you'll notice small problems with some effects with certain types of exports).

PLus your final project is now preserved as a computer file that can be stored (I recommend an external drive... I have one that I only connect to move files and keep away as a archive) and later reburned to new media as they become the norm, first blueray and then what's next.

[RJ Johnston]

You can resize photos in Premiere Elements itself by creating a slideshow with the slideshow function where each photo is only one frame in duration and without a default transition. Then do a File > Export > Movie in TIFF format. I uploaded some custom export presets and instructions here:

http://muvipix.com/cpg/displayimage.php?pos=-1480