Steve's Guide for PRE12 emphasizes the need to reduce the file size of still images to less than 1000x750 before adding them to a PRE12 project. I often construct the equivalent of a slide show from slides using Producer 7 before adding them to a PRE12 project. I do this by creating a MPEG-2 DVD NTSC 4x3 video file in Producer 7 and then adding it to the video media in the PRE12 project. Two questions: 1. Is it necessary reduce the file size of the originals when used this way? 2. Is there any other way of doing the same thing? I much prefer the versatility of Producer 7 over any of the ways of creating slide shows in Elements.
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