resizing photos

[sjf]

Have finally updated from PRE15 to PRE22. The former required resizing photos before adding to video project, as outlined in the corresponding Grisetti book. However, I do not see that same advice in the newest Grisetti book relating to PRE22. So is that step no longer necessary, or am I just overlooking this section?

[Steve Grisetti]

With today's computer power, resizing photos is likely no longer necessary.

I continue to do it, as a matter of course. Mostly because it's easier to work with photos in a video project when they're all the same size, but also because it came make your slideshow's performance smoother. I try to keep my photos around 2500x1875.

But, as I said, it's probably not necessary. Or at least it's not as necessary as it was 10 years ago.

[Chuck Engels]

WOW 2500 x 18975 I know that has got to be a typo

[Steve Grisetti]

Thanks, Chuck. I've changed it to 2500x1875.

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

WOW 2500 x 18975 I know that has got to be a typo

Nah! Just leaves lots of room for panning.

[Chuck Engels]

Nah! Just leaves lots of room for panning.

[Steve Grisetti]

Actually you can joke about that size, but I have done pans across and up and down road maps that were quite a bit wider or taller than a video frame.

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

Me too but the largest that I have created for a horizontal pan in a video was 8,500 x 2,500 pixels.

[sidd finch]

The wide size also works well is you are wanting to pan in a photomerged picture.

Sidd

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

The wide size also works well is you are wanting to pan in a photomerged picture. Sidd

That was exactly the use case.