Pictures on a TV?

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dcqdcq
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in iPod + iTunes + AppleTV edited January 2014
How big does a digital photo have to be to look good on a TV (32 inches, traditional non-HDTV)?



Specifically, I'm scanning in photos and want to be able to produce VCDs and DVDs of slide shows that look impressive. I'll be using iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, and Toast Titanium.



Any suggestions?



I just want to avoid trial and error (wasting disks and time).



Thanks,



DCQ

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    tv is 640 x 480 so any digital photo of that rez or higher will be fine
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  • Reply 2 of 6
    elricelric Posts: 230member
    This is what Photoshop says:



    720 x 540 Std. NTSC 601

    720 x 534 Std. NTSC DV/DVD

    864 x 486 Wide NTSC 601

    864 x 480 Wide NTSC DV/DVD

    768 x 576 Std. PAL

    1024 x 576 Wide PAL

    1280 x 720 HDTV 720P

    1920 x 1080 HDTV 1080i



    NTSC is what is used in the states and PAL is whats used in europe.



    If you make your slideshow with iMovie I beleive it will resize photos when you export it for iDVD, but I haven't done this myself yet.



    Hope this was helpful.
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  • Reply 3 of 6
    nevynnevyn Posts: 360member
    [quote]Originally posted by Elric:

    <strong>This is what Photoshop says:

    1920 x 1080 HDTV 1080i

    </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Note that that's basically just '2 Megapixels' in digital camera parlance, so all the new top-of-the-consumer-line cameras (which are 4 to 5 MP) can be cropped if there's too much background, and _still_ make a really nice picture at max-tv-res.
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  • Reply 4 of 6
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    my canon a40 takes 1600x1200 and there is a cord to connect to the tv strait from the camera, and they look great.



    as long as its over 800x600 it will look fine (the scanner's the limits haha)
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  • Reply 5 of 6
    dcqdcq Posts: 349member
    Cool. Thanks everyone!



    -DCQ
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  • Reply 6 of 6
    jaredjared Posts: 639member
    Just wait until Rendezvous is incorporated with Philips televisions...



    The link: <a href="http://www.newscenter.philips.com/USA/InformationCenter/NewsCenter/FPressRelease.asp?lArticleId=2495&lNodeId"; target="_blank">press release</a>



    [ 01-19-2003: Message edited by: Jared ]</p>
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