Hey Everybody,

Is it possible to make a Showit presentation that will fill a 42" LCD @ 1080p resolution??

If so, please tell me how.

Is it possible to fill the entire screen (outside the browser window) with the slide show??

If so, please tell me how.

Thanks,
Mike

The only way to get 1080p output on anything is through an hdmi cable. 1080p on media would also only be created through a bluray or HDDVD burner. Pixel size would be 1920X1080 for native (I think) and look at any showit file and even the dvd images it creates are not that big so right away the answer is no. Let's say you replace the small show files with the originals and up the window size in show it - it would not work well on the web which is what the program was designed for..too slow. Show it DVD would have to be able to burn a large file show on a blu ray disk I would guess.

On my vista computer I can't see the quality difference anyway, A DVD on tv from Show it or Pro show gold I can see the difference of course, if you have a suspect shot that it is a little off but you like the image, it usually looks worse on a tv. I am no expert but that is what I come up with to justify the no answer. The technology is here but the hardware implementation is not. DJ will be getting on that in a few years I gues..Showit HDDVD, or Show it Blue. I think Blu ray will win the war.

Hmmmm my Nikon D3 has an HDMI out. If I could copy a show it show with replaced large files on a CF card and the Nikon could select the index file in a browser in the Camera (which I know it doesn't have) I could get HD? Assuming the Nikon sends 1080p out the HDMI ports which I have no idea about that.

if you could output the showit file to the 1920x1080 and have a cpu with enough power to run it smoothly...

then have a video card with hdmi or dvi out and send that to the tv...

i am doing the same thing only i used proshow so i used avi and i am only running 720p... which is amazingly clear... so much clearer than a dvd!

That type of resolution is more in the realm of Quicktime than in Flash. To the best of my knowledge, the ShowIt Web product cannot handle that.

Perhaps DJ can chime in with some tech help?

Thanks for the help.

As you guys have pointed out, I have also come to the same conclusion, Showit will not allow me to do this.

I just made a show in Proshow Producer, and saved it as a video output file in 1080p (1920x1080). I am now trying to transfer this file to a PS3 for playback. Producer has many output options. I wish it was as easy as Showit to use.

Thanks,
Mike

I believe there is a tool out there that will take a Show-it Web show and transform it to a proShow file. That would make it work. I suggest you ask DJ if he knows what program can do that.

Hey Steven,

Please send me an email re. this program.

Thanks,
Mike

Nothing that I am aware of compare with the easy to use of Show it, I have an Apple TV and pictures look great on a 40" 1080p but is only a boring slideshow with no music (probably I need to try harder on the music thing). But anyway you cannot put it in your website and you need to upload it to iTunes (one more step in the workflow). From my point of view is a complement or another selling/marketing tool.

mbp + DVI to HDMI cable ($6 at firefold.com) + 42" 1080p plasma






I just made the shows that large to start (obviously not web ready), and its good to go. Looks great, though I usually do 1800 x 900 to make sure I don't lose any

Corey, everything I have tried like your setup produced uncacceptable color shifts due to the frequency rate difference. I wonder if the best way is to run a podcast or iphoto slideshow thru Apple tv.

If you have that ability that would be pretty cool. I'm not sure whats going on with yours, mine is a bit more saturated than on screen, but the TV can be adjusted to fix that.

with all controls at 0, just plug and play:







Hope you can get it figured out

I think this thread is related to my questions...

what is the largest screen that I can play a showit slideshow on before it looks pixelated? I created my show huge at 3000x2000 and it's so pixelated on my 52". it looks OK on my 17" laptop. this is the first show I've had purchased by a client and I want to give them advice on the best screen to play it on.







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I think the problem is showit itself isn't using images that large. Its using importing images at 1600 by whatever. But theres also no need to make it that large, as the TV's resolution is about half that at best.

so...i'm wondering...why use the purchase DVD icon on my slideshow? I guess clients will just play it over and over on their computer?








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