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Jump to first unread post. Pages: 1 Tess Novice Reged: 10/31/03 Posts: 4 Slide show presentation using LCD projector       #229 - 10/31/03 09:47 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   I hope somone can give me some suggestions and advice. I recently downloaded the trial version of ESSC to give it a try. So far things look good on my PC monitor, but before I purchase the registered program, I would like to know if it will suit my specific needs for it, and haven't found anything in the FAQ's addressing this. I'm putting together a rather large photographic slide show, with music, to be shown at a family reunion. I'll be using an INFocus LCD projector, model Lite Pro 560/570, connected to a laptop computer (not the same computer I am using to make the slide show.) This will then be projected on a large screen. My problem is, that I will not be able to try it out with this projector until the day of the event, so I would certainly like to know if it will work satisfactorily beforehand. 1. Will the ESSC program work well for this type of production? 2. Is there any particular photo resolutions (minimum/maximum) I should be using? They are varied now, some fill my screen (800x600), and some are small centered in the screen. 3. Should I use the "Prepare Slide Show for CD Rom" to save the program, burn it to CD, and then use it on the other laptop for the presentation? I would appreciate any help or tips someone can give me that have used this program in this way. Thanks for any advice! Edited by Tess (10/31/03 09:51 AM) Post Extras:       Brad Addict Reged: 11/20/02 Posts: 220 Loc: O-H-I-O Re: Slide show presentation using LCD projector       #230 - 11/02/03 06:07 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   Hi Tess, I haven't used this exact projector before, but I have used a few various models in the past and typically, they behave just like large screens that display whatever would normally be displayed on your computer screen. I would suggest using the CD-Rom feature to make a portable slide show. You could then copy the contents of the CD to the laptop that will be used for the presentation. Running from the hard drive as opposed to the CD will give you a little bit better performance, especially if you are trying to sync up any pictures and music. If your slide show runs well on the laptop as it should, I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't simply project on to the large screen. Good luck! Thanks-- Brad -------------------- -- Brad Ishida Programming Art, LLC http://www.programmingart.com Post Extras:       Tess Novice Reged: 10/31/03 Posts: 4 Re: Slide show presentation using LCD projector       #231 - 11/03/03 03:13 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   Thank you Brad for the advice ... this makes me much more confident about using this product for my slide show! I have a question about what you said: "You could then copy the contents of the CD to the laptop that will be used for the presentation. Running from the hard drive as opposed to the CD will give you a little bit better performance, especially if you are trying to sync up any pictures and music." I do understand what you are saying, but I am certainly no techie, so forgive me for asking what is probably a question with an obvious answer that is evading me at the moment. :-) If the slideshow is on CD and run from the laptop, isn't it an autorun show? Will I have the ability to save it on that drive? Do I need the ESSC software on the laptop, also? When you burn it to CD, I'm not sure exactly what is saved. And finally, is there a maximum amount of photos that can be used in one slideshow? Thanks again for your help. If it wasn't for this forum, I probably wouldn't have bought the product. Good job! Post Extras:       Brad Addict Reged: 11/20/02 Posts: 220 Loc: O-H-I-O Re: Slide show presentation using LCD projector       #232 - 11/04/03 02:20 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   Hi, Yes, the show will autorun only from the CD, but you can still run it from the hard drive by simply double-clicking the startslideshow.exe file. When you prepare a slide show for CD, another nice thing is that everything you need is copied to the CD, so you don't have to install any software at all on the laptop that you use with the projector. When you copy the contents of the CD to the hard drive and double-click startslideshow.exe, everything will be taken care of and the show will just play. There are no program limitations with numbers of pictures and such, however, you could be limited by your computer's resources such as available memory and hard disk space. thanks, Brad -------------------- -- Brad Ishida Programming Art, LLC http://www.programmingart.com Post Extras:       Tess Novice Reged: 10/31/03 Posts: 4 Re: Slide show presentation using LCD projector       #233 - 11/04/03 09:09 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   Once again, thanks so much for the explanation. I think I've got it! I considered the possibility that a large show might give a problem with our older laptop and its resources, so I've decided to buy a new spiffy one to avoid any problems. However, it will now be a *very* expensive slide show! :-) Thanks again. Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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