I have a number of slide shows created at 720 and now with a new 1080 TV I’d like to convert them to 1080 format. Can I do this by just doing a copy of the entire 720 show and pasting the show into a a blank 1080 show or do I need to recreate the show by importing the actual images again?
Actually, because 720 and 1080 has the same aspect ratios of 16:9 you don’t need to convert your show. The slide positions on screen are based on the aspect ratio, if you don’t change it, you don’t need to setup a different resolution. However here is the bast praxis for changing the resolution and/or the aspect ratio:
- Make a backup copy of your FotoMagico project file in Finder is case something goes wrong.
- Open the project in FotoMagico
- select “Settings…” of the “Slideshow” menu, you will get a drop down sheet showing some options for your slideshow.
- select the “Settings” tab in this sheet
- set the “Stage Size” parameter to the desired resolution.
- click “Ok” to apply your changes.
- If you changed the aspect ratio then inspect every slide of your show and make the necessary adjustments if a slide is in a wrong screen position. FotoMagico is doing some magic to repositioning your slides when changing the aspect ratio but can’t correct everything in a proper way.