Proshow Gold guidance for Ipad3?

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Proshow Gold guidance for Ipad3?

Postby Redcrown » Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:53 am

Please forgive an old newbie. I used Proshow Gold briefly years back. Now I'm starting over with the goal of making shows for the Ipad3.

First question, can anyone point me to a comprehensive guide for making shows optimized for the Ipad3? Looking for guidance on image sizes, resolution, output formats, etc. My searches on "Proshow+Ipad" turn up little or nothing.

Second question, what is the benefit of the $20 add-on that Photodex sells to output video in the Ipad3 format?

I've used the trial version to make a quick 5 slide show, output that as a 1080p AVI file, then ran that AVI through a free converter to make an Ipad compatible "M4V" file. Loaded that M4V file on an Ipad3 and it looks OK. So I'm confused why Photodex sells the add-on. How does the Ipad video it creates differ from a simple conversion of an AVI?

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Re: Proshow Gold guidance for Ipad3?

Postby debngar » Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:38 pm

I'm not sure about PSGold as I use Producer and the comparison charts show Producer having 5 more choices than Gold for output. But under Producer's Publish menu, there is an output to Device choice - Publish to Web/Devices/Computers ->choose Media Player>Apple> (Specific Device). Looks like the choice for the iPad3 is under Tablet.

Apparently some devices require specific licensed formatting that is included in the plug-in. I don't know in that case whether one can just type in the right numbers and format it or not if the format choice is not already included in the output choices when adding a new device etc.

The cost of the plug-in may be related to agreements between the device makers and Photodex. I'm guessing this is like a copyright/royalty payment for right to use the intellectual property of the settings, etc or something.

Photodex's online instructions and screen shots for output to devices can be found here:
http://kb.photodex.com/2554/adding-your ... ng-itunes/

and here:
http://kb.photodex.com/2512/transferrin ... -a-device/

finally another bit of info on the plug-in here:
http://kb.photodex.com/153/qualify-for- ... e-plug-in/

I can't output to my Droid X for instance, without purchasing the plug-in.

Hope that helps. Anything further may have to be answered by someone else that uses an iPad3 or by Photodex.

Good luck.
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