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Question: What do I need to know when scanning images for the photo montage slideshow?
Slideshow Sections
A typical photo montage slideshow consists of four sections. The first and the second section
are the for the bride's (or groom's) baby pictures, teenage, graduations, family shots, as well as recent photos. The third section
includes pictures of the couple shots, and with friends and family. The last section
usually includes some glamorous photos or engagement photos. If you do not have studio or engagement pictures to be used,
please contact us for our field photography service.
Number of Song
Unlike home-made amature slideshows, our professional slideshow created based on the flow and verse of the song. To make the flow seamless, we would not chop off songs and shovel the next one in. We would recommend using only ONE song to create the slideshow. The song selected will be re-mixed and extended and the entire slideshow would last about 6 to 7 minutes. A long and feet-dragging slideshow is not a good slideshow.
Number of Pictures
For each section, it takes about 10 to 30 pictures in each section. It would be better to include more pictures for us to select from. On average, send us 20 to 40 pictures for each section for the slideshow.
When select pictures, be selective having pictures showing variety. For example, selecting 5 pictures of the same trip visiting Disneyland with the same outfit would not be recommended.
Scanner Settings
Pictures are needed to be scanned at 600 dpi and saved as JPEG format with highest possible quality (lowest
compression ratio). L.A. Color also provide scanning service of $50 of up to 100 pictures. All original pictures as well as scanned image files will be returned to you.
Folder Naming
We would like to ask you to scan pictures and stored them into different folders according
to the section of the photo montage slideshow. You can name the folder such as
1-Bride
2-Groom
3-Couple
4-Engagement
File Name Numbering
Because we would not be able to tell what age of the person in the picture, it is important
for you to name the file in chronlogical order as
01.jpg
02.jpg
...
09.jpg
10.jpg
11.jpg
and so on. Please add the leading zero to the file numbering from 1 to 9 for proper sorting results.
Since there will be more pictures submitted than pictures actually used in the slideshow, we
would suggest you append an "-X" to the end of the file name to indicate that particular picture
must go to the final slideshow (e.g. pictures with bride's maid, grand parents, etc). For example,
...
15.jpg
16-X.jpg
17-X.jpg
18.jpg
In such case we will know we must incoporate 16-X.jpg and 17-X.jpg in the slideshow.
Additional Information Needed
In addition to showing the photos of the bride and groom, there is also a small section at the beginning to pay tribute to the wedding party as well as the parents. Please provide,
- Name of the bride and groom
- Name of parents from both sides
- Name and head shot photo of the Maid of Honor
- Name and head shot photo of the Best Man
- Name and head shot photo of each Bridesmaid
- Name and head shot photo of each Groomsman
Submission Time
All image files and the song selection file (in MP3 format) must be mailed to us at least two
weeks before your wedding day.
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