Wayne … thinking that having now completed all the scan \ edits \ resize … and from this thread know a hell of a lot more about what aspect ratio and Blu-ray format to use.
Your idea of ‘up font‘ creation of slide shows is a good consideration. I have access to ProShow Gold.
So I could create the independent slide sets … (by year or major Family event)
End game is to then drop these into Movie Studio and with correct project settings Render out as Blu-ray 1920 x 1080, 50i
What file ‘export’ settings should I use on Proshow …. want to avoid extra transcoding and other such issues.
Within Proshow I see the following options: (others require extra licensed plugins)
HD Disc authoring 1080 50i .mkv
Quicktime movie 1080 50i .H264/AVC