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RaceReplay background

Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 8:00 pm
by mneemann
When I try to add a custom background to RaceReplay it takes a high resolution picture and makes it look very pixelated. Is there a size and quality that we need to use? All I found was 4:3 ratio. Thanks.

Re: RaceReplay background

Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 11:58 pm
by gpraceman
Whatever image you use, it should be the same aspect ratio as the video you are recording/playing. Otherwise, the image will be look condensed or stretched in one direction (likely horizontally).

Also, it is best to use an image that is the same size as that you are recording/playing. A really large resolution background image will get shrunk down to the size of the video window and conversely, a too small background image will get stretched to fit.

You can try using software, like Multiple Image Resizer, to resize and crop your background image to the needed size and will likely give you better image quality than RaceReplay could.

Re: RaceReplay background

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 9:25 pm
by gpraceman
With the update that I just posted for Version 5, I did do a bit of tweaking of how the background image is fitted to the screen. Now you don't need to worry about aspect ratio or image size. If the aspect ratio doesn't match, you will see some cropping of the image in the longer dimension. That way you will get the maximum background image size without blank areas showing up.

Give that update a try and see if you get better results.