<p>This may sound like a stupid question, but I'm pretty clueless. I want to submit an art portfolio (about 20 images), which a few schools I'm applying to require in a DVD format. Does this mean I can just go in Windows Movie Maker, import my images, and basically made a slide show? Should I use music? What makes a good DVD? Thanks.</p>
<p>How about cd format? My daughter photographed hers and burned a bunch of cd’s for most of her college apps on her own computer. No music. Low cost. I’m pretty sure they would actually prefer you not include music. I think DVD was an option for some of the schools. I’ve made a DVD from photos submitted to Shutterfly recently. That was easy, but not as cheap as burning cd’s.</p>
<p>If you look on vimeo you can see what others have done with this. Just search common application arts supplement on that site. I wouldn’t worry about making it fill the full time limit. I’m pretty sure that’s a maximum.</p>
<p>They mean CD, not DVD. A DVD doesn’t allow admissions to zoom in on the photos but a CD does. Simply take photos of your work, label each of them as instructed by the school, make sure the pixel size is right (usually 1280/720 dpi i think), and then burn it onto a CD.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure they mean DVD, not CD. I would be fine with a CD submission. Here are the instructions taken straight from their sites:</p>
<p>Columbia: “Visual Arts students who wish to submit artistic supplementary materials should select one page of artistic slides or 20 digital images via DVD that highlight the best work in your portfolio.”</p>
<p>Princeton: “Visual Arts: Painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, and film/video can be evaluated. Include slides or DVD versions of your work (minimum of 10 pieces).”</p>
<p>MIT: “Format: CD or DVD submissions are preferred. Please be sure to use .jpg or .tif files to submit the images of your artwork. Simple, 8” x 10" hard copies are permitted but not preferred. Please note that slides are not encouraged - they may be difficult to view and thus may put you at a disadvantage."</p>
<p>I don’t want to make a different supplement for each college, so I want to use the DVD for all three.</p>