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What is the simplest & quickest tool for putting moves on photos? Basic pushes and pulls, no goofy spins or effects. I have loads of them to do quickly!
Thanks
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set a motion path and then copy and paste attributes in which then changing the motion path is one step shorter
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Well iPhoto would probably be the supper easy way. There are programs like Fotomagico that are good.
But if you want to do it in FCP you will have to keyframe them all.
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You mentioned iphoto, that can’t be used as an element in a FCP timeline, can it? I thought maybe using Motion, which I don’t know yet might have some value. But should I stick to the old way of setting keyframes in FCP? Is that the best way still to do moves on photos? I usually have a graphics person on board to do these for me.
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[fourlegz] “You mentioned iphoto, that can’t be used as an element in a FCP timeline, can it?”
No but all you asked for was the simplest way to put motion to photos, and iPhoto is the simplest way.
If all you need is a photo slide show then iPhoto is fine, if you want to mix it with video then it is not. You never said, all you asked for was the simplest way to put motion to photos.
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Sorry, I just assumed it was inferred I was using it within the FCP application because I was in FCP forum. I apologize!
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I’m exploring the same topic. Personally, I find the motion keyframing in FCP quirky. Maybe I just haven’t learned it properly.
Motion’s keyframe editor is less than stellar. But so far, for me, Motion is still better at doing moves, especially slightly more complex moves on photos. In my initial forays into it, I start by setting the main keyframes in a completely visual way. Turn on the record button, move to a place on the timeline and move the picture to where it needs to be, move to a new place, bring the photo to where it needs to be, and so on. Turn off the record button when you have all the basic positions set. Then go into the keyframe editor and adjust the keyframe interpolation. If you can deal with the round-tripping and rendering, it can work OK.
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BTW, there’s a tut on Ken Stone’s site about keyframes in Motion.
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Tom, Thanks so much for all of your helpful information. I will check out the tut too!
Mary Ann
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