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Stills only project
I usually edit in DVCPROHD, Betacam SP, or HDV. I’m about to do a project that will be completely made up of still images. Probably most of these will be coming to me in JPEG format. Just wondering if there is a preferred easy set-up or preferred audio/video set up that will work best for this? I’m going to eventually author this to DVD and except for archiving it will never be recorded to tape. This will be a 4:3 stereo project. Lots of color correction. Titles and voice over. Ideas anyone?
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Check out a program called Photo to Movie for a great way to sketchpad your ideas before building them out into a formal edit process. I think you’ll find the program has all the tools you require for just about everything you’ve mentioned.
J. Carlos Peinado, Hanover, NH
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I just wanted to say that I’ll be watching responses to this post too…
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Richard,
I would usually do this in 8bit uncompressed. In FCP I would use a very cool generator called PanZoomPro from lyric.com. I would say this method is about 4-5 times faster than the motion tab and there are NO KEYFRAMES.
But, these days when I have a photos-only project more and more I’m using a different app called Fotomagico. Just yesterday I animated 80 photos of my daughter growing up for her upcoming wedding video, came to 6.5 minutes and did it all with buttery smooth Ken Burns-type moves in less than an hour. It lets you output to any format you want. Yes, you can add audio if you want.
These two solutions are about as fast as each other, but I’d give Fotomagico the edge, especially since it renders faster.
Good luck!
Have a wonderful day.
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Chris, I have a question for you, or any Fotomagico or PanZoomPro user. I never use FCP to move around on a photo. Depending on my mood, I will use Motion, After Effects or usually Combustion. It’s easy with tons of power. If you have done this sort of thing and can comment from experience, would you still use Fotomagico or PanZoomPro for just the occasional single photo pan, push, or rotate, or would you stay with one of my apps. I’m asking specifically about doing a single (simple or complex) move on a single image, not a photomontage, which I’m sure is simpler in Fotomagico or PanZoomPro? I’m not looking for more power, I’m just asking if it’s a quicker process.
Also, can you set up many individual animations and then batch export them to QuickTime?
Thanks,
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Gary,
I’m a long-time AE user myself, and you seem to grasp the essential value of these two apps, sheer speed. I sometimes get low or no-budget jobs, (like my daughter’s wedding video) and these two are a real godsend. Fotomagico has an auto-animate feature as well but I have not tried it yet, don’t think it has a batch feature, but it renders really fast. You can render to any format.
Try the Fotomagico demo.
Have a wonderful day.
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Dear Chris:
Thanks for the tip. I went to the web site and it looks like a no brainer. THe software is cheap and capable very capable. One question though… What about export to other applications. Can I send the out via Quicktime?
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Richard,
Yes, but you have to create a custom render setting, the only downside I could find is that the current version 1.2, does not yet support an alpha channel in a lossless codec, but they are working on that. They are very responive to help and queries.
The QT movies that you get look great.
Have a wonderful day.
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