[Sophie]

Bill….it worked!.. it really worked!

I’ve discovered a whole new *world* of FCP functionality.
Thanks very much.

[Sophie]

Thanks to Mark for his advice on sizing photos properly in order to do a Ken Burns effect. I’ve always sized them up and suffered the consequences. It’s funny how obvious the answers are when you find them.

But now I’m gettin’ greedy! Bob, you mentioned other nice ways of doing slide shows. Are there tips and techniques you’d be willing to share? I agree totally with what you said — a little Ken Burns goes a long way.

[Sophie]

Hey there Mr. Carpenter.

A million thanks to you. I’ll try what you said and let you know….
You understood what I was getting at perfectly….

I hope I won’t have to bug you, but it’s so good to have that email address if I need it.

Sophie

[Sophie]

Hi Shane and thanks for that terrific link.

I went there and read quickly. It seems to deal with photoshop files that you create yourself so you can set the image size any way you want to.

I’m talking about scanning photos into Photoshop, so I would have to constrain proportions…. wouldn’t I? Am I missing something? I probably am. I’ll go back and read the article more slowly.

It’s just that I got this job that should be so easy… but I’m having a dreadful time importing the photos in such a way that they don’t look wonky and do fill the screen without having to put a color matte behind them… and then what’s going to happen when I render?

I should know this… but … argh.

Sophie