Correcting camera shake in a sequence of still images

What is the best way to change registration of one image in a sequence of images that will become a timelapse movie? I am hoping to do it before rendering the stills into a movie in order to retain the best image quality. I am currently using Lightroom 3.6 and Photoshop CS5 Extended, on both Windows 7 (Home Premium Sp1) and Mac OSX (10.6.8)

what your taliking about is called an animatic
and in fcp alot has to be done by hand so to speak .
i have to do these a few times a month for the show i work on .
and fading with such short frames doesnt not work well and why would you want fades for animation?its just more work .
the other thing your bringing up is a animation term called tweening (in betweeing frames)to smooth action.
scripts can be made for things like this but thats the fun of learning ,
i have spent time doing my scripts for this process and it can be a process.
welcome to the world of animatic storyboarding.

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Many thanks for your information, I saw your reply to my question on the forum but being a newby to forums et al I do not know how to put my thanks on the page yet but I will get my head round it sooner or later. It all seems rather complicated when one gets old and decrepit, I had quite a job to get the question on there in the first place.
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How to export a sequence with stills (jpg) into a DVD format by using Compressor without having the interlaced issue on the outcome? The stills in the Canvas look crisp but once exported to DVD format, the outcome images look interlaced. How can I best match the crisp look of the high resolution JPGs in time line when exported to DVD?
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Dear Nick,
Thank you, I understand now it is the aspect ratio issue.
Are you suggesting that I should use Photoshop or Graphic Converter to convert the 1024 x 768 to 720 x 480 prior to importing them into FCP seqence?
> Give the DVD authoring software the correct size:
I am using FCP 7.0.3 to create the sequence of images (there has to be specific timing and transitions), which I then export to DVD format by using Compressor.
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I wonder if you happen to know a quick way to do this in Final Cut Pro:
I've got 750 (or some other fairly large number of) still images I want to animate.
1) I want to drop all 750 into a sequence, ordered by name (so the 1st image is called (something like) image000, the second image is called image001, etc);
2) I want to drop them in so that each image is to be displayed for 1 frame, every 10 (or some other number of) frames (so image000 is displayed from 00:00:05;00 to 00:00:05;01. image001 is displayed from 00:00:05;10 to 00:00:05;11, image002 is displayed from 00:00:05;20 to 00:00:05;21, image003 is displayed from 00:00:06;00 to 00:00:06;01, etc.);
3) Now I want to make all 750 (or however many) into keyframes;
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what your taliking about is called an animatic
and in fcp alot has to be done by hand so to speak .
i have to do these a few times a month for the show i work on .
and fading with such short frames doesnt not work well and why would you want fades for animation?its just more work .
the other thing your bringing up is a animation term called tweening (in betweeing frames)to smooth action.
scripts can be made for things like this but thats the fun of learning ,
i have spent time doing my scripts for this process and it can be a process.
welcome to the world of animatic storyboarding.

Animating sequences of still images

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Please forgive this totally ignorant question. I really don't know where else to turn!!!
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http://homepage.mac.com/eric.c.brown/alpha/
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ecb

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I am trying to change the duration of each image in a sequence of still images.
Program: Adobe Premiere Elements 7
Mode: Standard Definition 4/3 ratio
File types in use: MOD, AVI, PNG
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thanks for both your inputs.
Both, I believe, need to be told that your clip is 16:9 -
not sure how to do this in iDVD HD, but it's an
inspector checkbox in DVDSP...
Guess the common demeanor is that I can set my A/V settings to 1920x1080, but that I need to tell DVDSP that the source material is 16:9.
In iDDVD there is no such option ... but the funny thing is that my 16:9 output from iMovie HD did display in the correct aspect ratio in iDVD and my 16:9 output from FCP did produce a 4:3 aspect ratio in iDVD (ahum).
You might try the DVCPRO HD 1080i50 codec. Compressed
HD, but not too bad. And the drive requirements aren't
too high. Firewire 800 or internal SATA drive will do
you. As will a SATA Raid.
Not sure what difference it makes when using either HDV 1080i50 or DVCPRO HD 1080i50 codec ... when I do not intend to output back to tape.
In my case I believe (but correct me if I am wrong) the output codec is of lesser importance, since I want to author to HD DVD and HD DVD has its own specific coding specs.
Not many HD DVD players out there....and those are
EXPENSIVE...plus there are competing formats. How do you
intend to exhibit this DVD?
Initially I will exhibit my HD DVD on my G5. For "common folks" I will re-author in SD (unfortunately Hybrid red laser discs with both a HD and SD project are no longer supported).
I do believe HD DVD players will standardise and become more common ... so my original HD editing will not be in vain. Part of the fun is to use the FCP tools in a challenging (and rewarding) way.
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Coen
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