Ken Burns - Default to all but 2

I have a slideshow with about 400 slides in it. I have defaulted it use Ken Burns effect for all the slides. Looks wonderful. I love the randomness of the Ken Burns -- works well.
I want to put in two title slides in the beginning, but I don't want them to have Ken Burns. For the two front slides I click the Ken Burns Effect Box so it is on, and move the Start and End buttons so it stays the same for both pictures.
However, when I play the slideshow, it does Ken Burns the two in the beginning, but not with my settings.
Any idea how I can default the entire slide show to use the default Ken Burns, except for my first two?
I don't want to load into Imovie and have control all of the pictures, nor do I want to turn off the default ken burns for all 400 pictures and manually set it.
Thanks,Dennis

Dennis:
You'll have to turn off the KB effect in the Settings pane and then turn it on for each of the slides you want with the KB check box at the bottom and the start and stop slider. The Settings pane overrides the KB checkbox and its settings at the bottom.
You can create the slideshow without the first two photos in iPhoto and export to Quicktime. Then use PhotoPresenter to create a slideshow with the two extra photos and the QT movie file. PhotoPresenter will add play (and export to QT) both movie and still files.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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Can you clarify a couple things for us, Everton, for it's not exactly clear what you're trying to do, and in which application...
I get the feeling that although you've posted in the iMovie forum, you're not creating an iMovie slideshow, right? You're creating a slideshow in either iDVD or iPhoto, I suspect.
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out motions by hand and in a very precise way. And here You have a really
super quality on Your picture.
BUT on the other hand FCE has a rather steep learning curve and to me lots
of trial and error. But it's much more fun than any coputer games I came across
to date. AND it costs !
Yours Bengt W

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