NEVER USED IT BEFORE..... DOING A SIMPLE PHOTO MONTAGE

I've never used Motion before, I usually use iphoto to do a photo slideshow, but find that I really do not have the controll I'd like. Is Motion something that I could do this with? Is it too complicated for me, or should I just stick with iphoto?
I've been reading the manual, but am clueless.... really cluelesss about the terminology.... There is so much info, that I am confused. I just don't know how to begin. All I really need to do is Import 350 photos, and give them the "Ken Burns" effect. I'd like to controll which way the photos glide across the display.
Thank you for your help in advance!
Lisa
MAC PRO 2.66 MHz, 4 Gig ram, 1 TB Disk Space Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Nothing's too complicated if you give it the right amount of time and effort. In all seriousness, Motion is actually a bit over-powered for what you want to achieve. It will give you the tools to do so much more than what you describe, but it's a professional tool, so it's not going to hold your hand.
But if you're interested, it's certainly learnable. The biggest hurdle is that you're going to have to do it all by hand. Motion will give you extremely fined grained control over the properties and movements of your image, but it will take time to achieve. Look into using Behaviors under the Library. These are preprogramed animations that can be quickly applied to an object. You should also get a solid understanding of how keyframes work.
I would advise you stick to the manual, as well as online tutorials. You're going to get a lot of information you might not think you need, but it's all part of the package. Here's page with links to tutorials:
http://homepage.mac.com/markspencer/motion/page7/page7.html
Good luck. If you have any more questions, post back with specifics. We'll try not to be too rude (all my friends from Bethlehem would be angry if I was rude).
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