Slide show movie

I am a new Mac user and am trying to find a way to create a slide show movie (similar to windows Move Maker) as a way to share and save my favorite photos on DVD. I don't see a way to import photos in iMovie although I have no trouble importing movies recorded on my camera. Am I missing something? Or can anyone recommend other software that will do this?n Thanks in advance.

Hello, scubahawkfish,
Welcome to the discussions.
Here is a great discussion regarding slideshow creation using iPhoto vs iMovie:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=967804&tstart=0
If you are wanting to incorporate video, you must use iMovie. Here is an excellent explanation of synching audio to video using iMovie by Karl Petersen (always pay attention to whatever he recommends!): http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=607322&ft=y&#607322
Here is help for synching an iDVD slideshow with audio if you decide to skip using the video and just go with iPhoto: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/6.0/en/243.html
As for importing the 'video_TS file,' here it the how-to: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4459181&#4459181
Please post back if you need more assistance.

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Slide Show Movies?

Forgive such a simple question, can you do slide show movies in Final Cut?
My niece is a photographer who would like to present her clients with a slide show movie complete with an original soundtrack. iMovie & iPhoto just don't cut it.
I know it seems ridiculous to look at final cut for slide show movies, just nothing else has yielded the results.
Can one work with .jpeg in Final Cut? I saw no mention of it on the Apple site. Please enlighten me.
We are looking to produce professional quality DVD's. of photo shoots with the ability to edit photos & music simultaneously in the timeline.
TY

Sure you can. I have a client who hires me a couple of times a year to do one for her.
Yes you can use JPEG. Some things to remember. Know your settings. A 4x3 screen size will translate into a 720x480pixels graphic at 72 dpi. Now, most digital photos are larger than that and Final Cut will translate those to screen size when you import. However, if you are scanning snapshots that's a handy thing to keep in mind.
Animated backgrounds work great under photos that are vertical. Otherwise they will appear over black which is okay but boring.
If you produce/scan your photos and save as a photoshop file you will be able to manipulate individual layers.
To save time, I lay my music on the time line then I highlight all of the photos I want and drag and drop then using "overwrite-with-transition." This will give you a dissolve between each photo. You can change duration of the photos from there to match to you song. Of course if you don't want dissolves just edit them one all at once or one at a time.
Good luck...anything else.
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How to get iPhoto slide show .mov to YouTube?

I've created a slide show in iPhoto which I want to upload to YouTube.
It is created as a movie, .mov 45 mb
I thought I could load it directly to YouTube, but apparently I have to convert it. Can someone tell me how to do the conversion?
YouTube says the preferred formats for video are H.264, MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 preferred.
Thanks for your assistance,
Jeanie

Thanks, Larry,
I've downloaded this software -- great tool.
However, I still am unable to upload to YouTube. I exported the mov to create an MPEG-4. It plays perfectly on my computer, but I still get an error message when trying to upload to YouTube.
There is another weird thing that has been happening, which might be the problem or a clue to the problem.
In iPhoto, my first slide is a title screen. However, I noticed that after I uploaded the mov to Audio Acrobat, a black slide precedes the Title slide. I thought maybe something happened at Audio Acrobat (haven't taken the time to call them). I have this video playing at one of my web sites, and there is a black slide at the beginning.
OK, so back to this .... the same thing happens when I open the iPhoto file in MPEG Streamclip. It starts with a black slide rather than the title slide.
To test to see if a black slide got added in iPhoto, I use the back arrow with the title screen visible and the last slide shows. In other words, iPhoto is not showing a black slide.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Jeanie

Imported slide show movie looks weird and flickering

I exported a slide show of high rez photos out of Lightroom as a MP4 movie @1080 and inserted it in to my final Cut X movie and most of the slides have areas of the photo that are flickering back and forth. Seems like it might be the areas with a lot of detail. is there a fix for this.

Under "Effects" drop "Broadcast Safe", onto the slide show, and see if that helps.
Tom is right, do not make them MPEG4 first, export out as a .MOV file.
Russ A

Need to transfer slide show/movie to my iMac

I created a slide show using iPhoto on my Mac Book Pro the slide show was converted into a movie file which I transferred to my iPad Air. The slide show is now in the movies section of my iPad. I need to share this slide show with 30 other people, but can't do so from the iPad, that option is not available. I also cannot transfer the movie to my iMac. What am I missing? With that said how can I transfer the movie file/slide show to my iMac so that I can share with others.
If you're thinking why don't I share via the Mac Book pro? My Mac Book Pro Mavericks partition on a dual boot system crashed.

I created a slide show using iPhoto on my Mac Book Pro the slide show was converted into a movie file which I transferred to my iPad Air. The slide show is now in the movies section of my iPad. I need to share this slide show with 30 other people, but can't do so from the iPad, that option is not available. I also cannot transfer the movie to my iMac. What am I missing? With that said how can I transfer the movie file/slide show to my iMac so that I can share with others.
If you're thinking why don't I share via the Mac Book pro? My Mac Book Pro Mavericks partition on a dual boot system crashed.

Creating Slide Show Movie in imovie from Iphoto Album

i have several Queries , firstly ,for a slide show to music ( ie no avi files ) - do I set Mode to DV/NTSC or other. Secondly, I cant work out an easy way to 'AutoSync' an album of photos to a designated Music file(s)length. Thirdly, i do have a small video component i would like to include in my slide show ,but it is in the form of 'Video-TS' file - how too ??
many thanx in Advance :-))

Hello, scubahawkfish,
Welcome to the discussions.
Here is a great discussion regarding slideshow creation using iPhoto vs iMovie:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=967804&tstart=0
If you are wanting to incorporate video, you must use iMovie. Here is an excellent explanation of synching audio to video using iMovie by Karl Petersen (always pay attention to whatever he recommends!): http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=607322&ft=y&#607322
Here is help for synching an iDVD slideshow with audio if you decide to skip using the video and just go with iPhoto: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/6.0/en/243.html
As for importing the 'video_TS file,' here it the how-to: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4459181&#4459181
Please post back if you need more assistance.

Slide Show: Move, Scale Pictures Within Frame

If I want to throw some pictures together that I took at an event into a bonus slideshow for when the DVD is idle, I'd like to be able to position them properly in the video frame.
Currently, the slide show editor is quite limited, to the extent of the built in pan and zoom effects.
I'm not asking for a full-featured image editor, we already have plenty of those. I just want to make the image composition look halfway decent in the frame, without editing each image in Photoshop.

this may be more of an iDVD issue. Sorry - I will re-post there - However, any help is always welcome.
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I solved the problem by simply removing Safari and using an other browser. I'll have to remove the sentence on my webpages that advises people to use Safari.

Pix cropped in slide show movies...a fix?

Apologies if this question has been answered before.
I'm creating a video slideshow using FCP but I've found that the still photos, while looking perfect in the timeline and canvas, are somewhat oddly cropped when exported using 'edit to tape' to be played on tv screens. It's nothing terribly dramatic, but the top right and left corners tilt in a few degrees on the sides.
Again, odd thing is, that this effect doesn't occur on the main fcp canvas, only in export to a tv screen. The same holds true after exporting the movie to dvd studio pro and playing it in a standalone dvd player.
Anyone else experience this and discover a solution?
Thanks in advance,
JRS
Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Sherrlock, if you're seeing this "effect" on 2
different TVs then it's most likely a normal display
of something you're doing visually that's a little
unusual.
Is there a border around your images? If so, how
wide is the border? Say, 80% of width and height?
90%? Maybe you could describe what is on the screen
a little more.
I still suspect it's a CRT curvature effect that is
shown up by having a black border near the action
safe or title safe areas. If so, it won't be
affected by a properly set up projection - although
any masking or keystoning of the projector image will
cause different sensations.
If we are looking at this black border thing and
you're still worried about it, I'd suggest you look
at #1-3 again. #1 doesn;t have to be neutral, could
be an enlarged, softened version of the same image -
a common technique for putting 4:3 material in 16:9
programs.
If you can describe the content and your goals a
little more there might be some "aha".
Long story short:
I'm comparing and contrasting historical photos with modern repeats of the identical subject - a city skyline with a few shared features, say.
Problem is the photo pairs often intentionally don't match: ie. the older photo will encompass a much smaller field, whereas the larger photo takes in a much expanded cityscape. Also, this means placing photos on different portions of the screen.
I've been dropping these photos into the default black of the canvas, which suits both the older black and white and color pix.
I'm not misunderstanding the use of title safe (at least I don't think I am) - I'm using it as a rough guide to make my initial photo placements and then juggling/expanding the images from there. No matter where the photo is placed in the canvas, however - say, a centered photo using, perhaps, a third of the screen - I'm still getting this slight but noticeable cropping on the upper corners.
I'm sure that you're correct and that this is a crt issue as it's not apparent in fcp canvas. I'll have to try it with the projector and hope that it works. If I had a flat screen, I'd give it a shot, but it's the projector that's crucial in the end for public presentations/lectures. It would be helpful to solve the crt twist, as we hope, eventually, to expand these comparisons and market them as a dvd.
Best,
Sherrlock
Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Need help - creating QT movies from iPhoto slide shows

I am creating QT movies from slideshows in iPhoto. I then put the QT movies on a CD. I am having no trouble doing this, but if I give the CD to a Windows user, will she be able to view it? If not, is there any way to make it Windows compatible? Are there any other problems I should be aware of before I give these QT movies for Christmas gifts?

Any PC user that has QuickTime 5, or higher, installed will be able to view your iPhoto slide show movies on the CD.
You must use the Finder to guarantee a PC compatible CD, however.

Why are slide show images less sharp than preview images?

Dear Aperture users,
as documented in the manual and on Apple's support pages, Aperture 3 uses the preview images for its slide show. However, when I compare the quality of my preview images in full-screen mode with the quality of the slide show images, the preview images clearly look sharper.
Apparently, Aperture's slide show does not simply use the preview images as documented, but applies some sort of "adjustment", resulting in less crisp looking images. Since I haven't found any satisfying answer yet, my questions are:
1). What exactly is the adjustment that slide show applies to the preview images?
2). Can I somehow tweak this adjustment, say, with a terminal command?
Best regards,
Dirk61.

iPhoto can make two different types of slide show movies. It would help to know which you're making.
One is made via the File/Export to QuickTime movie and makes a 4 track file with a simple fade effect. These use the Photo-JPEG codec.
The other is a 30 fps "video" using H.264 video codec via the "Share" menu.
A third method (rarely used) is to Export to iDVD. This makes an absurdly high data rate MPEG-4 video. This is also found under the Share menu.
The MPEG-4 video codec also includes an "automatic" gamma correction feature which compensates for the gammas difference between Mac's and PC's.
Try one export to iDVD. Include your audio track prior but use a high quality (.aiff) sound file. No need to actually "burn" the DVD. You can even close iDVD after it opens. You'll find the new movie in your Users Movie folder.
Open it with QT Pro and export to a new .mov file. Adjust the data rate to something more reasonable and add some audio compression.
If the colors still look too dark you can use the built in Filters in the Export dialog. You can adjust B&C or HSL or even use ColorSync Profiles that can help correct the image quality (if needed).

Exporting slide show from iPhoto to QT raises contrast and darkens images?

I have been using iPhoto to create slide shows (with transitions) which I then save as QuickTime (.mov) files. I add soundtracks to the QT.mov file in QuickTime Pro and burn the finished slide show to CD's for my friends and coworkers.
The original photographic image files come from several sources; mostly a digital camera, but often scanned color slides (from the dim, distant past). All of the images have been (painstakingly!) corrected in PhotoShop, and saved as finished size Jpeg files.
When I import the images into iPhoto, edit and arrange them in a folder and preview the show as a slideshow in iPhoto, the images still look perfect.
When I save the show by exporting it to QuickTime, all of the images get darkened and the image contrast increased.
This is making me nuts.
To quantify the unwanted "enhancement" that iPhoto seems to be applying to my images, I experimented in PhotoShop; I can make the original (correct) image match the "QT enhanced" image by decreasing the "Lightness" slider by -8 to -12, and increasing the "Contrast" slider by +11 (in whatever units PhotoShop sliders are calibrated).
The resulting change in the images is infuriating: the darkening increases the color saturation and blocks up the shadow details so that many images are unusable.. black skin tones, for example, become a dark red/brown color with an unnatural gradation from light to dark.
Further experimentation using IDVD and QuickTime slide shows (without transitions) made from sequencial files directly in QT seem to indicate that the problem is not in QuickTime itself, but rather in the transition from iPhoto to QuickTime when I export the finished folder as a slide show.
It seems like iPhoto is "enhancing" or "tweaking" the images as it exports them to QuickTime: It adds contrast and reduces brightness, both of which might serve to add "snappiness" to a lot of generic snapshots that people shoot, but my images have already been fixed (thank you) and really don't need anyone's generic "tweak"
Does anyone know what it's doing, and more importantly to me, how do I turn the damned thing off?
G5 dual 2.3Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.6) Terabytes of disc space.

iPhoto can make two different types of slide show movies. It would help to know which you're making.
One is made via the File/Export to QuickTime movie and makes a 4 track file with a simple fade effect. These use the Photo-JPEG codec.
The other is a 30 fps "video" using H.264 video codec via the "Share" menu.
A third method (rarely used) is to Export to iDVD. This makes an absurdly high data rate MPEG-4 video. This is also found under the Share menu.
The MPEG-4 video codec also includes an "automatic" gamma correction feature which compensates for the gammas difference between Mac's and PC's.
Try one export to iDVD. Include your audio track prior but use a high quality (.aiff) sound file. No need to actually "burn" the DVD. You can even close iDVD after it opens. You'll find the new movie in your Users Movie folder.
Open it with QT Pro and export to a new .mov file. Adjust the data rate to something more reasonable and add some audio compression.
If the colors still look too dark you can use the built in Filters in the Export dialog. You can adjust B&C or HSL or even use ColorSync Profiles that can help correct the image quality (if needed).

Why exporting slide show to QuickTime raises contrast and darkens images?

I've been creating slide shows in iPhoto, then exporting them to QuickTime to create QT.mov files which contain dissolve transitions and later add soundtracks using QTPro. Lately, when I've exported the images to QuickTime, the resulting images in the QT.mov file are invariably darker and more contrasty than the originals in iPhoto; in many cases unacceptably dark.
It appears that QuickTime modifies the images when it exports them.
I've experimented in PhotoShop, and discovered that to make the original Jpeg image match the modified QT version I have to increase the "Contrast" slider +11, and decrease the "Brightness" slider about -8 to -12 (in whatever units PhotoShop sliders are calibrated in). This is an enormous amount of change to the images! Since darkening the image increases the color saturation, every image has some color shift. Black skin tones shift to a heavy red/brown, and shadow details block up unacceptably.
It seems that QuickTime is "auto correcting" the images; automatically applying the sort of tweaking that makes a lot of snapshots look "snappier".
Of course, I've already spent hours correcting my images in PhotoShop, and they're just perfect (IMHO) when I feed them into iPhoto.
iPhoto itself doesn't change anything.. the images are unmodified during the importing, editing and preview of the slideshow; it's only when it's exported to QuickTime that the images are ruined.
I'm hoping that there's some knowledgable soul out there in CyberSpace who knows a way to turn this hidden "auto-correcting" feature off.
G5 dual 2.3Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.6) Terabytes of disc space.

iPhoto can make two different types of slide show movies. It would help to know which you're making.
One is made via the File/Export to QuickTime movie and makes a 4 track file with a simple fade effect. These use the Photo-JPEG codec.
The other is a 30 fps "video" using H.264 video codec via the "Share" menu.
A third method (rarely used) is to Export to iDVD. This makes an absurdly high data rate MPEG-4 video. This is also found under the Share menu.
The MPEG-4 video codec also includes an "automatic" gamma correction feature which compensates for the gammas difference between Mac's and PC's.
Try one export to iDVD. Include your audio track prior but use a high quality (.aiff) sound file. No need to actually "burn" the DVD. You can even close iDVD after it opens. You'll find the new movie in your Users Movie folder.
Open it with QT Pro and export to a new .mov file. Adjust the data rate to something more reasonable and add some audio compression.
If the colors still look too dark you can use the built in Filters in the Export dialog. You can adjust B&C or HSL or even use ColorSync Profiles that can help correct the image quality (if needed).

QuickTime Slide Shows in iPhoto

Is it possible to edit a QuickTime Slide Show (often called a QuickTime movie), i.e. is it possible to change the music in a completed QuickTime Slide Show. Let's say that I make a slide show in iPhoto and I add the music, and I file it in a folder. Can I take that slide show and later change the music in that slide show, ie exchange the selected song with another song. Or do I have to remake the slide show in order to add the other music?

Depending on the type of slide show you've made (iPhoto makes two styles) you can edit the final .mov file using QuickTime Pro.
One of the iPhoto types uses three nearly identical video tracks slightly offset in time and another track that provides the "fade" effect. The other type is a 30 fps (frames per second) video that contains transitions and effects and all is contained in one video track.
Lets assume that your music track is three minutes in either type. Adding a 4 minute new audio track will slow down the playback and alter the frame rate. Not a big deal for a simple fade slide show but it will reduce the frame rate when added scaled.
Open your new sound file using QT Pro, select all (Command-A) and copy (Command-C).
Switch to your slide show movie, select all and "Add to Selection & Scale" from the Edit menu.
Open the Movie Properties window. Highlight your original sound track and "Delete".
Use Save As, name the file and pick a location to save. This will leave your original file intact.
Same images and effects as the original with a new audio track.
Don't use music purchased from the iTunes Music Store. They are protected and can't be exported to QuickTime formats.

What format should I use for new FCP slide show to DVD project?

I want to edit a slide show movie. I have all of the high resolution images. I plan on authoring the project to DVD 16:9 anamorphic with DVD SP. Later I would like to author to 1920 x 1080 HD on Blu-Ray. ( I can't afford Adobe BR authoring software at this time, I want to start with the DVD) I am looking for advice. I want the quality of DVD and future Blu-Ray to be best possible quality. I'm thinking there are two options I might use:
1. Edit the FCP project in HD 1920 x 1080. Use Compressor to convert the sequence to 16:9 anamorphic for DVD SP input. I am thinking I will have the HD sequence ready for the Blu Ray in the future. I like this approach. Is the conversion possible with compressor? What exact format and frame rate should I use for the FCP project?
2. Edit the FCP project in 16:9 Anamorphic. Compress for DVD SP input. I am not fond of this option. I don't look forward to making rectangular pixel images in Photoshop for one. That will be a lot of work for this project. I won't have an HD sequence ready for Blu Ray in future, I will have to start a new project from scratch to make the HD version.
Thanks in advance for any advice!

Edit in a 1920x1080/30p Pro Res sequence settings.
Export that to a self contained movie current settings, and use which ever SD DVD preset to encode for use in DVD SP.
The self contained movie can eventually be used in Adobe Encore for blu ray authoring.
But having "high resolution" images/photos means nothing in video.
1 dpi is sufficient at 1920x1080 unless you plan to pan and zoom, in which case double the pixel size, not the dpi.
300 dpi produces no better image than 1 dpi.

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