Stopping Photo in Ken Burns Fade

I am creating a photo montage in IMovie 10. I like the Ken Burns effect, but want the photo to stop for a second or two before the fade. By the time the effect gets to the closeup, it goes right into the next fade. Help!

What you do is to select the photo with the Ken Burns effect and make a copy to follow it. Select the copy and switch the start and end Ken Burns windows. You do this by clicking on the double arrow button to the right of the Ken Burns button. Then press the Crop button and you will crop to exactly the same point as you have at the end of the first photo. Adjust the duration of the copy and you are done.
Geoff.

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IMovie Crashing when importing photo with Ken Burns Effect

iMovie is crashing all the time when I am trying to import a photo with Ken burns effect using media browser and hitting "apply". Is this a known problem ? If I dont apply Ken Buruns effect then it imports it fine.
I am trying to put Photo at the begining of my project ( and then put title on that photo). If I have any clip in the begining and then try importing photo with ken burn's effect then it is not crashing, but it still does not import it. I click "apply" and it does soemthing , I can see the clip in timeline for a sec and then it disappears. So either way, cant use any photos anywhere with Ken Burn's effect. Whats going on?
I have more than enough space available on my HDD and I do not think there is any conflicting QT plugins I have ( It's all default Install). This is so consistent that it seems like a Bug but can't find this exact case mentioned anywhere in discussions.
Powerbook G4 12.1" 1.5Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Welcome to the forum! And thanks for such an insightful post.
I have two guesses here:
o The Ken Burns code of iMovie has a problem with partitions
o The Ken Burns code of iMovie has a problem with access rights
I've never seen a Ken Burns problem with partitions (I've used multiple partitions for years with no problems). I suspect that's not the cause.
But I think you've hit the nail on the head that iMovie may have a problem with permissions/access rights. I don't know exactly what the problem is — or whether it's caused by iMovie or OSX — but there is behavior that suggests something isn't right.
I suspect the issue, whatever it is, causes a failure to save the rendered Ken Burns clip inside the project package. The red bar runs, but the rendered clip isn't saved to disk. My guess is OSX refuses to allow iMovie to save the file for OSX doesn't believe YOU have permission.
One would think that using the Finder to set the permissions of the project package would solve the problem, but it doesn't seem to.
There are two possible solutions:
1. Set the partition to ignore permissions. In the Finder, click on the partition and Get Info. Turn ON the checkbox "Ignore permissions on this volume";
2. Use Disk Utility to reformat (erase) the partition. Somehow that seems to fix the problem.
Here's some history which may suggest another solution: In an earlier version of iMovie a similar problem occurred, where iMovie would refuse to open a project. It had somehow decided you didn't have permission to edit the project.
The only solution was to use the Finder to create a new set of project folders — a folder and all the folders it normally contains — then Option-drag the FILES of the original project folder to the appropriate folders. (Option-dragging COPIED the files instead of moving them.) The new project folder would now open normally.
If you are adept at working with packages, you might try creating your own package (which contains all the normal folders) then Option-drag the files of the problem project to your package.
Once I saw an error -52 announcement, but it was not reproducible.
Error -52 is a "Get file position error", which (may) suggest a disk directory error. That may be a disk issue unrelated to iMovie. You might want to consider using Disk Utility to Verify/Repair that partition.
I have a separate partition for the movies and made a
link from my home account to the directory with the
movies on that partition. iMovie works correctly
except for the Ken Burns photo rendering.
I'm never sure whether creating such a link is a good idea or not, especially for the iLife apps. Some apps don't resolve the alias as they should, which creates other problems. A "Movies" alias sends iDVD a million miles beyond Jupiter, for example, where the iDVD project joins the space dust.
For iMovie projects saved on partitions and external drives, I just save them inside a "iMovie 6 Projects" folder on that drive. (Every new version of iMovie gets a new folder.) For convenience, I may create aliases to help navigate there, but do nothing else. Everything just works.
If you figure out something new, please say.
Karl

Mixing photos with Ken Burns effect with 'still' photos

I am just beginning to experiment with iMovie '09. My medium is still photographs and my goal was to create a movie with these photographs, and send them to iDVD to test the quality of the final images.
I have 3 questions.
1. I started by using about 10 photos from iPhoto, then adding music and transitions. I used the same 10 slides, same music and transitions to make a second movie, but this time I used the Ken Burns effect on two of the photos. When I moved the movies to iDVD, the first one was fine, but in the second one, the 'jaggies' appeared in the iDVD version. Is it an 'all or none' proposition regarding the Ken Burns effect if I want to avoid images with jagged edges or is there a way to combine moving and still images?
2. The first time I tried to send the movie to iDVD I chose Share>iDVD. A drop down window appeared and it looked as if a movie had been created but when I opened the media/movies pane in iDVD, a message appeared saying "the project can't be used because it has not been prepared for sharing yet." What was actually happening when I chose Share>iDVD?
3. I have been reading other posts about sharing from iMovie to iDVD. Am I understanding correctly that I the largest size I can go to is 'medium'? In my experiments, I have been choosing 'large' and they look OK. (I chose 'large' because that was what was modelled in the tutorial.) Would I have trouble when it comes to burning them?

Is it an 'all or none' proposition regarding the Ken Burns effect if I want to avoid images with jagged >edges or is there a way to combine moving and still images?
You should be able to combine.
Open iMovie Preferences and put a check mark next to "Display Time as HH:MM:SS:Frames". This lets you edit more accurately and if there is an extraneous Ken Burns Frame you can see it.
he first time I tried to send the movie to iDVD I chose Share>iDVD. A drop down window appeared >and it looked as if a movie had been created but when I opened the media/movies pane in iDVD, a >message appeared saying "the project can't be used because it has not been prepared for sharing >yet." What was actually happening when I chose Share>iDVD?
Try saving your movie to either iTunes or the Media Browser first. When you send straight to iDVD it is expected DV or AIC or h.264. With photos only, none of these exist.
After sharing to the media browser or iTunes, if Share to iDVD still isn't working, you can open iDVD, find your movie in the Media Browser, and bring it into iDVD from there.
I have been reading other posts about sharing from iMovie to iDVD. Am I understanding correctly >that I the largest size I can go to is 'medium'? In my experiments, I have been choosing 'large' and >they look OK. (I chose 'large' because that was what was modelled in the tutorial.) Would I have >trouble when it comes to burning them?
Both will work. DVDs are 480i, so if you send in large, iDVD has to downscale. You may want to try it both ways to see which gives you better results.

Photo montage Ken Burns effect w/ variable intervals synced to music cues

I was thinking of buying Final Cut Pro to create a photo montage because iMovie does not let you define the specific timings for each photo montage. For example, I need one photo to show for 3 seconds and transition to another photo that lasts 5 seconds because of the way the music flows.
I start with music and I'm adding photos to specific points of music changes.
My question: the tutorials I've found on google all use Final Cut Pro. Can I accomplish the same task with the cheaper Express version?
Here are the tutorials that show what I want to do:
http://www.geniusdv.com/newsandtutorials/2008/08/photo-montage-to-the-music-with-final-cut-pro.php
http://www.geniusdv.com/newsandtutorials/2008/05/ken-burns-effect-photo-montage-in-final-cut-pro.php
Can I use the techniques described in those 2 links in Final Cut EXPRESS?
Thanks for the info.

Tom Wolsky wrote:
This information is probably obsolete. FCE supports 1920x1080.
Now I'm confused about FCE max resolution. I found this soundbite on the web... a user says:
"There is also the consideration that FCE 4.0x won't natively export 1920x1080, which I think is very disappointing -- the software engine is limited to 1440x1080. FCP does true HD from what I understand."
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Imovie will not render photos with ken burns effect

I have started to produce a video and have tried to import photos from both iphotos and straight from desktop however when i do this the red bar showing the state of rendering does not move. The photo will not render and therfor i am unable to use the ken burns effect. Could anyone please give me any idea of what i am doing wrong.
Thanks.

Hi
What file type is Your photos eg .tiff, .pict or .jpg ?
What size are they eg 1Mb, 10Mb or 100Mb ?
How much free space is there on Your internal (start-up) hard disc ?
Ps When ready - Don't use Share/Export to iDVD from within iMovie. Just drop Your movie icon
(with a Star on it) into iDVD theme window.
OR - Your movie project in iMovie will be harmed and You'll have to re-do it ! ! AND
the DVD disc will be severely pixelated - extreme low quality Ds
Yours Bengt W

Stutter when playing back photos with Ken Burns effects

I am new to iMovie (& Macs) and am trying to replicate some complex motion on a still photo that I had on my PC with Adobe Premiere.
The motion I would like is to pan and/or zoom around a photo, then pause at the end of the motion for a few seconds before transitioning to the next photo. I tried to do this by basically using two paired clips:
1) add ken burns effects to the clip to accomplish the pan/zoom
2) copy the clip
3) on the copy, use the option key to transfer the settings from the "End" to the "Start" (which should make the clip motionless, but give it the same zoom and location settings as the end of the first clip)
4) set the second clip duration to a few seconds (first clip is generally between 6-10 seconds originally)
Sometimes this works great, but other times I get an inexplicable stutter between the two clips (both during playback on my computer or in the finished DVD), even though theoretically, the frames should be exactly the same between the two clips. It seems to happen after I've added transitions between photos (but not between the 2 paired clips that make up the motion), after it's re-rendered items.
Does anyone know why I would be getting this stutter (it looks like a flash of white, actually, that is only 1 frame long) ? When I walk through the movie, frame by frame, it looks like somehow I am actually getting a single white frame at the end of the first clip, but I have no idea where this frame is coming from or how to get rid of it.
Is there a better way to accomplish this type of motion ? I did some searching, but didn't find any topics on doing complex motions - has anyone seen any.
Thanks for any help.

I have had something similar happen in my slideshows. I would first check to see if you have a flash frame between the photos (which I've found sometimes randomly occurs for some unknown reason). You can enlarge the timeline as big as possible to see if you have one and just delete it. But I've also had a flash of white that appears at the end of a photo that is not a flash frame on the timeline. The only way I've figured to get rid of it is to delete the photo and re-insert it. Which is a pain, but has worked for me.

Exporting still photos with Ken Burns from iMovie to Keynote

I am new to the Mac and have no experience of iMovie. I am putting together a slide lecture that uses photos and graphics to promote a coffee-table book on conservation issues. The presentation will use manual advance and will be shown to public audiences on large screens. The quality of the projected image is very important so I will be using a high quality Canon projector with a resolution of 1400x1050.
Some images are of landscapes and I want to use the Ken Burns effect that is available in iPhoto and iMovie but, for some unknown reason, not in Keynote. I posted this first with the Keynote Discussion Forum and was advised to move the photos from iPhoto to iMovie, apply the Ken Burns effect in iMovie, and then export to Keynote via Quicktime. My question is, if I do this, will my Ken Burns landscapes retain the same size and quality of projected image as the rest of my Keynote presentation? My impression is that using this process I may lose quality, but I hope I'm wrong. Please advise.

Some background: Importing photos with the Ken Burns checkbox ON causes iMovie to render a video clip from the photo. That's an entirely different process than importing the photo as a "still" image. Unfortunately, Ken Burns and several other rendering routines are vulnerable to factors that sometimes cause them to fail. The disk format can cause failure, third-party software, inadequate video cards and the like. The factors often have nothing to do with iMovie itself.
The same problems can occur when rendering other kinds of clips too, such as themes and special effects. (Ken Burn gets the bad rep because it's where the problems usually occur for users.)
Some of the items you listed in your Library/QuickTime folder are third-party products. There may be others too in the other folders mentioned in the link I posted earlier, so be sure to look in those too. And in iMovie plug-in folders.
Sometimes necessary items are missing that should exist. One I've seen mentioned here occasionally is the QuartzComposer.component, which should reside in your System/Library/QuickTime folder. If it's not there that might cause the problems you see.
Installing/reinstalling the QuickTime 7.1.6 might help. I've seen reports of problems going away after that update. Repeating the update won't hurt.
Have you tried creating a new user account and running iMovie as that user? If iMovie runs okay as that user that suggests a software conflict when you are the user. Unfortunately, if the software is installed in places where it applies to all users it will cause problems for the new user too.
I'd keep trying to find some software component causing trouble for QuickTime/iMovie. It's clear some third-party components have been installed; there might be others. Perhaps stuff related to AVI?
Karl

Zoom and pan with Ken Burns and then stop and hold the image

Hi all,
I'd like to zoom and pan on a photo with Ken Burns and then stop at the "end" -cropping and hold the image there on my project for a few seconds. Is this possible?

I found a new solution.
I select the ready "Ken Burnsed" photoclip and ctrl-click and choose copy, and then paste the exactly same kind of clip right behind the original. Then i go to the 'cropping, ken burns and rotation'- window, make shure that the start box is on the same crop as the ending of the original clip ( you can switch between start and end crops from the arrow thingy in the corner of the box) , and click crop. There I have the righty cropped stillframe right behind of the original.
I don't know if this is the right method, but it works thanks for everyone for helping, and if you find a better way, please post. I have this thread subscribed.
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Jaggies in Ken Burns effect

My Photos with Ken Burns effect usually have jaggies to one degree or another. I had same problem with windows programs (Roxio EMC 8, Adobe Premier and Studio Media by Pinnacle). I just bought an iMac because all of those programs would crash too often, and their Pan and Zoom effects produced jaggies. Apple has such a good reputation for video that I assumed their programs would not have the same problems. The good news is that the iMac has not crashed at all. The bad news is that the pan and zoom produces jaggies in complex pictures (flower gardens) or in pictures with a lot of lines (sail boats). I have read the boards here (thanks Karl !!) and I have tried many of the remedies (render in iDvd not iMovie, import with effect on, etc.,) but the results are still very very disappointing. it is almost misleading to say that you can add motion to a picture when the quality suffers so much on so many pictures.
But this isnt a rant - just a question. What do I need to produce a quality pan and zoom effect on a photo if cost is not a big issue? Is there an upgrade for Idvd or iMovie? Would Final Cut Express or Pro produce a better product? Would more memory help (I have 512 mb)? What do the pros use? I am willing to throw dollars to solve this problem but I dont know where to throw them.

Hi Mardot - welcome to Apple, and to this forum!
It might be worth looking at either Still Life, or Photo to Movie before trying the expensive FC route. Both of these applications create very good pan and zoom effects that can be later integrated into an imovie project.
http://www.grantedsw.com/still-life/
http://www.lqgraphics.com/phototomovie.php
You probably should up-grade your imovie. imovie 6 is part of the iLife 6 suite of applications, which includes iDVD as well. Just be aware that iMovie 6, or indeed FC uses 'non-destructive' editing which needs much more storage space.
It would be a good idea also to list your computer model, RAM etc in your profile as this will then appear at the bottom of your posts. It can be helpful when diagnosing problems.

Ken Burns effect for video clips

I like how you can pan a photo using ken burns in final cut pro x. Is there a way to do the same feature in video? I'd love a simple way to move around within a video clip without having to film using a slider.

I wonder if it would work better when video cams start outputting 4k.
Not really, not if you edit in a 4k project. It's becoming more common to shoot large frame formats and edit in 1080p, allowing you to reframe the shot. Personally I think that's just lazy, but I'm then one film camera old school.

Ken Burns preview is black

Hi, my Mac is G5 PPC - 10.4.8 - GeForce FX 5200 - iMovie 6.0.3
My problem is: I open new project by iMovie (only photos); I have modified the first photos with Ken Burns without problems, after they are not successful more to make modifications, because preview of K.B it appears completely black. Fortunately I was hardly at the beginnig of the job....Help me
PM G5 - DP 1.8 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Are you trying to edit a previously imported image rendered by the Ken Burns Effect? If so, there's an iMovie bug that prevents you from updating the clip when you empty the iMovie trash. It also turns the preview black.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1912675&#1912675
:)Sue

Ken Burns - workaround to zoom in further?

Hi! It seems iMovie has a built-in limit on how far you can zoom in with the Ken Burns-effect. In my case this means when I try to zoom in on a single face within a class photo, I can only get as 'close' as 4-5 faces. Anyone know a workaround for this? Or have I missed a setting somewhere?

this seems to be an iMovie limitation based on other discussions i've read.
only workaround I can think of is to create a 2nd picture cropped (e.g., photoshop) to the zoomed in 4-5 faces size. if NOT done well then I imagine it wouldn't be seamless, but maybe you can hide it by zoom using original photo, pause the zoomed original photo, (add transition if there's a jump to next photo), zoom using newly cropped photo.
here's how i add pauses before and after a zoom.
create ken burns effect for a photo
copy photo with ken burns effect & paste it twice
for the first photo with ken burns effect, change the kb effect to iMovie's "crop"
for the last photo with kb effect, modify kb effect by reversing start & end by pressing arrows next to start (be sure to ONLY press the reverse arrows & not change position of zoom area), change the new start to iMovie's "crop"
i've thought of doing this, but haven't tried it yet.

How do I adjust Ken Burns Default when importing Clips?

Creating a slide show in iMovie and dragged a large number of jpeg photos in as clips. iMovie proceeded to render them all with the Ken Burns effect. Unfortunately, the end product displays the zoomed in close up. And it's zoomed to the max (5.00). Consequently, I can't really see what's in the clip.
How can I manage this? Would be very happy if the Ken Burns effect wasn't applied until I brought the clip into the Timeline.
Thanks!

Good news! I solved this problem but through a variation of the suggestions offered in this thread.
First, I went to the MEDIA panel, -> PHOTOS, -> iPhoto and clicked the arrow down. This gave me access to the entire library of photos I have accumulated for the last year which, thankfully, is not large as I am new to digital photography. I then referred to the iMovie Clip line for the Photo id# assigned by my camera and searched for the corresponding number in the original photo in iPhoto I had imported to the iMovie Clips panel.
Second, finding the photo on my timelime for which I wanted to remove the "Ken Burns" effect, I chose the original in the iPhoto library and selected SHOW PHOTO SETTINGS. (After that first photo, the "Ken Burns settings dialog" appears by default for each subsequent photo.)
Third, I turned the Ken Burns settings off and selected APPLY. This closed the settings window and inserted the revised photo AFTER the last photo on the iMovie timeline.
Finally, I selected the last photo added to the timeline. I then "cut and pasted" this new photo sans the Ken Burns affect to the appropriate place in the timeline.
This was a fairly lengthy pain-in-the-butt process but it worked for me.
There were no issues related to storage or file format as the photos came directly from my Canon Powershot camera directly to iPhoto.
Thanks for your interest. Hope this helps others.
Intel iMac Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Ken Burns and rendering

I've been searching the postings but haven't found anything that quite fits.
I was having problem with the Ken Burns effect. I updated iMovie hoping that would solve the rendering trouble. Solved that one. Now I have a different one.
When I imput a photo using Ken Burns effect, the photo renders and immediately after the photo disappears from the line. So I tried imputting without Ken Burns. THat worked OK. Tried then to update it using the Kenburns. That seemed to work. It did the red line thing and the picture stayed there. But when played, the photo was still. Any suggestions?
Seems like I keep running into trouble, So I have been looking at alternatives. Does anyone have a suggestion on that. I have downloaded the free trial of Photo to Movie and Fotomagico. They don't seem to offer many transitions.
Thanks to all.

I have made photo dvd's and have never had a problem with the Ken Burns effect.
Here is the way I work it:
I connect my camera via USB to the Mac; a icon appears on the desk top; i drag the photos from the camera to a folder on my computer then drag the icon to the trash to disconnect the camera.
I open iMovie and drag all the photos into one of the frames. When iMovie has all my photos I save.
I then drag each photo into the time line as I want them to be viewed.
I then highlight all the photos and apply the ken burns effect.
A red line begins to run through all my photos at once. It takes some time for the computer to do the work. (More time for more photos).
After the effect has been rendered. I save and close iMovie.
I open iDVD choose a theme then drag my iMovie project into iDVD. (Optional: I add some photos to the theme as I wish and drag an audio file appropriate to the photos to be viewed.)
I play a small part of the movie to make sure the menues work and all is well.
I save my iDVD project and push burn DVD.
POOF done.

Ken Burns rendering stalls

Hello
I already mentioned this in another topic, but it seems that I'm confronted to a totally different bug that the one that started that topic.
So here is my problem : I can't import photos with the Ken Burns effect anymore.
When I click on the "Apply" button of the "Photo settings", the photo is added to the timeline but the rendering doesn't start (no progress with the red bar). When I want to save the project, I get an error message telling me that there are 2 active rendering process, although iMovie is only eating 2-3% under the Activity Monitor.
The rendering also stalls when I'm adding photos directly from the Finder to the "Clips" window.
I got the same error on any project (MPEG-4, DV...)
So I tried :
- repairing the permissions
- removing any third-party effect plug-in
- removing any Quicktime plug-in
- trashing any iMovie related file (app, prefs, plug-ins, support files..) and re-installing, then trying version 6, 6.0.2 and 6.0.3
This had absolutely NO effect !?
Although I was pretty sure everything was working fine a couple of weeks ago, I even checked the Quartz Extrem-compatibility of my video card (Radeon9200) -> that's OK.
I have no clue about what's going on except this strange message in the console each first time I'm trying to import a photo with Ken Burns effect during an iMovie session :
Oct 12 18:18:46 JPS /Applications/iMovie HD.app/Contents/MacOS/iMovie HD: GraphicsImportGetColorSyncProfile was called for an image that has a ColorSync profile, but the base graphics importer will perform ColorSync matching, so a generic profile is being returned to avoid incorrect matching. To opt out of automatic ColorSync matching and access actual embedded profiles, set the kGraphicsImporterDontUseColorMatching flag.
What can I do in order to be able import photos with the Ken Burns effect again ?
Thanks for any suggestion.

Thanks for the help,
I tried exporting to the same resolution, but that didn't fix the problem.
Doing any sort of editing on the picture (say croping it), does appear to fix the problem.
I've tried using other photo sources (digitial cameras), and it seems to me that photos taken with some digital cameras don't get this problem where as photos from other cameras sometimes do.
It seems that the Ken Burns renderer doesn't like JPEG's coming from certain cameras, as soon as these JPEG's are resaved by a diffrent program (say iphoto) the problem is fixed.
Atleast thats what I think the problem is, Im not 100% sure because this corruption problem doesn't always occur, its seems sort of random.
Also the problem appears diffrent then the problem mentioned with imovie 4. For one thing the static lines are horizontol vs. vertical, and the mentioned work around doesn't fix the problem.

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