Trying to format my QT movie with "apple photo" JPG using cross fade

Question

Here's an example of what I'm trying to create: http://www.heese-cadieux.com/Home.html
I have QT pro, iWeb, and iPhoto, and many other editing programs.
I know how to make an image sequence, but not with cross fades, and my file size is still a bit big.
Here's what I have so far: http://coreysheltonphotography.com/
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Corey.

Answer 1

Hiding the controller and creating a looping file are done with the html code:
controller="false" loop="true" (these tags are used in "embedded" QuickTime files). "Object" tags are used for Internet Explorer but the syntax is similar. Modern Web pages use javascript code for QuickTime files and combine both object/embed and the QT_WriteOBJECT code.
To create the file I linked above I did these steps:
"Borrowed" your source file (via QuickTime Player Pro).
Exported the six image files from that source (via QuickTime Player Pro).
Converted (reduced file size in the images) using GraphicConverter ($35).
Added your images to 5 seconds of audio (to give them "time"). This is different than converting to "video" as the single image file size is the same for the duration. I then "extracted" the new video track and saved as .mov format (Movie Properties window of QuickTime Player Pro).
I used samplemakeeffectmovie (not a typo) to "combine" two of these 5 second videos to add the "cross fade" effect. This is a developer PPC app I found years ago from Apple. 1998 and it still works on my Intel machine. It allows you to add transitions, compositors and effects (thousands of user created combinations) to two video files.
Once I created the six "videos" I joined them together (via QuickTime Player Pro) to make a single file (15 seconds in duration). I then added a royalty free audio track (converted from AIFF to AAC via QuickTime Player Pro) by adding the total .mov file (scaled) to the 30 second audio track. This brought the final "video" close to 30 frames per second (source was 15 fps).
What I proved is that QuickTime Player Pro can be an "authoring" application. I even wrote a book (PDF) that explains some of its possibilities.
Since I still don't own a "video" camera I've created my "movies" using still image files and QuickTime Player Pro. A few examples:
http://homepage.mac.com/kkirkster/RedneckTexasXmas/index.html
The pink color was supposed to be transparent but the software didn't allow it.
http://homepage.mac.com/kkirkster/03war/
Still images, layers, masks, audio and text to tell a story.
http://homepage.mac.com/kkirkster/B/
Code that "calls" the QuickTime Player app (instead of the browser plug-in). Use the Command-f combo to enter full screen mode.