Using multiple transitions in slideshow

Is there a way to use multiple transitions when creating a slideshow in idvd?

Hi
I don't think so.
AND - there are one very important thing with transitions and SlideShow in iDVD. They degrade the sharpness on the full DVD SlideShow. So avoiding them results in a far better DVD.
I assemble mySlideShows in iMovie HD6 (not iM'08 or 09 or 11 - as quality severely dropps) and here I'm free
to use any transition and can time it to the audio/music much better.
From here I DO NOT use Share to iDVD - but just close iMovie HD6 and import the movie project (icon with a Star on it) into iDVD - just to prevent iMovie to render (this also degrade the end result)
Yours Bengt W

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Wanting to use multiple transitions on 1 slideshow?

I want to make a slideshow for graduation party. This will be played continuously. I want to incorporate different transitions on one. I've read that you can to do it if you use slideshow from iphoto. I can not seem to get past the files when I click on media, photo. Slideshows don't show up. This is my first attempt with wanting to use multiple transitions. I've made DVD's with chapters. Plus, I never have used it as continues play. Any help and ideas would be a welcome.
Thank you,
Lisa

In iPhoto, put your photos into an album. Then, open your album to display the photos that you put in it. Select all the photos. At the bottom of the album display window, there will be an icon called Slideshow. Click on it, and the photos that you selected will be placed into a slide show with a separate icon in the display panel. In the slideshow transition settings, select Random. That will play the available transitions at random.
If you want more flexibility than iPhoto's "Random" setting will give you, you will need to create your slide show in iMovie where you can manually insert any of iMovie's transitions. Then drag your iMovie project icon (the one with the star on it) into the window of your iDVD project.

Multiple Transitions?

Hello...is it possible to use multiple transitions within a single slideshow using iDVD??
I've searched but came up with nothing.
Thanks in advance.

Nope.

Multiple Transitions at Once

I'm working on a project and would like to drop a dissolve transitions on about 20 seperate pieces of video at once. Can this be done and if so how?
Thanks

Search is thy friend. A simple search using multiple transitions yielded a few results one of which is:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4024086&#4024086

[svn:fx-trunk] 11027: Changes to enable using multiple style managers.

Revision: 11027
Author:   [email protected]
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Changes to enable using multiple style managers.
Multiple style managers are not the default yet. Can be enabled by compiling with -create-style-manager.
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Bugs:
Reviewer: Alex, Paul
Tests run: checkintests, all mustella
Is noteworthy for integration: Yes.
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add type: 'random', to the script below and see what, IF anything happens. I've added after fit: and height: (see below)
<script type="text/javascript">
// BeginOAWidget_Instance_2559022: #slideshow         slideshowAddCaption=false;
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#slideshow').cycle({
after:   slideshowOnCycleAfter, //the function that is triggered after each transition
autostop:   false,     // true to end slideshow after X transitions (where X == slide count)
fx:    'fade,',// name of transition effect
pause:   true,     // true to enable pause on hover
randomizeEffects: false, // valid when multiple effects are used; true to make the effect sequence random
speed:   2000, // speed of the transition (any valid fx speed value)
sync:   false,     // true if in/out transitions should occur simultaneously
timeout: 5000, // milliseconds between slide transitions (0 to disable auto advance)
fit:   false,
type: 'random',
height:     '600px',
width:         '0px'   // container width (if the 'fit' option is true, the slides will be set to this width as well)
function slideshowOnCycleAfter() {
if (slideshowAddCaption==true){
   $('#slideshow-caption').html(this.title);
// EndOAWidget_Instance_2559022
</script>

Multiple transitions in one slide show

When using iDVD is there a way to apply transitions onto specific slides in a slideshow so that one slide show can have multiple transitions throughout? also is there a way to control the time of each specific time - ex one should be for 5 secs and the next for 3 secs?

You may want to consider an alternate app that specializes in slideshows.
http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/overview/
http://www.lqgraphics.com/software/phototomovie.php
http://www.boinx.com/photopresenter/overview/
Hope these help but if not just come on back. Good luck.

Use multiple themes in the same project?

I'm making a slideshow in iMovie 09. It consists of approx. 200 pictures. Those 200 pics are then broken down into 5 distinct groups. I've applied the Scrapbook theme to the first 40 pictures. I tried to apply a different theme (Filmstrip) to the next 30 pictures. When I did that, however, it changed the theme for the original 40 pictures to Filmstrip as well.
Am I able to use multiple themes within the same project? I don't think its possible.
Is my solution to make the 5 sections of the slideshow in iMovie 09 using a different theme for each section? I'd export as a movie file and then create the final slideshow that would consist of the 5 movies previously made (each with a different theme).
Thanks in advance. This project is due in 3 weeks.
Martin

This is not possible in iMovie (to use multiple themes).
However, you can do this using your idea of joining multiple movies into one. You can do this with QuickTime Pro, or with MPEG Streamclip. [Here is a video Tutorial by venerable forum member Jon Walker|http://web.me.com/jrwalker4/QuickNotes/MPEGStreamclip/Entries/2008/5/25_Tutorial015.html] which shows the MPEG Streamclip option.

Trimming multiple transitions simultaneously.

Didn't we use to be able to trim multiple transitions simultaneously? For instance, having a cross dissolve on a clip on video track 1 as well as on audio track 1. Selecting both clips and dragging to trim the transition which adjusts both video and audio together. Also if there was video on tracks 1-3 and you wanted to trim all the transitions the same.
Now it seems that you have to click and drag each individually. I always hated that final cut operated like that and now premiere?

Logical would be if more than one item is selected then the all are manipulated. Also efficient.
A video dissolve doesn't infer an audio cross mix. It's very common at the end of a segment to fade to black. Fading the audio at this time is also a good choice. If you added a default 1 second dissolve to the video and also to the linked audio and then decided to increase the transition duration of both at the same time you can't. Move one then the other. Inefficient.
Perhaps a better example would be when you have two mono channels linked and add a cross fade transition to both. You're likely want to adjust them the same. Moving one the. Having to move the another to match is very wrong.
I've never noticed it being an issue before which is why I believe there has been a change. I'm hoping someone will have a solution.

Multiple Transitions 'End-at-Cut' shortcut?

I am trying to find a way to apply a cross dissolve that ends at the cut to multiple cuts.
i realize that this can be achieved by either placing it there in the first place, or dragging the transition after it has been placed. however, i have many transitions to place, and i am trying to find a time saver.
can this be achieved with a customized transition preset? can this placement be set as the default transition placement? can multiple transitions be moved at the same time?
any thoughts?
thanks.
-wolv

Thanks for the responses.
I have many cuts in my timelines, i usually select them all and apply the default transition.
i would then like to use the 'go to next clip' keyboard shortcut and doublecheck for any last minute color correction, but it lands me smack in the middle of the dissolve.
so i usually just manually click on the middle of each clip and thats a bit of a hassle. oh well.
thanks though.
-wolv

Multiple captions in Slideshow

Hi, Is there a way to create more captions in the lightbox-slideshow widget? I'd love to have two per image, but when i try to add a textframe it would go "in" the slideshow, it just stand loose on the page. Also i can't copy the one caption and past that one inside the slideshow. The whole slideshow gets copied...
Can anyone help?
thanks in advance, bart

I understand you would not like to have too many images in one slide show and would like to categorize them instead.
The easiest way to achieve something like this would be by using multiple Lightbox slide shows for the purpose as indicated in the picture below where each slide show on the page can act as an Image Catalog for your gallery page. You can disable the "Show lighbox parts while editing" option so that you are able to re-arrange the triggers easily in alignment with the other slide show triggers. Now when you preview the page in browser, it should give you a similar feel as if they are different categories with distinct titles/headings.
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Vinayak

Question about multiple transitions in imovie6

Hi all.......I am in the process of converting old mini DV tapes to DVD. What I would like to do is to put a transition between each clip. This is no problem to do manually of course, you just drag the particular transition between 2 clips.
But this becomes cumbersome with a video that will have 30-40 clips. I have been looking for an option to allow the program to just place multiple transitions automatically, where the programs not only places the transitions but also varies them also. I can't find this option within I movie.
I have used this opition in Roxio products.
Do I have any options for what I am referring to? A I missing something?

Sorry but there is no such option in iMovie nor iDVD6. Needs to be done manually as you stated above.
You may also want to send apple some feedback (see iMovie Feedback) on this transition request where the application not only places the transitions but also varies them for all imported clips directly to the timeline. It just might be something apple can do for future versions via a dialog box check mark under preferences for iMovie. Good luck and great idea by the way!
SDMacuser

Multiple Galleries in Slideshow

I would like to have categories of photos in my gallery page a user could click on so as not to have to view 200 photos in one slideshow. Can this be done?
This is for a photography website.
thanks,
chris

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Vinayak

How can I put a selected picture in multiple places in slideshow

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There is a slideshow with 50 pics. I want to use one of these pics in several places, in the front, middle, middle end and then the end.
How can I place this pic in multiple locations in the slideshow
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Dah!!!
Thanks so much,
I was unaware of that feature, it works.

Problems using multiple joins for search

I am new to dreamweaver and coding and I am battling to get my head around joining tables and using multiple joins to create a search result recordset.
I have a the following tables setup;
Venues table
venueID
name
category (text)
city
provinceID (numeric)
country
maxcapacity
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provinceID
province (text)
Category Table
categoryID
category (text)
Max Conference Table
conferencefacilitiesID
venueID
maxcapacity
I am passing the search $_POST variables via a form and displaying it in a results page.
I have successfully done the search using only one table the problem results in using multiple joins. I cam not sure of the syntax to use but have successfully created the results page, using the outer join to link the province, category and maxcapacity to the venues table. Not all the venues have conferencing so I think need to use outer join for conferencing.
I can't seem to access the search and not sure if I can use the WHERE command to set varialbe 'category' = varCategory
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    case "long":
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      break;
    case "double":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? doubleval($theValue) : "NULL";
      break;
    case "date":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
      break;
    case "defined":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue : $theNotDefinedValue;
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return $theValue;
if (isset($_POST['delegates'])) {
$varDel_results = $_POST['delegates'];
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
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    <td> </td>
    <td>Name</td>
    <td>Category</td>
    <td>City</td>
    <td>Province</td>
    <td>Delegates</td>
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<?php require_once('Connections/tova.php'); ?>
<?php
if (!function_exists("GetSQLValueString")) {
function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType, $theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "")
if (PHP_VERSION < 6) {
    $theValue = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($theValue) : $theValue;
$theValue = function_exists("mysql_real_escape_string") ? mysql_real_escape_string($theValue) : mysql_escape_string($theValue);
switch ($theType) {
    case "text":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
      break;
    case "long":
    case "int":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL";
      break;
    case "double":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? doubleval($theValue) : "NULL";
      break;
    case "date":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
      break;
    case "defined":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue : $theNotDefinedValue;
      break;
return $theValue;
mysql_select_db($database_tova, $tova);
$query_category = "SELECT category FROM wp_dbt_categories ORDER BY category ASC";
$category = mysql_query($query_category, $tova) or die(mysql_error());
$row_category = mysql_fetch_assoc($category);
$totalRows_category = mysql_num_rows($category);
mysql_select_db($database_tova, $tova);
$query_province = "SELECT * FROM wp_dbt_province ORDER BY province ASC";
$province = mysql_query($query_province, $tova) or die(mysql_error());
$row_province = mysql_fetch_assoc($province);
$totalRows_province = mysql_num_rows($province);
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Search</title>
</head>
<body>
<p><strong>Advanced Search</strong></p>
<form action="results.php" method="post" name="form1" target="_blank" id="form1">
<p>
    <label>Category
      <select name="category" id="category">
        <?php
do {
?>
        <option value="<?php echo $row_category['category']?>"<?php if (!(strcmp($row_category['category'], $row_category['category']))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>><?php echo $row_category['category']?></option>
        <?php
} while ($row_category = mysql_fetch_assoc($category));
$rows = mysql_num_rows($category);
if($rows > 0) {
      mysql_data_seek($category, 0);
            $row_category = mysql_fetch_assoc($category);
?>
      </select>
    </label>
</p>
<p>
    <label>Province
      <select name="province" id="province">
        <?php
do {
?>
        <option value="<?php echo $row_province['provinceID']?>"<?php if (!(strcmp($row_province['provinceID'], $row_province['provinceID']))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>><?php echo $row_province['province']?></option>
        <?php
} while ($row_province = mysql_fetch_assoc($province));
$rows = mysql_num_rows($province);
if($rows > 0) {
      mysql_data_seek($province, 0);
            $row_province = mysql_fetch_assoc($province);
?>
      </select>
    </label>
</p>
<p>
    <label>Delegates
      <input name="delegates" type="text" id="delegates" value="" />
    </label>
</p>
<p>
    <label>
      <input type="checkbox" name="Facilities" value="golf" id="Facilities_0" />
      Golf</label>
    <br />
    <label>
      <input type="checkbox" name="Facilities" value="game" id="Facilities_1" />
      Game</label>
    <br />
</p>
<p>
    <label>Search
      <input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Submit" />
    </label>
</p>
</form>
<p> </p>
</body>
</html>
<?php
mysql_free_result($category);
mysql_free_result($province);
?>

What Apple software do I use to create a slideshow with voiceover?

What Apple Software do I use to create a slideshow with voice over?

There are many ways to produce slide shows using iPhoto, iMovie or iDVD and some limit the number of photos you can use (iDVD has a 99 chapter (slide) limitation).
If what you want is what I want, namely to be able to use high resolution photos (even 300 dpi tiff files), to pan and zoom individual photos, use a variety of transitions, to add and edit music or commentary, place text exactly where you want it, and to end up with a DVD that looks good on both your Mac and a TV - in other words end up with and end result that does not look like an old fashioned slide show from a projector - you may be interested in how I do it. You don't have to do it my way, but the following may be food for thought!
Firstly you need proper software to assemble the photos, decide on the duration of each, the transitions you want to use, and how to pan and zoom individual photos where required, and add proper titles. For this I use Photo to Movie. You can read about what it can do on their website:
http://www.lqgraphics.com/software/phototomovie.php
(Other users here use the alternative FotoMagico: http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/homevspro/ which you may prefer - I have no experience with it.)
Neither of these are freeware, but are worth the investment if you are going to do a lot of slide shows. Read about them in detail, then decide which one you feel is best suited to your needs.
Once you have timed and arranged and manipulated the photos to your liking in Photo to Movie, it exports the file to iMovie as a DV stream. You can add music in Photo to Movie, but I prefer doing this in iMovie where it is easier to edit. You can now further edit the slide show in iMovie just as you would a movie, including adding other video clips, then send it to iDVD 7, or Toast, for burning.
You will be pleasantly surprised at how professional the results can be!
To simply create a slide show in iDVD 7 onwards from images in iPhoto or stored in other places on your hard disk or a connected server, look here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1089

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