[MacDV] SLIDE SHOW

[Fabian Ius]

ward at lcc.net writes:
Robert,
>I have been asked to do a "slide show" at a school banquet. 
"Been there, done that!"

>Would it be realistic
 
>to use iMovie to import several photos (jpeg or pict?) and put in short
>videos in between some of the photos, add titles, save my project to hard
>disk, then export to Digital 8 camera and show on 27" TV? 
You betcha !
I created such a project in iMovie1 when the Board closed our 112 year old school back in June 2000.  I then burned the Quicktime movie onto CD and VCD and also exported it to VHS for those that wanted a keepsake.  I also think a copy went into the
Archives at our Schoolboard's office... The School Superintendent, the one who first suggested our school join the closing list (a$$hole), raved about the presentation.  Sorry for the rambling...

>What will quality
 
>of picture be? 
Better than exporting to VHS.  If you can get your hands on a Data Projector, all the better (borrowed or rented... our school board loans out Projectors and screens for such purposes)

>Any way to get mpeg into iMovie? 
Is the MPEG1 or MPEG2 file on VCD, DVD, CD, or hard drive?
If your footage is on DVD/VCD, and if your Digital8 camera has pass-through (like our SonyTRV 230 does), then you can import directly into iMovie and include that footage in your presentation.
>


Good luck,
Fabian

P.S.  our presentation included B&W and colour stills and slides (projected still on whiteboard and videotaped), music, VHS and 8mm source video (used Sony's pass-through ability), and voice-overs using the internal mic on a Powerbook G3.  The total
length was approximately 12 minutes.