[MacDV] Best way to make simple slideshows for DVD?

[Brett Conlon]

OK, did some tests last night....

I found the iLife apps on the install discs of a late G5 purchase here in 
the studio and got it up and running on my G4 laptop.

I built the slideshow, set the transition & music, checked the radio 
button for "Fit slideshow to music" and ticked the Ken Burns effect just 
to see how it would turn out.

I was then able to send it to iDVD (the export to QuickTime option only 
allows a maximum resolution of 640X480) and it surprisingly made a self 
contained movie file (@720X576) in my Movies folder. I then dropped this 
into compressor and made a CBR 6.5 m2v file and imported that into 
DVDSPro.

The burned DVD played with quite satisfactory results on my TV (68cm), 
though as the image scrolled slowly, vertically (with the KBEffect) the 
horizontal lines are quite visible, especially in the small detail. This 
seemed more evident in some slides than others.

If I did just straight dissolve transitions without the Ken Burns effect 
it would probably look rather purrrfect. The beautiful thing about using 
iPhoto is you don't have to pre-adjust the size of your images, you can 
just use the straight-from-camera images with maybe a little judicious 
cropping for some pics.

So, many thanks for your pointer Nick! I now have a churn & burn option 
for making quick, high-quality slideshows.

Ta muchly,

Cojcolds




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Yes, iPhoto 6 has "Fit slideshow to music", described as:

"Slide durations will be adjusted to make the slides play for as long 
as the music plays".

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