Creating Slide Shows Part II

[sb]

TV video resolution is 72dpi.

Try PhotoToMovie. 
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/15681

Or switch over to FCP.

 regards,

 sb

On 1/3/04 9:53 PM, "Chuck Kay" <chuckkay at mac.com> wrote:

> Hey Guys;
> 
> I have been very successful in creating slide shows using the iApp's.
> Here is a question and some needed advice. I don't particularly care
> for the "Ken Burns" effect in iMovie. I use Gee3's "Slick Motion" to
> create pans and scans and then import the .dv files into iMovie. "Slick
> Motion" has a much better interface, it scales and displays percentages
> properly and accurately, and you can rotate the photos as well. Within
> "Slick Motion", because of the high resolution files I use, I never
> come close to scaling up to 100% of the images, much less over 100%.
> However, I still have not solved how to get smooth motion on my photos
> when I create the pans and scans. I always get "zebra patterns" or
> other artifacts when viewing the resulting .dv files on computer,
> digital video camera via firewire (Sony VX2000 and DSR250), DVD's, or
> VHS tape. I use photos from two sources: 1) scanned photos at high
> resolutions (300 dpi) or 2) my Canon 10D (6 megapixel) digital camera.
> The Canon D10 at its highest settings, uses a resolution of 180 dpi
> resulting in a file well over 3000+ x 2000+ pixels. When I import my
> photos, I use photoshop to bump the resolution up to 3 or 400 dpi
> without resampling (does not add any more pixels). Often times, I open
> up the .dv files created by "Slick Motion" in Quicktime Pro, convert
> the video track to "High Quality" and save. Then I import into iMovie.
> While this does help and enhance the quality of the .dv file, there is
> still too much of the "zebra pattern" in the resulting file. By
> contrast, when watching a slide show from within iPhoto, the photos I
> take or scan look sharp and beautiful (if I say so myself)-even the
> simple dissolve from within iPhoto looks smooth. I have used another
> slide show program in the past called Kai's Power Show that creates
> beautiful and smooth transitions. Is there any way to improve on this?
> Does Final Cut Pro do a better job of rendering .dv files from digital
> photos when creating pans and scans? I have Final Cut Pro but have not
> used it for photo slide shows. I know it can be done, because I observe
> this technique on TV broadcasts where still photos look very smooth and
> sharp using the "Ken Burns" technique. Any suggestions to help me out?
> Thanks a bunch!!!