Hi There; Thanks for all your help getting started. Now, i have a question i hope you can help with. I've created two slide shows with the same number of photos, similar files sizes, and similar music, but one exported at 57 mb and the other at 84. Any ideas? Thanks, Max On Jul 13, 2009, at 9:49 AM, Marie Howarth wrote:
> > not a problem, I haven't messed with that too much. but I would just > reccomment playing around with it. it's a fun app. :) > > On Jul 13, 2009, at 3:39 PM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: > >> >> Great timing; I just showed my first effort to the family, and they >> said it was great. I think my musical choice could have been better, >> but I don't have much music in my itunes folder. It isn't easy >> finding sound files. Every time i search, I find them; but they want >> you to pay for them as if they are full quality production music. >> But >> I'll keep looking. I'm also trying to find some good calliope music >> for obvious reasons. I may have to just break down and buy a >> couple c >> d's. lol Thanks for the help. The only thing i did wrong is I >> didn't >> realize that the default for photo order is date and time and not >> file >> name. So, even though i renamed the files in the folder before i >> started, that wasn't the order. I had to delete the album resort the >> photos by name and then start over. But if figure two full tries >> is a >> lot better than i expected when i first read your email. Ok, now, >> what size do you set your photos to i mean dimensions. I checked the >> file size of the mov file i outputted and its rather large for a >> minute and 26 seconds. Any suggestions how i could trim that down >> for >> uploading purposes? Thanks again, you've been a big help. Max >> On Jul 13, 2009, at 9:27 AM, Marie Howarth wrote: >> >>> >>> nope, that is how I would do it. and you always know if you vo-- >>> shift-- >>> right arrow and it tells you how many items there are if you've got >>> all your photos. I do believe scary music can be very fun and if you >>> find any downloads, just import it into itunes and it is completely >>> searchable when choosing your music. Personally not sure where you >>> could find this kind of thing, but hope you have fun with Iphoto. I >>> personally love it. have made a slide show, well continue to do so >>> of >>> my nephew and my guide dog :) >>> >>> On Jul 13, 2009, at 2:32 PM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hello; Thank for getting me started. I do think that either I >>>> didn't >>>> hear all the steps or you left some out. Let me tell you what i >>>> did, >>>> and you can tell me if I made it harder than it should have >>>> been. I >>>> chose import to library, selected my folder, and clicked to accept. >>>> Then I went to the list of photos and did a select all. Then I did >>>> new albumn where it prompted me with types of albumns and i chose >>>> slide show. Then it took me to a combination preview and settings >>>> page. I chose a piece of music and changed the rate to five >>>> seconds. >>>> Cant wait til my sighted family gets up so i can ask them what they >>>> think. Oh yeh, I exported it as a quicktime movie, and it >>>> plays. I >>>> don't know why but it never seamed even this easy the first few >>>> times >>>> I tried messing with it. Since you have more experience, can you >>>> suggest some settings to stay away from and why? Also, once i get >>>> the >>>> go ahead from family, I need to create a slide show for business. >>>> It >>>> will be of a ride through haunted house or dark ride as most people >>>> call them and I'll need some scary music or sound effects files. >>>> Would you know a good place to look for stuff like that? I can't >>>> wait >>>> to post my first one to my website and show people some more of the >>>> things they get when posting their equipment with me. Thanks a >>>> lot, >>>> Max hugs hope i'm not hugging a guy this publicly? oh well it >>>> would >>>> be worth it >>>> On Jul 13, 2009, at 2:37 AM, Marie Howarth wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I use iphoto quite easily. and I only have Ilife 8. you just have >>>>> to >>>>> ensure your photos are labelled in folders that you want to add >>>>> and >>>>> in >>>>> the import folder where new imports are, copy and paste into a new >>>>> slide show, hey presto, it's easy. I've made severeal already. >>>>> with >>>>> music and fancy things. :) >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 13, 2009, at 2:51 AM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello; I believe i asked this a while back. But since then a >>>>>> new >>>>>> version of ilife has come out. Can anyone suggest a simple >>>>>> program >>>>>> for creating a slide show on my mac? Is the newer version of >>>>>> iphoto >>>>>> accessible enough that I could do it that way? As most people a >>>>>> cheap >>>>>> or free solution would be preferred. 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