This is a fun tip on getting the iPhoto Ken Burns effect into FCP Begin forwarded message:
> ***7. TIP/TRICK O’ THE WEEK > This weeks tip/trick is from Eric Cosh and John Kaplan who were having > fun > over on the forum at ken stone dot net > ******* > Yesterday I posted a question about using the “Ken Burns” (pan and > scan) > effect in FCP like it plays on IPhoto. The reason was that I had > hundreds of > photos that I shot on a corporate project in Palm Springs, and I > wanted a > very quick way to paste them into a montage with movement and music > without > having to use either motion or the motion effects in FCP. > > The solution turns out to be very simple as many of you may have > figured > out. I made a separate folder in IPhoto called "best of the best" and > out of > hundreds of photos that I've shot here over the past two days, I > selected > only the very best shots (now less than 100), selected slideshow, > chose "Ken > Burns effect", one second and faster dissolve, and then exported it as > a > .mov then imported that file into FCP, rendered it (which took a little > time) and "Presto !!" a really cool montage with Ken Burns effects. > > John Kaplan added: > Indeed you have stumbled upon a quick and easy solution. > Here is a tip to help you out even more... > > You may have noticed that the motion is randomly applied, both > direction and > location on picture. > Although you cannot control the type of motion applied you can drag the > picture to set where the motioning will end. Ultimately setting the key > focal point. > > A handy tip when iPhoto decides to pan down to a crotch rather than up > to a > face. > *********** --Steve -- Home Page - http://stevegarfield.com Video Blog - http://stevegarfield.blogs.com Text Blog - http://offonatangent.blogspot.com Like Paul Revere, leading the citizen's media revolution. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
