Motion or FinalCut Pro for project

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Motion or FinalCut Pro for project

I have the previous versions of these programs (Motion 2.1.2) (Final Cut PRo 5.14). I'm doing a DVD movie for my mom's 88th birthday using stills (panning, zooming in). All with a score of typical music from the last 90 years. I started out in Motion and did OK, but am wondering if I should just do it in Final Cut Pro. I've done a couple of other video projects in FCP but not a lot of importing of stills and creating "motion" for them. I also have been advised to change the project to DV50 (although I don't see that as a setting in Motion so I just chose NTSC DV) so I'm having to start all over again. Any advice appreciated.

PowerMac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Mar 17, 2008 10:56 AM

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Silal

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Mar 20, 2008 12:45 PM in response to Pamela Mullen2

Pamela

Giving life to still in video is a hard work. You could give a try to [ * Fotomagico *|http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/overview> software what will fast your job.

Hope that helps !

Alberto

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Answer 2

Mar 20, 2008 3:12 PM in response to Pamela Mullen2

If you have iMovie 08, it will handle this with ease. If you have your still images in iPhoto, you can import them all at once, and you can select default parameters for the import. You can use the Ken Burns Effect to zoom and pan. You control the start point, the end point, and the zoom of the Ken Burns Effect. You can drag and drop tracks from iTunes for the soundtrack.

You can also export it for further editing in FCP if needed.

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