Q: "video" vs. "slideshow"
this is probably a really dumb question but can anyone help me clarify how to think about video and slideshows and similar content? i can't understand what kind of terms i should be using for these things.
i guess something i create by stringing together photos is a slideshow and something i create by filming with my camera is a video and that is pretty much the whole explanation? i suppose this breaks down somewhere along the line, does it?
should i also understand that it is globally not a good idea to try and store my videos (things taken on my camera) in Aperture which is something i generate slideshows in? or, er, i guess this breaks down because Aperture imports everything from my Leica and my iPhone which means it is also importing my video content, isn't it?
so basically i have "non-Aperture" imported videos and "non-Aperture created" slideshows in Aperture and everything else is on my desktop in a sorted folder is that it?
i guess i am a little confused in trying to get organized over here.
ALSO, is there a way to /sort/ by video or by slideshow in Aperture or do i have to do this manually....?
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5), Boot Camp of Windows 7 + Windows XP
Posted on Apr 23, 2014 6:07 AM
Jon,
but the first part - maybe i don't understand what you mean by video format?
I don't know how to be clearer - but I'll try. I mean, a video is a media file in a specific format, see this lists of format, that are supported by Aperture: Aperture 3: About Video and Audio formats in Aperture
Video files are external representation of the media used for archiving and sharing or streaming.
A slideshow (in Aperture) is an interactive presentation. It exists in "limbo" as an album of images with a theme and settings. Just like image versions, it needs to be rendered to a file to be used outside Aperture.
-- Léonie
Posted on Apr 25, 2014 12:02 AM