Slideshow and Ken Burns effect

Its slightly tricky to get the hang of at first.

Without KB effect switched on, zoom in a bit on your photo and drag the image where you want it.

Switch KB on. Change the slider from start to finish. Drag and zoom to whatever view you desire.

Thats it. Your done.

Go to the next slide.

Of course you can also set a transition and music to watch by.

I should have said that if zoomed out to far your slide can appear not to fill the screen.

Also in KB it is possible to be panning and not zooming and have zooms in and out depending how you like em. Its all very flexible.

Alan, you touched on a question or two I have.

You mention turning KB on after you have zoomed in. Is there a reason for that, or just a personal preference/habit? I presume the program doesn't care how you get zoomed in, initially, just where the start and stop points are.

On the same subject, sort of, in my normal reference, Jim Heid's "iLife 06", he talks about "soft cropping" by zooming/panning to the area you want, then option-clicking the start/end switch to make them both the same. Is there really a need to use KB for that?

Am I in for some nasty surprise because I just zoom/pan in to where I want it and leave it without using KB to "freeze" it?

Just wondering if there is any reason to go back and recheck all my "soft crops" before I finally get around to creating the DVD.

Thanks

cbnie:

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Try the following:

1 - in the Settings Pane turn off the KB effect.
2 - select the first slide and check the KB check box.
3 - with the switch set to start adjust the size and location of the photo for the start point.
4 - set the switch to End.
5 - again set the size to what you want, for no zoom it should be left at the same position as it was at the start).
6 - click and drag the picture to the position you want it to end with.
7 - preview with the Preview button.
8 - repeat for the next slide.

If you set the size slider the same in for both the Start and End settings there will be no zoom, just a pan.

Do you Twango?

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Just a basic routine of working. Like most things Apple there are least three ways of getting the same result. If you find a method variation works for you thats fine.

I make DVD slideshows every week and do not have time to to create them in iPhoto. I show a simpler version made in iDVD that is much faster to assemble. It lacks KB and has only a single transition applied to all the slides in a single slideshow. But its plenty good enough for my clients as a proofing tool.

But I agree that for special projects and special occasions iPhoto has more power.

Alan:

I agree with you on this. Your method gives the client a true slideshow forward and back capability, slide by slide, with for forward and back buttons on the remote.

If cbnie is looking for a flashy presentation he should look into PhotoPresenter. It has some of the best themes and transitions I've seen. It also creates full DV quality video files.

cbnie

If you use the Slideshow button on the toolbar, you can set the start and end positions for the Ken Burns effect to pan between.

Regards

TD