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sandy
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 Posted - Sep 14 2008 : 02:45:44
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For best effect do you just choose one or two frames to use the panning motion. There are so many to choose from so can someone help me with one or two effects that have the best visual effect.
Sandy
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michelzz
France
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Posted - Sep 14 2008 : 13:29:16
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Hi Sandy
A thing you can do is to use the "properties" in the tool bar
then you choose the part of the pic you want to show first and secondly the part you want to show at the end
Its a very easy tool to use
I ope you understand what I mean; my english is rather poor!
Kind regards
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xequte
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Posted - Sep 14 2008 : 17:11:21
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Also, key to nice looking motion effects is not trying to move too quickly. Do a subtle zoom in, or a slow shift from one part of the image to another.
Nigel
Xequte Software
www.xequte.com
nigel@xequte.com
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anuhea2
USA
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Posted - Sep 15 2008 : 10:04:36
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Using the Frame Properties to view both the Motion and the Transition frames are great. My concern, is whether each "burns" up more time when making the DVD. I was starting to create a 100 slide, with 10sec frames and 5sec transition using the Full Zoom from center or a Custom Zoom from one section to another, and the FadeOut transition. Two hours later I was barely half done. The total slideshow was 21+ min at 900mb DVD size.
I know you can speed up the time by reducing the length of the show, but does MOTION cause extra burn time by taking longer CPU to create each of the intermediate frame. It seems like there are 25frames created for each sec of time. I'm wondering if the creation of the mid frame is faster when you take out most of the motion and just go with a static display, and a shorter Fade transition. I have reduced my transition to 3sec and reduced the number of motions. Need to soon create a DVD to check the times. I also use the TEST button to check without writing a DVD. You can always run TEST and turn around and write DVD without spending all the time on creating the frames. |
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michelzz
France
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Posted - Sep 15 2008 : 10:23:55
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Hi
In my opinion, a slideshow must not last longer then 20 or 25 minutes
otherwise the audience is bored!
Its better to make several rather short slideshows than a too long one
Kind regards
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anuhea2
USA
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Posted - Sep 15 2008 : 11:15:39
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Michelzz is correct that too long a show is boring, we plan to have ours loop back and replay...TV will be stationed behind a bar and fed into other TV's rather than everyone sitting down to watch....which would take up too much time from the regular presentation...
I ran a test with only 12 slides, 10sec, 5sec transition, using full zoom from center and a fade out transition. Show was 2min 47sec, 5000+ output frames, 126mb....this took 31min under TEST.
Changed the motion to NONE and also the transition to NONE. Show dropped to 2min 20sec (not sure why because the slides and times were the same....I think), 4190 output frames, 106mb....this to 4min under TEST. 10X's faster, even on a slow machine like mine. The frame creations were really fast.
So, motion does take longer to create the DVD. So, do not wait till the last minute to create the file, you may find yourself waiting for many hours.
I did notice that if you use text on the displays, that they are displayed for a fraction(because of the zooming)of the time and you spend much of your viewing time looking at the action of the screen rather than absorbing the slide itself. Even if you make the display time longer, it is constantly moving and you cannot get the details of the pic. |
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xequte
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Posted - Sep 15 2008 : 19:46:35
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Hi
Definitely adding motion effects to a slideshow means it will take longer to build and burn it to disk (i.e. as in File > Burn Slideshow).
If you have an image using a motion effect showing for ten seconds DVD PixPlay needs to generate around 250 frames (just for ten seconds display  ).
How many frames does PixPlay need to generate for an image showing for ten seconds with no motion effects? Just one.
Nigel
Xequte Software
www.xequte.com
nigel@xequte.com
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anuhea2
USA
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Posted - Sep 16 2008 : 09:02:26
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I want to expand on Xequte's last comment based on my previous test of 12 slides.
When I had motion on both slide and transition, the Burn dialog box indicated 5009input frames and 5009output frames, with Total sound samples=7717248. Took 31min to burn.
When I removed all motion, there was 312input frames and 4190output frames. The output frames are similar, compared to the input frames. Sound samples =4492800, (why not 0. Took less than 4min to burn.
From what Xequte is saying, I would have expected way less output frames. Also, what role does the music have on extending the time of DVD creation. I removed the music and saw the Total sound sample dropping, but not going to zero.
Anyway, all this comments is taking away from the basic question, "what is the best panning motion." I feel that you need to view the effects that you want to focus on and when U have text, it is hard to read and watch the screen move. Trasition motion is nice. Be aware of the total time and time to burn. |
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xequte
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Posted - Sep 17 2008 : 03:40:48
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Hi
The output frame count will not change whether you use motion effects or not as it is only showing a FPS x seconds value.
What will change is the work that goes into preparing those frames. With motion effects it will be much slower.
Removing music will not affect DVD creation speed at all.
Nigel
Xequte Software
www.xequte.com
nigel@xequte.com
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