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1. Re: Using slideshow with lots of pictures crashes all the time
Bill Hunt Jan 25, 2010 4:46 PM (in response to h2ofun)SlideShows can have 99 images, and you can have 99 SlideShows. Also, one should resize the images, prior to Import. They should come very close to matching the Frame Size of the Encore Project.
Now, you can do longer SlideShows in PrPro. The only thing that you miss will be the Random Pan & Zoom, and the Auto Transitions, but you can do far more in regards to animation in PrPro with Effect>Motion>Scale & Motion>Position, and can set your default Transition to your choice and just use Ctrl+D to apply it. I'm personally a big fan of not throwing in Transitions without thinking the aesthetics through carefully.
Hope that this helps,
Hunt
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2. Re: Using slideshow with lots of pictures crashes all the time
h2ofun Jan 25, 2010 4:58 PM (in response to Bill Hunt)I have never resized my images before import. Any reason why I would need to?
I love using the Random Pan and Zoom with a cross dissolve.
Where it kept crashing is I would save the project, then try to unexpand a folder with 99 pictures. Crashed everytime.
I have yet to be able to get my project with 650 pictures to work at all. Flaky around 300, 100% fail at the 650.
I agree about transistions. I generally use none in the video part of my projects anymore. But love the cross dissolve with my pictures.
With PPro can you do a transistion to 350 pictures at one time? Can you get PPro do some random pan and zoom on the 350 in a single step?
Dave
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3. Re: Using slideshow with lots of pictures crashes all the time
Bill Hunt Jan 25, 2010 5:10 PM (in response to h2ofun)I have never resized my images before import. Any reason why I would need to?
Think of Video as a picture frame. There is a whole in the wall behind that frame. You image can only have the dimensions of that picture frame displayed at one time, regardless of how big the image is. Let's say that the aperture of the picture frame is 8" x 10" horizontal. You picture is 16" x 20". Only 8" x 10" can be displayed through that aperture. All of those other inches are lost, as they cannot be seen. Now, if you animate that 16" x 20" image, say have an assistant move it about, more can be seen, as the assistant "pans" the image, but only that 8" x 10" section can be seen at one time.
With overly large still images, those extra pixels are wasted, and take up a lot of resources to process. When I animate with a pan, on a zoomed out image (in PrPro), I will resize to just what I will need for those animations - not one pixel more.
Now, if you are not doing pans on zoomed out images, and are forcing those to fit into the Frame Size of the Project, resizing (Scaling) algorithms are put into play. The resizing in programs, other than Photoshop are pretty lame. Also, PS offers more control with the resizing, and a choice of algorithms to use, where an NLE, or authoring program does not - one size fits all. This is one time, where bigger is NOT better, as far as quality goes, plus it adds much more processing overhead. PS is designed to do this in stride. This ARTICLE will give you tips on automating the process in PS.
Hope that this explains it adequately.
Good luck,
Hunt
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4. Re: Using slideshow with lots of pictures crashes all the time
Bill Hunt Jan 25, 2010 5:19 PM (in response to h2ofun)With PPro can you do a transistion to 350 pictures at one time?
Yes, with Automate to Sequence, but there are limitations and qualifications. This would be a good subject to read up on, so that all i's are dotted, and t's are crossed, per the requirements of this function. This will apply a single Transition to all images.
I use Dip-to-Black, Cross-Dissolve and then butt-cuts for 99% of my Transitions. Each is chosen specifically to convey the passage of time, etc.
Can you get PPro do some random pan and zoom on the 350 in a single step?
No. Now, I treat each image as unique, and animate each thusly. If I have one image with a face, I may want to zoom in and pan to the eyes, or the mouth. If I have a group shot, I may want to single out one person's face. Even with advanced AI, no program can possibly know what I, the producer, will want from any picture. I have never used any random pans and zooms, as I have my own ideas of what animation should be applied. That is one reason that I can decide on the exact Scale (size) of each image. In a normal SlideShow, the vast majority of my images will be resized to the exact Frame Size of the Project. I then may have a few, that are larger by a good bit, because I will pan on a zoomed out image. Then, I might have some more, that are in between these sizes. I will do a separate folder for each size of image, and use them accordingly. If I have miscalculated, I just do a resize for that image.
Now, you might want to also look into ProShow Gold, or their Producer program. I am looking at Producer for more "canned" SlideShows, and it looks very good. Have not bought it yet, as PrPro still works well for me, and I still do most of my work by hand and by eye.
Good luck,
Hunt



