From: James Jolley on 10 Jun 2010 18:29 What's it? I know the iPhones new iMovie app does it, the mac has it onboard, what's the actual deal with it? Do you tend to use it when transitioning between shots?
From: James Jolley on 10 Jun 2010 19:25 On 2010-06-11 00:18:24 +0100, Colin Harper <colinharper(a)x.com.invalid> said: > > Full article here: > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Burns_Effect> > > I make no comment on the quality of that article, suffice to say that > literally, I couldn't put it better myself. No that's really interesting. I've always tried to take an interest in stuff like this, even though not seeing it puts me at the disadvantage. I bet the effect works even better with HD material, because it'de be easy to zoom in on individual details. > > As for usage, I tend to use it for showing my photos on boring DVDs of our > holidays in a vain and not entirely successful attempt to stop my extended > family falling asleep during our annual roundup! LOL > > It's not a transition as such. The effect will start, pan around the picture, > perhaps zoom a bit. Then I'll use a transition such as a wipe or fade to > bring in the next picture, which itself proceeds to pan and zoom. All set to > lovely music :-) Do you write your music? Also, i'm supposing then that you just do the various transitions via timers? Show this picture for 500 MS then zoom here for such a length of time, etc. iMovie's not something we've ever looked into, I always thought it may be just a tool for fun, bit like photobooth. Thanks for your helpful reply though. Best -James-
From: SM on 10 Jun 2010 19:26 James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > What's it? I know the iPhones new iMovie app does it, the mac has it > onboard, what's the actual deal with it? Do you tend to use it when > transitioning between shots? It's the creation of movement in still images or sequences. It used to be done under a rostrum camera - e.g. a move starting as a mid shot of a person zooming closer to the face. In the States it's named after a documentary film-maker who used stills in many productions. Now most editing software has a way of moving around still images. Stuart -- cut that out to reply
From: James Jolley on 10 Jun 2010 19:28 On 2010-06-11 00:26:39 +0100, info(a)that.sundog.co.uk (SM) said: > James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > >> What's it? I know the iPhones new iMovie app does it, the mac has it >> onboard, what's the actual deal with it? Do you tend to use it when >> transitioning between shots? > > It's the creation of movement in still images or sequences. It used to > be done under a rostrum camera - e.g. a move starting as a mid shot of > a person zooming closer to the face. In the States it's named after a > documentary film-maker who used stills in many productions. Now most > editing software has a way of moving around still images. > > Stuart Thanks. I'm guessing it's the same Ken Burns who did that history of jazz program a few years ago?
From: SM on 10 Jun 2010 19:36 James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > On 2010-06-11 00:26:39 +0100, info(a)that.sundog.co.uk (SM) said: > > > James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > > > >> What's it? I know the iPhones new iMovie app does it, the mac has it > >> onboard, what's the actual deal with it? Do you tend to use it when > >> transitioning between shots? > > > > It's the creation of movement in still images or sequences. It used to > > be done under a rostrum camera - e.g. a move starting as a mid shot of > > a person zooming closer to the face. In the States it's named after a > > documentary film-maker who used stills in many productions. Now most > > editing software has a way of moving around still images. > > > > Stuart > > Thanks. I'm guessing it's the same Ken Burns who did that history of > jazz program a few years ago? Sounds likely although I'd not heard of KB before seeing his name attached to the computer 'camera moves' in iMovie. I think his films had a reputation for being a little dull since they were often historical and used the sequences of photographs to illustrate the topics of filmed inteviews. I guess in the UK we should call it the Ken Morse effect. Stuart -- cut that out to reply
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