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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
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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
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