My friend is no longer using whatever it is that he used to use. Turns
out that whatever it was came with some royalty-free music which he
still uses. But for the software he has switched to the more capable
"ProShow Gold" <http://www.photodex.com/products/proshowgold/index.html>
$69.95 for a download copy. A bit more for a CD package.
Chuck Norcutt
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Not much to help you here except that several years ago my photo mentor
> was experimenting with video presentations from stills and audio with
> some software that mimicked the "Ken Burns effect". It did a nice job
> without too much work. I don't recall the name but have sent him an
> inquiry. In the meantime I found this:
> <http://www.geocities.com/mrheckman/Video.htm>
>
> Being of a suspicious nature when it comes to Microsoft and Windows I'm
> wondering if some of your problems with not being able to record to a
> DVD may have more to do with Microsoft's take on intellectual property
> rights management than technical limitations of computing engine
> horsepower. I would be triply suspicious of that if you're using Vista.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> khen lim wrote:
>> I'm a bit late joining this thread but I do have some input into this as
>> well as questions to ask too.
>>
>> Firstly I have long been wanting to find something that would allow us at
>> Zone-10 to create multimedia presentations of still images with an audio
>> backing running through it. We have this idea of inviting registered
>> users
>> to offer their presentations to show online via our site. We're still
>> in the
>> development stages at the moment mainly because we need to find at
>> least one
>> possible solution that really works well, is cost effective and fairly
>> straightforward to use. So far we've not been able to track one down with
>> the exception of one of our members in Malaysia who suggested Canopus.
>> Earlier this evening, I had a look at what he was able to do with it
>> (Canopus) and I must say I was quite impressed.
>>
>> Our PC-based presentations were based on the use of MS PowerPoint.
>> It's easy
>> to use but it's a right royal pain in the anterior. It's very fickle
>> minded
>> when it comes to sourcing the audio track. I've had different people
>> experiencing different things as far as this is concerned. I could
>> never get
>> it to source any audio file unless it is found in an audio CD and
>> furthermore, PowerPoint doesn't seem to like MP3 also. But like I said,
>> someone else might have a different experience from me but for me, it
>> never
>> worked. Furthermore, PowerPoint - or at least my version - doesn't
>> render to
>> DVD, which makes the whole exercise pointless.
>>
>> My sister uses Ulead. It's quite flexible but so far she has not been
>> able
>> to render it to DVD and we all suspect that this is more a question of
>> processor firepower and/or available system memory to crunch through the
>> whole process. It's easy to use but having seen what Canopus can do, I am
>> beginning to believe that it is not as widely capable.
>>
>> Which then brings me to the next question - how much firepower does
>> one need
>> as far as a Windows XP-based PC to render a multimedia presentation on
>> DVD?
>> Or is it really all that better to use a Mac desktop?
>>
>> If anyone of you have different experiences or even have used or come
>> across
>> Canopus that you can share with me, I'd love to hear from you. I have
>> reproduced this same topic at Zone-10's Discussion Forum - feel
>> welcome to
>> provide your answer here or there.
>>
>> Thanks for your time.
>>
>>
>> K.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2008/8/6 John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>> These will play back on home dvd players.
>>>
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