I'm new to VS 11. I'm working on a photo slideshow. Is there a way to sync the photo duration to the song duration? Seems a bit tedious to do it individually.
Thanks for the help!
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No not really..it's always a little tedious but editing is tedious in nature.
If you know the duration of the song, you can divede that by the number of slides you want during the song.
Then in File/Preferences. You can set the default duration of a Still and do it that way but there is always some fiddling to do but a lot less. This method assumes you don;t mind each still having a similar duration.
personally I like to give certain stills more treatment. especially with Pan and Zoom options and mix the durations up a bit. But I actually enjoy the tedious nature of editing.
If you know the duration of the song, you can divede that by the number of slides you want during the song.
Then in File/Preferences. You can set the default duration of a Still and do it that way but there is always some fiddling to do but a lot less. This method assumes you don;t mind each still having a similar duration.
personally I like to give certain stills more treatment. especially with Pan and Zoom options and mix the durations up a bit. But I actually enjoy the tedious nature of editing.
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Three10,
I agree with Clevo about varying the duration of clips to make it more interesting. For images with people, I like to have a longer duration. If there are many people, even longer.
Pan and Zoom adds as much to a slide show (maybe more) as music. Since you are just starting our with VS11, I would like to tell you how I approach slide show productions. This will speed up the process somewhat and is a great learning tool as well.
Instead of adding your images in the editing phase, use the Movie Wizard. You can then "tweak it" till you are happy with the results.
1. Tools -> Video Studio Movie Wizard
2. On the Movie Wizard screen select "Insert Image". Select the images you want for this slide show. Don't worry about the order as you can rearrange them on the time line at the bottom. Just move them to where you want them.
3. Press Next
4. Make sure the Theme Template (at top) says Slide Show. If not, change it.
5. Choose a template. Don't worry too much about this because you can remove it in the editing step.
6. Uncheck "background music" because you will probably want to add it to the timeline later when you get back to edit.
7. For duration, click on the gear wheel. This takes you to another dialog window.
8. Make sure Smart Pan and Zoom is checked.
9. For duration, select the number of seconds you calculated as was mentioned by Clevo.
10. Press Next and you will see a window that says "Your movie will be created . . . " Press Yes and you will go back to the edit part of VS.
Now that you are back to the edit step, you can preview it to see if you are happy with the "pan and Zoom" effect that was added. I usually change many of them but some I leave as is. You might want to remove the beginning and end unless you like the template.
After you add your background music, you will probably want to change the duration of some images.
Play around with this and I think you will find it is a time saver and a learning tool for pan and zoom.
I agree with Clevo about varying the duration of clips to make it more interesting. For images with people, I like to have a longer duration. If there are many people, even longer.
Pan and Zoom adds as much to a slide show (maybe more) as music. Since you are just starting our with VS11, I would like to tell you how I approach slide show productions. This will speed up the process somewhat and is a great learning tool as well.
Instead of adding your images in the editing phase, use the Movie Wizard. You can then "tweak it" till you are happy with the results.
1. Tools -> Video Studio Movie Wizard
2. On the Movie Wizard screen select "Insert Image". Select the images you want for this slide show. Don't worry about the order as you can rearrange them on the time line at the bottom. Just move them to where you want them.
3. Press Next
4. Make sure the Theme Template (at top) says Slide Show. If not, change it.
5. Choose a template. Don't worry too much about this because you can remove it in the editing step.
6. Uncheck "background music" because you will probably want to add it to the timeline later when you get back to edit.
7. For duration, click on the gear wheel. This takes you to another dialog window.
8. Make sure Smart Pan and Zoom is checked.
9. For duration, select the number of seconds you calculated as was mentioned by Clevo.
10. Press Next and you will see a window that says "Your movie will be created . . . " Press Yes and you will go back to the edit part of VS.
Now that you are back to the edit step, you can preview it to see if you are happy with the "pan and Zoom" effect that was added. I usually change many of them but some I leave as is. You might want to remove the beginning and end unless you like the template.
After you add your background music, you will probably want to change the duration of some images.
Play around with this and I think you will find it is a time saver and a learning tool for pan and zoom.