Still Need An Album That Flips Photos (ATN only)

[thedom Profile Private message]

I don't know if some of you already know this software but here is a link somebody gave me.
I think it might interest some of you : http://www.outerspace-software.com/bixp ... l#examples

"Browse your photos in 3D with Bix's Photo Book!
Your photo book can be exported as a movie file for use in your DVD productions, computer presentations, Podcasts and websites.
Bix's Photo Book is fully personalizable. You can change the background picture, the paper colour, the paper texture, the shininess of the photos, the shininess of the paper, the camera position, the light position...".

[Saxman28]

Thanks Dom as always.

I'm off to review it..

SaXMan28

[weldr Profile Private message]

Looks interesting. I just downloaded a trial version. Thanks Dom, Don

[Saxman28]

Looks interesting. I just downloaded a trial version. Thanks Dom, Don

Try to avoid 1080x720 pics with that flip book. It is quite jittery to watch. The pictures at 640x480 look fine to me. Higher resolutions
have issues.

SaXMan28

[weldr Profile Private message]

I resized pictures.....worked nice. Saved as uncompressed video, file size was huge...1.Gig. Would compressed be smaller? Don

[gpsmikey Profile Private message]

I have not played with that, but one of the tricks when working with
"compressed things" (lossy type compression) is to minimize the
number of compressions. Like multiple edits of a jpg file. Your
intermediate file that you are importing may be huge, but it should
not have any impact on the final DVD since that does it's own
compression (to mpeg-2) when it builds the DVD. The less compressions
in series the better. Off to Fry's for you for another 400 gig disk !!
If you compress it now, then again to the DVD, you are introducing
more artifacts (and losing detail typically).

For example, the DV format from most consumer camcorders
( 12+ gigs per hour ) is already compressed about 5:1

mikey

[Saxman28]

I have not played with that, but one of the tricks when working with
"compressed things" (lossy type compression) is to minimize the
number of compressions. Like multiple edits of a jpg file. Your
intermediate file that you are importing may be huge, but it should
not have any impact on the final DVD since that does it's own
compression (to mpeg-2) when it builds the DVD. The less compressions
in series the better. Off to Fry's for you for another 400 gig disk !!
If you compress it now, then again to the DVD, you are introducing
more artifacts (and losing detail typically).

For example, the DV format from most consumer camcorders
( 12+ gigs per hour ) is already compressed about 5:1

mikey

Mikey,

this is why I edit with my NEF files as long as I can before saving it as a TIFF in Photosgop CS2. Yes, Tiffs are large but they hold the quality the viewer prefers. And when they are compressed to Mpeg2 via the DVD processing, the viewer once again sees the minimal loss of quality on arrival of the finished product. This is why, I shoot in the raw with my Nikon D-70 and refrain as much as possible in editing Jpegs. For layering photos and effects I save in PSD.

SaXMan28

[gpsmikey Profile Private message]

Agreed - my comment was addressed more at Don's (weldr) comment
about compressing the video before using it in Proshow (or at least
that was the way I thought he meant it). I usually just shoot in hi res
jpg on my D70s - the increased size of the NEF isn't worth it *for me*
based on how I usually use the pictures (and I have lots of pix from
my kids soccer teams last year ( 5000 files and 11 gigs just for 2006 ).
As I say in my signature "you can't have too much disk space"

mikey

[Saxman28]

Agreed - my comment was addressed more at Don's (weldr) comment
about compressing the video before using it in Proshow (or at least
that was the way I thought he meant it). I usually just shoot in hi res
jpg on my D70s - the increased size of the NEF isn't worth it *for me*
based on how I usually use the pictures (and I have lots of pix from
my kids soccer teams last year ( 5000 files and 11 gigs just for 2006 ).
As I say in my signature "you can't have too much disk space"

mikey

Mikey,

I just got treated to a nice Photoshop Plug-in called Fluid Mask 2.0
Looks terrific but the tutorials need to be reviewed. It does great cut outs in PS CS2-saves a load of time too!!

SaXman28

[gpsmikey Profile Private message]

Hey, that looks impressive (don't the ads always?). $199 is a
bit much, but maybe Photodex will buy it for me since I just
lost $300 to them

I did just buy photoshop CS2 a month or so ago, but have not
had a chance to work with it with all the other tasks that needed
to be done at Christmas (Calendars etc for the family). I'll be
interested in your evaluation of Fluid Mask -- sure looks nice !

mikey

[Tarafrost Profile Private messageWebsite]

Hhave not
had a chance to work with it with all the other tasks that needed
to be done

Hey Mikey...if you didn't spend so much time on this forum, you'ld get more done.

[nannybear Profile Private messageWebsite]

Oh you are such a little (oops not) reprimander.... ps You are right I didn't mention tatoo..didn't think about it really. You are so well rounded!! Glad to have you in my people garden! hugs J

[gpsmikey Profile Private message]

Hhave not
had a chance to work with it with all the other tasks that needed
to be done

Hey Mikey...if you didn't spend so much time on this forum, you'ld get more done.

Very true -- actually I was just wandering around a bit trying
to get a starting idea for my son's Eagle DVD that I have to do.
I think I may start with a heartbeat sound and the video of the
ultrasound and some captions like "once upon a time (17 years
ago), not very far away (less than a mile actually) a young boy
named Eric was born" and then move on into the show (yes, I
still have a VHS tape of the ultrasound a month or so before he
hatched !!)

mikey