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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