[Tfug] still photos in a video project

[Matthew Patenaude]

Thanks for the help so far. Sounds good. I don't know if I'll try the Planet
CCRMA thing, as I am quite happy with the stability of my present system,
and don't presently have those type of needs. However, I'll certainly keep
it in mind.

Matthew


On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 3:23 AM, Linux Media <linuxmedia2 at aim.com> wrote:

> Matthew Patenaude wrote:
>
>> Hey guys!
>>
>> I made a DVD a while back on a friend's mac, using iMovie. It was easy to
>> use, and I took a whole stock of photos and stuck them together, mostly
>> using Ken Burn effects to give it a video like feel. I would like to do this
>> in Linux (not only because I can't afford to buy a Mac). I have figured out
>> Kino and used it with some video footage from my DV Camera. Works great, but
>> lacks some of the features I would like. For example, can't use still
>> photos, or at least I can't figure out how to get them into the program.
>>
>> Neither can PiTiVi, or Open Movie editor...
>>
>> Anybody know if Cinerella does what I am looking for? I also want multiple
>> sound track options at least (which I notice several of the already
>> mentioned will do, most notably, Cineralla). Cineralla looks like a good
>> program; I just installed it. It does look like a steep learning curve, and
>> looks very capable, but I don't see anything that suggests it can
>> incorporate stills and do Ken Burns. Anyone know for sure?
>>
> > Maybe there is another way to do what I am looking for, and just
> > haven't noticed or come across it yet...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Matthew
>
> I definitely added still photos to a Cinereralla project. I also zoomed
> them in/out, panned and all kinds of effects. I would walk you through the
> process, but I haven't used it in a while and it's on one of my "Live CDs"
> so I can't get to it right now and have to leave soon.
>
> Cineralla is not very intuitive or easy to use, but it's very good.
>
> Do you happen to use "Jack" (Audio Sound Server used to synchronize and
> share audio among "jack aware programs")? If you do there's a program called
> "xjadeo" that lets you synchronize to the "jack transport" so you can use
> "Jack Aware" Sequencers, Audio Recorders (and the like) so they all sync up
> and you can add audio tracks with precision (and high quality).
>
> If you really want to get serious about recording good sound with your
> videos, I would really encourage you to get an "Audio Distribution". The one
> I use is "Planet CCRMA". You install Fedora (currently Fedora 10).
> --> http://fedoraproject.org/
> Once Fedora is installed, you follow the step by step instructions on the
> Planet CCRMA page.
> --> http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/
>
> Plant CCRMA will download a modified Fedora 10 Kernel. It's patched for low
> latency recording (latency refers to the amount of time it takes for you to
> speak into the mic... go through the hardware... through the software... and
> then out your headphones/speakers). It's also patched to allow for "realtime
> priorities". This has to do with having priorities over the interrupts so
> that no other program can causes glitches when you're recording.
>
> There's other things it does also.. like uses rtirq to give the sound card
> of your choice priorities over others for smooth, uninterrupted recording.
>
> Fedora/CCRMA uses repositories so you just do simple "yum" commands to
> install audio programs you want to use.
>
> Fedora/CCRMA is great, but it's a learning curve. I don't mean the
> installation, because every thing's configured for you. But rather learning
> new audio programs.
>
> I don't think Cineralla is included in the Fedora or CCRMA repos. If not,
> you would probably have to compile it yourself. However, there are
> distributions much like CCRMA that are also for video, but I'm not familiar
> with them.
>
> Hope that helped,
> Rocco
>
>
>
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