First, I gathered a bunch of photos of peaches, all from Photoxpress. Some of them had white backgrounds and I wanted black, so I used instant alpha in Keynote to get rid of the background color. That took several days. I decided to make this entire video using Keynote, something I hadn't done before. There are many more options for transitions than in iMovie. You can also add a soundtrack to an individual slide and / or to the entire show. You can't, however, add a second full-length soundtrack unless you record it there. But if you want to do that, you could just download your finished product, add it to iMovie, and then add another track.
I had to do some tweaking with timing when I wanted to convert the video to Quick Time. That should be easier and faster next time. So take a look. I hope this makes you hungry for a peach.
Fantastic idea! Thanks for sharing. I am starving for a peach now. ;)
ReplyDeleteI wish the wait weren't so long. Canned peaches just aren't the same.
ReplyDeleteWell-done. Your decision to use the black background made the peaches stand out beautifully. Really enjoyed hearing the reading.
ReplyDeleteThanks. And that's exactly why I wanted the black background. I thought it made the peaches pop out more and look more tantalizingly delicious.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful job, Diane! Love the poem and am definitely starving for a fresh, late summer peach. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jama. I bet you could come up with some wonderful peach recipes!
ReplyDeleteAs always, great work, Diane! (I love the last effect -- how did you do that?)
ReplyDeleteI did the whole thing In Keynote which you should have on your Mac. There's a huge selection of effects. I don't remember what this one was called, but you can go through them. As you do, each is displayed in a window with your photo. Many, many options for timing and direction.
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