![]() Consequently I decided to create a tutorial to address those issues. Through the months of support I started to see a trend with specific issues being the most frequent questions. In my capacity I also act as an unpaid support contact for answering questions from American photographers. They offered me their standard reseller agreement which gives me a small compensation on the sale but only if someone orders the software through my site. In addition to my commercial photography I have a career of acting as a marketing consultant to assist in situations like this. So, after months of use when I commented on that they asked me if I could help spread the word. I found it only through a google search for slideshows and cannot recall ever seeing it mentioned on any of the forums I frequent. During that time I found that their excellent software was not well known in the professional photographic community here in the U.S. ![]() I have used the program for over a year and really love it. Using photos as part of many video projects has long been a common thing to do.I saw this thread and since I created the tutorials I'd thought that perhaps I could shed some light on the specifics. Ken Burns made his name famous by manipulating old photographs to tell a story, panning them this way and that, zooming in or out. #Fotomagico 5 reviews software#Īs the narration told the story, so did his use of photographs.įor many editors manipulating photos has been successfully, albeit, time consumingly done by keyframing motion and scale parameters.īoinx has recently released its FotoMagico software application that is compatible with both Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and Adobe After Effects users which allow you to easily and quickly create your own slideshows containing text, music, transitions and other photo animations. Interestingly enough however, is that should you download the current FotoMagico from the Boinx website, it says you are downloading version 3.5, yet when opened in FX Factory, it lists it as version 1.2. ![]() The reason for this is that FotoMagico and FxFactory are two separated products, which work together. Their different version numbers are nothing to be concerned about.īoinx's FotoMagico is unique in that it is its own application. You open it up from you applications folder or from the dock if you chose to bring it there. A screen opens asking what display you want to view your slideshow on click the appropriate monitor and FotoMagico opens up. When opened you click on the photos that you have stored in any of your photo applications whether they be from Aperture, iPhoto, or Lightroom.ĭragging over the photos you wish to use to create a slideshow is easy. You can change the order in whichever way you want. Video clips can be interspersed within the slide show and FotoMagico had no problems when playing back a full 1920x1080 HD clip.Ī simple drag and drop was all that was needed.Ĭhoosing music was done just as simply, by clicking on the music icon which then opens up your iTunes, iLife or other music library. Music was easily trimmed or moved around the Boinx timeline. In addition, both narration and foley effects can be placed in the slideshow as well. ![]() Notice the multiple timeline layers for music, narration and sound effects. Though you can add text to your slideshow I found that while color changes were easy to do by highlighting the text and making changes in the color wheel, adjusting the size of the text seemed off. Notice that the text box says the size is 144. That is a huge size for any text yet 'Live Long and Prosper' looks closer to a size 22. I would also liked to have been able to add a drop shadow from within FotoMagico but text can always be added and adjusted once in Final Cut or AE.Īdding transitions was no trouble at all, you highlight the photo and then click and adjust any of the several transition choices Boinx offers. That transition's icon will show up between your photos. I, unfortunately, could not scrub through a transition frame by frame or by dragging the timeline indicator. Your choice of transitions between photos and video. I can also adjust my photos for duration, angle, color and other settings. Once you have created your complete slide show you can hit play to preview it. Then after making whatever changes you might want just click on Save and the slideshow will be saved to whichever folder you want. I saved the project to my desktop as is my habit. Once in Final Cut Pro, you can find the FotoMagico plug-in in your Browser/Effects/Generators folder and drag it to your timeline, double click to bring it up in the viewer. In the Controls tab in Final Cut Pro you then direct FotoMagico to your saved project. You cannot just open the generator and make a new slideshow from the photos that may be in your browser.
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