[DM-MUG] Topic of Meeting

[CW Smith]

Regarding point (3):  iPhoto does integrate with iTunes, which will allow
you to crossfade playback of songs.

Open iTunes and go to iTunes>Preferences>Playback.  Check the box for
"Crossfade playback."  Then slide the control bar to the desired crossfade
length.

I do agree, however, that iPhoto and Keynote should draw from the same pool
of effects and transitions.  And iTunes integration in Keynote would be
nice, too.

Peace,
CW 

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Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 19:22:17 -0500
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Cc: John Kisner <kisnerj at dwx.com>
Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] Topic of Meeting

I find it amazing how many different pieces of Apple software are
needed to do a slide show with music.

1. Keynote to create the slides.  The background themes and templates
are slick, and you can add titles and captions where needed.

2. I wanted to use the "Ken Burns Effect" for some of the slides
(where the projection zooms in or back while showing a slide, giving
the illusion of motion).  This is not available in Keynote, so I
exported my Keynote slides (371 in all) to iPhoto.  iPhoto does not,
however, incorporate all the transitions used in Keynote, so I had to
decide whether "Ken Burns Effect" was more important to me than some
3-D effects exclusive to Keynote.

3. iPhoto can create a pretty slick slide show, but the music is a
bit lacking.  I will have to export my slide show to QuickTime in
order to have the soundtrack just the way I want it (with a slight
overlap of songs).  I still need to upgrade to the new "pro" version
of QuickTime, to do this properly.

I find it interesting that iPhoto does some things that Keynote, a
more advanced piece of software, does not do.  It's also interesting
that neither handles sound as well as QuickTime Pro.
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