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"Truly excellent"
Version: Photo to Movie 3.2.0b2
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
This is my second feedback about this outstanding program. The first was about the program itsself with it´s excellent features which makes designing a fascinating slide show a peace of cake. Now it´s about support. The developer is continuosly improving the program in a very constructive and creative way. This makes the program once more higly reccomendable. -
"Nice program"
Version: Photo to Movie 3.1.11
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
Pretty easy to use and works great -
"This program continues to rock"
Version: Photo to Movie 3.1.8
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
As a supplement to iMovie or as a standalone, it simply keeps getting better and better with every update. Worth every penny. -
"Great product and service"
Version: Photo to Movie 3.1.6
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
I have tried iMovie, Still Life and always come back to P2M. I find that I can get to my desired end product more quickly and easily with P2M, and the results are of very high quality. Additionally, the author is extremely responsive to comments, bug reports, etc.
If you are looking for a tool to do slide shows, I highly recommend giving P2M a try. The title may not be as clever as "Still Life", but the execution and end results are what matter. -
"Better than iMovie - Definitely!"
Version: Photo to Movie 3.1.6
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
Give me a break. To suggest that iMovie's Ken Burns effect can compare to Photo to Movie is ridiculous. I used to do my photo "movies" with iMovie before stumbling upon Photo to Movie. Photo to Movie does the rendering at a sub pixel level so there's virtually no shimmering. The quality of the output is far superior, not to mention better control over pan and zoom. I would agree that for shareware, Photo To Movie is a bit expensive. But it is a great product. -
"Nice, but iMovie alone is better choice"
Version: Photo to Movie 3.1.6
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
My advice is to use iMovie and its built-in Ken Burns effect before considering this product. You'll likely find no need for this app, since it offers very little in return for the cost, and you'll lose features, integration and simplicity compared to just using iMove. (I rely on the built-in integration of iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD, so really think hard about the trade-offs whenever considering other products.)
If you absolutely need Bezier paths (which is the principal feature here that's not available in iMovie's Ken Burns effect), this app appears to be a solid product worth considering. It's still a relatively high cost for a fraction of iMovie's capabilities, but as a small market-niche product perhaps not that far out of line. -
"Photo to Movie is the BEST!"
Version: Photo to Movie 3.1.5
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
As a sports photographer that builds end of season slideshows on my Powerbook, I love this product. Every time I am on a forum and someone asks about slideshow software for Macs, I send them this direction. I love the mobility of the program, the ability to add multiple sound tracks. I know that I will continue to use this program for my business. The parents really are blown away by the quality of the slideshows. Thanks to the developers for a GREAT Product. Peace, Chris. -
"For people interested in making great movies from..."
Version: Photo to Movie 3.1.3
Summary
...digital photographs
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
Photo to Movie is the best application available, for any platform, for the specific objective of efficiently converting digital photographs into pan, scan, zoom and and non-linear motion movies. The addition of audio import and timing appeals to some segment of the target audience for this program but there remains a number of alternative ways to accomplish audio sync. The key issue with PTM is that for it's core objective, it is very intuitive and nonintrusive to the creative process. This aspect also manifests itself when the creative process demand revisions! PTM handles the adjustment and rearrangement of images with complete transparency, the mark of highly-skilled programming and excellent program design.I recommend PTM over any other program out there for the core functionality.
I have used this program since the 1.0 release (and paid $9.95 for it!) and have since enjoyed tremendous productivity in my projects that range from professional content to quick family projects.
Every major upgrade upgrade fee has been a bargain, well worth the money.
The author has been highly responsive to my questions and suggestions the few times when I needed additional support and information.
I am not affiliated with the author in any way and provide this endorsement as a service to the Mac community only.
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"I support LQ Graphics..."
Version: Photo to Movie 3.1.2
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
and their effort at making something that "should be a relatively easy task for something so repetitive" work so well.
As mentioned below, iDVD blows (at the moment) for slideshows, iMovie takes a lot of time, and mixing Ken Burns with effects is lengthy (not to mention the additional motion techniques you can use here and not iMovie), making this a very solid niche piece of software that most folks will find they actually have a use for.
I've supported them since version 2, but only made heavy use out of it after reading the online manual (wish it told me more "how-to's", but I got the jist) and wound up making five movies in three weeks of family & church functions, importing them into iMovie, and outputting to tape.
Great stuff - only one request LQ: File size. If you save for web, or even medium sizes, converting it to flash (with Sorenson squeeze, for example) makes the files still at least 5mb, often larger, and it's just too much for dial-up users to get to; anything we can do to keep the size of the exported file down some?
(please oh please, I've been playing with MM Flash MX and God help me I'll never figure it out - and yeah, I've completely RTFM :-) -
"Use standalone or as a valuable addition to iMovie"
Version: Photo to Movie 3.1.0
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
I purchased this product as an additional way to display some photos for an iMovie project I was doing. Although iMovie does a simple scan (Ken Burns effect), Photo to Movie's ability to scan multiple places in the same photo (for example, look at and pause at each face in a group photo) is great. Also, it can do rotations of a photo, which iMovie does not yet do.
The developer was responsive to a problem I had and pointed out to me an update that I did not yet have..
Making adjustments to the zoom and pan effects is still not clear to me, but it is more related to not taking time to carefully read the manual than due to any defect in the program.
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