Comments on: Multimedia + Software http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2008/07/multimedia-software/ The Blog of Photographer David duChemin // Gear is Good. Vision is Better. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:13:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kenhttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2008/07/multimedia-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1724 Ken Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:46:23 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=752#comment-1724 Personally I was happy with Keynote. It has transitions and effects that are just fine, not too much flair which I like. Easy to use. But the best part, export to quick time, power point, PDF, Flash, HTML, and iPod. With those options I don't know who you can't get your presentation to.The flash can get a bit heavy though. I created one with some nice moody music and cool blending transitions and it was a 50 MB file. I don't know if anyone would want to download that. lol Personally I was happy with Keynote. It has transitions and effects that are just fine, not too much flair which I like. Easy to use. But the best part, export to quick time, power point, PDF, Flash, HTML, and iPod. With those options I don’t know who you can’t get your presentation to.

The flash can get a bit heavy though. I created one with some nice moody music and cool blending transitions and it was a 50 MB file. I don’t know if anyone would want to download that. lol

]]> By: bradhttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2008/07/multimedia-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1722 brad Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:47:16 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=752#comment-1722 Oh, insider tip: to add zip to productions, I like Digital Juice. They have everything a video or multimedia creator could need (& want), sell their stuff for a reasonable price, and cover everything from royalty-free tunes to complex animated backgrounds. Their site is amazingly comprehensive, including great little training videos. Oh, insider tip: to add zip to productions, I like Digital Juice. They have everything a video or multimedia creator could need (& want), sell their stuff for a reasonable price, and cover everything from royalty-free tunes to complex animated backgrounds. Their site is amazingly comprehensive, including great little training videos.

]]> By: bradhttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2008/07/multimedia-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1721 brad Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:40:17 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=752#comment-1721 To my colleagues, I recommend Pro Show Gold (I think it's $70), and a copy of Audacity (open source is awesome!). I've never seen a simpler setup for easy-to-sophisticated authoring, and in Pro Show, you can export to a myriad of formats and media.I use an Archos 605 as my walking porfolio, and it can do slideshows or video presentations on it, and you can hook it up to a TV to boot (needs external add-on). Now I've got a bunch of work clips in my pocket, as well as all the photography I care to show anyone. I have the 80GB model, 160GB is available! There are a number of ways I could see myself using this thing much more seriously in the future.Now I just need to find some good stories... :-)I love MediaStorm and I really like VII Photo too. A lot of those creators are photographers first and their presentations rely on stills more than video. I appreciate that. Out and out video is painstaking work, but knocking some quality stills together with a good soundtrack can be really effective with far less production, heavy lifting, etc. To my colleagues, I recommend Pro Show Gold (I think it’s $70), and a copy of Audacity (open source is awesome!). I’ve never seen a simpler setup for easy-to-sophisticated authoring, and in Pro Show, you can export to a myriad of formats and media.

I use an Archos 605 as my walking porfolio, and it can do slideshows or video presentations on it, and you can hook it up to a TV to boot (needs external add-on). Now I’ve got a bunch of work clips in my pocket, as well as all the photography I care to show anyone. I have the 80GB model, 160GB is available! There are a number of ways I could see myself using this thing much more seriously in the future.

Now I just need to find some good stories… :-)

I love MediaStorm and I really like VII Photo too. A lot of those creators are photographers first and their presentations rely on stills more than video. I appreciate that. Out and out video is painstaking work, but knocking some quality stills together with a good soundtrack can be really effective with far less production, heavy lifting, etc.

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