Here's a link to a pilot concept test.... to see what you get if you take a
frame grab every 5 seconds from a widescreen camcorder video file, batch
distort the images with IrfanView so Photo Story 3 will re-distort them when
rendering the video to a widescreen format, render the story with a custom
high definiition profile of 1280x720 pixels, and then put it on the mydeo
streaming service.
There was absolutely no editing done... the audio has it's snaps, crackles
and pops... PS3 was allowed to use it's default settings of 5 seconds per
pix, with dissolve transitions between each, and whatever panning/zooming it
decided.
http://www.mydeo.com/videorequest.asp?XID=43807&CID=60378
167 frames of the 14 minute camcorder clip, combined with the actual audio,
is what you see in this pilot video.... I put it out at this point in it's
raw state to show that the process has merit... it's an easy cookie-cutter
process it get it from the camcorder tape to this point.
From this point on, the editing of the pictures and the story will shape it
into the final.... holiday greeting. How to do this process is the subject
of my newsletter this
week.
