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Premiere for photo montages?

X-Gregory_Lee
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Apr 28, 2003, 1:55 PM

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Would you recommend Premiere 6.5 for photo montages? My only concern is that the simulated panning/tilting/zooming is too mechanical looking. I've tried it, and the results are okay, but I wonder if other software for PC can produce better results.
Perhaps simply videotaping photos is less trouble, less time-consuming, and produces the same, if not better results?

X-MikeH
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Apr 28, 2003, 2:52 PM

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Canopus Imaginate is really great for the montages! I think they even have a trial version.
Mike.

X-Chris
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Apr 28, 2003, 3:09 PM

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i only use imaginate and tilting,panning etc. It is far superior to anything i shot with tripods and the resolution is a lot better than shooting a pic or invite with your camera. I scan my invites at 600 dpi (which is double the resolution needed to print photos) I save all my files as tiff's and at 600 dpi for 15-20mb files so the edges stay crisp and sharp when rotating.
The program is simple to use and exports picutes as dv or avi1 files(your choice) so you could use Imaginate along with any program for montages. Ex. vegas,dps, etc.
Also imaginate is alot less money than other composition programs out there.

-chris

X-Alan
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Apr 28, 2003, 4:46 PM

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Hi Greg,
I posted a similar question on this topic a while ago. Not sure if it's still archived, but I use premiere for photo montages and came up with a solution based on the knowledge and experience of all the generous ppl here on this forum.
First you have to at least scan your photo's at 300 dpi.
Load it in photoshop and create a new 720 by 540 background.
Transform the picture into the background.
go to edit, transform, scale, and fit it on nicely onto background.
now save it as a tga file, and choose 32kb/pixel when prompted.
load it in premiere and you will see that it will do everything smoothly.
Of course, Canopus Imaginate can take on almost any file format and size you throw at it, which will bypass any of the above steps needed in photoshop for a premiere montage. Only if you have the money-which by the way is not very expensive for the time-saving it provides.
I just haven't bought Imaginate yet, so I do this process pretty efficiently now. I just presented a 12 minute 70 picture Love Story/Photo Montage at a wedding reception this past weekend with a 8 foot by 8 foot white screen and it panned and zoomed-smooth as silk.
I attribute my success with this project to the good ppl in this forum. I guess I should take everyone out for a beer! Anyone in L.A?:)

Any questions, let me know.
Alan

: Would you recommend Premiere 6.5 for photo montages? My only concern is that the simulated panning/tilting/zooming is too mechanical looking. I've tried it, and the results are okay, but I wonder if other software for PC can produce better results.
: Perhaps simply videotaping photos is less trouble, less time-consuming, and produces the same, if not better results?

X-Gregory_Lee
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Apr 28, 2003, 4:54 PM

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I just downloaded and tried the trial version of Imaginate. I was impressed how easy it was to use.
Do you find it produces better results than Premiere?
: i only use imaginate and tilting,panning etc. It is far superior to anything i shot with tripods and the resolution is a lot better than shooting a pic or invite with your camera. I scan my invites at 600 dpi (which is double the resolution needed to print photos) I save all my files as tiff's and at 600 dpi for 15-20mb files so the edges stay crisp and sharp when rotating.
: The program is simple to use and exports picutes as dv or avi1 files(your choice) so you could use Imaginate along with any program for montages. Ex. vegas,dps, etc.
: Also imaginate is alot less money than other composition programs out there.
:
: -chris

X-Gregory_Lee
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Apr 28, 2003, 4:59 PM

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Thanks, I've actually done it in Premiere and it's not bad; although I scanned a photo and saved it as a .bmp
As far as time goes, I think using Imaginate is more time consuming, because one has to export every photo to DV avi then import each clip into premiere. The video motion feature on Premiere is less intuitive to use than Imaginate, but I think i've figured it out.
If premiere can do exactly the same thing, then I'll probably stick with it.
btw, I'm in LA!

: now save it as a tga file, and choose 32kb/pixel when prompted.
: load it in premiere and you will see that it will do everything smoothly.
: Of course, Canopus Imaginate can take on almost any file format and size you throw at it, which will bypass any of the above steps needed in photoshop for a premiere montage. Only if you have the money-which by the way is not very expensive for the time-saving it provides.
: I just haven't bought Imaginate yet, so I do this process pretty efficiently now. I just presented a 12 minute 70 picture Love Story/Photo Montage at a wedding reception this past weekend with a 8 foot by 8 foot white screen and it panned and zoomed-smooth as silk.
: I attribute my success with this project to the good ppl in this forum. I guess I should take everyone out for a beer! Anyone in L.A?:)
:
: Any questions, let me know.
: Alan

: : Would you recommend Premiere 6.5 for photo montages? My only concern is that the simulated panning/tilting/zooming is too mechanical looking. I've tried it, and the results are okay, but I wonder if other software for PC can produce better results.
: : Perhaps simply videotaping photos is less trouble, less time-consuming, and produces the same, if not better results?

X-Chris
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Apr 28, 2003, 6:28 PM

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I scan all my pics and invites... Then in imaginate do all my video conversions for the pics etc into a folder than inport into adobe.. I couldnt imagine doing it any other way.
BTW I have even made frame stills in adobe and then brought them into imaginate and made them "spin out and zoom in" on still shots of video clips. it far excedes Adobe "motion control" setup which is jittery etc.

-chris