Images

Inserting Photos
Creating a Still Frame
Working with Still Images

Inserting Photos

To insert a photo, you first need to make sure that you have a copy of it in iPhoto. Once it is in iPhoto, click on the PHOTO icon on the toolbar. A copy of your iPhoto Library will appear next to the Event Browser. To insert an image into your movie, just drag and drop it between two filmstrips, using the appearance of the green line to know when it is in position.

**Note: If you want an image to appear in the middle of a filmstrip, you must split the filmstrip first. Otherwise the image will appear over that entire filmstrip.

Creating a Still Frame

To create a still frame from a clip, move your cursor to the frame that you want to create a still frame out of (it can be in either the Events Browser or Project Storyboard). Right click and select Add Still Frame to Project. A still frame will be placed at the end of your project and you can move it to wherever you want in the project.

Working with Still Images

After inserting a still image you can change how it behaves within your project. To do this, select the image in the Storyboard and then bring up the crop window just as you would for a video clip. In this window, you can do everything to the still image that you can when you use the crop settings on a video clip.

The Ken Burns Effect

There is a third option next to Fit and Crop. The Ken Burns Effect lets you apply camera moves like zooms and pans to otherwise static shots. It is the default setting for all imported photos.

To create a Ken Burns effect

• Select Ken Burns in the crop window
• The starting position will be highlighted in green and the end position in red.
• Drag and resize the green box until it encompasses the area where you want the motion to start.
• Do the same for the red box to set the place where the motion ends.
• The yellow arrow will show you the direction of the move.
• You can preview the effect by clicking on the preview button in the top right corner.
• To change the duration of the effect, change the duration of the still image (below).

When you are done with all of your still photo editing, click Done.

To change the duration of a still image, hover over the image in the Storyboard and select the TIME icon that appears at the bottom left corner of the frame. A window will pop up asking you how long you want the image to be and if you want it to apply to all images in your project. Make the adjustments that you want and then click OK.

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