Things to consider as you assemble your photos and other
memorabilia:
- Order. Arrange the photos, documents, clippings, etc,
in the order you want them to appear. This can be accomplished by arranging
the photos in the order you want them to appear. If you are working with
multi media (a combinations of slides, snapshots or already digitized images)
and aren’t sure what you’ve got, you can have all the images scanned compiled
onto contact sheets and determine which images to include and the order to
include them after reviewing them.
- Music. Photos usually display for four to five seconds
if still or a few seconds longer when panning or zooming is utilized. The
display time can be adjusted to fit music, or the music can be edited to fit
the photos. Display times of less than 3 seconds, or more than 10 seconds is
not recommended. Copyright laws require that you provide the music.
- If you want your DVD divided into chapters, separate the
photos into chapters and consider if you want different music for different
chapters. Chapters are not a requirement. They are a convenience. If you
don’t want chapters, that is fine. If you do, consider titles.
- Your DVD should have a title. Credits can be included
at the end of the show indicating who contributed photos, who compiled the
collection, “in honor of”, “dedicated to”, etc.
- You may also choose an image for the DVD label and the
case insert. When selecting an image for the DVD label, remember that there
is a big hole in the center of the DVD, and some of the image will be cut
out.
The following options are available as add ons:
- Captions and titles. If you want an image captioned, it
is recommended that you write out the caption or title on a post-it type note
and attach it to the back of the photograph.
- Zooming. Some images, such as group photos or scrapbook
pages, benefit from zooming. Zooming is to move in for a close-up. Focal
points in images can be zoomed in on. Make a note of photos and the like that
need zooming.
- Panning. Panning is to move from one part of an image
to another, while showing all the stuff in between. Group photos, scrapbook
pages, busy landscapes, newspaper clippings and documents may benefit from
panning. Make a note of photos and the like that require panning.
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Things to consider as you assemble videos:
- Start time. Reset your counter to zero when you start
viewing your video and make a note of the number where you want to start
recording and end recording.
- Audio. If video is inserted between stills, the music
will cancel the audio, play under the audio, or the music will be
interrupted. You decide.
- Still photos can be extracted from video. Make a note
of the counter and describe the scene to capture. The resulting image will
not be high resolution. Snapshots printed from the resulting image may not be
satisfactory.