How do I adjust the settings for my photo animation on imovie?

Question

I'm creating a photo animation/motion-stop movie. Im using imovie 08 and so far i have imported all the photos in order into imovie. the problem is when i play the movie as it is it plays it as though it is a slideshow because the transition between each photo zooms in very slightly. How can i make it so that the photos play in flowing sequence without this transition? thanks!

Answer 1

Don't use iMovie to actually shoot or compile your animation together. You should use a program specifically designed for stop-motion animation purposes to actually compile your movie, then edit your larger clips afterwards in a video editing program like iMovie. An animation program will make it easier to arrange, re-arrange, add and delete single frames. Typically, playing around with multiple single frames is kind of difficult and bothersome in video editors since they weren't designed with frame by frame animation as a primary function in mind.

If you're on a Mac, you could try Framethief or FramebyFrame.

http://www.framethief.com/

http://web.mac.com/philipp.brendel/Softw...

You can also check out this website for other stop motion animation programs; some free, some retail. I haven't used any of them (other than Stop Motion Pro) so I couldn't tell you if the rest of their features were any good or not, but at least it gives you other options.

http://www.stopmotionworks.com/stopmosof...