Question

How can you change still pictures into a moving film

Answer 1

When reviewing photos using the LCD on the back of my camera, it's fun to keep the navigation button held down and let the camera quickly zip through all the images. Especially since I frequently shoot in burst mode—holding the shutter button to shoot several shots in succession—the effect is like watching a stop-motion animation movie.

So on my daughter's birthday, I thought, why not do that on the Mac? Instead of pulling out just the handful of really good photos, I'd combine them all to make a movie that resembled the experience of scanning all those shots on the camera.

Here's how to do it.

1. Import the photos into iPhoto, where they appear grouped into a new Event.

2. In iMovie, create a new project.

3. Choose File -> Project Properties (or press Command-J).

4. Set the Initial Photo Placement setting to Fit in Frame. This ensures that you see each image in its entirety, regardless of whether the photos are a mix of landscape and portait orientations. Or, you can choose Crop to remove any black borders from the images, but that setting could lead to odd framing, especially for portait images. (You can change these settings later if you want.)

Answer 2

Use kinemaster to create a slideshow.