Freeware Photofilmstrip For Mac
Other features include the ability to add subtitles, add a soundtrack, and use black and white/sepia versions of your images. PhotoFilmStrip is multiplatform (Windows/Linux). Three things make this program notable:. It is extremely easy to use.
PhotoFilmStrip is the perfect tool for a quick photo slideshow without complications. If you prefer more sophisticated results, you'll have to look somewhere else. PhotoFilmStrip is a simple tool that lets you create videos with your photos without any prior video editing knowledge.
I was able to create a fairly decent film literally within 10 minutes of installation. It is very nicely laid out.
The interface design is intuitive and simple. The output videos are smoothly-animated and of excellent quality. Decisions: part of why this is so easy to use is that the decisions that the user has to make are fairly straightforward, and there really aren’t too many of them. First off you have to add images to the movie, arrange them in the right order, rotate them if necessary, and choose whether you want to recolor them(b&w or sepia). Next, for each image you have to choose the beginning and end state of the camera; i.e.
Freeware Photofilmstrip For Mac
How the camera will zoom in or out. This is the most “creative” part and is done via two rectangles for the beginning and end states (see screenshot above), and is surprisingly simple to do. Lastly, you can type in a subtitle for each image (which is optional) and specify the duration in seconds that each image animation will occupy within the movie. You will need to make a couple more decisions once at the very end once you’re ready to render, including resolution, output format, and whether you would like to add a soundtrack. The program does not support any fancy transitions between one image and the next; all images simply fade in and out of each other.
Freeware Photo Film Strip For Mac
More notes on this program:. Subtitles: if you enter subtitles they will be rendered in.SRT format; they will not be “burned into” the final output movie. (Most decent media players, such as The KMPlayer, will be able to play this format of subtitles).
Rendering the filmstrip: you can use pre-defined profiles in the settings, including DVD and other profiles for different resolutions (can go up to an impressive HD (1920×1080) resolution). I like that PhotoFilmStrip has the Xvid encoder built in and doesnt require the user to install codecs. Adding audio: once you’re ready to render, you can add an audio track. If you want to add narration you will need to do some post processing with external programs (e.g to record and something like or to add the new audio track to the video.) Wish list (or how this program can be even better). Support for custom, pre-built transitions: I just had to put this out there, even as I acknowledge that it will add a layer of complexity and that the default fade in/out transition works just fine. Burn-in subtitles: the option to burn subtitles in rather than output them in a sperate file. The verdict: an excellent program that is both powerful and easy to use.
You will be up and running creating animations out of your images in minutes. The program may lack some fancy bells and whistles, but the flip side but compensates for that in usability and good user experience. Version Tested: 1.1 Compatibility: Windows, Linux. Go to the to download the latest version (approx 14.9 megs).
PhotoFilmStrip 3.0.1 Features: Simple user interface. The user interface is kept simple, to let the user do the important things - customizing the slideshow. On the left hand side the user can set the motion start point. The motion end point can set up on the right hand side. In the center you can see tool buttons that gives acces to convenience functions to customize the motion path.
In the lower area are listed all used pictures in a real filmstrip. This list supports images to be inserted, removed and moved. Above the filmstrip are the settings for the currently selected picture. Slideshow settings.
The project properties dialog allows to set up the aspect ratio and an audio file for the background music. There is an option to specify the total duration of the slideshow. Either by a custom value or by the length of the choosen audio file. Overview. Picture comments are generate into subtitle file.
Video output: AVI (XVid, MJPEG), FLV. special feature is Full-HD resolution and MPEG4 output.
background music for the slideshow. automatic detection of picture rotation (extracted from EXIF). Picture effects like 'black and white' and sepia. Quality settings for each output renderer.
command line interface for batch processing Installation instructions: The GetDeb repository contains the latest packages of PhotoFilmStrip, available for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, and derivatives. Opening terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and running the command: Ubuntu 16.04 xenial.