For example, if you figured your image time is 5.3 seconds per pic, plus 2 seconds for the transitions, you are at 7.3 seconds or 7:10 (7 seconds and 10 frames, since we are working in 30 frames per second). Also, remember that iMovie is working in Seconds:Frames and your math is probably cimal, so you need to make a conversion. I typically use a 2 second cross dissolve which means you need an extra second on the front and back of each pic, so you need to add your transition time to your pic time. kinda.īefore dropping the pix into your timeline, make 1 more decision: Transition. Now you know how many seconds you need per image. Convert your overall Minutes:Seconds to just seconds and subtract your title time from the overall time, then divide that number by by the number of pix. Then it's a good time to figure out how much time I need for titles. If you are working in HD, remember to select 1040i or 720p when you create your new project. Then listen to the end and figure out exactly where I want the pix to end (due to the fade & silence at the end of most songs, the pix rarely end at the end of the music track). Next, I pick my music and lay it down in iMovie - doing my overlaps when the songs fade and such. Multiplying pix by 5 gives me an estimate of how long the slideshow will be. First I look at the number of pix I have to work with and estimate that each image should get about 5 seconds of screen time. I had lots of trouble with crashes on my 17" MacBook Pro at first, but if I let iMovie do its "background" rendering without making any changes, then move on, I'm ok. It took me a while to come up with a process that works decently, but I've got it down pretty well anymore.
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