Passer de Photo to Movie à iMovie

[Thierry P.]

Voici une intéressante explication en anglais, extraite d'une Newsletter mensuelle, de la manière dont on peut effectuer un diaporama avec l'aide du logiciel Photo to Movie pour ensuite l'importer sous iMovie 6 ou 7 ('08).

Nos spécialistes traduiront pour vous les passages que vous ne comprendriez pas. Cette description émane du développeur de Photo to Movie lqgraphics.com

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Last month we showed you how you could create a movie with a transparant background for use in programs like iMovie and Final Cut Pro. There's a little bit more to say about the relationship between Photo to Movie and iMovie, however, so this month we've decided to give a full overview of how to use both programs to bring your vision to life.

In essence, the two programs work seamlessly together. After creating your movie in Photo to Movie, you'll render to your desired file format and either drag the file to the "clips" section of iMovie (we recommend saving the movie exported from Photo to Movie in your Movies folder) or importing in (required in iLife '08). These few simple steps will often have excellent results.

It is important, however, to choose your Photo to Movie video format to match the iMovie video format. If you choose the wrong format, iMovie may transcode your video; in other words, change its format.

By choosing the right video format, you avoid the following:

Changing the video resolution, resulting in lower quality

Stretching or squishing your movie, resulting in distorted video

Applying additional color correction, resulting in incorrect colors

So what video format should you use?

If you are using an iMovie project with the format 'DV', you should export your movie from Photo to Movie using the 'DV Stream' file format and a Standard (4:3) aspect ratio.

If you are using an iMovie project with the format 'DV Widescreen', you should export your movie from Photo to Movie using the 'DV Stream' file format and a Widescreen (16:9) aspect ratio.

If you are using an iMovie project with the format 'HDV 1080i', you should export your movie from Photo to Movie using the 'HD-1080i-30' file format and a Widescreen (16:9) aspect ratio. The 'HD-1080i-30' file format will not be available unless you select Widescreen (16:9) aspect ratio.

If you are using an iMovie project with the format 'HDV 720p', you should export your movie from Photo to Movie using the 'HD-720p-30' file format and a Widescreen (16:9) aspect ratio. The 'HD-720p-30' file format will not be available unless you select Widescreen (16:9) aspect ratio.

For versions of iMovie before iMovie '05, you should export your movie from Photo to Movie using the 'DV Stream' file format and a Standard (4:3) aspect ratio.

The table below summarizes this information.

iMovie Photo to Movie

iMovie (DV format) Standard (4:3), DV Stream

iMovie (DV widescreen format) Widescreen (16:9), DV Stream

iMovie (HDV 1080i format) Widescreen (16:9), HDV 1080i

iMovie (HDV 720p format) Widescreen (16:9), HDV 720p

iMovie (older versions 2,3,4) Standard (4:3), DV Stream

These instructions apply to iMovie '06 and iMovie '08.