Thread: PhotoFilmStrip Turns Photos into Video

Popularized in lots of of the awfully much-admired PBS documentaries created by filmmaker Ken Burns, the method of turning significant motionless pictures into a bit more pleasant for a television audience (by gradually panning across the images, as well as fading in to new ones) has become a frequent technique for videographers with incomplete shooting budgets. PhotoFilmStrip (free) offers a one-stop program you can make use of to produce just such a video montage out of a series of motionless photographs.

The application can make even HD quality video from somewhat as simple as a few mouse clicks along with a few multi-Megapixel digital pictures. All you do to make your video is select the images, the order in which you need them to show, with the "motion path" you want the "camera" to pursue as it pans and either cuts or fades among the pictures. Click on the render and the software does the rest, roll out amazingly high quality video files. The only problem is that there's no method to preview your film ahead of you turn into it. But at this price, you can't in fact complain.