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General presentation

Introduction

Videoporama is an application of creation of videos sequences established by images or by photos, fixed or livened up.
These sequences are assembled in slide show by means of transitions of sequence to produce complete videos

The following options are available:

Principle of Videoporama

Transition

Videos sequences

A sequence  :
Videos sequences are assembled between them by transitions. (A transition is an animation which allows to pass from a sequence to the other one.)

Sequences are managed whith the timeline bar
Sequences options (include transitions) are defined with the image tab

Remark
The total duration of the assembly is not equal to the sum of the durations of sequences because the transitions make that sequences overlap.
Two sequences of 10 seconds possessing each a transition of 1 second will give a total duration for the assembly of 19 seconds (and not of 20 seconds)!

Couples of static and mobile shots

Shots work by couples, at first the static shot then the mobile shot (for the 1st couple of shots of the sequence, the mobile shot is always set to 0 seconds).
Animation sample :
Animation

Let us take a sequence of type photo with the photo of the park above.
For this sequence, let us define three couples of shots.

Couple Static and mobile shots definitions Result annimation
1st Mobile shot: no mobile shot because it's the 1st couple.
Static shot: the image is not refocused: we select the whole image. The duration of the static shot is fixed to 3 seconds.
There is of no annimation but display of a static shot of 3 seconds showing the whole photo.
2nd Mobile shot of a duration of 4 seconds.
Static shot refocussed on the statue and of a duration of 3 seconds.
There is at first an animation of zoom during which the image is gradually enlarged to fix it only to the statue. This animation lasts 4 seconds and is followed by a static shot of 3 seconds showing the statue.
3rd Mobile shot of a duration of 3 seconds.
Static shot refocussed on the walkers and of a duration of 2 seconds.
There is at first an animation of movement during which the image passes gradually from the statue to the walkers. This  animation lasts 3 seconds and is followed by a static shot of 2 seconds showing the walkers.


Shots are defined sequence by sequence using the Zoom tab.

Texts

Videoporama use 3 texts types :

Overlaid texts These texts are shown permanently during all the duration of the video and spend above all the images and all the transitions. This type of text is ideal to show for example the date or the title of the video.
Background texts These texts appear on all the shots of the sequence. According to the refocussing of shots, these texts can be the object of animation such as zooms or scrolling.
Static shot texts These texts appear only during the duration of a static shot.


General description of the interface of Videoporama


The main window of Videoporama is decomposed into 3 main zones. 1 at the top and 2 below.

Interface

Videoporama 0.8.0 - July, 2010