can u tell me how to do that... I'm going crazy over here......lol

you can make a video out of some photos or just download some ambient stuff.

There are free vids at movietools.info. These are what I use as fillers when I don't have the video for the track that I'm playing. You have to convert them to MP4 format but they look great!!

O.K. I will check that out. But what I'm trying to do is take the flyer from the party I'm doing and add that so some of the songs that i know don't have videos

drop the flyer into imovie and make it an mp4

where would i go to do that.... I have no knowledge of this

are you on a mac?

yeah

open the quartz composer program. create new quartz file, add a picture importer patch, import file, connect to a billboard, save. done.
you can do mad shit with quartz composer & qtz files! quick, low cpu, and small in size.

umm i think u can do this in vegas its pretty simple just "stretch" the inserted picture along the whole song and it should be attached to it then save give it a try?

Where is AKIEM?

if you use a mac i am sure you have IMOVIE and TOAST.so open imovie select new project drag you picture to the project no sound needed.then export it to the desktop.if the file format is not saved as mp4 then you have to open toast, there select dvd option drag the saved file from the desktop to toast at the bottom you c 3 buttons which are + - and export.click on export a window will drop with different options.select save in desktop and change the format to mp4 then ok. this time you have the same file but in mp4 format which you need for video sl.
its only about 3seconds play but if you are aware of video sl you have the option of loading a song with a different video so drop the song you want then drop the picture in there this time you have the song playing and the picture on the screen.job done
practice and enjoy.

the current version of VSL does not support QTZ

also, to answer the poster's original question, google picassa can make a picture into a movie file.

The current version of VSL is 1.1 which should support QTZ.

really? didn't work for me last time i tried.

I didn't read any notice that QTZ support has been removed in the final version, so it should still work (I haven't tried the final version).

I had this same problem when I started out. The EASIEST say IMO to do this is as suggested with Imovie. You just:

-open imovie
-drag n drop the image you want
-then in the drop down you can export with quicktime.
-Make the settings an MP4 and its done.

It is quick and no converting needed.

oh i see what you mean nik. you're saying 1.1 is the current version. i wasn't notified that it was released. i'm still using the beta, which of course has QTZ support because I use it every night.

Oh, ah, ... yes talking about 1.1 which went final :)

nobody told me

hey swift... VSL 1.1 went final...


there... someone told you.

you suck so bad...

fuck it, you get a pass

any of yo guys want to put vid or insturctions on how you go about using this quartz composer program... I have a mac but to be honest I don't use it much.

Quartz Composer is a monster. I've been trying to find good documentation or books on it since it was invented.

is this program already on my mac... I mean I have read all over the fourms but it's like taboo talk bout quartz... Can anyone give me some direction as to how to go about using it for VSL.

I'm VERY new to the video thing. I followed these guidelines and even I got it to work. Thanks for this info hes.

Glad I could help! I was mad, cuz I looked for days on an easy way to do this and fancy programs, and the whole time I had this on my mac lol.

Hell, I was set to buy final cut pro or vegas to do this. lol! The only reason why I didn't is because I recetly bought a subwoofer and I didn't want to spend another $600 on the video software too. So you saved me at least $600 (for now). =)

Funky i'll write you directions when i get back in front of my computer.

i made this EVEN EASIER with ffmpeg:

create 300 symlinks for a 300 frame long movie:

perl -e '@foo = (1 .. 300); foreach (@foo) { $num = sprintf("%03d", $_) . ".jpg"; `ln -s IMAGE.JPG $num`; }'

then run ffmpeg to make an mp4 movie:

ffmpeg -f image2 -i %03d.jpg -b 3000k -r 29.97 -vcodec h264 -s 720x480 movie.mp4

note, that this would be much easier if my version of ffmpeg used the -t (duration) switch. then the symlinks would not be required. you'll also want to remove the symlinks when you're done.

thanks itchie...

i already explained that dj hes.lol

open quartz composer.
open new blank composition.
click patch creator.
search for image importer and double click.
search for clear and double click.
search for billboard and double click.

1 go back into the workspace.
2 make sure 'clear' is set to 1 (if not click the number to change it).
3 select image importer in the workspace.
4 click patch inspector from top menu bar.
5 click viewer from top menu.
6 go into settings from the dropdown menu in inspector for the image importer.
7 click import file and import.
8 click and hold onto the circle (says image) in the image importer patch and drag the string to (image) circle in billboard patch.
9 click patch parameters for the top menu. it should now be displayed to the right in the workspace.
10 click on the billboard patch in the workspace and you should see width and position etc.
11 change settings to desired size.
12 click on clear patch in the workspace to change background color.
13 save.

this helped me quite a bit.
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i still think my way is easier. i explained it in TWO lines. how could it get more simple than that?

true, but learning how to make quartz files will only help VSL users in the long run...
and i was breaking it down. i think i explained it here in TWO lines aswell.

well in my case, 2 lines are two actual tasks. plus you can copy and paste my lines and be almost done.

agreed though about everybody should learn quartz composer. it's the secret sauce.

I don't know about the other methods but iMovie will create a theme for you too.
I'm going to use the picture book theme for Saturdays wedding.
I think it took me about 5 minutes to make it.