Ceci est une ancienne révision du document !
Web page: https://www.photofilmstrip.org/en/ Download page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/photostoryx/ Version: 3.7 Price: Free! Blurb: “PhotoFilmStrip creates movies out of your pictures in just 3 steps. First select your photos, customize the motion path and render the video. There are several output possibilities for VCD, SVCD, DVD up to FULL-HD. Creates animated slideshows.“ Do not use the version (3.4) from the software centre as it is buggy as all heck!
Page Web : https://www.photofilmstrip.org/en/ Téléchargement : https://sourceforge.net/projects/photostoryx/ Version : 3.7 Prix : Gratuit !
Aperçu : « PhotoFilmStrip crée des films de vos images en seulement 3 étapes. Sélectionner vos photos, personnaliser le chemin de la motion et créer le rendu de la vidéo. Il y a plusieurs possibilités de sortie pour VCD, SVCD, DVD et jusqu’à FULL-HD. Cela crée des diaporamas animés. »
N’utilisez pas la version (3.4) du Centre de logiciels car c’est archi-plein de bogues !
Let me set the scene. Komorebi is an application that allows looped videos to be played as “live” background wallpaper. Perfectly looped, short, videos are hard to find. So I had an idea, why not loop some pictures of the animals in the national park with nice transition effects? With music… How would I do that? Enter PhotostoryX, only it is now Photofilmstrip and not to be confused with the website of the same name. I found the application in the software centre, but I saw a “never” at “updated”. Mmm I thought, let me give it a go. Issues ‘n tissues. Like missing buttons. (see image)
Permettez-moi de vous donner le contexte. Komorebi est une application qui permet la lecture de vidéos en boucle comme papier peint « live ». Des vidéos courtes qui sont parfaitement bouclées sont rares. J’ai donc eu une idée : pourquoi pas mettre en boucle quelques photos d’animaux dans le parc national avec des effets de transition sympa ? Avec de la musique… Comment faire ? PhotostoryX entre en scène, mais maintenant il s’appelle Photofilmstrip, mais il ne faut pas confondre l’appli et le site Web éponyme. J’ai trouvé l’appli dans le Centre de logiciels, mais j’ai vu « jamais » à côté de « mise à jour ». Hmmm, je pensais, je l’essayerai quand même. Des problèmes, comme des boutons qui manquent (voir l’image), et des larmes.
Missing buttons at the bottom and not clickable…
I went to the sourceforge page and grabbed a .deb-file of version 3.7. This seemed to work. (The download is a .deb-file, so no building from scratch.)
The interface is easy to work with, there are no complicated settings and oodles of buttons. This makes it very easy to pick up and use for a novice. The only thing you need to worry about is the aspect ratio of your display it will be playing on. Once in, you need to select the pictures or the folder. You can select multiple pictures, by holding down the control or shift keys.
Your workspace is divided into three panes, the top two panes are for you to select your transitions. You can drag-move the rectangles that signify panning and you can roll the mouse wheel to signify the zooming. The bottom pane is the order that these pictures will display. Between the top two panes, you will have the buttons for the motion, and between the top and bottom panes you will have the effects and rotation, as well as description or “subtitles”. The top two panes represent the start and end of your transformations, where to start and where to end. The centre vertical strip buttons are self-explanatory. You can hover your mouse over each for the tool tip. The centre horizontal strip may be a little confusing. There are but two “effects” sepia and black and white. Movement has a time in seconds, this is how long it takes for the image to move from the start position to the end position. The movement can also be “delayed” - there is no movement at first, giving you time to ogle the picture, “accelerated” - speed up and slows down and “linear” -constant movement speed. The transition effects are none, fade and roll. I am sure you can see where that goes and next to that the time in which to do it. The subtitles box allows you to add descriptions of the people or places, like “Grandma’s 90th”. The bottom panel has your arrangement and it is as easy as drag-and-drop. You can also use the move and delete buttons to the right of your film strip. Now about the rotation, it is either clock-wise or anti clock-wise, the icons may confuse Android users.
You can also let your slide shows play to music, and PhotoFilmStrip supports a wide variety of formats. If you are unsure of your format, the importer offers a play button for you test your music.
If you are done designing your PhotoFilmStrip you can create a movie file. The following table shows which formats are available with their default properties. The profile field allows you to select the desired video type. The following table shows which types are available with their default properties.
The “Subtitles” can be manipulated by using settings delimited by a semi-colon.
A full list of text overlay settings can be found here: https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/pango/textoverlay.html?gi-language=c
PhotoFilmStrip is a very user-friendly, easy application to use. I now have my photos running as a screen saver with soft music playing as I am running VLC full screen. Very soothing. I also tested it on my older PC with a 4:3 display and it works like a charm! Komorebi is forgotten. I have to try this on the raspberry pi soon. I suspect it could make a nice digital photo frame. If anyone out there in FCM land has a spare $5 Raspberry Pi Zero you would like to donate for a project, mail me on: misc@fullcirclemagazine.org or find me on Telegram @EriktheUnready. (local pi-shop has a one, pi zero per customer policy, at $189, unless I want to pay $300+ for one from somewhere else.)