December 6th, 2011
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Audio slide shows with Final Cut Pro

Advancing the Story highlights use of Final Cut Pro for creating audio slideshows:

For years, Soundslides has set the standard for audio slide shows, but it’s certainly not the only option.  Andrew Lih, who teaches at USC, says he’s been using Final Cut Pro(FCP) to teach student journalists the same principles.  He recently posted the following on the Facebook page for educators in the Online News Association:

We’re using a 4:3 format (not 16:9) which matches photo aspect ratios better, and also advising on avoiding portrait shots, or keeping them to a minimum. In the past, we’ve found leaving students to their own devices, the arbitrary alternation between landscape (full frame) and portrait (with black bars on sides) is distracting after a dozen shots. We’re exporting to YouTube and embedding that “video” into a page. We’re also giving advice to be restrained with transitions and moves.

Downsides: user-controlled captions and self-pacing not possible if done as a video. Stuck with single resolution of video.

Upsides: Don’t have to teach confounding FTP commands to users and find server space for Soundslides. Build on existing knowledge of video editing tool (FCP) and full control of image keyframes/motion.

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