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Perspective And Fooling The Eye

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:32:08 +0000

This illusion using perspective is fun and looks pretty good if not overdone or over tweaked. Your mileage may vary as far as results, depending on the choice of image in context with your show and how much you choose to vary your X & Y settings and pan settings between kf1 and kf2. I believe if too much stretching is applied, it will tend to look terribly fake.

In the example, a 3rd kf was added at the end of the movement to give the viewer a short rest on the image (kf2 and kf3 settings match) but it isn’t necessary.

Here are two more examples of this effect in this short video.

Dissolving A Second Person

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:05:54 +0000

If you’ve ever wanted to remove a subject from a scene, here’s an easy way to do it with ProShow Producer. This depends if you are satisfied with the remaining background showing through. It also depends upon if the image, if it’s similar to the example and the two people are far enough away from each other to apply the technique.

I like to do things the easy way when I can, so no Photoshopping is necessary to accomplish this task given the elements used and desired end effect are similar to the example. Since photos will vary and your choice for the end result may vary as well – YMMV (your mileage may vary). You may have to resort to the more difficult task of cloning out the person in Photoshop after all. But for now, here is a simple way to do it.

Obviously, you’re not limited to just removing people. This works for anything distracting in the scene that you want to remove in your slide. If you never want the element or person displayed at all, leave out layer 1 and that should do it!

Photodex Updates User Gallery Format Pages!

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:12:56 +0000

Photodex implemented something new to their show “sharing” site. Not only does it look different (and better) but additional features now allow user to customize their pages, add links to other websites and lots more. Very nice!

You can read about the new features HERE.

If any of you tried adding a stat counter to your shows, you’ll probably have to replace it with a new code. The new page format seems to be incompatible with the previous stat counter code.

Placing a stat counter in your slide show

admin — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 01:19:49 +0000

Here’s a tip I don’t think I’ve ever seen posted anywhere in the ProShow forums.

Did you know that a stat counter can be placed inside the description box of any show you’ve uploaded in your Photodex album?

Go to stat counter and sign up for an account. With this tool you can see additional information related to your hits. While Photodex gives you a simple counter, that’s all the information it provides. You can choose to make your stat counter visible or invisible.

Once you create a new project and go through the steps to create the code, stat counter supplies the html and you simply paste it into the show description box. (Click on “edit this item” in your show page to get to that box, paste the code, then hit “apply changes”.) Cool!

Crisscross Masking

admin — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:59:38 +0000

Here’s a very basic tutorial on the masking effect seen at 1:10- 1:19 in the Photodex gallery demo