Pans and Zooms from Hi-Res Stills

MovingPicture allows documentary and industrial filmmakers to pan and zoom on high resolution images (up to 8,000 by 8,000 pixels), ala "Ken Burns." 

Rather than use an expensive and bulky motion-control rig or animation stand, often requiring expensive photographic prints, MovingPicture takes high-resolution scanned images and allows for perfectly repeatable pans and zoom moves on a desktop computer.

             

MovingPicture is very simple to use. The image appears on the screen. Dragging and sizing a framing box icon on top of this image changes the view, adding key frames onto the timeline.

Since you can preview the motion in real time without any rendering, the design process is very rapid. All motion paths are smooth, splined, and tapered. Motion is field-rendered to sub-pixel accuracies, with full alpha channel support.

We offer two versions of  MovingPicture: as a plug-in to a nonlinear editing system; and as a standalone program, called  "Producer" for creating QT or AVI digital movie files that can be used anywhere. 

MovingPicture Plug-in  

The MovingPicture Plug-in works from within most major nonlinear editing systems enabling you to create smooth moves directly from the editor's timeline. There are no huge movie files to import, and the moves can be instantly changed and saved with the show. The plug-in is available for $199 on the following editors:

Adobe Premiere  (Win/Mac)
Adobe After Effects  (Win/Mac)
Apple Final Cut Pro
Avid  (All Editors Win/Mac)
Canopus RexEdit / DVEdit / DVStorm
Discreet  edit
DPS Velocity
FASTStudio
IMC Incite
In-Sync SpeedRazor
Lightworks
Media 100 (Mac) and 844/X (Win)
Pinnacle 
Ulead 

MovingPicture Producer  

MovingPicture Producer is a standalone program that can easily create  movie files from almost any computer. It does not  require a host editor to run. This is particularly useful when your editor is not one we support, or when you wish to create shots on a different computer without tying up your costly editor. 

You can quickly create AVI and QuickTime movie files using codecs you already have. The rendering option is priced at $199,  but it is free if you already own the plug-in version (on the same computer).

Truly Cross Platform

Versions of MovingPicture are available for all popular platforms: Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP and Macintosh OS 8 / OS 9 / OS X . You can even offline on one platform and online on another. People routinely offline on Macintosh Avid Media Composer 7's and seamlessly online to a Windows-based Symphony system.

Offline Editing

MovingPicture Producer can also be used as an offline means for working out moves on a separate computer, such as the producer's laptop. You can save the motion paths to a disk for easy import into any rendering  version of MovingPicture, increasing productivity and freeing up the costly editing system. A non-rendering version is available at no charge.

Macromedia Flash Output 

You can create Macromedia Flash SWF movies of moves from MovingPicture Producer. It makes compact files, usually 30-100K in size, depending on the quality desired, and is available at no charge.

Rotation Option

Adding the Rotation Option will allow you to spin  your moves as well as pan and zoom, and is priced at $69  (in addition to the purchase of the MovingPicture  Plug-in or Producer).  You can even move the camera in 3D to skew the image.