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Jens Gapfert has created a tremendously useful video tool for generating MPEGs from JPGs: PhotoFilmStrip. My first try at cutting a Ken Burns Lite video was using Google's impressive Picasa. I used it for making a DVD of the 50th anniversary of some good neighbors.

On the next upgrade, Picasa 3, sadly left out the video capability and I've been searching for something that could match Picasa in creating a DVD from still images. Well, PhotoFilmStrip exceeds Picasa in this aspect, it makes great videos from stills.

• Simple and easy to use graphical user interface
• Comfortable way to specify the motion path for each picture
• Picture comments are generate into subtitle file
• Several output possibilities
• Special feature is Full-HD resolution and MPEG4 output
• Background music for the slideshow
• Export and Import of a PhotoFilmStrip project (all pictures in one file)
• Automatic detection of picture rotation (extracted from EXIF)
• Some picture effect like "black and white" and sepia
• Some quality settings for each output renderer
• Command line interface for batch processing

Thanks, Jens, PhotoFilmStrip is awesome.

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