Imagematics’ StillMotion Creator mimics the actual functionality of an animation camera stand. The completed animation is then converted to Flash SWF format, or exported as a high-resolution file for professional video or HDTV.
Imagematics’ StillMotion Creator is designed to allow
the user to create animated video from digital still photographs. It is a piece
of software that mimics the actual functionality of an animation camera stand,
where you can apply pan, zoom and rotate to images. The completed animation can
then be output in the Flash SWF format, or as a high resolution file for
professional video or HDTV.
The ImageMatics StillMotion Creator is an easy to use
and very affordable multimedia animation program that creates SWF movies
and AVI files from still images. With StillMotion Creator you can create virtual
tours, bring to life presentations with dynamic image effects, create slideshows
for Internet presentation with professional transitions, manage and display
panoramas and create new products and offering from still
images.
Bill Strum, President of Imagematics, explained how the
StillMotion software was developed. He said: “The Internet is replete with still
images and in order to add animation, pans and zooms, you had to download the
file. You had to put some sort of a plug-in in the file, or you had to use an
AVI format, which of course, is yet another set of plug-ins and becomes a
bandwidth hog.”
StillMotion animations are movie segments created
through pan and zoom movements through still images. The results are compelling.
StillMotion animation provides a new tool for Web site and Flash developers,
designers, professional photographers, videographers and content
developers.
There are three versions of the StillMotion Creator.
The standard version supports Flash only output, while the Plus and Pro versions
both support AVI. The Plus version supports AVI resolutions of 400x400 or less,
while the Pro version supports unlimited
resolutions.