For the time being if in need of Flash video one will have to make due with viewing exported movies to YouTube.Īll that being said Fotomagico is well worth trying, but be warned in doing so you’ll quickly find how easy and powerful the application is. I will admit I do wish there was the ability to directly export Flash video. The Boinx team has proven to have an eye for the future keeping pace with modern demands. The export options provide photographers an avenue of creating content for a variety of uses. The application has several strengths including its simplified user interface and overall ease of use. If you’re a photographer who uses Apple computers I highly recommend Fotomagico. As new versions of Fotomagico are released I’m sure this will be addressed.įotomagico is a great application that I’ve used in the past and will continue to use in the future. Although an inconvenience a work around was possible. At the moment there does not seem to be a way to manually designate Lightroom libraries or any other application libraries if they exist outside of ones startup drive. I had to track down my local library and use images with in it. My main Lightroom library is kept on an external drive for the time being and as a result I was not able to pull from it. Fotomagico seemed to reference libraries on the startup drive only. I did run into one snag with the Lightroom test. In the second video, photos from my recent trip to Utah and Wyoming were used from Lightroom 2.0: Note: New link provided to higher resolution version The first video features some select photographs from my portfolio that were manually placed into the slideshow along with a custom watermark. I put together two sample presentations to quickly show what is possible. A general example of how the application works is available thanks to TroyPhoto via YouTube. To do so you can either click and drag images to the project window from the Finder or from a pull down menu you can choose from image sets or collections with in iMedia Browser framework compatible applications such as iPhoto or Lightroom. The project window is intuitively designed and application menus are laid out in a very logical order. This weekend I took the time to put Fotomagico 2.5 through its paces and as with previous versions I was impressed. These preset optimization settings make life very easy when you’re looking to produce presentations in a timely fashion.
I should note that in addition to the afore mentioned export features one can save out presentations via preset optimized settings for web, iPod, iPhone, AppleTV, HD, QuickTime and MP4 movies.
Two versions of the software are available including an Express and Pro version.įeatures added in version 2.5 that are noteworthy include:
Fotomagico is an application for Apple computers (sorry PC users) and leverages Apple QuickTime. Presentations can be exported for use on the web, DVDs, podcasts, etc. Various display effects combined with music provide a means to wow your audience. The software enables photographers to create dynamic viewing experiences with greater control and creativity than many other applications.
Fotomagico is a presentation application for professional photographers. Just this past week version 2.5 was released introducing some key enhancements.īefore getting too focused on the new enhancements its important to note what Fotomagico is and is not. Fotomagico makes creating professional level presentations incredibly easy. I’ve been using Fotomagico since version 2.0 and since that time Boinx Software have been regularly releasing updates.
One of the best-kept secrets when it comes to making dynamic photo slide shows is Fotomagico.