PulpMotion Advanced: Telling Stories Since 2008

It has been hard to make nice slideshows. Most slideshows are just a bunch of photos thrown into iMovie with the “Ken Burns” effect. But now PulpMotion Advanced, by Aquafadas, allows for an easy way to create beautiful slideshows. PulpMotion Advanced includes 19 themes which allow you to make a perfect slideshow — with a cool look, too. Some of those themes even have different varieties which makes the total number of themes about 50. PulpMotion Advanced doesn’t limit the slideshows to pictures, though; you can even add videos in the mix.

When you open PulpMotion Advanced you are greeted by a simple start page with 3 main options: New, Open, and Open Recent. After selecting New you can select from one of the many themes, but you can always change your theme whenever you want. The top half of the theme window is for choosing the theme and the bottom half is for choosing a variation. Now the main window opens. The main window has a slick black design. On the right is the media browser but with the 3 buttons under it it can also be for options and for choosing a different theme. The bottom of the window displays music, text, and photos in the slideshow; just drag media there to add it. Finally, the slideshow plays in the main middle section. Now on to options. By clicking the button with the gear on it you can change the media browser to Composition Settings. This is where you can change every little detail about your slideshow. Once you have gone over the many options it’s time to add pictures.

Adding pictures is very simple. Just find the images you want and drag them straight to the media bar. You can select as many pictures as you want. Once you have your pictures added you can add a voiceover with a microphone and change the name. To change the name just double click the name under the image and type in what you want. You can also pick out special parts of an image and have it zoom in on those and then out onto the whole picture. Just go back to the composition settings and click the button in the top-right next to the star. Then choose the image you want to change and click Open Editor. Once the editor is open you can select different “zones of interest” and it will zoom in on those and then go to the full image. You can always change the time of certain images by clicking the clock icon next to the title. You can change the time of all of them in Options.

Adding music is just as easy. Just drag a selected song from the media browser to the bottom. It will display the percentage of the song that is covered by the pictures and you can edit some options by double clicking the song. Once you have finally finished your slideshow just check over the settings one more time to make sure everything is perfect and then hit Play. You can then click File-Export to export it to many different sources like an iPod, AppleTV, iLife, Mail, and even as a screensaver. When you export your slideshow you can choose all of the options including looping, quality, and motion blur.

Overall PulpMotion Advanced is a great application, with many new features compared to the standard PulpMotion. There is still one small problem where some angled lines can be jagged, but all the slideshows and themes look amazing. In the end I’m sure that PulpMotion Advanced will help you share your pictures and stories in a very impressive way. You can download a demo and purchase PulpMotion Advanced at the Aquafadas website. PulpMotion Advanced costs $129 or you can upgrade from standard PulpMotion for $85.

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