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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
"With this new codec, still images can be transformed into video by using pan, zoom, and various transition effects. By combining transitions with pans, zooms, and cross-fades, an almost unlimited number of effects can be created. The results can then be delivered at data rates as low as 20 kilobits per second (Kbps). These files, compressed using either constant-bit-rate (CBR) or one-pass variable-bit-rate (VBR) modes, can be shared easily because they are much smaller than the original image files. Note that Windows Media Video 9 Image version 2 is not compatible with the previous version of the codec."
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What's so revolutionary about this?
Tons of PPC slideshow viewers are capable of this. Just a quick list of the PPC slideshow'ers and the transition effects + special features they have off my forthcoming picviewer/editor roundup:
Spb Imageer 1.2: 24 transition effects
XnView 1.20: Creates an .EXE slideshow (
watchable w/o any kind of pic viewer). There're a lot of transition effects (even if their speed can't be set (and may be, therefore, anningly slow) and can only be applied randomly); specifiable background MP3 music
Resco Picture Viewer 5.1: 16 transition effects; (even several; even MP3's) background music,
Fujitsu-Siemens Album: 52 transition effects