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voice-overs in an iDVD slideshow?
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Mar 16, 2005, 12:00 PM
 
I'm putting together a slideshow for a friend's wedding and I would like to do the following:
1. show still pictures (obviously)
2. music tracks
3. voice-overs from the family
(no motion clips of any sort are needed and I'm fine with using whatever stock transitions an application provides for me)

Can I do this in iDVD? I've never used it, but from the looks of the screenshots I've seen, it doesn't seem like I can lay down multiple audio tracks (for voice-overs). I wanted to find out before buying iLife.

I've used iMovie before so I know that I could put in voice-overs with the music.

Would Keynote 2 work?

Any 3rd party app recommendations?

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Mar 16, 2005, 12:26 PM
 
You are right that iDVD supports only one voice track. But iDVD is the last stage of an assembly line.

For slideshows, you can either do them in iMovie, or in iDVD. If you use iMovie, then again, just add the voiceover directly, then import as a video track into iDVD.
If you choose to do the slideshow in iDVD, you'd set it up, including the background music. Then play the slideshow, and simultaneously record the voiceover (i.e. start recording in a simple recording app a bit before you start playing). Then use Quicktime, Garageband, or iMovie to mix the audio tracks. Then reapply the new mixed audio track to the slideshow.

You definitely want to be using iDVD for this, though; it makes DVD creation a breeze.
(Last edited by Mithras; Mar 16, 2005 at 12:38 PM. )
     
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Mar 16, 2005, 12:38 PM
 
Thanks for the tips!

Is this a concern at all?
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