We assume: Adobe Premiere, DPS Spark DVcodec.


Step 1 - Scan your images. They need to be at least 640 pixels wide and 480 tall. The more pixels you have, the more you can pan/zoom the image without an impact on the quality, but too many will slow things down.


Step 2 - Make sure you have the latest updates to your applications (Adobe Premiere, DV card drivers)


Step 3 - When you start Premiere, you should be asked to load a default setting for your movie. This is just a starting point. You can change these later if you need to. Select DV 720x480 NTSC. (or what is appropriate for your particular output type)


Step 4 - You need to set the default still settings for your stills. This is under File - Preferences - Generall / Still Image. I suggest 5 seconds (150 frames), but you should adjust it to match your music. Make sure to turn off "Lock Aspect" if you are working in DV. This will stretch your 640x480 images to 720x480 when rendered.


Step 5 - You should have all of your images in a separate folder. The images need to be named in alpha-numeric order. This will be the order they are put on the time line. Note: If you number them, make sure that you add extra zeros in the front of the file name. Such as: 0001.jpg, 0002.jpg, ... 0065.jpg. Select "File - Import - Folder" and select the folder where your images are. The images will be imported and default to the number of frames you specified in step 4.



Step 6 - The imported folder will create a bin in your Project window with the name of your folder (in this case it was named Both). To speed things up, right click on the timeline and bring up "Timeline Window Options".




Step 7 - Under "Track Format" select the third option so that no images will be displayed on the time line. If you want, you can un-check the "Show Audio Waveforms" to speed up your display of audio. If you keep the audio track collapsed, it will not display the waveform, so this may not matter. Set the other settings to your liking.






Step 8 - Now, drag your "Bin" to the timeline into the Video 1 track. All the images will be placed in order.






Step 9 - Now set the default transition for the stills. In the transitions window, select cross dissolve. Select the little right-pointing arrow in the upper right of the window. Select "Set selected as default..." Set the number of frames (I suggest 30 which will be 1 second)






Step 10 - Now zoom into your time line to about a 4 second resolution (in the bottom left of the timeline window). Now insert the transitions at each time line. Use the buttons in the Monitor window to speed things along. The top button moves to the next edit, the bottom will insert the transition. The video 1 track must be collapsed for the transition to be inserted. To collapse/expand a track, just select the arrow to the left of the "Video 1" text.






Step 11 - Now add the image pan filter to each image. Select the image, and press "Ctrl-F". Find the "Image Pan" filter and add it.






Step 12 - When you select "Add", the "Image Pan Settings" windows will open. Make sure your width and height are at a 4:3 ratio. Hint: Set the width and height to 640 x 480. The box will appear in the window. Now, hold down the "Alt" key while you drag one of the corners. The aspect will stay at 4:3. Do this for the start and finish windows. The center image may not look correct but it will give a rough idea of your settings.






Step 13 - After you apply a filter, a green bar will appear at the top of each images' section on the timeline.






Step 14 - That is it! Make sure you save your project often. Premiere has an auto save feature under "Preferences - Auto Save / Undo". You can now save your final movie under "Export - Movie" (Ctrl-M). Double check your settings and set it to "Entire Project". Save your movie file to a drive that has enough disk space!!!

There are things I have left out, but this will get you to where you want. I will add more as I have time.
Jeremy A. Moore