Disney's PhotoMovie

[kman1011]

If you get around to how much you think of charging let me know I may be interested. I have the ability just not the time.


Thanks

 

[Partridge4ever]

Can you put all of your photopass pics on it or only the ones you actually buy?

 

[tink2020]

Can you put all of your photopass pics on it or only the ones you actually buy?

You don't have to buy any of them! All of your photopass pics, plus any you upload can go into your movie (up to 68 total, in the "chapters" they have devised). If you have 68 photopass pics that fit into the movie, you can use them ALL without specifically buying any!

They do make a point though, to say that this is a DVD and in DVD format only, and that you cannot "retrieve" any pictures off of the disc. So if you DO want paper copies of any pictures, be sure to buy them through photopass.! Hope that helps!

 

[Bete]

I'm not expecting anyone to do their entire DVD. I would like to see the special features that Disney includes in this DVD at least to a small degree. I'd like an idea of how it looks. Could you provide a link? Is anyone out there kind enough to do this for us? Thank-You and Merry Christmas.

 

[tink2020]

I'm not expecting anyone to do their entire DVD. I would like to see the special features that Disney includes in this DVD at least to a small degree. I'd like an idea of how it looks. Could you provide a link? Is anyone out there kind enough to do this for us? Thank-You and Merry Christmas.

Did you see the sample on the website? It's pretty cool. I know it mentions "other special effects", but there are quite a few in the sample on the homepage of Disney Photo Movie. Also, if you sign up and upload your pictures, you can see a sample (basically the DVD in its entirety, a little rougher quality) with your own pictures (with no obligation to buy).

Is that what you are looking for? Or to see the differences in the actual product? I have pretty much faith that it will be true to the sample online.

 

[Partridge4ever]

Thanks Jennifer! That's great news!

 

[tink2020]

Thanks Jennifer! That's great news!

I thought so, too!

 

[WDWguru]

If you get around to how much you think of charging let me know I may be interested. I have the ability just not the time.

I certainly will! I'm a bit busy at the moment too, but as soon as the holiday stuff clears out and I have time, I'm going to seriously look into the feasibility of it and how much it might cost me. I'm thinking about doing tiers, with the lowest level being slideshows only, then a middle tier adding video, and maybe a top tier that's totally custom. I'd throw in a certain number of "stock" items on top of whatever content was provided by the client, etc. It's still in the thinking stage right now, but I want to do it was a service to DIS folks and not necessarily to make a profit. I just need to figure out where that all shakes out.

 

[tink2020]

Ok, so this may be for those that have ordered..... or just anyone's opinion. I placed my order "last night" at about quarter till midnight. Even my order online says placed "December 19th".... but even still, I understand that they surely didn't even do a thing with it until today, December 20th. However, even then, by paying for express delivery which says "Delivery the next business day".... I should have it tomorrow, no? My status still says In Progress, so I was just curious. We are going out of town and I was hoping to have it in time, hence the double shipping cost for express.

Any thoughts?

 

[LeesyUD]

I think it should be there by tommorrow...Usually overnight really means overnight...I ordered a photo printer from staples this past saturday night and it was free express shipping and I got it this afternoon. It just depends on the item and the company though...sometimes it may be express shipping but that does not include time to process the order. Like on amazon...standard shipping takes 3-5 business days but there are some items for whatever reason take a day or two to ship. But like I said I think it will be there tommorrow since it should have been processed and gone out today...also even thouh it says processing still, there is a good chance that just has not updated yet to shipped.

 

[huskies90]

It is overnight from when they SHIP it not from when you order it. Mine was shipped yesterday and it came today. I ordered it on 12/15...

 

[tink2020]

We ordered ours on Wednesday and it was shipped on Thursday! FAST! We keep watching the preview and are so excited for the real one to arrive. Actually, we ordered a copy for us and each of our adult children who made our trip in March so special. The grandkids love watching the preview and will be so excited when they see the "surprises" that come on the real video. Right now Disney is reducing the price by $20 during the introduction stage. Yes, with my software I could have made a slideshow with music, with my own digi pics but there's no way I could have had the backgrounds and characters come to life. I now consider DisneyMovie just one more souvenir of our wonderful times at Disney!

ETA: Nevermind, sorry

 

[tink2020]

It is overnight from when they SHIP it not from when you order it. Mine was shipped yesterday and it came today. I ordered it on 12/15...

yeah, I figured as much..... but everyone that already ordered got it within a few days (even w/o express), so I thought the turnaround would be quicker

 

[huskies90]

I used Movie Maker to make a movie of all the other digitial pics I took and it came out pretty good. It is now in a Windows Media format. How do I get it play on a DVD player?? I assume that I can't just burn it to a CD. I also assume it has to be burned to a DVD. I don't have a DVD burner but I am sure I can find one. Is there some that needs to be done before it can be burned to a DVD??

TIA

 

[tink2020]

Anyone know what the status "Purchased" means on the Order Status page? It went from "In Progress" to "Purchased" this afternoon....... I wonder if "shipping" is next, or if the order "progress" before was just processing the payment? Anyone seen this when they ordered?

 

[huskies90]

I used Movie Maker to make a movie of all the other digitial pics I took and it came out pretty good. It is now in a Windows Media format. How do I get it play on a DVD player?? I assume that I can't just burn it to a CD. I also assume it has to be burned to a DVD. I don't have a DVD burner but I am sure I can find one. Is there some that needs to be done before it can be burned to a DVD??

TIA

Anyone??

 

[DisneyGuy]

I used Movie Maker to make a movie of all the other digitial pics I took and it came out pretty good. It is now in a Windows Media format. How do I get it play on a DVD player?? I assume that I can't just burn it to a CD. I also assume it has to be burned to a DVD. I don't have a DVD burner but I am sure I can find one. Is there some that needs to be done before it can be burned to a DVD??

TIA

Movie Maker doesn't export to DVD - at least not the one I had on my old computer. To burn a DVD to play on a set top player, you need authoring software, such as DVD Studio Pro. There are many consumer level products available at a decent price to create a slideshows/movies - such as Sonic's DVDit, Roxio easy dvd creator - the list goes on. Not quite sure if Movie Maker exports to "VCD" format, but if it does, and your set top player reads the VCD format, you can do that by buring to a cd as a "VCD". Other than that, a Windows Media Player file is just that - A WMV file. You can burn it as a "data" cd - just to back it up.

Sounds like Disney found a new market to cater to. I've done two of our Disney vacations on DVD - my family loves them - the music makes the pictures come alive - and also the added titles and transitions that I include. As mentioned, this isn't something that everyone knows how to do, or has time to do, but if you ever get the chance, it's worth learning - and a lot of fun.

I use iMovie and iDVD for mine, as well as iPhoto (yes, I use a MAC.).

To the person who mentioned doing this as a "service" - Legally, I'd say forget it. Using those "stock" images/video/music is fine for your use, but technically you'd be selling the Disney product. Even though you say you would just be charging for your services, you'd be distributing materials to people who haven't purchased the music and the images - as you said, it's different if they are just for you and your family. I could be completely wrong - but i'd be careful. I was told once that just giving someone a copy of a concert that was aired on TV was illegal - and I wasn't going to charge them at all. So, I didn't do that either.

 

[pxlbarrel]

Oy...was considering doing this rather than doing this myself but the shipping cost to Canada is $17!!! For a dvd??????? I guess I'll be doing this myself.

 

[Florida_Mom]

DH and I use a program that we purchased online called MemoriesOnTv. The program was $50 and we can use it for all of our trips. We just drag the digital photos into the program and whatever songs we want to use. It "animates" the photos -- meaning it zooms in, has cool transitions from one phot to the next -- and it looks so cool! The ability to add music made me end my addiction to scrapbooking and do this instead. It takes us about an hour to create one for a trip. Then it has to be rendered to DVD format, which DH does on his computer and then burns it. It is so amazing.

 

[huskies90]

Movie Maker doesn't export to DVD - at least not the one I had on my old computer. To burn a DVD to play on a set top player, you need authoring software, such as DVD Studio Pro. There are many consumer level products available at a decent price to create a slideshows/movies - such as Sonic's DVDit, Roxio easy dvd creator - the list goes on. Not quite sure if Movie Maker exports to "VCD" format, but if it does, and your set top player reads the VCD format, you can do that by buring to a cd as a "VCD". Other than that, a Windows Media Player file is just that - A WMV file. You can burn it as a "data" cd - just to back it up.

Thanks for the information. I have two follow up questions:

1) I have converted this file to every format I can think of and burned it to a cd. I have two set top dvd players in my house and none of the formats work in either two players. I converted it to VCD, MGPEG (1&2) and HighMat WMA format. Again my DVD players will not read it. All the research I have done implies the player should read a CD. Am I doing something wrong??

2) Assuming a CD won't work and this has to be in a DVD format and assuming I find someone who has a DVD burner I can borrow, all I want to do is convert this existing file so it will play on the DVD. I don't want to have to recreate movie I did in movie maker. What steps do I take to burn the WMA file so it will play on a dvd?