Facebook had been and still is something they are constantly using. Seems they are posting on it most hours of the waking day. As I started to look through their wall posts I noticed that they were always posting sweet nothings to each other. That seemed like a good starting point.
I used a free program I found via Google that lets you download any friends wall history into text form. After I had their entire history I loaded it into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, sorted it by date and then removed most of the irrelivant (non-mushy) posts. Change the font style to match that of Facebook, added a profile picture to each post and then exported it to a graphic format, finally converting it into a JPEG.
So now with 8 or 10 JPEG of their Facebook posts on chronological order it was time to animate the opening.
For that I used StageTools MovingPicture - a plugin included with Pinnacle Studio 11. MovingPicture allows you to zoom in and out, rotate, and pan around still pictures in way that lets you bring it to life so to speak.
The StageTools MovingPicture interface
By placing keyframes throughout the sequence you can set the zooms and pans to however you like.
It is a very simple plug-in to use and brings your photos to life!
Check out the first part of Allison and Dave's wedding video where I use their Facebook history to tell the story leading up to their wedding day.
Allison and Dave's Wedding Video - Part 1
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