FotoMagico 5–The Best Slideshow Software Now in 4k

FotoMagico 5 makes creating advanced slideshows super easy

Back in 2013 when Boinx software asked me to take a look at FotoMagico, I was getting tons of requests to do reviews, but I only had the bandwidth to write about the best of the best products. After taking a quick look at FotoMagico 4, I was very impressed and gave a very favorable review.

Fast forward to 2016, and it was me reaching out to them as I was excited about the release of FotoMagico 5 which features 4k output plus lots of great user interface enhancements (see the press release below for full details).

This past weekend when I did my review, I found myself loving this newest version much more than its predecessor as it felt more like the ScreenFlow and Camtasia video editing tools that I am more comfortable using. What’s more, I was able to quickly create a 4k video with my images in less than 15 minutes which I repeated for this video tutorial here:

Click here to view the tutorial on YouTube

To save me even more time, I could upload my video directly to YouTube in 4k and the whole upload process only took 3 minutes on my 2015 MacBook Pro:

Upload your videos to YouTube in 4k

With impressive intro video, lots of free music, and rolling credits – I had a video that was impressive to view on any resolution display. Here’s the final output which looked wonderful on my NEC PA322UHD 4k display: 

Click here to see on YouTube and be sure to view full screen

More info from the Press Release

Boinx Software has just announced a new version of its premier slideshow creation tool, FotoMagico 5. This updated software program brings a combination of brand new editing tools and advancements to pre-existing features. Among many enhancements, FotoMagico 5 now features a slideshow interface with pre-built stories called “Snippets,” Audio Envelopes and Fades to control audio levels, an Audio Marker Assistant to provide more precise sound editing capabilities, improved text editing and placeholders, and much more.

“FotoMagico is made by photographers for photographers,” states Oliver Breidenbach, CEO, Boinx Software. “This is why it puts the needs of photographers front and center. It’s easy to learn, as photographers want to spend their time taking photos - not learning a slide show app. The Snippets feature gets you magical results more quickly than ever. FotoMagico 5 slideshows look brilliant on 4K TVs as well as on YouTube. That’s why thousands of photographers rely on FotoMagico to tell their stories.”

FotoMagico 5 Updates Include:

• New “Snippets” feature allow users to insert their own photo and video content into these pre-built stories to create beautiful slideshows; FotoMagico pros can create their own Snippets to streamline the production of slideshows, perfect for those working with clients
• New Dark User Interface, designed for users of all skill levels, to make photos and videos stand out even more against a more modern backdrop
• Music Snippets come with free CC licensed music by Josh Woodward and Kevin MacLeod to set the mood; pre-loaded with perfectly timed audio markers means your story is synchronized with the matching music, while an attribution slide keeps users out of copyright troubles
• Animation Assistant designed to automatically make your slideshow move, while accounting for a variety of photo aspect ratios like portrait and panorama, movie and text properties
• New Audio Marker Assistant (Pro only) offers more precise control over timing than ever before, with perfectly synchronized music and slides creating the right dramatic effect
• New Audio Volume Envelopes and Fades (Pro only), the most requested feature, provides audio level controls that enable users to make the music softer when one intends to speak if presenting the slideshow, or to let the video audio take center stage
• Improved Text Editing and Text Placeholders (Pro only) for the most intuitive way to edit and format titles yet

Additional new features available only in FotoMagico 5 Pro include the timeline view; record narration; access to Lightroom and Aperture libraries; teleprompter support; chapter support; masks, borders and color correction; and additional sharing options, such as the Standalone Player, ProRes video, and custom video.

Conclusion

The best way to create slideshows for your images just got way better with this release. It’s a no brainer upgrade for existing users, and a great addition to any photographer’s software workflow. It’s fast, easy to use, and the results are extremely professional looking at up to 4k resolution!

It should be noted at this time this product is for Apple OS X only and there are no known plans to offer a Windows version any time soon.

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REVIEW: FotoMagico 4.2 Demo & Discount – A Wedding Photographers Must Own App!

About four months ago I got contacted to see if I wanted to review a product called FotoMagico. I get lots of these offers, but my to-do list is so long that I turn most of them down. I quickly checked out the web site to see what this product was about and was immediately intrigued. Fast forward to today when I finally got time to review this product and I’m now kicking myself for not doing it out sooner!

In short, FotoMagico is a very inexpensive, yet easy and fun to use app for generating videos of your photos and videos with great transitions, music and more. Sure, you’ve seen lots of apps like this, but if you are like me most have failed to meet your expectations. Of course web sites like Animoto showed great promise and were super popular, but it was absurdly priced so why bother right?

WARNING: This is a Mac OS X product only. It will not run on Windows! (Don’t feel bad Windows users, QImage doesn’t run on OS X – much to the frustration of Mac users <g>).

User Interface Tour

The user interface is clean and simple with nice integration with both the files on your drive as well as your libraries in iPhoto, Lightroom and Aperture. You just select your images and drag and drop them onto the storyboard.

Once you have your files dropped you can create an instant slideshow and be done – zero work on your part – or you can use the storyboard or timeline to customize your presentation.

The Timeline is powerful so you can perform advanced customizations with text that appears on demand.

You can even add videos as well as photos, and you can choose for auto advancement of your slides or click to navigate (on supported platforms).

You can even have teleprompter notes to display on a second display or beamer to provide your own words during a live presentation.

New for 4.2 - Masks and Opacity Control!

FotoMagico Demo

Here’s a demo that the folks at Boinx wanted me to show you so you can see what’s possible after you master this product:

and here’s my first video (rated PG) that I created using low res images off my people portfolio (NSFW) with very little effort:

I did this without reading any manuals or any help, and now that I've done it once I could easily recreate a video like this with new content in less than 10 minutes. There is an error at the end with the audio that could have been prevented with a feature that exists in FotoMagico to adjust the slide timing based on the length of the audio, but I forgot to use that before publishing my video.

What’s New in 4.2

If you’ve already been using this cool product, then you might be curious to know what’s new in version 4. Here’s a little video that tells you all about it (which new users might find useful as well):

Here’s also what’s new in 4.2:

Click here to see more videos on some of the new enhancements like the splitscreen effect, picture in picture, the spotlight effect and more.

Conclusion

I hate video because it’s too time consuming and a pain in ass to edit, but this changes my view a little bit. FotoMagico was super easy and fun to use so I quickly became addicted to video experimentations! I was very satisfied with the results that didn’t take me long to build (excluding time wasted experimenting just for fun). It was also super easy to build output videos for YouTube, Vimeo, DVD, and iOS devices with a click of a button. In short, all software should be this be fun and simple.

Oh, and in case you are wondering – in the two hours I played around with FotoMagico on my 3 year old MacBook Pro, it didn’t crash or hang once. 8GB was plenty and the performance on newer systems should be even better!

Now you are no longer limited to the crappy slideshows that Lightroom creates nor do you have a reason (if you have a Mac) to not make videos of your work. This is a really cool app that I’m very excited about and highly recommend it! If you are a wedding or event photographer, then you'll really love it as its so much easier and faster than anything I’ve used!

To learn more or get A 5 day free trial visit boinx.com here. Don’t forget to come back here to get a discount on your order using the link below!

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