Comments on: ‘You Can’t Escape Ken Burns’ and Other Horrid iMovie ‘Ughs’ http://nslog.com/2003/02/04/you_cant_escape_ken_burns_and_other_horrid_imovie_ughs The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike http://nslog.com/2003/02/04/you_cant_escape_ken_burns_and_other_horrid_imovie_ughs#comment-67840 Mike Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:16:12 +0000 http://nslog.com/2003/02/04/you_cant_escape_ken_burns_and_other_horrid_imovie_ughs/#comment-67840 Ken Burns just takes old photos and zooms in and out on them and calls it a movie.... Lame Ass... People were doing that way before Ken Burns... it's not a effect, it's a "I don't know how to do anything else" zoom in.... zoom out. Hey let's make a cheap documentary to pawn off to PBS. Ken Burns should be Burned at the stake... and we can watch him as we zoom in and zoom out. Ken Burns just takes old photos and zooms in and out on them and calls it a movie.... Lame Ass... People were doing that way before Ken Burns... it's not a effect, it's a "I don't know how to do anything else" zoom in.... zoom out. Hey let's make a cheap documentary to pawn off to PBS. Ken Burns should be Burned at the stake... and we can watch him as we zoom in and zoom out.

]]> By: anonymous coward http://nslog.com/2003/02/04/you_cant_escape_ken_burns_and_other_horrid_imovie_ughs#comment-377 anonymous coward Tue, 07 Mar 2006 22:13:08 +0000 http://nslog.com/2003/02/04/you_cant_escape_ken_burns_and_other_horrid_imovie_ughs/#comment-377 I gotta say, anywhere I can that it doesn't matter if you report bugs to Apple about their products. They are just too clueless or cool (can't tell which) to care. I gotta say, anywhere I can that it doesn't matter if you report bugs to Apple about their products. They are just too clueless or cool (can't tell which) to care.

]]> By: Rich http://nslog.com/2003/02/04/you_cant_escape_ken_burns_and_other_horrid_imovie_ughs#comment-376 Rich Wed, 15 Jun 2005 02:41:04 +0000 http://nslog.com/2003/02/04/you_cant_escape_ken_burns_and_other_horrid_imovie_ughs/#comment-376 defeating Ken Burns effect was much apprecaited - death to it! defeating Ken Burns effect was much apprecaited - death to it!

]]> By: Mac UI Round-Up: OSNews | NSLog(); http://nslog.com/2003/02/04/you_cant_escape_ken_burns_and_other_horrid_imovie_ughs#comment-383 Mac UI Round-Up: OSNews | NSLog(); Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:07:32 +0000 http://nslog.com/2003/02/04/you_cant_escape_ken_burns_and_other_horrid_imovie_ughs/#comment-383 Given that OSNews is now linking to some mini-rants by Vinay, Matt, and myself, I thought I'd pull them all (the ones I find anyway, to this point) into one post. My posts, anyway - hit the trackbacks and links... Given that OSNews is now linking to some mini-rants by Vinay, Matt, and myself, I thought I'd pull them all (the ones I find anyway, to this point) into one post. My posts, anyway - hit the trackbacks and links...

]]> By: Apple Bug Filing Day | NSLog(); http://nslog.com/2003/02/04/you_cant_escape_ken_burns_and_other_horrid_imovie_ughs#comment-382 Apple Bug Filing Day | NSLog(); Sun, 23 Feb 2003 17:56:59 +0000 http://nslog.com/2003/02/04/you_cant_escape_ken_burns_and_other_horrid_imovie_ughs/#comment-382 Today I filled out about 40 bug reports at http://bugreporter.apple.com/. Here's the list, from our previous articles on the "inconsistencies" we find creeping up in the Mac GUI. If you have any bugs that you'd like to add to this list, let me know (me... Today I filled out about 40 bug reports at http://bugreporter.apple.com/. Here's the list, from our previous articles on the "inconsistencies" we find creeping up in the Mac GUI. If you have any bugs that you'd like to add to this list, let me know (me...

]]> By: Michael Tsai's Weblog http://nslog.com/2003/02/04/you_cant_escape_ken_burns_and_other_horrid_imovie_ughs#comment-381 Michael Tsai's Weblog Sun, 23 Feb 2003 17:02:20 +0000 http://nslog.com/2003/02/04/you_cant_escape_ken_burns_and_other_horrid_imovie_ughs/#comment-381 <strong>Inconsistencies and iApps</strong> John Gruber synthesizes the recent discussion on Apple’s (lack of) interface consistency. I can now scratch that off my to-blog list, since he’s said most of what I was going to say, better than I would have said it. I like Apple’s n... Inconsistencies and iApps

John Gruber synthesizes the recent discussion on Apple’s (lack of) interface consistency. I can now scratch that off my to-blog list, since he’s said most of what I was going to say, better than I would have said it. I like Apple’s n...

]]> By: Anonymous http://nslog.com/2003/02/04/you_cant_escape_ken_burns_and_other_horrid_imovie_ughs#comment-375 Anonymous Tue, 18 Feb 2003 18:20:32 +0000 http://nslog.com/2003/02/04/you_cant_escape_ken_burns_and_other_horrid_imovie_ughs/#comment-375 Can someone define the 'ken burns' effect? What is that referring to? Can someone define the 'ken burns' effect? What is that referring to?

]]> By: Matthew Thomas http://nslog.com/2003/02/04/you_cant_escape_ken_burns_and_other_horrid_imovie_ughs#comment-374 Matthew Thomas Tue, 18 Feb 2003 01:00:42 +0000 http://nslog.com/2003/02/04/you_cant_escape_ken_burns_and_other_horrid_imovie_ughs/#comment-374 Actually, now that I think about it, there’s no need for the “Zoom”, “Position X”, and “Position Y” fields at all. Just provide bevel buttons for “Start” and “End”, like the buttons for tools in Photoshop, so people can draw start and end rectangles directly onto the photo. Direct manipulation, baby! This could even be extended with a “Custom Path” tool to let you draw a non-straight-line path from the start to end points — zig-zagging from one face to another in a family photo, for example. — mpt Actually, now that I think about it, there’s no need for the “Zoom”, “Position X”, and “Position Y” fields at all. Just provide bevel buttons for “Start” and “End”, like the buttons for tools in Photoshop, so people can draw start and end rectangles directly onto the photo. Direct manipulation, baby!

This could even be extended with a “Custom Path” tool to let you draw a non-straight-line path from the start to end points — zig-zagging from one face to another in a family photo, for example.

— mpt

]]> By: Matthew Thomas http://nslog.com/2003/02/04/you_cant_escape_ken_burns_and_other_horrid_imovie_ughs#comment-373 Matthew Thomas Mon, 17 Feb 2003 09:48:05 +0000 http://nslog.com/2003/02/04/you_cant_escape_ken_burns_and_other_horrid_imovie_ughs/#comment-373 I wouldn’t be surprised if someone at Apple had produced a mockup using tabs, realized “crap! Aqua tab borders don’t look good if the tabbed section is less than the whole window!”, and used radio buttons instead in desperation. Meanwhile, controls dependent on a checkbox or radio button (i.e. those which are disabled/enabled depending on its state) should go underneath or to the right of it. So you could improve your design by putting the “Use Ken Burns Effect” checkbox above all the other controls, since they’ll become disabled if the checkbox is unchecked. This might make the separate “Ken Burns Effect” heading redundant, which would be a bonus. You should also rearrange the Duration controls on a single horizontal line, i.e. “Duration: [ 10:00] ===O===”. The slider is just another method of setting the value of the text field (similar to spin buttons, or a combo box), so it should go under or to the right of the “Duration:” label rather than above it. (I haven’t used iMovie 3, so I don’t know whether Apple have made the same mistake elsewhere.) And if you did both of *those* things, then you’d have room to use horizontal rather than vertical tabs, making them easier to read. — mpt I wouldn’t be surprised if someone at Apple had produced a mockup using tabs, realized “crap! Aqua tab borders don’t look good if the tabbed section is less than the whole window!”, and used radio buttons instead in desperation.

Meanwhile, controls dependent on a checkbox or radio button (i.e. those which are disabled/enabled depending on its state) should go underneath or to the right of it. So you could improve your design by putting the “Use Ken Burns Effect” checkbox above all the other controls, since they’ll become disabled if the checkbox is unchecked. This might make the separate “Ken Burns Effect” heading redundant, which would be a bonus.

You should also rearrange the Duration controls on a single horizontal line, i.e. “Duration: [ 10:00] ===O===”. The slider is just another method of setting the value of the text field (similar to spin buttons, or a combo box), so it should go under or to the right of the “Duration:” label rather than above it. (I haven’t used iMovie 3, so I don’t know whether Apple have made the same mistake elsewhere.)

And if you did both of *those* things, then you’d have room to use horizontal rather than vertical tabs, making them easier to read.

— mpt

]]> By: Anonymous http://nslog.com/2003/02/04/you_cant_escape_ken_burns_and_other_horrid_imovie_ughs#comment-372 Anonymous Mon, 17 Feb 2003 02:07:34 +0000 http://nslog.com/2003/02/04/you_cant_escape_ken_burns_and_other_horrid_imovie_ughs/#comment-372 While ranting here may be more enjoyable, please do file bugs when you find bad UI. (And use the <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/">feedback page</a>.) Apple isn't going to pay attention to your blog, but someone has got to process the bug, and I've been told that hot issues on the feedback page are summarized and given to management weekly. I know this routine gets tiresome, and you sometimes have to pick your battles, but it is really the only feedback channel we have right now with Apple listening at the other end. While ranting here may be more enjoyable, please do file bugs when you find bad UI. (And use the feedback page.)

Apple isn't going to pay attention to your blog, but someone has got to process the bug, and I've been told that hot issues on the feedback page are summarized and given to management weekly.

I know this routine gets tiresome, and you sometimes have to pick your battles, but it is really the only feedback channel we have right now with Apple listening at the other end.

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