Photo to Movie goes beyond the static slide show by turning digital photos into customized movies that can be distributed via DVD, the Internet or email. Photo to Movie offers an easy-to-use interface that delivers the full power of "Ken Burns' Motion Effects" with little or no learning curve. In minutes, users can create high-quality movies that include titles, music, and transitions. Photo to Movie uses proprietary algorithms to optimize each frame to eliminate flicker. The motion effect is named for the award-winning PBS documentary filmmaker Ken Burns because he uses it frequently in his projects. Photo to Movie is used in a variety of ways. Individuals can make entertaining slide shows of vacations, family gatherings and other significant events. Businesses and educators can use Photo to Movie to create compelling presentations, product and service promotions, and training materials. Photographers, computer graphic artists, Web developers and other professionals can use Photo to Movie to enhance their work. For example, wedding and event photographers can create DVD photo albums for their customers with minimal additional effort or expense. With the ability to directly import the superior movies generated by Photo to Movie into professional editing systems such as Avid, Adobe Premiere Pro and Sony Vegas, film and video professionals use Photo to Movie to help create commercial advertisements, documentaries and narrative movies.