Live Album™ Options

Want to send a thoughtful gift to distant friends - that they can watch on the web? Looking to congratulate someone on a new baby or create a holiday card that captures your unique sense of humor? How about a party favor or invite for a celebration that no one will ever forget?

Try a Live Album. Each one is uniquely customized for your wedding, anniversary, or event, using the images, video footage, and music that you want. Ordinary "photo montages" are really just automated slideshows that don't synch with the music and lack style. Why settle for ordinary?

A Live Album marks your occasion for all time. Celebrate your reunion or graduation with something that can be shared over the internet with everyone you love. Create something that can record your joy and togetherness in a time capsule, scrapbook, or your family records.

Here are three packages to give you an idea of features and cost. Please contact us about custom packages - we have no problem tweaking it to fit your needs and budget!

Live Album™ Package A: 15 to 20 minutes of elegant music-video-style animation, including unlimited photos, movie clips, or home movies (over 100 photos). $695.

- Two copies of final DVD, priority-mailed to any location in the US
- Free webhosting for the final animation for two months - both broadband and modem versions
- Up to 12 in-depth photo cleanups* (see example)
- Seven "knocked-out" images* (see example)
- Up to 15 sound effects
- Up to 10 title screens
- Three animated graphic elements or confetti effects (see example)
- Blur, wipe, fade, or other transition for every image change
- Free identifying labels for all prominent faces
- Free color-correction and basic cleanup for every photo
- A graceful custom audio edit that transitions between musical selections as needed
- Animation can be split into three or four short movies on one DVD
- Fits over 100 photos.

Live Album™ Package B: Seven to ten minutes of animation, including photos and one movie clip or home movie segment. $425.

- Two copies of final DVD, priority-mailed to any location in the US
- Free webhosting for the final animation for one month - either broadband or modem version
- Up to 7 in-depth photo cleanups* (see example)
- Three "knocked-out" images* (see example)
- Up to 8 sound effects
- Up to 8 title screens
- One animated graphic element or confetti effect (see example)
- Blur, wipe, fade, or other transition for every image change
- Free identifying labels for all prominent faces
- Free color-correction and basic cleanup for every photo
- A graceful custom audio edit that transitions between musical selections as needed
- Fits about 80 photos.




Photo Cleanup
Chemical deterioration had destroyed the original tones on the right cheek, shirt, and background. Roll mouse over image for "after" version.


Photo "Knock-Out"
A knock-out means painstaking separation of subject from background, pixel by pixel. Roll over image to see subject transported from backyard to mountainside.


Animated Graphic Element
Here we took a scanned line art element from the client's wedding invitation - a little girl skipping rope - and animated it in the presentation. The girl orbits the couple while spinning in 3D space on the vertical axis.

Other Elements
We've got other techniques but we'd rather surprise you than tell you about them here!

Live Album™ Package C: Four to five minutes of animation and photos. $295.

- Two copies of final DVD, mailed to any location in the US
- Free webhosting for the final animation for one month - either broadband or modem version
- Up to 4 in-depth photo cleanups* (see example)
- One "knocked-out" image* (see example)
- Up to 5 sound effects
- Up to 6 title screens
- Blur, wipe, fade, or other transition for every image change
- Free identifying labels for all prominent faces
- Free color-correction and basic cleanup for every photo
- A graceful custom audio edit that transitions between musical selections as needed
- Fits about 25 photos.

* We can provide reprints or data files so you can have the cleaned-up photos for your photo albums or digital use.

Additional Scanning Costs

Because scanning is time-consuming, we do have to charge a little extra for scanning photos ($.50 ea) and transparencies (slides and negatives, $2 ea). We love digital photos - there's no extra charge for those!

Book us!

Each Sparkleworks animation is unique, and we are flexible on the content of each package. But there are times when we have too much work to take on new projects. Reserve your timeslot now!