Kodak debuts new photo movie Kiosks in Seattle

Summary

The company has installed do-it-yourself kiosks in Bartell Drug stores throughout the Puget Sound area that can take up to 60 digital photos and add music, movement effects and burn it to a DVD right there in the store.

Story Published: Dec 31, 2007 at 4:56 PM PST

Story Updated: Dec 31, 2007 at 5:00 PM PST

Kodak debuts new photo movie Kiosks in Seattle
If you're any good with a computer you probably know how to turn those collections of digital vacation and holiday photos into a slide show.

But adding pans and zooms to a photo slideshow in a pleasing, professional fashion is not always easy to do. Kodak is hoping to change that.

The company has installed do-it-yourself kiosks in Bartell Drug stores throughout the Puget Sound area that can take up to 60 digital photos and add music, movement effects and burn it to a DVD right there in the store. (Watch the video accompanying this story to see it in action.)

All you have to do is pick the shots from a memory card you bring to the store, and the Kodak software does the rest.

That means you can't control the moves -- the computer has total control. But it does a pretty good job. The one real limitation is the number of songs to choose from. Right now, there are only 20. But that library is sure to grow as Kodak introduces the kiosk to other places in the country.

Each movie costs $14.99 and comes with a customized case.