Community Newsletter: Q&A: Need advice to make a quality slide show of my trip
- 3/30/07 11:40 AM
My favorite and I've tried them all
by ghmiller - 3/23/07 6:41 PM In reply to: Need advice to make a quality slide show of my trip by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My favorite slideshow maker is Pro Show gold by Photodex.
User friendly and slick enough for professional presentations...which I've done. Isn't the least expensive program on the market but it's affordable if you're serious about making decent shows.
http://www.photodex.com/products/proshowgold/
Memories on TV
by obsidianau - 3/23/07 7:43 PM In reply to: Need advice to make a quality slide show of my trip by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have tried lots of approaches by Memories on TV (www.codejam.com)has been by far the most successful - and has a real high WOW factor from viewers when played on the big plasma TV
Slide show
by pingeyez2 - 3/23/07 7:54 PM In reply to: Need advice to make a quality slide show of my trip by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Many of the readers have overlooked a Shickwave program called Photo Jam. It comes replete with music, transitions ,captions and text. There is a built in editor along with an easy to burn device for computer,DVD or a stand alone.It costs 30 bucks.
For editing purposes and web albums ,I suggest anything free. And that is Picasa,the best editing program that is FREE. You can make web albums and save/burn all the images into a Photo Show in the new version.I've used roxio and it froze on me.Nero is good but complicated and I want simplicity.
I hate to spoil the party
by Leighow - 3/23/07 9:14 PM In reply to: Slide show by pingeyez2Look. I am no expert and I only use Power Point. Bu *** seems to me that "the more things change the more they remain the same”!
What I am trying to say is that you are not building a slide show to serve as an unattended sales exhibition! Be sure that your friends will see your photos and not be distracted by your newfound techno-assembly skills!
I for one would rather hear about your travel experiences than see transitions, fades, wipes, curtains, or hear sounds that are not recorded on the spot. Give me Loons on a pristine lake -- not the Moonlight Sonata.
As both a marketer and a photographer I have prepared both types of presentations and been on the receiving end of tech-heavy and narration-light PPT's. Enoughs, enough. Both are too distracting. If you want your audience to take a 7th inning stretch, that’s OK too! But why start flying photos in to view from the top, bottom, right and left ? Its distracting, and its no big deal. Take the rime instead to carefully, crop, sharpen, and fine tune the other visual parameters in Photoshop. Finish your photos. Then plan on some fun and sharing with your friends… and .. a glass of that oaky down under wine.
That is what I would ask my friends anyway, and
- 2 will be back soon from NZ having spent 6 weeks with grandchildren),
- 2 will be back from their annual jaunt to Molokai, and the
- 4 back from Hilton Head may or may not have found the Crab Shack.
Now there’s a lot of potential slide transitions. The photos better be good.
Hey. That’s the way I feel. The flip side is "Nothing ventured.., Nothing gained".
Either way, have fun.
PS:
Hummm ... I know what's buggin' me...I miss the brilliance of my old 35MM slides bouncing off 24000 glass beads
Hmmmm, beaded screens
by Joe WPB - 3/24/07 6:37 AM In reply to: I hate to spoil the party by LeighowI miss paying $20. and winding up with 4 minutes of 8 Super 8 film.
35mm slides were cool and still available...just go and buy the film, get it processed, get out your slide projector and screen, call all your friends and family to come visit you, tell them to bring their own folding chairs, and your all set (hey make sure you have an extra projector bulb).
On the other hand I recently came home with over 300 shots on my Nikon D50, from a friends wedding. In a couple of days I produced a 15 minute slide show, with music, of this event...and shared it with dozens of people at the touch of a button. The viewed it in the comfort of their own homes, everyone loved it and sent their thanks.
www.photoshow.com
Yeah, I missed those beaded screens too.
Joeciccone@adelphia.net
"Picasa 2" by Google.
by thetomcat - 3/23/07 8:33 PM In reply to: Need advice to make a quality slide show of my trip by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I am surprised that nobody mentioned "Picasa 2" by Google. It’s a free download and its easy.
Try it. You will like it, and if you don’t, you lost nothing. I love it. Good luck. Tom
Price VS Quality
by drbigbyte - 3/23/07 9:01 PM In reply to: Need advice to make a quality slide show of my trip by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
As it is with many applications one must weigh up how much they are prepared to pay for the quality results they seek.
There are many free tools for creating slide shows, some are quite good. The main difference between free/low cost and professional applications is the number of transitions and special effects available.
When creating a slide show it is better to keep transitions and effects simple. Overdoing it can take away from the primary objective which is, in this case, showing people the pictures.
If you are going to post them on the net then consider that not everyone has fast download speeds and large pics may be frustratingly slow. Avoid using elaborate frames and keep any overlying text plain and in a contrasting color. Avoid using pinks and neon colors as this, along with slide shows can induce headaches to many people who suffer from ailments like Epilepsy.
A good free slide show/presentation application comes with the excellent and free Open Office. It is similar to Microsoft's PowerPoint.
It 's about how to choice software make the DVD use photos.
by luckybigjohnny - 3/23/07 9:15 PM In reply to: Need advice to make a quality slide show of my trip by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Dear my friend:
Maby you could choice the "Windows movie maker" or"photo story 3 for Windows"
Many options
by wangbang - 3/23/07 9:31 PM In reply to: Need advice to make a quality slide show of my trip by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Chuck, there are many options--everybody has their favorite software title to do the job. I've used many, but I've always found some shortcoming with all of them. The best combo I've found is the Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements bundle. I'm not the type of guy who likes to spend hours tinkering with the menu and how it looks, putting the right special effects, music, etc. I just want to click, click, click and have it be done. With Photoshop Elements, I just select "make a slide show", pick how long I want it to display, pick the transition style, import my photos and boom, I've got a slide show. Adding a soundtrack is easy, too. Then I say, make a DVD, and it opens up Premiere Elements to finish the job. It does convert the slideshow to a windows movie file (wmv) to import into Premiere Elements, which I thought was weird (couldn't it import directly?), but in any case, the DVD turned out to be great looking. I mean, if you really like to really fine tune things, of course you can, but I just wanted to make a DVD slideshow without thinking too much, and the Adobe products do that great.
Quality DVD Slideshow??
by Coolsiggy - 3/23/07 10:18 PM In reply to: Need advice to make a quality slide show of my trip by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I know the problem..I usually end up doing a slide show 2-3 times before I have something I like. I think most people really need a workflow to reduce frustration and achieve a good result in one go.
Software, well there are many, all very good, I use a combination of Photoshop Elements 5 and Uleads Movieshow. PSE because it retains my caption work in Album for easy transfer into the slideshow module of PSE which outputs mpeg4 compiled for DVD, Movieshow does the DVD menus,music or dialog, and a mpeg4 DVD burn. You need a good workflow to avoid remakes, my suggestion, A: Prepare a DVD menu based both on subject and show time. B:Prepare photos in folders to suit prepared DVD menu, C:Sequence and caption photos, D:Select a video format aspect ratio to suit you intended display ie: Plasma/LCD panel or TV, consider both? E: Compile photo groups into desired mpeg files denoting display type. F: Prepare DVD menus, add music or dialog and burn.
I'm sure that this could be improved on and would like to see more comments on workflow suggestions.
Quality Slideshow Format??
by Coolsiggy - 3/23/07 10:25 PM In reply to: Quality DVD Slideshow?? by CoolsiggyI've been using Mpeg4 assuming that this is as good as it gets using current methods. I have not used Powerpoint recently and I'm not sure if this is better then Mpeg4. High definition like BlueRay ($$$) is coming until then what choice is there?
Slide Shows
by cle0 - 3/23/07 10:23 PM In reply to: Need advice to make a quality slide show of my trip by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Chuck, this is what I do for a living! I create "Visual Histories". I use a variety of software, because there is no one-size-fits-all. I started off with Windows Movie Maker but found it very prescriptive, didn't like it at all. I now use a combination of Paint Shop Pro, Macromedia (Adobe) Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop, I have an iMac with iMovie and iPhoto but I don't like the restrictive titling in iMovie, and I use ULead Video Studio 10 on my PC. I like to put movement on still images (pan & zoom) and use transitions judicially.
You have taken the "Trip of a lifetime" don't spoil your digital image memories of it by trying to do a masterpiece rendition of the whole trip on a 'freebie bit of software'. None of the programs I mention above are much over AUD$150!! You only mention images but I'm sure before long you will be doing trips using a video camera as well, so if you have a program that can handle video too, you are starting to cook with gas and really bringing your 'slideshow' alive.
Good luck, i am sure you will love to be able to relive that trip.
Cleo - LIVES in Sydney!
Hey Cleo- it was honest of you to say they each cost...
by pchew1954 - 3/25/07 4:24 AM In reply to: Slide Shows by cle0That was nice and precise that you have adequately informed Chuck that you work on this as your profession, but just kindly step back a little
and consider
his two kids,
and the biography which in case you (as well as the other MAC punters around) havent noticed is available on Chuck
- just do a mouse click on his name -
and you'll see that he hasnt got a MAc, it's a PC (please all MAC punters take note), and much as we also love to have more than one computer system,
he hasnt got that luxury either.
So it aint nice to add even more stuff to his wish list?
We all love to have fast cars and lovely overseas holidays, but not everyone's got the time nor the money.
so it would be more relevant to stick to the current available stuff ... just what he has, and what is achievable?
... has anyone bothered to ASK chuck if he plans to spend an additional £$?? on buying some other software... without this extimated figure - the sky's the limit surely...
I use tools way beyond most people's grasp (broadcast & webcast tools) but I am not about to start recommending that he should consider these too, as it simply isnt "relevant"
- is that a fair comment?
I dont wanna shoot you down as its my reciprocal respect for a fellow professional - or a non "fella" in this case, perhaps colleague will do - Cleo. Once again thanks for the guided tour.. it's interesting that you havent found 'one' suite of integrated programs that will do the whole job. You are obviously a very demanding expert in your field, I hope there are tools that you wished you too would like, ... instead of what you currently use
... does that sound slightly familiar?
hi
by pradeep22 - 3/23/07 10:43 PM In reply to: Need advice to make a quality slide show of my trip by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
use powerpoint
Photostory 3
by Mavoz - 3/23/07 10:52 PM In reply to: hi by pradeep22I'm a teacher in a school...and we use Microsofts free program "PhotoStory 3"...in my experience it is one of easiest ways of creating photo montage type presentations. It is just series of steps:
Choose Photos
Order Photos
Add titles if needed
Add motion and transition effects (Which inclues an incredibly easy way to nice zoom in and zoom out of photos..much easier than some of the more expensive Adobe type apps)
feature)
Add Backing
Create Finished Movie
The only limitation of this program is that it creates WMV files...that are playble on a computer...it does not create DVD's.
So if you want DVD's then try something different...if you want movies that you can distribute to people via digital means...that they can play on their pc's..this is hard to beat.
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