How to create birthday photo slideshows

Whether you're celebrating a ninth or 90th birthday, a photo slideshow is an entertaining yet heartfelt way to celebrate the birthday honoree. A slideshow can also function as a point of interest for party guests. It is very easy and fast to make photo slideshows for birthday and create birthday photo DVD slideshow with Photo DVD Burner Professional. Now let's take a look at how it performs:

Step 1. Organize Photos

Click the Organize Photos tab in Photo DVD Burner to create one or more albums, select the birthday honoree's photos from a folder in your computer hard drive and add them to the album.

In the sub-tab of Album Photo, you can add or remove photos, rotate photos, set album thumbnail, arrange the order of the photos, etc. Note: Double-click one single photo in the album and you will be able to personalize the photos (transition, Pan & Zoom, Text, ArtClips, Subtitle, Brightness / Contrast, etc) one by one in the Photo Configuration window.

Switch to the Transition & Music tab, and you can set background music (your favorite Happy Birthday songs), apply transition effect, specify transition duration, photo duration, randomize photo transitions, etc.



In the Album Theme tab, there are lots of album themes available for you to choose from. You may also add separate images to the beginning and end of the album, and edit album beginning title and ending title, such as text, effect, duration, background color, etc.

Also you are allowed to preview the whole album before the conversion by clicking the Album Preview button.

Step 2. Choose Menus

Click the Choose Menus tab in the interface of Photo DVD Slideshow Software to choose a menu template for the birthday slideshow. You can also specify the background music and background image, set font style, size, color, etc to customize the menu template.



Note: If all the menu templates cannot fit your needs, you may go to http://www.socusoft.com/more-dvd-menu-template.php to download more and find one that matches birthday best.

Step 3. Burn Disc

Click the Burn Disc tab at the top menu to go to the conversion window. Then click the Output Format drop-down menu and choose the output format for the birthday slideshow. You can choose to burn birthday photo slideshows to DVD/Blu-ray discs or create birthday photo slideshows movie. The following formats are available for you to choose from:



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How to burn photo slide shows to Blu-ray disc

Have numerous photos and pictures stored on your PC? What are you going to do with them? Why not create a photo slideshow to share the unforgottable memories with your family members and friends? Blu-ray Photo Slideshow Maker comes to the help! With this photo to Blu-ray burner, you can easily burn photos to Blu-ray discs and create photo Blu-ray HD slideshow for playback on TV with popular Blu-ray players. To get started, download Photo Blu-ray Slideshow, install and run the program. Then follow the steps below:

Step 1. Organize Photos

Click the Organize Photos tab in Photo to Blu-ray Burner to create one or more albums, select photos from a folder in your computer hard drive and add them to the album.

In the sub-tab of Album Photo, you can add or remove photos, rotate photos, set album thumbnail, arrange the order of the photos, etc. Note: Double-click one single photo in the album and you will be able to personalize the photos (transition, Pan & Zoom, Text, ArtClips, Subtitle, Brightness / Contrast, etc) one by one in the Photo Configuration window.

Switch to the Transition & Music tab, and you can set background music, specify transition effect/duration, photo duration, randomize photo transitions, etc.



In the Album Theme tab, there are lots of album themes available for you to choose from. You may also add separate photos to the beginning and end of the album, and edit album beginning title and ending title, such as text, effect, duration, background color, etc.

Also you are allowed to preview the whole album before the conversion by clicking the Album Preview button.

Step 2. Choose Menus

Click the Choose Menus tab in the interface of Blu-ray Photo Slideshow Software to choose a menu template for the slideshow. You can also specify the background music and background image, set font style, size, color, etc to customize the menu template.

Step 3. Burn Blu-ray Disc

Click the Burn Disc tab at the top menu to go to the burning window. Then click the Output Format drop-down menu and choose Blu-ray Disc. Then click the "Create Now" button to start burning photos to Blu-ray disc and creating Blu-ray photo slideshow.



Source from http://www.photodvdburner.com/support/burn-photos-to-blu-ray-disc.php

Top 5 free photo sharing sites

Free photo sharing site - flickr

Flickr is an image hosting and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community created by Ludicorp and later acquired by Yahoo!. In addition to being a popular website for users to share and embed personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers to host images that they embed in blogs and social media.

Free photo sharing site - photopucket

Photobucket is an image hosting, video hosting, slideshow creation and photo sharing website. Photobucket is usually used for personal photographic albums, remote storage of avatars displayed on internet forums, and storage of videos. Photobucket's image hosting is often used for eBay, MySpace (from 2007–2009, a corporate cousin), Bebo, Neopets, and Facebook accounts, LiveJournals, Open Diarys, or other blogs, and message boards. Users may keep their albums private, allow password-protected guest access, or open them to the public.

Free photo sharing site - Picasa

Picasa is an image organizer and image viewer for organizing and editing digital photos, plus an integrated photo-sharing website, originally created by Idealab in 2002 and owned by Google since 2004.

Free photo sharing site - FoTki

Fotki is a digital photo sharing, video sharing and media social network website and web service suite; it is one of the world's largest social networking sites. In many ways, the site appears to be similar to the majority of other popular photo sites which support a number of so-called Web 2.0 features, such as use of Ajax, tagging, RSS feeds, social bookmarking, GPS location information and Exif info display.

Free photo sharing site - Zooomr

Zooomr is a website for sharing digital photos. The site is similar to other photo and image sharing sites with a number of so-called Web 2.0 features such as tagging, Ajax, RSS, and GeoTagging. Zooomr has a multi-login capability via OpenID. Other features include LightBox, which resembles a slide show allowing users to append short audio commentary to individual photos, SmartSets, which are dynamically-generated albums and PeopleTags, which allows users to add themselves inside photos and search for people inside photos. A feature known as "Zipline" adds a social-networking aspect to the site allowing users to send a message to one of their "contacts" or to see when a contact uploads photos.

Source from http://www.photodvdburner.com/support/top-5-best-free-photo-sharing-websites.php

Free photo slideshow software - Windows Movie Maker

Windows Movie Maker is a video creating/editing software application, included in Microsoft Windows Me, XP, and Vista. It contains features such as effects, transitions, titles/credits, audio track, timeline narration, and Auto Movie.



Pros: Create a slideshow of photos and videos with the music background and transition effects, and save in wmv format.
Cons: Cannot create DVD disc.

Other free photo slideshow software reviews:

Windows DVD Maker

Photo Story

Socusoft Photo to Video Converter Free

Create photo slide show on a Mac

In this guide, I will show you how to use iMovie to easily and quickly create a photo slide show on Mac.

Step 1. Launch iMovie and create a new project.

Step 2. In the new project, switch to the "Photos" tab.



Step 3. In the "Photos" area, drag and drop photos from iPhoto to the left panel of the project.

Step 4. After all necessary settings such as music and sound effects, titles, transitions, cropping, etc, click "Share" -> "Export Movie..." to start creating photo slideshow movie on Mac.

Free Photo Slideshow Software - Windows DVD Maker

Today, I'd like to introduce another piece of free photo slide show software, the pre-installed Windows DVD Maker on Windows Vista and Windows 7.



Windows DVD Maker is an application included in premium editions (Home Premium and Ultimate) of Windows Vista, and Windows 7 Home Premium and above editions that is designed to enable the creation of DVD movies that can be played using DVD playback software or on a standalone consumer DVD player.

Pros: Create a slideshow of photos and videos with the music background and transition effects, and burn to DVD disc.

Cons: Cannot publish the project as a video file.

Get more free photo slide show program from http://www.photodvdburner.com/support/free-photo-slideshow-software-review.php

Free Photo Slideshow Software - Photo Story

In the previous post, I introduced a piece of free photo slideshow software - Socusoft Photo to Video Converter Free. Today, I'd like to introduce another one, that is, Photo Story.



Photo Story is a free application that allows users to create a slideshow from their digital photos. The software allows adding narration, effects, transitions and background music to create a Windows Media Video movie file with pan and zoom effects.

Pros: Intuitive and easy to use, rich in features, panning and zooming with various transition effects, crop black borders, add text and soundtracks.

Cons: Save video file in wmv format only, no burning video to CD/DVD is supported.

Download Photo Story (5.0MB)

Free Photo Slideshow Software - Socusoft Photo to Video Converter Free

The Photo Slideshow Software enables you to make a slideshow of your favorite or memorable photos, and turn multiple pictures into a video file for playback on your PC or other media devices. Besides, using a Photo Slideshow Program, you can easily apply transition effects between images, insert text to display on slides, and add background music or your voice narration to a slideshow. With some of these special effects and attractive addons, you can actually bring your still photos to life in just a few minutes.

Begin with this post, I will focus on several pieces of free photo slideshow software, including main features, pros and cons, screenshots, etc, so as to help you pick the best photo slideshow application and create a cool slideshow of your photos for sharing with your family and friends.

And today I'd like to introduce the free Photo Slideshow Software - Socusoft Photo to Video Converter Free.



Overview

Socusoft Photo to Video Converter Free is an absolutely easy-to-use program for creating your slideshows in four quick steps — Add Photos, Select Transition & Music, Preview and Output Video.

Download Socusoft Photo to Video Converter (8.07MB)

Pros: Easy to use, drag-and-drop feature, pan and zoom functions, transition effects with background music or voice, save results in popular mpg format, support video size up to 720x576 pixels.

Cons: Adding text, more output profiles and other advanced features, such as burning slideshows to a DVD disc, are only available to the Pro version.

Top 10 Reasons to Create a Photo Slideshow

A Scrapbook Slideshow

For avid scrapbookers and creative types, photo slideshow software allows you to create photo slideshows replete with digital scrapbooking elements such as clipart, embellishments and text captions. Additionally, the ability to add music or sound clips kicks it up a notch from the standard digital scrapbook.

Birthdays

Whether you're celebrating a ninth or 90th birthday, a photo slideshow is an entertaining yet heartfelt way to celebrate the birthday honoree. A slideshow can also function as a point of interest for party guests.

Weddings

Photo slideshows are often played during wedding receptions, showcasing the lives and eventual courtship of the bride and groom. The slideshow can serve as an interesting focal point as guests mingle during the reception or be an actual part of the wedding program.

Commemorate Other Special Events

Picture slideshows are suitable to commemorate any special occasion in your life. From graduations to holidays or even the first day of school, create a slideshow that lets you relive your most special moments anytime you want.

Screensaver

Once used to prevent screen burn-in on certain types of computer monitors, modern technology has rendered screensavers unnecessary. However, they can still be used for visual appeal when your computer's locked or in sleep mode. Most slideshow software applications have an option to directly publish your custom slideshow as a screensaver.

Business Presentations

Photo slideshows are an impactful way to present information in a business setting. They constitute a multimedia platform that's easy to use and can make any presentation more organized, on-topic and aesthetically appealing.

Website Promotion

If you have a website for your business, add a custom slideshow that highlights your products or services. They are visually appealing and interesting for site visitors and can lend your site a polished, professional appearance.

Memorial Tribute

Create a picture slideshow as a memorial tribute for a loved one who's passed on. It constitutes a poignant and personal way to celebrate his or her life and memory.

Gifts

Similar to photo books and scrapbooks, custom photo slideshows make unique, personalized gifts any recipient will love. They're especially great for friends and relatives who live far away such as grandparents or in-laws.

To Enjoy Your Favorite Photos

One of the best things about picture slideshows is that you don't need any special reason to create one. Put together a photo slideshow as a fun way to enjoy your favorite photographs and relive your favorite memories with family and friends.

Choose the best free photo slideshow software and start creating a photo slideshow now!

How to Create A Happy Father's Day DVD Photo Slideshow

Photo slideshows are suitable to commemorate any special occasion in your life. Father's Day is among one of these occasions that you should never forget. Sending your father a gift is great, while creating a photo DVD slideshow for him may make a world of difference. If you live far away from your father, it sounds a creative idea to create a DVD slideshow of your father's photos and then mail the DVD disc to him as a Happy Father's Day gift. It is very easy to create a Father's Day photo slideshow with DVD Photo Slideshow Software. Now let's take a look at how it performs:

Step 1. Organize Father's Photos

Click the Organize Photos tab in Photo DVD Slideshow to create one or more albums, select your father's photos from a folder in your computer hard drive and add them to the album.



In the sub-tab of Album Photo, you can add or remove photos, rotate photos, set album thumbnail, arrange the order of the photos, etc.

Switch to the Transition & Music tab, and you can set background music (your father's favorite songs), apply transition effect, specify transition duration, photo duration, randomize photo transitions, etc.

In the Album Theme tab, there are lots of album themes available for you to choose from. You may also add separate photos to the beginning and end of the album, and edit album beginning title and ending title, such as text, effect, duration, background color, etc.

Also you are allowed to preview the whole album before the conversion by clicking the Album Preview button.

Step 2. Choose DVD Menus

Click the Choose Menus tab in the interface of DVD Photo Slideshow to choose a menu template for the Father's Day DVD slideshow. You can also specify the background music and background image, set font style, size, color, etc to customize the menu template.



Step 3. Burn Photo Slideshows to DVD

Click the Burn Disc tab at the top menu to go to the burning window. Then click the Output Format drop-down menu and choose DVD Video Disc. Then click the "Create Now" button to start burning father's photo slideshows to DVD disc and creating a Happy Father's Day DVD photo slideshow.

How to burn photo slideshows to DVD

This video tutorial shows you how to make a slideshow of your favorite photos and burn photo slideshows to DVD using Photo DVD Burner Professional.

Photo DVD Burner V8.05 Offers Easiest Way to Create Photo DVD Slideshow

Photo DVD Burner Professional has been upgraded to version 8.05! This Photo to DVD Burner offers the best way to share photos on DVD/TV, PC, Web and popular mobile devices.

Photo DVD Burner Professional enables you to burn photos to DVD, VCD, SVCD and Blu-ray discs for sharing with your family and friends. Besides, it allows you to easily create photo slideshow for viewing on portable devices such as iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Apple TV, Zune, PSP, etc. With various templates and transitions to choose from, Photo DVD Burner allows you to create amazing photo slideshow for significant occasions such as wedding, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Birthday, Graduation, Child Birth, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, to name just a few.



With built-in components including Web Album Creator, Audio CD Ripper, Sound Recorder, DVD/VCD Burner and Video Generator, Photo DVD Burner enables you to process media files for slideshows conveniently.

Key Features of Photo DVD Burner Professional v8.05

1. Burn photos to DVD disc for playback on TV with DVD player;
2. Burn photos to VCD, SVCD and Blu-ray discs;
3. Convert photos to video MP4, H.264, MKV, 3GP, 3GPP2, SWF, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MOV, AVI and even HD video;
4. Optimized profile mobile devices including iPad, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, Zune, PSP, iriver, etc;
5. Create photo slideshow video for publishing to YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, etc;
6. Create web photo album to show photo slideshow on your own website;
7. Add background music for photo album and DVD menu;
8. Add video clips to photo slideshow and burn video to DVD;
9. Various stunning transition effects, fantastic album themes and templates for slideshow decoration;
10. Creative settings for modifying album photos such as color, size, transitions, pan & zoom, text, art clips, contrast, color balance and more.

What is new in Photo DVD Burner Professional v8.05

1. Fixed imperfect quality in profiles of high resolution Blu-ray DVD or HD video;
2. Improved security access in explorer bar of main window.

Availablility, Upgrade and Price

The detailed information of Photo DVD Burner Professional v8.05 is available at http://www.photodvdburner.com/ . It is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. To upgrade the program, please uninstall the old version from your computer first, and then go to our official website to download and reinstall the latest version. The upgrade is totally free, while the full version of Photo DVD Burner Professional v8.05 costs USD49.95. Please like our official Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/socusoft if you need any discount from us.