How to Create HD Slideshow on Mac for Playback on HDTV

It is a kind of great visual enjoyment to watch DVD movies on the big screen of HDTV. Have you ever thought of viewing photos on HDTV as well? It is very easy to transfer photos to HDTV for viewing at full screen, as there is a USB port in most HDTVs.

However, still photos look just as plain on HDTV as on a PC. How about decorating the photos with texts, effects and even background music to bring them to life again? I am sure it makes a world of different to watch the dynamic photo slideshows on the HDTV at 1920 x 1080.

Today, I'd like to introduce a Mac slideshow app named HD Slideshow Maker, which enables you to easily create fantastic photo slideshows with background music, transition effects, texts, Pan & Zoom, theme styles, etc. It lets you encode slideshows as full HD videos for playback on an even bigger screen of HDTV. You can also choose to upload slideshows to YouTube and Facebook directly.



Now, let me simplify the process of creating an HD slideshow video with HD Slideshow Maker for playback on HDTV:

1. Download HD Slideshow Maker to your Mac, install and run it.

2. Add photos from your Mac HDD.

3. Click the "Add Music" button to select songs from your Mac HDD as the background music.

4. Click the "Theme" button to choose a theme style for the slideshow.

5. Click the "Arrange" button to reorder the photos.

6. Click the dice icon to choose transition effects between photos. By default, transition effects will be randomly applied.

7. Click each photo in the timeline to add texts and set Pan & Zoom effects for it.

8. Click the "Play" button to preview the slideshow.

9. Click the "Export" button to choose to encode the slideshow as HDTV video.

10. When the encoding is complete, copy the output video to a USB drive. Then you can connect the drive with your HDTV via the USB port.

Now you can start sitting in front of your HDTV and enjoying the fantastic slideshow you just created.

Create HD Slideshow and Play on HDTV with HD Slideshow Maker for Mac

Have thousands of exciting photos from grand festival and daily life and wanna share them with your family or friends? HD Slideshow Maker for Mac helps you create fantastic photo slideshows with your favorite background music and stunning transition effects. It lets you encode slideshows as full HD videos for playback on an even bigger screen of HDTV or for directly uploading to YouTube and Facebook. HD Slideshow Maker for Mac helps you make a slideshow movie with high resolution of 1920 x 1080. It's really a good Mac app for you to share the perfect moments with your family and friends.



Features of HD Slideshow Maker for Mac

1. Make attractive dynamic slideshows in a snap.

Just add all of the photos you have collected and add your favorite songs as the background music, and you will get the slideshow ready for showing.

2. Export to full HD video with high speed

HD Slideshow Maker for Mac is designed to export slideshows in HDTV format. The resolution of the output video can be as high as 1920 x 1080. To play the slideshow on HDTV, you just copy the output video to a USB drive and then connect the drive with HDTV via the USB port. Then you can enjoy the slideshow via the remote control.

3. Various transition effects

There are a variety of transition effects to choose from. You can add cool effects and animations to your slides and create multi-photo montages. You can also set Ken Burns (pan/zoom) effect for each photo.

4. Lots of album theme styles

There are lots of album theme styles to choose from, which will help the slideshow look more attractive.

5. Directly upload slideshow to YouTube and Facebook

HD Slideshow Maker for Mac allows you to directly upload the slideshow to YouTube and Facebook.

System Requirements, Availability and Pricing

The current version of HD Slideshow Maker for Mac is only compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. You can download it for a try from http://www.hdslideshowmaker.com. The full version of HD Slideshow Maker for Mac costs $29.99.

How to Create Photo Slideshow DVD for Christmas 2011

The Christmas Day is just around the corner. Have you ever thought of making a slideshow of your special photos all over the year to celebrate the special festival?

Today, I'd like to show you how to create a photo slideshow DVD in celebration of Christmas 2011 using Photo DVD Burner Professional. The steps are as easy as 1, 2, 3.

Step 1. Organize Photos

Click the Organize Photos tab in Photo DVD Burner Professional 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, 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 Burner Professional to choose a menu template for the Christmas 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 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 Christmas slideshow. You can choose to burn Christmas photo slideshows to DVD/Blu-ray discs or create Christmas photo slideshows movie. The following formats are available for you to choose from: