Showing posts with label slideshow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label slideshow. Show all posts

Thursday, June 16, 2011

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!

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

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.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

How to Make Photo Slideshow for Sharing on YouTube?

Have lots of stunning photos stored in your PC and wanna share them online? Why not create a photo video slideshow and publish it to video-sharing websites like YouTube?

Photo DVD Burner comes to the rescue! With this Photo DVD Maker, you can easily convert photos to YouTube slideshow video, convert pictures to YouTube slideshow video and make a photo video slideshow for publishing to YouTube.

To get started, download Photo DVD Burner, install and run the program. Then let's take a look at how it performs to make photo slideshows for YouTube:

Step 1. Organize Photos

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

Create Photo Slideshow for YouTube

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 Output Format

Click the Burn Disc tab at the top menu of Photo DVD Burner to go to the conversion window. Then click the Output Format drop-down menu and choose YouTube Uploadable Movie for the YouTube slideshow. And in the Parameters Setting area, you can specify output directory, profile (MP4, HD MP4 or FLV), and video/audio parameters such as video bitrate, size, codec, frame rate and audio codec, bitrate, sample rate, channel.

Make YouTube Photo Slideshow

Step 3. Create YouTube Uploadable Movie

After you set the above parameters, you click the Create Now! button and start creating photo slideshow for YouTube.