Anyone producing slideshows?
Jul 15, 2013 18:18:22 #
sueyeisert wrote:
What program do Mac users use to produce slide shows?
I use lightroom for simple ones and proshow gold for weddings and such.
Jul 15, 2013 18:54:24 #
I use ProShow Gold and I love it. I have done quite a few photo shows for our family, and they always appreciate them. It's a fun thing to do for the children in the family also. It is a user friendly software package, and many updates are also available, such as backgrounds and transitions.
Jul 15, 2013 18:54:34 #
I have tried them all. Roxio is the best.
Has many features for editing sound and photos.
Has many transitions and special effects. It does
have a deep learning curve but worth the effert.
Has many features for editing sound and photos.
Has many transitions and special effects. It does
have a deep learning curve but worth the effert.
Jul 15, 2013 19:54:48 #
I use proshow producer also. I've primarily used it to show slideshows of missionary trips to the congregation of the church I attend. You can easily add and edit music. I find it effective to intersperse short video clips (20 seconds or less). No problem to over ride background sound with your music or with voice override. The less expensive Pro show is also good. Just has a few less bells and whistles.
Bill
Bill
Jul 15, 2013 21:25:18 #
rcirr wrote:
I've used DVD Photo Slide Show Pro. It's easy to use and I've always gotten positive feedback about every show I've made.
http://www.dvd-photo-slideshow.com/
http://www.dvd-photo-slideshow.com/
Looks good. I made a wedding slideshow on ProShow Producer trial version and now it looks like if I want to keep it I need to buy it. Big difference in price from Gold. Any discounts you are aware of?
Jul 15, 2013 21:30:28 #
dadcowell wrote:
I use proshow producer also. I've primarily used it to show slideshows of missionary trips to the congregation of the church I attend. You can easily add and edit music. I find it effective to intersperse short video clips (20 seconds or less). No problem to over ride background sound with your music or with voice override. The less expensive Pro show is also good. Just has a few less bells and whistles.
Bill
Bill
I do want to bring in video clips. The one I used in my trial seemed to be choppy with too many effects. I also do need to figure out how to bring down the video music.
Jul 15, 2013 22:04:47 #
Hi jaysnave. In Ref. to Proshow. You made the right choice. I started out with Proshow Gold, and I had it for about a month, when I realized it wasn't what I wanted. So I bought the Producer. I've had it for over 2 years. If you are looking for a professional slide show program, the Producer is what you want. If your just looking for a slide show program for family pictures etc. Then Pro Show Gold will serve the purpose. I've tried a lot of slide show programs before I found the Producer. Photodex offers a lot of different transitions for $19.95 you can use.
http://www.photodex.com/
Kenny
http://www.photodex.com/
Kenny
Jul 15, 2013 22:29:09 #
jaysnave wrote:
I was exited to make a wedding slideshow from Lightroom directly from my collection. Disappointed however in the limitations. Need an outside audio editor for more than one song, very few transition options, text editor is lacking.
Can anyone recommend a good slideshow program? I saw from a previous post that Proshow was mentioned.
Can anyone recommend a good slideshow program? I saw from a previous post that Proshow was mentioned.
I'll give another strong vote for Pro Show Producer. It is a great program when used to it's full potential.
Jul 15, 2013 22:29:31 #
jaysnave wrote:
Looks good. I made a wedding slideshow on ProShow Producer trial version and now it looks like if I want to keep it I need to buy it. Big difference in price from Gold. Any discounts you are aware of?
None that I am aware but I haven't been looking either. If I see any, I'll pass that info along.
Jul 15, 2013 22:31:40 #
Jul 15, 2013 22:32:35 #
jaysnave wrote:
I was exited to make a wedding slideshow from Lightroom directly from my collection. Disappointed however in the limitations. Need an outside audio editor for more than one song, very few transition options, text editor is lacking.
Can anyone recommend a good slideshow program? I saw from a previous post that Proshow was mentioned.
Can anyone recommend a good slideshow program? I saw from a previous post that Proshow was mentioned.
Proshow is very good they have different levels Pro, Gold and web. I did a 3 min. slide show with proshow web check it out. Gold Star Photo Studios.
http://goldstarphotostudios.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-new-slideshow.html
Jul 15, 2013 23:23:35 #
I have used Faststone image viewer on a few and it does a great job.
I also use iMovie and it has a bunch of bells and whistles.
Dale
I also use iMovie and it has a bunch of bells and whistles.
Dale
Jul 16, 2013 19:53:44 #
RonnyE wrote:
Proshow is very good they have different levels Pro, Gold and web. I did a 3 min. slide show with proshow web check it out. Gold Star Photo Studios.
http://goldstarphotostudios.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-new-slideshow.html
http://goldstarphotostudios.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-new-slideshow.html
Very nice and love the song choice!
Jul 16, 2013 21:47:49 #
Colton3310
Loc: New York,United States
I used the Kvisoft wedding slideshow maker. With it, you can create your own slideshows with nice music. :lol:
Jul 17, 2013 10:01:35 #
Lucian
Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio
There are a number of good and very good companies out there offering slideshow/video software and some have okay offerings and some have great options for creating a more involved Hollywood style slide show.
We recently had our first child, a beautiful little girl. I have been taking photos almost daily but always do a special monthly session with the same sort of shots to mark her growth. She will be ten months old on the 22nd of this month and once she turns one I will create a "One Year in the Life of Anna" video slide show. I will also create a beautiful coffee table book, recording her first year on earth which will become a family heirloom to be passed on through the generations. For now though, this is the video slide show I have created because I did not want to wait any longer to put something together or it would be too much work....
http://video214.com/play/wkPn1TyLgxJYNcwbDqnSRA/s/dark
Obviously for some the simple image up, image fade away will be sufficient. When I started making slide shows I thought that simple thing was fantastic. There is plenty of free software out there for that sort of show. But then I wanted to do something more because anyone could do the simple thing I first did.
Such a simple non-moving image show does not set you apart from other photographers. Yes of course you also need to have the talent and expertise to created exceptional images to go with the slide show, otherwise all you have is a shiny lump of crap, if you get my meaning.
The slide show software alone will only wow the audience with the transitions and movement but soon they will realize the photography is crap, but now it is just shiny crap. I say this to make us all wake up and concentrate on the photography first and the presentation secondly.
Practice lighting and posing techniques on your own family, they don't have to be smiling, just use them as object to perfect your skill level. Then go after the presentation side with slide show software.
For the money, I have not found a better company for creating slide shows, than ProShow, whether it be the Gold or the Producer version. Both will suffice for an elegant knock your socks off video slide show, it is just that Producer offers even more if you are prepared to invest the time to use all or even just part of its features.
As with Photoshop, at first it is amazing to be able to lighten or darken or intensify the colours in an image. But then you want to do more and it takes time because there is a learning curve. The same with a slide show programme, be it ProShow Gold, Producer or another company. If you invest the time to learn it you can create video slide shows that will blow away your competition.
If you also have exceptional photography skills then those two combinations will mean you have no equal in your area and people will pay to have their photos displayed in such a way like they may only see on TV. I suppose it all depends on what you wish to put into the project because you can only get out of it, the time and effort you put into it.
In my opinion it is worth every penny of my time and effort and of course money to be able to create slide shows for people that they can not find anywhere else. And of course for my own personal images of my family and my landscape images I take while on holiday. I can sit and watch my slides shows several times over and not get bored. Unlike my first efforts with the simple free software programmes. Those first efforts now bore me to tears, almost.
The other thing to consider is offering your services to the public to create slide shows from their images. Of course sometimes all you will be doing is shining up the crap, but if they liked the crap before, they will love the way you just made their crap shiny, so you are still on to a win-win situation here. Just my personal feeling on slide shows and the programmes that are out there to produce them.
We recently had our first child, a beautiful little girl. I have been taking photos almost daily but always do a special monthly session with the same sort of shots to mark her growth. She will be ten months old on the 22nd of this month and once she turns one I will create a "One Year in the Life of Anna" video slide show. I will also create a beautiful coffee table book, recording her first year on earth which will become a family heirloom to be passed on through the generations. For now though, this is the video slide show I have created because I did not want to wait any longer to put something together or it would be too much work....
http://video214.com/play/wkPn1TyLgxJYNcwbDqnSRA/s/dark
Obviously for some the simple image up, image fade away will be sufficient. When I started making slide shows I thought that simple thing was fantastic. There is plenty of free software out there for that sort of show. But then I wanted to do something more because anyone could do the simple thing I first did.
Such a simple non-moving image show does not set you apart from other photographers. Yes of course you also need to have the talent and expertise to created exceptional images to go with the slide show, otherwise all you have is a shiny lump of crap, if you get my meaning.
The slide show software alone will only wow the audience with the transitions and movement but soon they will realize the photography is crap, but now it is just shiny crap. I say this to make us all wake up and concentrate on the photography first and the presentation secondly.
Practice lighting and posing techniques on your own family, they don't have to be smiling, just use them as object to perfect your skill level. Then go after the presentation side with slide show software.
For the money, I have not found a better company for creating slide shows, than ProShow, whether it be the Gold or the Producer version. Both will suffice for an elegant knock your socks off video slide show, it is just that Producer offers even more if you are prepared to invest the time to use all or even just part of its features.
As with Photoshop, at first it is amazing to be able to lighten or darken or intensify the colours in an image. But then you want to do more and it takes time because there is a learning curve. The same with a slide show programme, be it ProShow Gold, Producer or another company. If you invest the time to learn it you can create video slide shows that will blow away your competition.
If you also have exceptional photography skills then those two combinations will mean you have no equal in your area and people will pay to have their photos displayed in such a way like they may only see on TV. I suppose it all depends on what you wish to put into the project because you can only get out of it, the time and effort you put into it.
In my opinion it is worth every penny of my time and effort and of course money to be able to create slide shows for people that they can not find anywhere else. And of course for my own personal images of my family and my landscape images I take while on holiday. I can sit and watch my slides shows several times over and not get bored. Unlike my first efforts with the simple free software programmes. Those first efforts now bore me to tears, almost.
The other thing to consider is offering your services to the public to create slide shows from their images. Of course sometimes all you will be doing is shining up the crap, but if they liked the crap before, they will love the way you just made their crap shiny, so you are still on to a win-win situation here. Just my personal feeling on slide shows and the programmes that are out there to produce them.
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