Pro Show Producer: Anyone using Pro Show Producer to create slide shows? I watched one made by a photo club member and was seriously impressed. He said it's pretty easy to use but the...

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

Anyone using Pro Show Producer to create slide shows? I watched one made by a photo club member and was seriously impressed. He said it's pretty easy to use but the promo videos I've seen make it look fairly complicated with lots of graphics options. Also, I have a 4 year old PC with 6 gig of RAM and standard video capability. Not sure what the program requires.

sueyeisert Loc: New Jersey

you can start with ProShow Gold then upgrade if you need to. BTW they have very helpful customer service.

Steve_m Loc: Southern California

gvarner wrote:

Anyone using Pro Show Producer to create slide shows? I watched one made by a photo club member and was seriously impressed. He said it's pretty easy to use but the promo videos I've seen make it look fairly complicated with lots of graphics options. Also, I have a 4 year old PC with 6 gig of RAM and standard video capability. Not sure what the program requires.

You should go to www.photodex.com and learn about their products. I would suggest you look at ProShow Gold to start with. It is a very powerful program for $69.95. It is a little brother of the Producer, which cost about $300.00. After two years with ProShow Gold they will let you upgrade to Producer for about $90.00. You don't say what processor you have. However, your processor and your memory will play the role during the rendering. Otherwise you are good to go.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

Fantastic program! I used ProShow Gold for quite a few years, then went to Producer. Producer is a much deeper program, a bit more of a learning curve, but if I can do it, anyone can.

ceh1024 Loc: Lutz, FL

I've used quite a few slideshow packages over the years and NONE even come close to slideshow Gold or Pro. I started with Gold then upgraded a year later to Pro and never looked back.

All those I have shown have echoed also my feelings. You can't go wrong with Gold or Pro.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

gvarner wrote:

Anyone using Pro Show Producer to create slide shows? I watched one made by a photo club member and was seriously impressed. He said it's pretty easy to use but the promo videos I've seen make it look fairly complicated with lots of graphics options. Also, I have a 4 year old PC with 6 gig of RAM and standard video capability. Not sure what the program requires.

Yes, it's a great program. It can do an awful lot, but that means you have to learn how to use it. It's very flexible in terms of fades and music.

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

Steve_m wrote:

You should go to www.photodex.com and learn about their products. I would suggest you look at ProShow Gold to start with. It is a very powerful program for $69.95. It is a little brother of the Producer, which cost about $300.00. After two years with ProShow Gold they will let you upgrade to Producer for about $90.00. You don't say what processor you have. However, your processor and your memory will play the role during the rendering. Otherwise you are good to go.

This is what I use very robust

ceh1024 Loc: Lutz, FL

Just one more comment.

If you are already are working with Photoshop or something similar than you are already familiar with masks and layers. If so, you are pretty much ready to start with some interesting effects.

Otherwise as some have said you may have a learning curve.

dbeifeld Loc: Northern Virginia

It's a great program, I've been using ProShow Producer for several years to document my travels. I continue to learn how to improve my skills with it and it can really help in getting your creative juices flowing. I keep my ProShow slide shows at youtube.com/dbeifeld if your interested.

David B.

windshoppe Loc: Arizona

GoofyNewfie wrote:

Fantastic program! I used ProShow Gold for quite a few years, then went to Producer. Producer is a much deeper program, a bit more of a learning curve, but if I can do it, anyone can.

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Same here. I like to create slide shows that sometimes include short video clips and are accompanied by music. Program works well for this.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

windshoppe wrote:

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Same here. I like to create slide shows that sometimes include short video clips and are accompanied by music. Program works well for this.

While on the subject of music, anyone have a source for free royalty-free music?
I found this one recently:http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/

Steve_m Loc: Southern California

GoofyNewfie wrote:

While on the subject of music, anyone have a source for free royalty-free music?
I found this one recently:http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/

If you want to be sophisticated with your music or narration, you can manipulate it or edit it in a free fantastic program Audacity from http://audacityfreedownload.org/

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

Steve_m wrote:

If you want to be sophisticated with your music or narration, you can manipulate it or edit it in a free fantastic program Audacity from http://audacityfreedownload.org/

Thanks! I'll give it a look.

dbeifeld Loc: Northern Virginia

Are you aware that the latest version of ProShow Producer has a library of "free" royalty-free music available? Of coarse you have to purchase ProShow first.

David B.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

dbeifeld wrote:

Are you aware that the latest version of ProShow Producer has a library of "free" royalty-free music available? Of coarse you have to purchase ProShow first.

David B.

Will check into this!
Thanks