Request for Short Slideshow templates with Music
Nov 1, 2011 11:41:56 #
I am looking to make slideshows of about 20-25 pictures that will have a song that will start to play when the pictures start and the song will end at the end of the slideshow. All the slideshow programs I can find have songs that are 3-5 minutes long and take many more pictures 80 - 100+. I don't mind if the pictures are displayed longer than the usual 1-2 seconds; for example, 5 seconds per pictures would be fine.
I don't mind paying for this functionality and music if I can find the right fit. Any ideas?
I don't mind paying for this functionality and music if I can find the right fit. Any ideas?
Nov 1, 2011 11:45:41 #
Nov 1, 2011 11:47:09 #
Basic program is free
rufus1 wrote:
Check out smilebox. basis is free
Nov 1, 2011 14:55:11 #
imovie does a great job. simple enough even for me. can add titles too.
Nov 2, 2011 05:49:44 #
Microsoft "Photo Story 3 for windows" freeware is very good for making a compact EMail-able file. It does music etc,, great program. There are some free addons - google to find.
I did a heavy duty search of Photo Slideshows a 18 months ago for doing my wedding slideshows. The best I found, forget price, was Ashampoos Slidshow Studio HD 2. As the name implies,it does HD presentations. Reasonable for $20.
This program does the typical, but does so easily, with no difficult learning. Has an outstanding feature, when you have a crop image, or have a vertical shot, the program picks a major color from the photo and blends with vignetting to fill the slide. Most just fill with black or a selected color. There is a trial download.
Don d/p
I did a heavy duty search of Photo Slideshows a 18 months ago for doing my wedding slideshows. The best I found, forget price, was Ashampoos Slidshow Studio HD 2. As the name implies,it does HD presentations. Reasonable for $20.
This program does the typical, but does so easily, with no difficult learning. Has an outstanding feature, when you have a crop image, or have a vertical shot, the program picks a major color from the photo and blends with vignetting to fill the slide. Most just fill with black or a selected color. There is a trial download.
Don d/p
Nov 2, 2011 08:03:11 #
cpaul123
Loc: Philadelphia, PA
I have used Picasa for my kids soccer photos and added music to the slide show...I liked the way it turned out.
Nov 2, 2011 08:08:08 #
Nov 2, 2011 08:09:23 #
You can down load gillions of songs from places like Amazon's MP3's for $.98 each and add them to any slide program that is at all workable.
Nov 2, 2011 08:09:58 #
http://www.photodex.com/buy
I have been using Proshow Gold since 2004 and then graduated to Producer a few years ago. Gold is about $70 and very well worth the money. After assembling your slide show and music, you can select sync music and it will automatically make your show the length of your song. There are a lot more bells and whistles than most slide show softwares and Producer is for the serious slide show maker. Both can be downloaded for a free trial.
I have been using Proshow Gold since 2004 and then graduated to Producer a few years ago. Gold is about $70 and very well worth the money. After assembling your slide show and music, you can select sync music and it will automatically make your show the length of your song. There are a lot more bells and whistles than most slide show softwares and Producer is for the serious slide show maker. Both can be downloaded for a free trial.
Nov 2, 2011 08:17:12 #
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Nov 2, 2011 09:56:13 #
Nov 2, 2011 10:18:20 #
kayautho
Loc: Boynton Beach, FL
+1 on Pro Show Gold. That's what I use (tho' not that much).
I love that you can choose how the images fade into one another - maybe they all do that.
arthur
I love that you can choose how the images fade into one another - maybe they all do that.
arthur
Nov 2, 2011 11:40:18 #
Well, download and try all mentioned you have 30 days before you expire,,, or excuse me, the programs expire. Please, let us know which features you like best and which you finally chose and why... we need an up-to-date education.
Thanks, Don
Thanks, Don
Nov 2, 2011 13:14:47 #
Thanks for all the suggestions! I will give these a try and hope to provide a short report-out in a few weeks.
I spend a few hours yesterday on Smile Box (the first suggestion). The issue I ran into is that most of the formats I liked distored vertical pictures, simply cropping off heads to force the picture into a horizontal format. Not ALL of them did this, but it was time-consuming to have to load the pictures and test them since it was unclear from the 3 picture sample shows (all of them always had horizontal pictures).
So, it will be a learning curve to see what best meets my needs but am looking forward to trying some that I have never heard of before!
I spend a few hours yesterday on Smile Box (the first suggestion). The issue I ran into is that most of the formats I liked distored vertical pictures, simply cropping off heads to force the picture into a horizontal format. Not ALL of them did this, but it was time-consuming to have to load the pictures and test them since it was unclear from the 3 picture sample shows (all of them always had horizontal pictures).
So, it will be a learning curve to see what best meets my needs but am looking forward to trying some that I have never heard of before!
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