I remember the times when there were very few free video editors (the paid ones were very expensive), and those that were, had very poor functionality. Therefore, most people created slideshows. No, probably the fault is not the lack of multifunctional video editors, but the presence of the cameras themselves.
Now everything has changed and more than 60% of the population of our planet have phones with cameras in their pockets (or bags), which can not only take pictures, but also record videos in very good quality.
But no matter how progress progresses, programs for creating slide shows remain in demand. Therefore, I decided to provide you with a description of the 3 best programs that will most effectively cope with this task.
ProShow Producer
ProShow Producer is a program that will allow you to create professional-level slideshows (if such an expression exists, of course). It has a very convenient and intuitive interface, supports a huge number of file formats.
So many different effects and transitions that are in ProShow Producer, there is no other similar program. Font sets for adding captions to photos, animating slides and changing their backgrounds. You can also accompany your slideshow with music tracks.
You don't need any special skills or knowledge to work with ProShow Producer. The process of creating a slideshow is similarly intuitive, so you will definitely figure it out. If we compare this program and Power Point, then in my opinion ProShow Producer is a little more convenient and has more functionality than a product from Microsoft.
The system requirements of the program are not high: only about 100 MB of free hard disk space, 1 GB of RAM and a 1 GHz processor. The free version of the program is limited to 15 days, after which you will need to register the program.
DVD Photo Slideshow Pro
In terms of functionality, DVD Photo Slideshow Pro and ProShow Producer are almost the same. The only thing is that ProShow Producer has more different effects and transitions that can make your presentation more attractive.
The main feature of DVD Photo Slideshow Pro is not just creating a slide show, but also burning it to disk right in the program. But this function is now practically not used, so the developers in the new versions of the program began to place more emphasis on the Internet.
The trial period of DVD Photo Slideshow Pro is 30 days, which is much better than the 15 days of ProShow Producer. I did not notice any special differences in the convenience of creating a slide show in comparison with Power Point.
The only thing I liked about DVD Photo Slideshow Pro was the ability to save the finished slideshow in HD and Blu-Ray formats. Especially if you are working with high-quality (high resolution) photos.
Ashampoo Slideshow Studio HD
This program is worth highlighting for the speed of creating slide shows. In just a few seconds, by “stuffing” photos and overlaying templates, in the end you will get a high-quality product, which can then be uploaded to You Tube or saved in MPEG2, MPEG4 or Windows Media Video format (this is not the whole list of possible formats for saving ready-made slides). show).
But apart from the speed of creation, it is impossible to note any other advantages of the program. Standard set of functionality, similar to the previous two programs.
It is also worth noting that Ashampoo Slideshow Studio HD is free for only 10 days. Although if you need to create just one slide show, then this is enough. System requirements are moderate: 512 MB of RAM, 80 MB of free hard disk space and a 1.2 GHz processor.
To summarize all of the above, the best among these three programs is ProShow Producer. But still, it is impossible to specifically single out any of them, since they are almost identical in terms of functionality. Further, the choice is yours. Good luck with your slideshows.
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With Bolide Slideshow Creator you will make a great photo show in 3 super easy steps:
- Select photos and music compositions that you want to include in the slideshow, add them to the program's library.
- Drag and drop photos and music in the desired order into the slideshow project.
- Arrange transition effects between photos from the list offered by the program, or let the program do it itself
That's it, now you can click on the button "Make me feel good" "Save video"!
As a result, you will get a great movie of the selected resolution with you and your friends in the lead role! And your favorite music will accompany this film! Just think how great it is! If you need to trim your video after saving it, our Bolide Movie Creator will help you.
Sounds good, right? And it looks even better :) Having made a photo show, you can upload it to Youtube and show it to your friends, make them happy! Let your friends appreciate your directorial talent :)
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Slideshows are created using a variety of programs - both paid and free. They can be purchased at the store or downloaded online. In addition, there are special online services. Most of them are in English. As for the editors, then we will consider the possibilities of some of the most popular ones.
Slideshow in PowerPoint Editor
PowerPoint slideshow software is considered one of the best applications of its kind today. Intuitive interface and a lot of opportunities provided to the user make it extremely popular. Slideshows with its use are created in several steps.
First, of course, you need to select the appropriate photos and, for convenience, place them in a separate folder. Next, open the program and go to the "Insert" tab. Then go to the "Photo Album" section and select the "Create Photo Album" option. In the menu that appears, we find the command "File or disk". After that, we select the necessary photos on our computer and click alternately on "Insert" and "Create".
In the next step, click on "View" and select the "Slide Sorter" option. Here the editor provides the user with the ability to swap frames. Next, select a mode. It is best to click on "Normal". After that, you can change the name of the clip. To make it spectacular, you should go to the "Transitions" tab. If desired, you can set both different transitions between photos, and the same one. In the latter case, click on "Apply to all".
Save a file in PowerPoint
So, we figured out how to make a slideshow on a computer in PowerPoint. Now let's see how we can save it. For this, it is best to select the Windows Media Video file type. In this case, in the future, the created slide show can be viewed in any media player.
PowerPoint provides the user with another interesting feature. If desired, you can change the design, size and style of photos. In addition, the developers have built ready-made templates into the editor. To use one of them, you need to go to the main menu, and then "Create" - "Ready templates". The selected template can be modified to your liking.
Slideshow in PhotoShow
PhotoShow Editor is another fairly popular application for creating photo slideshows. The program also provides the user with a lot of interesting features. Before you start creating a clip, you need to choose the right photos in the same way as in the first case. In addition, you will need some kind of music file. Photos are placed in a separate folder. In this case, it is desirable to arrange them in the order in which they will be further displayed on the screen, and number them.
Now let's look at how to make a slide show on a computer using the PhotoShow editor. To get started, double-click on the sun icon and select New Project. Next, on the left you need to find the folder with the saved photos and click on it. After that, all images will appear on the right. The next step is to transfer the desired photos to the panel below. Here the image appears after clicking on it at the top. You can also click on the folder icon below the photos. In this case, they will all be moved to the bottom panel at the same time.
Now you can go to the "Transitions" tab. You can choose any of them if you wish. After clicking on any transition, it will be mounted between the first and second photo. The "Apply to all" button will appear.
After choosing the transitions, you can proceed to the musical design of the future slide show. To do this, click on the "Project Settings" button located at the bottom. Next - "Music" - "Add music file". In the window that opens, select the composition prepared in advance - "Open". After downloading the file, click on the "Synchronize" button.
Then you can start setting up the screen. To do this, click on the "Project Settings" button again. Here, among other things, you can change the display intervals of the photos themselves, as well as the transitions between them. We save the finished slide show and go to the "Screen" tab. Here you can select the screen size. It is best to set the proportions that the photographs themselves have. Then the images will be displayed without black bars at the top and bottom. So you can create a wedding, children's slideshow, etc.
Video slide show in PhotoShow
In order to make a beautiful video, you need to set the image aspect ratio to 16:9. Click on "Create" - "Create a video slideshow", and then select high quality HD. Set the screen aspect ratio to 16:9 for the video and click on "Convert". We save the resulting video to any folder, after giving the project a name.
Other programs
The applications discussed above are paid. Without buying a key, you can only use trial versions. There are other similar editors for creating slideshows. Quite popular are, for example, Movie Maker, Smilebox, Foto2avi, etc. The free Bolide® Slideshow Creator slideshow software is also considered very good. The principle of working with it is very similar to the principle of working with PhotoShow and PowerPoint. The desired photos are pre-selected. Next, the transitions between them are set, and then the show is synchronized with the music file. If desired, in almost every editor, you can choose an accompanying text for photos.
Slideshow online
Most online services provide their visitors with the opportunity to create a sweet show for free. Some of them require pre-registration. Some services are paid. In this case, before creating a clip, you will need to deposit a certain amount, usually not too large.
Thus, the question of how to make a slide show on a computer is not particularly difficult. It is enough to download one of the currently available programs designed for this purpose, and spend a few minutes studying it.
Each of us almost certainly has accumulated more than one thousand photos from a variety of places and events. This is a vacation, and a trip to the museum, and many family holidays. And almost every one of these events I would like to remember for a long time. Unfortunately, photos can get mixed up or completely lost. You can avoid such an unpleasant situation with a simple slide show. Here you have order, and selected photos, and additional tools to improve the story. Below we will look at several programs for creating slideshows. All of them, of course, have different capabilities, features and functions, but in general there are practically no global differences, so we cannot recommend any particular program.
The main advantage of this program is a huge set of transitions, splash screens and themes. Even better, they are all sorted into thematic groups, making it easy to find them. Also, the advantages include a convenient and intuitive ribbon, on which all slides, transitions and audio tracks are located. In addition, it is worth noting such a unique feature as stylization of a slide show, for example, under a billboard. There are quite a few cons, but they cannot be called insignificant. First, PhotoSHOW is a program for creating slideshows from photos only. Sorry, you can't embed a video here. Secondly, in the trial version, you can only insert 15 images, which is very small. But buying the full version removes these restrictions.
The main advantage of this program is that it is free. And this, frankly, is the only free program in our review. Unfortunately, this fact leaves a certain imprint. This is a small set of effects, and a simple interface. Although the latter is still to be praised, it is almost impossible to get confused here. An interesting feature is the Pan & Zoom function, which allows you to enlarge a certain area of the photo. Of course, competitors have something similar, but only here you can manually set the direction of movement, the start and end areas, as well as the duration of the effect.
A program for creating slideshows from a very large and advanced company in terms of software for working with media files. The first thing that catches your eye is a great design and just a lot of settings. In addition to the already familiar slide settings, duration, etc., there is, for example, a built-in image editor. But this is far from the only advantage of the program. There are also a large number of beautiful and stylish templates for adding text to a slide. Finally, it is worth noting the ability to embed videos in a slideshow, which will be very useful in some cases. True, the shortcomings are just as significant: only 7 days of the trial version, during which a watermark will be superimposed on the final video. It's so easy to almost completely cross out all the advantages of the product.
A program for creating slides with a complex name and a very simple interface. In fact, there is not much to tell: there are slides, there are many effects, there is the addition of audio. In general, almost a typical average. Unless the work with the text is worth praising and the presence of clip art, which hardly anyone will seriously use.
And here is a multifunctional combine harvester among civilian cars - this program can do very, very much. Firstly, this is a good organizer for photo and video files. There are several types of sorting, tags and faces, which greatly simplifies the search. There is also a built-in image viewer, which left only positive emotions. Secondly, this program can be used to process photos. Of course, this sphere is far from the level of mastodons, but it will do for simple operations. Thirdly, what we are here for is a slide show. Of course, it is impossible to say that this section has extensive functionality, but the most necessary things are still there.
This program cannot be unequivocally called bad or good. On the one hand, it has all the necessary functions and even a little more. It is worth noting, for example, perfectly organized work with text and sound. On the other hand, many parameters require more variety. Take, for example, the section "decorations". Looking at it, it seems that the developers have added a function only for testing and will still fill it with content, since it somehow fails to take only 3 clip art seriously. In general, Magix Photostory is pretty good even in the trial version and may well claim to be the “master of the slideshow”.
This brainchild of Microsoft, perhaps, looks like a professor among teenagers in this comparison. A huge number and, more importantly, excellent quality of functions elevate this program to a completely different level. This is no longer just a program for creating slide shows, it is a full-fledged tool with which you can convey absolutely any information to the viewer. And, all this in a beautiful wrapper. With direct hands and skills, of course ... In general, the program could be called ideal, but only if you are ready to pay a lot of money for a quality product and learn how to use it for more than one day.
An excellent program designed specifically for slide shows, but at the same time not inferior in many respects even to such a giant as PowerPoint. There are a huge number of well-developed functions, a large database of styles and animations, and many parameters. With this program, you can create really very high quality slide shows. There is just one catch - it is very difficult to figure it out. The absence of the Russian language also plays a significant role in this.
So, we looked at several programs for creating slideshows. Each of them has some unique features that incline us to choose it. Needless to say, the last two programs are only worth trying if you're creating a really complex presentation. For a simple family album, simpler solutions are also suitable.
Are you captivated by colorful and creative advanced slideshows? Would you like to learn how to do something similar yourself? Or does your job require you to periodically create unique, spectacular presentations, and you don't know where to start? A convenient program with the symbolic name PhotoSHOW pro in Russian will help you unleash your creative talents and quickly learn how to create a slide show from photos with music.
It should be noted that created with PhotoSHOW materials can be easily placed on such popular resources as VKontakte, YouTube or RuTube. Thus, using this program to create a slide show, you can not only quickly revive your page on social networks or your favorite blog, but also do it really with pleasure, truly enjoying the creative process.
Interface
A well-thought-out program interface is available in Russian, which makes working with it easy and enjoyable. If you have never dealt with programs of this type before, then PhotoSHOW pro comes with a detailed instruction-tutorial that will help you quickly begin to navigate its many possibilities and significantly expand your understanding of how you can make an incredibly attractive photo slideshow. with music.
It greatly simplifies the interaction with the program by its complete Russification, which not all software of this direction can boast of.
PhotoSHOW provides the user with an impressive collection of slide themes. Once you're familiar with it, you'll be able to easily find a delightful theme with animated effects that fits perfectly into your unique situation - especially when it comes to the DIY gift you're about to make.
By properly distributing and processing the available photos, you can create a wonderful clip that tells a beautiful love story of newlyweds, or a great material that clearly shows how "children grow up fast", fitting twenty years in a couple of minutes.
Note: you can download the full version of PhotoSHOW Pro for free from the official website or our resource via a direct link. At the same time, it should be noted that any music for a slide show can be used, and not just the one that is offered in the program itself.
Thus, you can easily change the musical accompaniment of the clip, the theme of its background and various intros. All this allows the user not only to make a slide show of photos, but also to create interesting material of excellent quality from scratch, to improve the existing one.
The final result can be saved in a variety of popular and popular formats, from simple MP4 or AVI to more advanced Full-HD. Besides, the user has the ability to create screensavers and EXE files. Using the full version of PhotoSHOW pro, you can burn a separate DVD disc, the menu of which will be pleasant to view on the screen of a large monitor or modern TV.
The slideshow program boasts another feature that can create a separate player code to set up a personalized slideshow of photos with music on a personal website or company resource. Business professionals use PhotoSHOW to create multimedia postcards, detailed professional presentations, original clips, music videos and creative photo albums. Yes, and ordinary users, as noted above, do not "disdain" this software at all.
It is noteworthy, but the useful features of the program were also available to fans of a variety of mobile phones and other popular gadgets. The user can easily apply ready-made stylish templates and not waste time on extra adjustment of video parameters.
Output: if you like to use various animation techniques in your work, add necessary inscriptions, music to clips, insert original titles and use other original solutions, then the "pro" version will definitely please you with the richness of its collection of effects. At the same time, you can download the full version of PhotoSHOW pro for free and in Russian. And don't forget to use the "virtual screen" function for more convenient work, as well as to select music without "license claims".
