Who is the best professional slide show software?
Sorry on my bad English.

I actually use slide.com for my index pages. Would love to find out some more that I could use, too.

Lynn

Hi,

It is hard to say which one is the most best profesional, that depends on your requirement.

You need a SWF format file, burning a VCD/DVD or sharing online?

Bellows are kinds of Slide Show Software:

1. Free apps that can create photo slideshows.
Google’s Picasa, is a free software download from Google. Picasa can make photo slideshows with simple clicks and copy files to DVD media using both the "Backup" and "Gift CD" features, but DVDs create by Picasa can not be played on all types of DVD players.

Windows Movie Maker 2, included free in XP and Vista, helps to create AVI or WMA slideshows. Although it doesn’t natively burn DVDs playable by many DVD players, Windows Movie Maker has many powerful features (say exquisite effects) to magnetize users and adding DVD writing capabilities to Windows Movie Maker with inexpensive applications will figure it out.

2. Commercial apps wholly make for creating DVD slide shows.
Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 5 ($39.99) is famous and powerful software which includes a massive amount of slide-show-authoring options for photo DVDs. Nero has a 15-day trial for PhotoShow Deluxe, while the free PhotoDVD trial lets you create slide shows with up to 100 images. As a sub-product from Nero, it has highly stability on its writing capability.

DVD Slideshow Builder 4 ($39.95), another professional and popular app that can create DVD photo slideshows with photos, video clips and music in high-resolution HD DVD video format and burn directly. It provides a free trial version with Watermark on output, 30-day trial limitation. What it attract me is its plenty 2D/3D transitions and Ken-Burns effects.

3. Online Serve

Slide.com

some other slideshow software such as Flash Slideshow Builder, Flash Slideshow Maker, Proshow and etc.

Sothink SWF easy

It is the best combimation of Powerpoint and flash-making software. If you want you could add flash element in you slide show, which makes a slide show or your speech more active and animated.
i am not so good at computer, but i can manage it very well. the operating process is very easy,even an 8 years old boy can make it. So if you want you can try it for free!

I found that there is no DVD Slideshow Builder 4 but a new software called Movie Story, is that a update version?

Hi jess,

I have check the official website of DVD Slideshow Builder 4 but no Movie Story on it.

Movie Story is another name of DVD Slideshow Builder on Ourpix.com (another website of photo software from Wondershare).

Hope it helps.

Try Digital Photo Slide Show I thing the software can fulfill your all requirements.

Please try PicturesToExe Deluxe by WnSoft (for Windows) - professional slideshow software

This software was recommended by "Professional Photographer magazine" (USA) and "Photography Monthly" (UK) in their reviews.

The main benefits:
- Highest quality of picture and smooth playback of Ken Burns effects (Pan/Zoom);
- Powerful parent-child system of objects for creating complex animation;
- Masks;
- Timeline.
- Various transition effects including 3D (the program uses DirectX mode).
etc.

PicturesToExe Deluxe has many output options for producing of a slideshow:
- Executable file (EXE);
- DVD-Video disc;
- Publish on YouTube and Vimeo (SD and HD quality);
- HD Video MP4 file (H.264);
- Video for iPhone/iPod.

Hi Friends,

I am a new person on this forum i hope i shall also to be a good part of this community.... well....PicturesToExe Deluxe is the slideshow software, which can help you to create splendid slideshows. The interface of PicturesToExe Deluxe is very easy in use, both amateur PC users and professional photographers can work in this program without any difficulties.

there is no such best software,
you can only find the most suitable for you.
I think the most famous is adobe flash,but it's a little complicated to operate and more expensive,others like photo story platinum,which is not so powerful as adobe flash but very easy to use and cheaper(39$),i used to make slideshows with photo story platinum free demo versions,you can get free version here. it's a interesting to make all kinds of slideshows.
most important i choose it is for their customer service,i can ask them to help when i have problem with the software.
Hope this will help. photo story platinum

I've used 3
Adobe Flash - CS4 - the learning curve is VERY steep - and it crashes MANY times a day, often taking your work with it. It has the most flexibility and can do the most, but until you are experienced, it can take DAYS to do a few fancy transitions. I cannot make it do high resolution slide shows (1080x1900) that run smoothly. There is often "jerkiness" in complex transitions. These go away if you reduce your resolution to "web" sizes : e.g.:400x600. There is a large user community, but NO direct support from Adobe - at least none that is useful.

SlideShow Gold: a GREAT program for putting out a quick slideshow with integrated mp3 sound. Somewhat limited in transitions. The developer of this has been GREAT about answering email questions, and adding suggested features.

Halfway between the two is SlideShow Studio, from Aquasoft. This company is in Germany, but they sell an English version. Their software allows you to build VERY sophisticated transitions, including "Ken Burns" type effects of transitions, zooming in, and panning across the image, stopping and zooming in at various places. It also does MANY nice animations with text, including entry, and exit animations. It is VERY stable, and seldom crashes. The email support for this program has been GREAT. However, their Forums are all in GERMAN, so there is no user community for English speaking users. This works great for high res (1080x1900), scrolls smooth, and does even transitions. (some are a little blocky looking at high-res.) It also supports multiple aspect ratios (4:3 and 16:9). I've run it's output through a HDMI into a HD TV, and it is very good. It has a built in photo editor that allows you to add very complex modifications to an image. My only complaint is the audio editing is a little rough.

Right now I am using SlideShow studio almost exclusively, but might switch back to Slideshow Gold for speed if I had a fairly simple slideshow to produce, just for speed.

We've created a portfolio website template that has a slideshow feature. I've started another thread to discuss but I thought I'd post it here too:

http://www.onlinegalleries.com.au/

I've also created video tutes for building your portfolio websites using flash:

http://www.swinburne.edu.au/design/tutoria...croller/ID-131/
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/design/tutoria...XML-data/ID-44/

Plenty more tutes on that site.

Hope that helps
Bill

great i always make my slides on power point but other software are a good option

good post,i have tried some online service before,but not ideal,now i use the flash gallery software

I use Keynote to build interactive presentations, SoundSlides and others when I'm building web and auto-run types of presentations, iPhoto/iMovie/iDVD to build simple DVD presentations, etc.

I have tried Flash before but it is very complicated, did you go on a course?

I think Tourweaver also could be used as slideshow software. Import still photos, publish it as FLASH, or EXE slide show.

I am using ProShow Gold. Quite happy with the software. I checked a few other slide show packages before and finally selected ProShow. It is user friendly and has a lot of features.

My website about making family photo slideshows currently has 3 reviews of slideshow software with more reviews coming later. Each review includes a short slideshow example created using the reviewed software.

You can access the reviews by going to the page listed below and then clicking on the text link to the software you are interested in.

Visit my Photo Slideshow Software page

Just get photo dvd burner professional. It works like a charm!

http://www.photodvdburner.com

Shortly about new version 7.0 of PicturesToExe Deluxe.

It allows add video clips up to 1920x1080p and mix them with still pictures. You can apply Ken Burns effects (Pan/Zoom) and 3D transformations to video clips.

Instant preview of slideshow (even with video).

Unsharp mask in real time for entire picture (like in Photoshop).

PicturesToExe Deluxe is the most popular slideshow software in the UK and France for advanced users and AV enthusiasts. Almost all AV works on competitions in the UK were done in PicturesToExe Deluxe.

http://www.wnsoft.com/picturestoexe

Version 7.0 Beta available here:
http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....deluxe-70-beta/

Seconding Keynote. It's Mac-only, but my friends won't stop talking about it.

If you want "professional" level software, the best I've used is PicturesToExe by Wnsoft Ltd. It really all depends on what your individual "needs" are for creating professional level slideshows.

If you are a busy wedding photographer who makes shows for his/her clients, ProShow Producer is very good because it has many automated templates which quickly allow the user to make impressive slideshows with little actual time spend learning the program.

http://www.photodex.com

If you compete in professional international AV competition, you will be hard pressed to find anything better than PicturesToExe which lets you mix video, multiple sound tracks, still images, do three dimensional transforms, rasterize and animated text, multiple layers with incredible fine control of images, sound, video and so on. The great thing is that this is not really "expensive" software and you get lifetime free upgrades for the basic package. It's the #1 choice for AV professionals world wide right now. The images quality is better than anything else available and the flexibility is fantastic. You can make rotating photo cubes, have ultra smooth hardware rendering, export to both PC and native MacIntosh executable formats. You can create MP4, AVI, Exe and directly upload to youtube, iPhone, etc.

http://www.wnsoft.com

Unfortunately, ProShow Producer can't do hardware rendering, can't do 3D transforms so no rotating cubes, etc., but it does have lots of automated templates. PicturesToExe, on the other hand, doesn't have a lot of automated templates, but rather is a nuts and bolts approach which can produce stunning output.

If you want to see what is possible, you can download shows from the PTE (PicturesToExe) forum or from one of several member sites. I have some samples on my own site here:

http://www.learntomakeslideshows.net

Go to the demos page for downloads...

Also you can visit the PTE forum here:

http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/

And the unofficial Photodex forum here:

http://www.proshowenthusiasts.com/

Lin

The first tool necessary on slideshow programs is the transition effects. This tool will help you add charm on your presentations. If you want to have beautiful slideshows, make sure to choose programs that offer large quantity of transition effects. The ability to animate and zoom in / out your images is another important tool when creating slideshows. You will not find this feature on other programs. Only the best photo slideshow software have this kind of feature. Timing is another thing to consider when creating slideshows. It is a good idea to choose programs that will let you have full control on timing. Next necessary tool is text function. Make sure that the program will let you add and animate text on your slideshow presentations. More great tools that only the best have are voice recorder and music adder. These features will help you put stories on your presentations using your voice and put relevant sounds. With these great tools, you will surely make your presentations stand out from the crowd.

More Tools Necessary for Slideshow Programs

* Supports format that are viewable on widescreen TV’s and monitors.
* Improve the quality of your images using the software itself.
* Will let you add gorgeous backgrounds so you can make your slideshows more eye catching.
* Will let you import video clips.
* Feature to make professional looking DVD menu for DVD presentations.
* The software should provide an easy to follow instruction on how to create slideshows.
* Has free slideshow software download so you can try it first before purchasing.
* It does not have complicated audio or sound editing platform.
* Drag and Drop feature.


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