What Is A Good Program For Making A Slide Show?

[Madi100]

A couple years ago I went to a family reunion and one of the ladies had taken a bunch of family pictures and made it into a slideshow with music and everything. I've decided this is something I like doing. I had a version of Roxio 5. I really liked it because I could add different audio files to the photos. I could add text and different color backgrounds. I could have title page to announce what was to come. However, once I saved it, I couldn't go back into it and edit.

So, off I headed to Best Buy. I told them exactly what I wanted to be able to do, and they sold me a program that did absolutely nothing I wanted it to do. So, I headed back to Best Buy and got Roxio 6 DVD Bulder. It's very easy to enter the pictures. It's very easy to add audio. I can add wma files which seems to be everything I have on my computer. It's very easy to add audio. It's very easy to save. That's about it. I can no longer have more than one audio file on one movie. Well, I can, but I have to go into a program and make my files mp3, then I have to combine my songs into one file in another file. Then I have go back to Roxio 6 and insert the merged file. I have to save the file as a wma file or I can't put it in Roxio. But, if I need to edit that audio file, I can't open it back up in my edit program because it only opens mp3 files....

I did get a final product last night, and it was fairly simple to do once I figured it al out. However, there are a lot of steps involved. I want to do a "big" project next year, and by that time have found a program I really like. I was hoping someone here could help me out with this. Here is what I'm looking for:\

1. I want to be able to add my photos very easily. I want to see my photos and be able to click on them to add to the slide show.

2. I want to be able to arrange my photos by dragging them to a different spot within the slide show.

3. Major point here. I want to be able to add multiple audio files without a lot of hassle. I prefer not to have them be mp3, but I can make adjustments.

4. I want to be able to add text to my slideshow.

Can anyone tell me if such a program is available? Sorry this post is so long.

Thanks.

 

[Manda1219]

not too familiar with it, but have you tried/looked into Powerpoint?

 

[olena]

Powerpoint is pretty easy to work with/

 

[Manda1219]

It is, I used in in high school but I don't remeber a lot of it. All I know if you could use some really neat effects on images, and you could add sound. I made one slide show with images of skiers who I figured out how to make "ski" across the screen!

 

[kadaten]

Don't have any advice except maybe some of the smart ones over on the tech board may have some good advice....might want to try posting over there, too.

 

[BarryHom]

I use Pinnacle Studio myself. It handles stills and video quite nicely.

 

[oogieboogie]

What about Adobe Photo Album? That one looks pretty good.

 

[Dan Murphy]

I use Adobe Photoshop Album and Microsoft DigitalImage Pro, but you are looking for multiple music stuff. I have seen some of the work Barry has done and sure has multiple music. Ask him a bit more about that Pinnacle program or check it out on the Net.

 

[Aprille]

I have Pinnacle Instant Photo Album. Haven't actually done much with it yet but it sounds like it does everything you want. At least the parts I understand of what you want. You went a little over my head there.

 

[Madi100]

Thanks for the replies. I tried Power Point a little yesterday. It was a little over my head. So, I'll have to look some more. Maybe I went into the wrong thing. Aprille, I really have no idea what I'm talking about. If it went over your head, it' probably because I have no clue what I'm saying I'll check out the others and the tech. board.