Slideshow question

mrcoons

When you need to create a photo slideshow on DVD that needs to be as 'professional' as you can make it, what tool/software do you use?

Stormdancing

mrcoons wrote:

When you need to create a photo slideshow on DVD that needs to be as 'professional' as you can make it, what tool/software do you use?

There are several other threads on Dgrin about this subject.
Here is one:
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=27232&highlight=slideshow+software


I use Pro Show Gold.
About $70 US
http://www.photodex.com

mrcoons

Thanks Dana, I should have tried more than one search!

Stormdancing

mrcoons wrote:

Thanks Dana, I should have tried more than one search!

Sometimes the search here is rather quirky. When I typed in just slideshow I got a ton of post about slideshows on Smugmug, so I typed in Slideshow Software and bingo. Gotta give it what it wants.

mrcoons

Well after downloading a number of trial versions and testing them I decided on "ProShow Gold". It does a great job and was faster than anything else I tried or already had (VideoWave, XATShow).

http://www.photodex.com/products/proshowgold/features.html

When you have over 700 photos and 50 minutes of audio it takes a solid software package to handle it.

Stormdancing

mrcoons wrote:

Well after downloading a number of trial versions and testing them I decided on "ProShow Gold". It does a great job and was faster than anything else I tried or already had (VideoWave, XATShow).

http://www.photodex.com/products/proshowgold/features.html

When you have over 700 photos and 50 minutes of audio it takes a solid software package to handle it.

There are couple helpful groups on ProShow

Forum (offshoot from Yahoo Group)
http://www.itsmygallery.com/ProShow

Yahoo Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proshowgroup/

Very talented people in both places. They are willing to share new ideas and help with any questions. Some of the tricks they come up with to use in PSG are amazing.

mrcoons

Stormdancing wrote:

There are couple helpful groups on ProShow

Forum (offshoot from Yahoo Group)
http://www.itsmygallery.com/ProShow

Yahoo Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proshowgroup/

Very talented people in both places. They are willing to share new ideas and help with any questions. Some of the tricks they come up with to use in PSG are amazing.

Thanks Dana, I just joined both groups, they should help a lot!

Stormdancing

mrcoons wrote:

Thanks Dana, I just joined both groups, they should help a lot!

You will learn a lot from them! My own shows, well I don't consider them masterpieces, but I have learned a lot from those two places alone.
I've done 3 wedding shows where I shot and a few personal type shows and love it.

BTW! This is exciting. Normal, Illinois!!!!!! Your not to far from me. I'm near New Harmony, IN. There is another Dgrinner on here around St Louis. It would be nice if we could organize a shoot-together.