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06/11/2010 09:50:55 PM · #1 |
I have to create a slideshow this week for an event I am taking part in. I was asked to have the slideshow in HD if possible. It will be shown on a movie screen during the intermission of a website launch for Fastfrwd.com. Instead of an online launch they are having a film festival. It is a job board for film and media makers. I was asked to create a slideshow for the event of my work. Currently I have access to Adobe CS4 programs so I can create the slideshow in Premiere if that is a good choice. I am open to other ideas, or links to a good tutorial on how to create the file. Any help is appreciated.
Cheers,
Joe
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06/12/2010 04:41:39 PM · #2 |
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06/12/2010 04:47:19 PM · #3 |
Can't help, no experience in that, but I wish you luck with it. I'm sure you'll do awesome. You might try PMing Cindi Penrod, I think she has made some...
R.
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06/12/2010 05:19:01 PM · #4 |
If you have Premiere and it will do the job, why not use it. It is a powerful, mature program. I have a very old version, but I've only used it for editing movies and audio files; I've never exported a slide show, though I noticed just a couple of days ago that the option was available.
In most of the other "I have to make a slideshow ..." threads, something called ProShowGold is the most-often recommended program, according to my official intuitive ballpark estimate ... ;-)
Maybe search and read some reviews at Cnet.com or someplace else?
Message edited by author 2010-06-12 17:20:41. |
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06/12/2010 07:32:29 PM · #5 |
Yup, seconding  GeneralE's comments -- Photodex ProShow Producer and Gold are the "gold standards" (har har, no pun intended)...
I had to put together some slideshows a while back; ended up getting ProShow Producer vs using Premiere (which I already owned) -- haven't looked back since. Crank them out all the time now; in some cases it's even easier to edit videos+stills together into a final movie vs. dealing with Premiere -- it's certainly faster to prototype something in ProShow to see how it can fit together, then go back in Premiere and really master it if there is a lot of audio mixing and/or video switching going on. |
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06/12/2010 07:50:55 PM · #6 |
| If you've already got Adobe Premiere I'd go with that. I've used the Elements version of Premiere and it does a very good job. You can output in HD format very easily. |
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06/12/2010 09:06:06 PM · #7 |
I did a couple of slide shows this past year. The first one I used Premiere. The second one I purchased Proshow Gold for $60. Best $60 I've ever spent. Took me about two hours to get in the groove. I received complements all night about the show.
I know $60 is a chunk but you can download a trial. If I remember right, there is a watermark on the finished product.
Originally posted by cdrice:
Yup, seconding GeneralE's comments -- Photodex ProShow Producer and Gold are the "gold standards" (har har, no pun intended)...
I had to put together some slideshows a while back; ended up getting ProShow Producer vs using Premiere (which I already owned) -- haven't looked back since. Crank them out all the time now; in some cases it's even easier to edit videos+stills together into a final movie vs. dealing with Premiere -- it's certainly faster to prototype something in ProShow to see how it can fit together, then go back in Premiere and really master it if there is a lot of audio mixing and/or video switching going on. |
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06/12/2010 09:12:04 PM · #8 |
| Also, Mac users can export slideshows directly from iPhoto ... |
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06/12/2010 09:19:47 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Also, Mac users can export slideshows directly from iPhoto ... |
.. or create a slideshow in iMovie. |
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06/12/2010 09:31:05 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by jdannels:
I have to create a slideshow this week for an event I am taking part in. I was asked to have the slideshow in HD if possible. It will be shown on a movie screen during the intermission of a website launch for Fastfrwd.com. Instead of an online launch they are having a film festival. It is a job board for film and media makers. I was asked to create a slideshow for the event of my work. Currently I have access to Adobe CS4 programs so I can create the slideshow in Premiere if that is a good choice. I am open to other ideas, or links to a good tutorial on how to create the file. Any help is appreciated.
Cheers,
Joe |
It depends on what kind of a slide show you want to create, is it one that should run itself looping endlessly? with or without music? is it to be run by you or someone else during a presentation? by 'HD' you mean 720 or 1080 pixels to the vertical size? Does it need to be a full screen thing or could it run within a browser? depending on the answers to these questions your options are several and include stand-alone Flash based applications that you can download either free or for a nominal fee, MS Powerpoint, Adobe Flash, Adobe Premiere, etc. Even the Windows 7 picture viewer may do, depending on the specs of the job. |
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06/12/2010 09:34:12 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by cdrice:
Yup, seconding GeneralE's comments -- Photodex ProShow Producer and Gold are the "gold standards" (har har, no pun intended)...
I had to put together some slideshows a while back; ended up getting ProShow Producer vs using Premiere (which I already owned) -- haven't looked back since. Crank them out all the time now; in some cases it's even easier to edit videos+stills together into a final movie vs. dealing with Premiere -- it's certainly faster to prototype something in ProShow to see how it can fit together, then go back in Premiere and really master it if there is a lot of audio mixing and/or video switching going on. |
I'll have to throw in my support for Pro Show Gold too. Lots of output formats available and you can get really nice looking shows with only minimal editing. We have an annual mini photo essay contest at my local photo club and I'd say 90% of the entries are done with it. |
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