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Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

05/23/2006 09:25:44 AM · #1

I have been inspired by a presentation we had at camera club tonight about slideshows.I've had a little play with what I have avilable on my computer which is very basic.

What free basic softwarwe do you use and reccommend?

Do you have any helpful hints about slide shows?

Can you post your slide shows for information and inspiration.

Cheers

awpollard

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

05/23/2006 09:52:18 AM · #2

Photostory 3 Is about the easiest free one that you will find.

TIPS: Use as many landscape shots as you can as Photostory 3 produces a 4:3 (standard monitor/tv) slide show. You will want to remove the black bars on your portrait shots.

Put your shots in order in a folder before starting PS3 so that all you have to do is CTRL+A and drag and drop all images into PS3. Ordering in PS3 is not as easy as it could be.

* Dial-up Warning - this is a 1.5M file *
A MS Word Doc that I did for my marketing folk at work to get them started.

For a Slideshow with text, Use MovieMaker 2 that comes with Windows XP (SP2) it is already on your PC.

Start > All Programs > Accessories > Entertainment

Tougher to work with than Photostory 3 but way more text options.

Beetle

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/23/2006 11:26:55 AM · #3

Andy, that looks like a terrific tutorial.

I often end up helping people with things like this, and your tutorial might save me some time.

Since you posted it on here, I assume you don't mind if we use it, and even pass it on (with your name on it, of course)?

Thanks for sharing!

05/23/2006 03:51:12 PM · #4

Thanks very much Andy i came straight home and had a play for the first time with Photostory! I found it very easy to use( even for me!)but a little basic. Not sure if it is 3 though will have a look at your link. Will also check out tutorial and moviemaker2 (",)

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

05/23/2006 05:23:50 PM · #5

OK this where I show my true colours and how dumb I am!

I have had a look and it seems that Photostory3 is better than the photostory ( from the written description anyway) I already have on Digital Image Pro 10. So I downloaded it and now I dont know where it is! Also how do I get it on to DIP 10?

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awpollard

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

05/23/2006 05:47:58 PM · #6

Originally posted by joynim:

If you installed it from the MS site... the icon will be on the Start > All Programs menu.

Still looking for the link in DIP 10, no luck finding it yet. I use DIP 10 at home this one here at work Might be the Digital Image Suite 2006???