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(More customer reviews)If you do DVD's or make slide shows of your photos, you will find that the best and easiest program BY FAR is VideoShow Expressions by Individual Software. I have used WonderShare, Roxio, AShampoo, and a few others. VideoShow Expressions is the easiest to use and understand; it is the most versatile of all the programs on the market. They also have SlideShow Expressions which is good, but it is not as strong a program as VideoShow.
I have noodles for brains when it comes to doing things on the computer, but I have to say that this program is almost effortless to learn and use. One of the reasons that this program outshines the others is because of the simplicity of the pan & zoom feature. You can decide what angle the picture comes in and zoom in and out, rotate, go back out, and how long it sits there if at all. When you add your music you can decide how many seconds each picture will be and loop the music or you can have the photos timed to the length of your music.
You do not have to use the irritating film graphs that the other programs have, they have simplified this program so a six-year-old can figure it out. My recommendation for picture times is 11 to 12 seconds per picture and adjusting your music and or pictures so it comes out in the end to that. Sounds confusing, but it is much easier to do than it sounds. Any less than 10 seconds a photo, the pictures move too fast and any longer than 14 seconds a photo becomes boring.
I may do things a bit differently than most, but all my photos are kept in dated files on my computer (which are backed up on disks and external drives). They are all sized to 3" at the largest edge and 150 or 200 ppi, this way you can enlarge or reduce them at any time with no damage to the photo and without using too much space on your hard drive. I use Micrografx Picture Publisher for all photos - again easiest program to work (although I do use PhotoShop when I want to "fake" pictures). When I want to make a video I make a new file copy and paste all the pictures I want to use in it, and then I arrange them in the order I want them. Once they are in order I rename each of them to a number in the order of use, My original pictures are still in their original files with their original names.
When I open my VideoShow Expressions and get to the part that says "add photos" I can go to that file and select the photos which just load in the order I want them. Should I decide I want to move them around... dragand drop is king! Then you can take the photos that you want to add text to - write, size & pick color, and then drag the text to the correct spot on the photo. Next take each photo and decide what pan & zoom you will use - they can all be different - and the percent that the photo stops at the beginning or the end of the transition. I generally just do a 20% stand still after the transition. The exciting part of this is that the program also has video transitions, so picking random transitions along with the pan and zoom makes your video come alive. Most programs have the transitions, but not the pan and zoom feature.
Once you are satisfied with how each photo looks, click next and pick your songs (which are already suppose to be on your computer). Say you have 220 photos and they are going to each go about 12 seconds. You are looking at songs that will add up to about 2,640 seconds (or about 44 minutes worth of music). Check the box that says fit photos to the music length. Do a preview and after you catch your breath at the thrill of it all, you can SAVE & CLOSE. Then when you open it up again you can pick your theme and title, save, and then you can write to disk. You need a DVD writer and you want to choose (TV and/or the NTSC setting), best fit and usually the 4 mbits per second and variable rate. My computer is very particular and for awhile would not accept certain selections, but after trial and error, those are the settings that seem to work best.
When it has finished writing it will ask if you want to do another - don't because it is a long process (up to six hours if your computer is slow). You are better off to save your first disk (mark it as original) and then use your copy disk feature to make as many copies as you want. This program also has a feature to make CD or DVD labels; you can make fancy labels from the templates and add your own writing and pictures.
If this isn't enough, the program also allows you to make DVDs from your video camera and even combine photos and videos with seamless transitions on the same DVD. I have not done this yet, but this program is a must to have if you want to make DVDs of your pictures or videos.
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VideoShow Expressions 2.0
Everything You Need To Produce Entertaining Home Movies!
Make blockbuster movies starring your friends and family. Direct and produce your own entertaining, cinema-quality videos. Trim unwanted segments, add music and sound effects, overlay text captions, and insert special effects. Then, convert and play on a DVD player, iPod®, Sony PSP®, or Website.
VideoShow Expressions is easy-to-use and saves you time. You'll spend less time creating impressive projects and more time sharing them with family and friends. It does all the work for you. Even the powerful tools used by professionals are available through this friendly interface. No other software is this fast and easy!
Simply drag & drop to add or arrange video clips. Preview video shows before publishing to save time.
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