Presentation Methods?

yustr · 03-05-2007, 07:10 PM

Guys,

Here's what I want to do - please give me your suggestions on how best to pull it together.

I have taken many digi-photos of my daughter's basketball games. Her banquet is coming up shortly and I'd like to put them into a slide show set to music or made into a video. I want the pace to be variable - rather slow at the beginning (national anthem and warm up shots) then progressing to be pretty up tempo and the music to go along with that.

I have all the basic MS Office and XP software and the Open Office stuff - so I could do it in Powerpoint or OO Impress but those seem rather crude and syncing the music seems tough. I also have Photoshop and GIMP if that makes any difference.

Are there Windows or Linux aps that you can recommend? I'm not familiar with any so the learning curve has to be pretty short.

Thanks
yustr

**devil lady** · 03-06-2007, 03:14 AM

The only other media I know already installed in Program files is Movie maker. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...r/default.mspx

Inactive · 03-06-2007, 04:57 AM

i've used opus (pro) back in the olden days. i found it very easy to use with a lot of presets already there. now i see they have about 10 versions of opus out there, but there are demo downloads available.

bry623 · 03-06-2007, 06:24 AM

I will ask my wife. She downloaded a program that let's her do slide show presentaions. She did one of all of her mom's granchildren set to theat Hawaiian guy's rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow,

Inactive · 03-06-2007, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by bry623

Hawaiian guy's rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow,

Hawaiian guy's

yustr · 03-06-2007, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by devil lady

The only other media I know already installed in Program files is Movie maker. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...r/default.mspx

I've used this for videos and text. Anyone ever used it for stills? Are there transitions available to make it interesting? How hard is syc'ing the sound?

yustr · 03-06-2007, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bry623

I will ask my wife. She downloaded a program that let's her do slide show presentaions. She did one of all of her mom's granchildren set to theat Hawaiian guy's rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow,

Anyone heard Eric Clapton's version???

03-05-2007, 07:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
yustr Asst. Manager, The Conversation Pit Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Connecticut shore Posts: 6,057 OS: XP Pro My System	Presentation Methods? Guys, Here's what I want to do - please give me your suggestions on how best to pull it together. I have taken many digi-photos of my daughter's basketball games. Her banquet is coming up shortly and I'd like to put them into a slide show set to music or made into a video. I want the pace to be variable - rather slow at the beginning (national anthem and warm up shots) then progressing to be pretty up tempo and the music to go along with that. I have all the basic MS Office and XP software and the Open Office stuff - so I could do it in Powerpoint or OO Impress but those seem rather crude and syncing the music seems tough. I also have Photoshop and GIMP if that makes any difference. Are there Windows or Linux aps that you can recommend? I'm not familiar with any so the learning curve has to be pretty short. Thanks yustr __________________ If there are lawyers or politicians involved, logic may be a very poor tool for reaching a conclusion.

03-06-2007, 03:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
devil lady Tech, Design Team Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tasmania, Australia Posts: 962 OS: XP SP2 My System	The only other media I know already installed in Program files is Movie maker. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...r/default.mspx __________________ . HiJackThis Everest Home Edition Ad Aware Spybot S & D Ewido online scan Spyware Blaster

03-06-2007, 04:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
Inactive Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,704 OS: ~	i've used opus (pro) back in the olden days. i found it very easy to use with a lot of presets already there. now i see they have about 10 versions of opus out there, but there are demo downloads available. __________________ "it takes two to lie, one to lie and one to listen" Homer

03-06-2007, 06:24 AM	#4 (permalink)
bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,698 OS: winxp pro sp2	I will ask my wife. She downloaded a program that let's her do slide show presentaions. She did one of all of her mom's granchildren set to theat Hawaiian guy's rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow, __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain"