Announcement: Our new CyberLink Feedback Forum has arrived! Please transfer to our new forum to provide your feedback or to start a new discussion. The content on this CyberLink Community forum is now read only, but will continue to be available as a user resource. Thanks!
CyberLink Community Forum
where the experts meet | Advanced Search >
Forum Index » PowerDirector (previous versions)
  • Recent Topics
  • |
  • Register
  • |
  • Login
Creating Video Slide Show with PD?
dnoyeB [Avatar]
Newbie Location: Michigan Joined: Mar 05, 2013 15:40 Messages: 31 Offline
[Post New] Apr 09, 2013 07:46
If you had to create a video slide show, what software would you use? Would it be PD?

I have tried Microsoft Photostory 3 and think its pretty good for what I need. Except it does not export at respectable resolutions. Plus, it makes all the pictures fill the screen. Some of my pictures are small and should not be zoomed to maximum screen size. In addition, what it did export I found to be much blurrier than its preview.

Also Microsoft's 'new' Windows Live Photo Gallery is basically only live. No individual transitions or anything. Its a massive step back from Photostory.

I have done videos in PD so I know it has all the transitions I'd like, plus it has sound or whatever else I think I need. Im pretty sure I could do it. Just wondering if there is anything I have overlooked!?

Thanks for your help. Canon HFM301 (+wide angle lens)
Canon SD790IS
Nikon D3100
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
ynotfish
Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline
[Post New] Apr 09, 2013 08:06
Hi dnoyeB -

If I posted a truthful answer to your question, I might get kicked off campus. To be fair to PD, it's not a specialist "slideshow" maker.

I will say that, using only PD - combining different templates with some customising & hand built slideshows - you can make a pretty slick looking presentation.

The software you've mentioned isn't even in the race.

Some tutorials that might help:
http://youtu.be/J6PDeatLY1Q
http://youtu.be/J-AjznxEg0o
http://youtu.be/DCo94HbfOkw

Cheers - Tony

This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at Apr 09. 2013 22:59


Visit PDtoots. PowerDirector Tutorials, tips, free resources & more. Subscribe!
Full linked Tutorial Catalog PDtoots happily supports fellow PowerDirector users!
dnoyeB [Avatar]
Newbie Location: Michigan Joined: Mar 05, 2013 15:40 Messages: 31 Offline
[Post New] Apr 09, 2013 13:45
Wow! Those tutorials are great. Yes, PD is in a class of its own with the slide shows. Nice to find a new use for an old tool Canon HFM301 (+wide angle lens)
Canon SD790IS
Nikon D3100
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Powered by JForum 2.1.8 © JForum Team