Re: Recommendation Wanted for Simple Graphics Ediitor

"Bob Simon" <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>I have little experience with graphics apps and Photoshop seems like
> one of the most popular programs so I figured I might get a variety of
> good opinions here.  If there's a more appropriate newsgroup for my
> questions, please let me know.
>
> My wife and I just got back from two weeks in Europe and we want to
> make a slide show from our jpg files.  Our editing requirements are
> simple: Rotate, crop, enlarge, and save the resulting file.  We also
> want to rearrange the display order for the slide show.  I have to
> wonder if Photoshop isn't way more program that we need for this.
>
> I can connect my computer to my big plasma screen for the slide show.
> I have ACDC, which does a pretty good job but I don't know how to
> reorder the slides without going through the hassle of rerumbering the
> files.  Another possibility I am aware of is to use Powerpoint to make
> the slideshow and burn it onto a DVD with a runtime engine.
>
> Should I buy Photoshop (Elements?) for my editing or is there
> something free that has a pretty good user interface?  Please advise a
> newbie on some good options.

windows Movie maker is free comes with Xp
if you have DVD burn software usually has a DVD slide show builder mine
does 
(Roxio Ez CD or NERO)
you don't have to PS your files first you can crop & rotate (pan & zoom
too) 
each frame in the program
most  vertical photos will need to crop

after  you create the project you can output it as a DVD show

if you just want to show friends your pictures put pictures in a folder
and 
hit slideshow
you can order images by time taken or date
or file name etc like all windows


if you  have a good vid card it will have a TV out for you  TV monitor
you could do it with a laptop plugged to a TV