On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:43:14 -0400, "KatWoman" <spamfree@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>"Bob Simon" <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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.
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>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
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>after you create the project you can output it as a DVD show
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>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
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>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
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Thanks for the tips about Movie Maker and Nero. Ordering the slide
show is still a challenge -- Powerpoint may be the best way I've
found so far to handle this. My 50" plasma monitor has a 15 pin
connector for PC RGB signals (1024x768).
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