Chapter 8. Creating Slideshows

In This Chapter:

Use Slideshow Assistant to Create a Slideshow

Add Photos to a Slideshow

Edit and Sort Photos for a Slideshow

Add a Blank Slide to a Slideshow

Add Transitions or a Transition Theme to a Slideshow

Add an Audio Track to a Slideshow

Narrate a Slideshow

Add Text to a Slideshow

Apply Pan and Zoom to Slideshow Photos

Add Special Effects to a Slideshow

Add Overlays to a Slideshow

Export a Slideshow to a Video File

Burn a Slideshow to a Disc

So what to do with all those photos you have painstakingly edited and filed neatly away? It's not often that the family gathers around the computer to see the latest photos.

Roxio Easy Media Creator 8 has not one but two applications that enable you to create spectacular slideshows out of your photos and save them as a video file for later use or burn them immediately to a DVD (complete with a menu) so you can enjoy your photos on your own TV or share them with your family and friends.

Guess you won't just be sending out a Christmas newsletter this year, will you?

Key Term

Slideshow A sequence of pictures that are added together to create a video.