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Terry
Sorry for yet another request for a slide show program, but I have not
found a good application yet.
I want to create slide shows with:
- Adjustable timing between slides.
- Audio in the background. Ideally, ability to easily sync the audio
to specific slides.
- Transitions between slides. The more choices the better, but at
least a few basic things like fade (disolve), slide left and right,
etc.
- Ability to zoom and pan across a slide (and perhaps rotate, as
well). This lets you provide "motion" in the show, and pan across a
high resolution panorama, etc.
- I do not want to create video files. I want to see these at the full
resolution of my monitor (1600x1200). The ability to create video
would be nice to have, but that should not be the only output option.
- Works with a system with dual monitors. It doesn't have to show the
slides across both monitors, in fact I don't want it to. But some
slide shows are confused by the dual monitor setup, and show only half
the slide on the left monitor.
- Good navigation during the show. You should be able to pause, move
back and forth between slides, go to a specific slide, show the
filename of the slide, turn on and off caption or other descriptive
information.
- The ability to import a list of slides from a file (csv, xml, a
database, whatever). I want to choose the slides and order them in
another program, export the list of filenames, and then import them
into the slide show program.
I have tried a number of freeware programs, including myalbum, and
looked at the web pages for a whole lot more. I haven't found anything
that comes close to the above. I have even tried a couple of payware
programs -- the best was ProShowGold, but even that failed on the last
two items.
I'm beginning to suspect that I'm looking for the unavailable, but I
would love it if someone came up with a good solution.
Thanks,
Terry
found a good application yet.
I want to create slide shows with:
- Adjustable timing between slides.
- Audio in the background. Ideally, ability to easily sync the audio
to specific slides.
- Transitions between slides. The more choices the better, but at
least a few basic things like fade (disolve), slide left and right,
etc.
- Ability to zoom and pan across a slide (and perhaps rotate, as
well). This lets you provide "motion" in the show, and pan across a
high resolution panorama, etc.
- I do not want to create video files. I want to see these at the full
resolution of my monitor (1600x1200). The ability to create video
would be nice to have, but that should not be the only output option.
- Works with a system with dual monitors. It doesn't have to show the
slides across both monitors, in fact I don't want it to. But some
slide shows are confused by the dual monitor setup, and show only half
the slide on the left monitor.
- Good navigation during the show. You should be able to pause, move
back and forth between slides, go to a specific slide, show the
filename of the slide, turn on and off caption or other descriptive
information.
- The ability to import a list of slides from a file (csv, xml, a
database, whatever). I want to choose the slides and order them in
another program, export the list of filenames, and then import them
into the slide show program.
I have tried a number of freeware programs, including myalbum, and
looked at the web pages for a whole lot more. I haven't found anything
that comes close to the above. I have even tried a couple of payware
programs -- the best was ProShowGold, but even that failed on the last
two items.
I'm beginning to suspect that I'm looking for the unavailable, but I
would love it if someone came up with a good solution.
Thanks,
Terry