If you have a bunch of pictures, and wondering if you could create
one of those fancy slideshows, which you see everywhere nowadays,
with some background music, some text and yeah, some cool transition
effects, here is a list of softwares which could help you do that.
Of course, you can do it with Macromedia Flash, but the
following softwares are way simpler since they are specifically
built for this particular task, that is, making slideshows out of
images.
(I don't know why does this table appear so much down the page?)
| Software Name(rightwards>/Features(downwards) | MemoriesOnWeb 3.1.7 | PhotoStory 3 | Flash Slideshow Generator Trial Version | |
| OS | Windows | Windows | Windows | |
| Music Embedding | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| License | Freeware | Free for customers running genuine Microsoft Windows. | Shareware | |
| Ouput Formats | avi/mpeg-1 | wmv | flash,exe | |
| Video Quality | Poorer | Better | Better | |
| Adding Text to Images | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Adding Text Slides | Yes | No | No | |
| Random Transition effects for all images | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Applying same transition duration/picture duration to all pictures | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Special Mention | .. | 1. Music fades gently in the end, irrespective of the source music file's length. 2. Capability for adding narration. | .. |
Here is a video from my Goa trip with Mentor colleagues,made with MemoriesOnWeb.
