slide show burned onto dvd

Hi
Am making a slide show with transitions and background music, using movie maker 2, got 4,000 still photos scanned, estimate will need at least 6 or 7 cd's. am therefore considering going burn the whole project onto DVD's. got the dvd HD writer +r/+rw. now considering which would be the best software to purchase
Would appreciate any advice anyone can offer with regard to suitable software and guide lines to follow
I am particularly interested in "sonic mydvd" as this appears to be compatible movie maker 2. (must keep an eye one the though
Many thanks in anticipation............
Regard
harryh.

Graham
Fri May 14 15:47:20 CDT 2004

Sonic is popular with MM2 users, I've not used it myself. But others to
think on would be, DVDlabs, TMPG dvdauthor, Ulead do a couple, then you can
get other integrated apps, like studio 9 and Photodex do ProShowGold, which
is for making slideshows and their latest version will encode direct to dvd,
it allows for panning and zooming on stills, so worth a look.

Graham

"harryh" <h_hodgetts(remove this)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:249E9402-C6C1-4CB9-A982-E560E02B5AD3@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> Am making a slide show with transitions and background music, using movie
maker 2, got 4,000 still photos scanned, estimate will need at least 6 or 7
cd's. am therefore considering going burn the whole project onto DVD's. got
the dvd HD writer +r/+rw. now considering which would be the best software
to purchase.
> Would appreciate any advice anyone can offer with regard to suitable
software and guide lines to follow.
> I am particularly interested in "sonic mydvd" as this appears to be
compatible movie maker 2. (must keep an eye one the though)
> Many thanks in anticipation.............
> Regards
> harryh.

anonymous
Fri May 14 18:16:01 CDT 2004

Hi,
Thanks for your help, looked through all your suggestions, it would appear that "Pro Show Gold 2 " looks like the best bet so far...........am awaiting confirmation from Photodex, ( the software makers of Pro show gold)

Once again thank you

Regards

Harryh

anonymous
Sat May 15 01:06:03 CDT 2004

Hi Graham

In your reply to the above subject (5/14/2004), you referred to Studio 9 & Photodex Pro Show Gold as INTERGRATED APPS
could you please explain, why you referred to these software programs as such. Am I correct in my assumption, that they may be more suitable, for my applicatio

Harryh

Graham
Sat May 15 03:58:59 CDT 2004

Harryh,

As integrated I meant you can get from start to finish by just using the
same application. With MM2 if you want to make a dvd you need a second
programme, whereas with PSG you can do it all in one. Some people prefer it
this way and will work with just that one piece of software, others prefer
to do some work in one programme, import this to another and do some more
work on it and then on to a third say to author the dvd and output your
disc.
You may not have the time or inclination to learn more than one programme,
so PSG would be good, you may like the way MM2 works and prepare your
slideshow here and then just putput it to say TMPGenc to make your dvd.

Choices choices, we have too many of them :)

Graham

"harryh" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Graham,
>
> In your reply to the above subject (5/14/2004), you referred to Studio 9 &
Photodex Pro Show Gold as INTERGRATED APPS,
> could you please explain, why you referred to these software programs as
such. Am I correct in my assumption, that they may be more suitable, for my
application
>
> Harryh

Phil
Sun May 16 13:48:16 CDT 2004


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>Am making a slide show with transitions and background
music, using movie maker 2, got 4,000 still photos
scanned, estimate will need at least 6 or 7 cd's. am
therefore considering going burn the whole project onto
DVD's. got the dvd HD writer +r/+rw. now considering
which would be the best software to purchase.
>Would appreciate any advice anyone can offer with regard
to suitable software and guide lines to follow.
>I am particularly interested in "sonic mydvd" as this
appears to be compatible movie maker 2. (must keep an
eye one the though)
>Many thanks in anticipation.............
>Regards
>harryh.
>.
>I've used Sonic MyDVD for Family Photo
Albums/Slideshows. It is very easy to do. Just click on
add slideshow, then get pictures and select the pictures
you want, I usually will select 30-40 pictures at a time.
Once you click Open, the pictures will be transfered to
MyDVD. Note: If you are putting pictures in a certain
order, you will notice that the last picture selected
will show up as the first, so you must select it and move
it by dragging it to the end. Next,Click Settings, Check
the box by Audio and click choose. You will then need to
locate the wav file of the song you want to add to this
group of pictures. Next, click fit slides to music. You
will then see how many seconds each photo will be shown.
You can add or remove pictures or change the song,
depending on how long you want each photo seen. Once you
are satisfied click OK, then click on a photo in that set
which you want as the button image. Once you select the
photo, click on the Button Image Icon on the left side of
the window. Then click OK and you will see a button with
your selected photo displayed. Click the title under the
button and type in a name. Also Click on the Title of
the project and add a name there as well. Continue this
process untill you are finished with all of your photos.
Each screen will fit 6 buttons then it will automatically
go to the next screen so you can add as many as you wish.
You can also Preview your project at anytime by clicking
preview then any button. The great thing about doing
this slideshow is that you can go to any part of it at
any time, just like chapters on a DVD. Also, the dvd
will transition from one section to another until the
last picture in your slide show. Well, I hope this helps
you. Take Care...Phil