Free Slideshow Software

On every computer if you search in folders you will find photos. Funny photos, photos from important events that happen in our lives, all are stored on a computer. Sometimes you are thinking about organizing them into photo albums, in order to have your photos grouped on a certain order. However, you may want to have attractive virtual photo albums, to impress your viewers. The Internet provides you lots of free software that may help you create different types of slideshows using your memorable photos.

First of all, you should know that the applications offered for free online, create more that a photo album, a real multimedia album, because you may add music to your slideshow and even your voice while telling the story of your photos. One type of software you may find helpful is the basic Windows Movie Maker. The advantage of using this program is that you will easily learn how to use it. While creating your slideshow you can add your favorite music and make interesting photo transitions. You can also animate your photos and add different text styles.

Slideshow- eccentric or basic
Another application is Photo Story, software available for free. The best point of this program is that, the wizard tells you step by step what you should do from the very begging: Choose you photos, import them, and arrange them in a certain order. For example if you choose a film band strip style, the wizard will help you to add a title and a song either from the program’s library or from other location. Of course, animated transition effects do not miss. Furthermore, there is DVD slideshow GUI for braver ones who want to use a complex program. In contrast with the previous one, this as a more attractive interface and more effects you can add on photos. Besides you can create a custom dynamic background to create a vivid slideshow. If you are looking for an eccentric slideshow, you can crop and rotate your photos, zoom in or add stylish borders.

In case you are not satisfied with none of this applications here is another one: Socusoft Photo to video converter. This is easier to use compared to DVD slideshow GUI and apart from this offers the possibility to edit not only photos, but also the sounds you may add to your slideshow. If you are not keen on searching photos in a traditional manner, this software has the drag and drop options for photos. When adding sounds you can apply the fade in or the fade out effect. The best point in using this program is that you do not need any other program to record your voice while narrating a fit story for your slideshow. The final step of this process is the possibility off saving your work on a DVD. Finally, there are some software programs for those who do not want a sophisticated slideshow, but a basic good-looking slideshow with small number of features: Picassa, PhotoLapse or XnView.