The good news is, if you have Windows XP or Vista, you already have most of the software you need in the form of Widows Movie Maker. This little application is capable of editing movies and creating super photo slide shows with funky transitions, neat title and credit slides as well as allowing one to have inspirational music playing in the background.
The only snag is, if you want to put your final product on a DVD to play in your DVD player, you need to convert the files, which WMM can't do. Fortunately there are lots of ways around this.
About 6 months ago I experimented with a variety of free applications and came up with the following:
How to create a slide show for DVD output using 100% free software.
This is a multi step process.
What software do you need:
-Microsoft Movie Maker (MMM) Version 5.1 (2.1) - Part of the Windows XP service pack 2 or higher.
-DVD Flick - can be downloaded from: http://www.dvdflick.net/
Once you have got the required software you can begin.
Open up MMM.
Ensure Tasks pane is visible. If not click on the tasks icon at the top of the window.
Set the time you want each slide to display. [tools] [options] {advanced}
Import pictures
Import audio or music
Experiment with transitions etc.
Save to my computer.
Second, open DVDFlick.
Add Titles
Add a menu if you wish
Under project settings set the burning options to burn to your DVD drive.
When you are done click on Create DVD
Okay now I have done this and it does work in my dvd player.
All software used is 100% full version and free.
I recommened you are prepared to fiddle and experiment. There are lots of options available. I have tried to get a good result using the easiest method.
Good luck.
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