Digital Photographer's Software Guide - Bertemes - Net

RAM: 64MB
Supported file formats: JPEG, TIFF, TGA, and BMP (see description)
Price level: Personal Edition-II (PE) $50, Professional (Pro) $100
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DVD Slideshow Builder
Chapter 27 ■ Slide Show Creation 307
Vendor: Wondershare Software Co.
Purpose: Creates professional DVD slide shows and home movies using digital photos and videos
Description
DVD Slideshow Builder is a versatile package for creating slide shows on DVD, using
either your digital stills images or videos. It is very up to date, with support for the latest
HD formats, and enjoys ongoing development by the vendor. It lets you add background
music, transition effects, captions, and DVD menus, and allows you to crop or
edit your photos/videos, and add text, effects, and clipart. It is ideal if you want to export
the result to a mobile device, such as an iPod, iPhone, Zune, or cell phone.
Comments
Easy to set up and use, DVD Slideshow Builder has most of the features needed for creating
basic slide shows on DVD. It lacks voice recording facilities, but this will almost
certainly be added in later versions. It boasts a storyboard and a timeline, with editing
tools to make your slides match the music. There are plenty of transition effects and
timing controls, all of which are easy and intuitive to use. Themes include baby, nature,
occasions, sport, travel, wedding, and professional. It is hard to think of a better toe-inthe-water
introduction to multimedia authoring; it’s simple but effective.
Version: DVD Slideshow Builder 4.1 (2008)
OS: Windows 2000, 2003, XP, and Vista
RAM: 256MB (512MB recommended)
Supported file formats: Inputs TIF, TIFF, FAX, G3N, G3F, JPG, JPE, PCX, BMP, DIB, RLE,
ICO, CUR, PNG, WMF, EMF, TGA, TARGA, VDA, ICB, VST, PIX, PXM, PPM, PGM,
PBM, JP2, J2K, JPC, and J2C; audio formats are WAV, MP3, and OGG; video formats are AVI,
MPG, MEPG, and QuickTime; outputs disc export (VCD, SVCD, DVD, Blu-ray discs, and
HD-DVD) and video export (AVI, WMV (Zune), MPEG1, MPEG2, and MPEG4 (iPod))
Price level: Approx. $40
Address: Wondershare Software Co. Ltd., 3/F, Fucheng Hi-Tech Building, Gaoxin Ave.1.S.,
Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, PR China 518057
www.wondershare.com