Making a DVD Slideshow Movie

saracen · #1 (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 17:09

Hi guys and gals..

When standing in my local post office they have a small flat screen tv showing diff adverts for local businesses.
Is this created using powerpoint do you think ?

Its been a long while since i've used powerpoint and quite fancy doing something similar in my shop altho the ad will be relevant only to my business.

If i created a rolling ad using powerpint can i then burn the file to disc and play it in a dvd player ?

Cheers,

Keith.

Jeewhizz · #2 (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 17:21

Hi Keith,

If you were to get the ads as images, we could put them as an image slideshow on a DVD for you. I'm sure Kay could offer something similar too

saracen · #3 (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 17:24

Thanks Khalid

Im more than happy to do it myself as i like messing about with designing software, only thing is im not sure if its powerpoint they use or a diff image slide show software.

Keith

Jeewhizz · #4 (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 17:30

Your best bet would be to create the images as nice hi res ones in an image program.

On my mac, I would then import these into iMovieHD to create a photo slideshow, add some transition effects, get the timing right, and then burn to a dvd.

You should be able to get similar software on Windows

saracen · #5 (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 17:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeewhizz

Your best bet would be to create the images as nice hi res ones in an image program.

On my mac, I would then import these into iMovieHD to create a photo slideshow, add some transition effects, get the timing right, and then burn to a dvd.

You should be able to get similar software on Windows

Altho i will have images, i also want to create text to flash up plus i want to control how the text appears, such as rolling from the right, stop then roll out to the left, perhaps fade in and fade out etc.....

I want to have a still image say of a car but have different text appearing in one ad for the readers, then for a new ad have another still image with moving text.

should i be using PP to create this ?

Jeewhizz · #6 (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 17:56

PP is the wrong program. Most movie maker programs will let you do text transitions etc. I'm clueless to windows based programs I'm afraid, so I'll let someone else answer!

saracen · #7 (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 18:00

thanks for your advice, i'll nip to a place where i can search for a movie maker proggie and obtain it

Jeewhizz · #8 (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 18:08

Not a problem. I'll rename this topic to something more suitable

Calibre Designs · #9 (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 18:11

I've had a busy day today and I have just logged into this.

Im sure that Khalid knows what he is doing and it sounds like a good plan. Powerpoint offers nothing really fancy. Its all a bit flat imo.

The more technical method is to create a showreel. I have a DIY guide but its a lengthy process. For any who wants to teach yourself on how to create your own showreel then I can have this emailed to them.

Just send me a PM

Thanks

Kay