I'm not a wedding photographer, but if I were...

[24Peter]

I really like this guy's work: http://www.photo4story.com/MagenAdam/

[cdifoto]

I agree. Great series. One other thought that went through my mind when the reception series began was "damn...that's money!"

[D Thompson]

I agree. Great series. One other thought that went through my mind when the reception series began was "damn...that's money!"

Yep, Daddy spent some money on this one. A lot of great images. I'd guess he spent a bit of time on PP also. Cha-ching!!!!!!!

[cdifoto]

Yep, Daddy spent some money on this one. A lot of great images. I'd guess he spent a bit of time on PP also. Cha-ching!!!!!!!

No doubt. Weddings just don't look like that around here. And I'm not making excuses. That's reality.

I might get flamed for this, but I believe if you know even the slightest about photography, it's kinda hard to screw up a wedding that screams "cha ching!" Everywhere you turn there are photo ops.

[24Peter]

BTW - it was the guy's 3rd wedding and I think he did it for free!
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...0990026&page=1

[forno]

Nice idea the way he has done the slideshow

[Vich]

I really like this guy's work: http://www.photo4story.com/MagenAdam/

Yeah, I'd agree.

What's your best recommendation for creating a slide show to music?

I have Nero Pro, Adobe Photoshop Elements, and the full Photoshop CS2 Suite. I haven't emplored this in any of them but seem to recall seeing them somewhere on the boxes for them all.

Suggestions? I'm pretty sure those products mentioned will do it, but I'd love to get a recommendation.

[D Thompson]

Yeah, I'd agree.

What's your best recommendation for creating a slide show to music?

I have Nero Pro, Adobe Photoshop Elements, and the full Photoshop CS2 Suite. I haven't emplored this in any of them but seem to recall seeing them somewhere on the boxes for them all.

Suggestions? I'm pretty sure those products mentioned will do it, but I'd love to get a recommendation.

CS2 has a couple under File/Automate/Web Photo Gallery. You can drop a mp3 into the main folder named useraudio and it will play during the slide show. There are several options for customizing it. It's pretty easy and I imagine you could do further customizing in Frontpage or similar program if you'd like.

[Vich]

CS2 has a couple under File/Automate/Web Photo Gallery. You can drop a mp3 into the main folder named useraudio and it will play during the slide show. There are several options for customizing it. It's pretty easy and I imagine you could do further customizing in Frontpage or similar program if you'd like.

This was a piece of cake on the iMac using Aperture and iDVD to burn it. W/o knowing what I was doing I put my nephew's hockey shots to the Beastie Boy's Fight for your Right soundtrack and it came out great using random transitions and the Ken Burns panning effect.

Now that it is in a 116mb movie file does anyone know where I can post this so it can be streamed?

I don't have one - but this is what he used: http://www.showitfast.com/
(beware: there is some really loud annoying music that starts playing when you open the webpage - there's a volume control in the upper frame. Hate that!)

Thanks guys.

Rich; I don't have a Mac. Tried to use one once, was lost. I'm just doing still slides + music, no video.

Forgot to mention; I'd really like to put this on DVD that is playable on any common TV DVD (ie: not computer). I know zero about formats but assume this is something that requires special options. Even though a computer will play a media DVD, I shouldn't assume the opposite.

I've spent the last hour messing around with it. Elements saves it to a .wmv file. 20 photos is 7 Meg. Adding music has little affect on the size. It has a PDF version too. No DVD format, but formatting is a snap.

I'll check out CS2, thanks D Thompson. I still have just CS (not the suite) on my laptop, just a matter of an install but I have to call for the unlock code (and the CDs are at work).

Nero 7 Ultra Edition says it does VCD, SVCD, Mini-DVD, DVD-Video, and DVD±VR. That might be my ticket. Thanks!

[RichNY]

Yeah, I'd agree.

What's your best recommendation for creating a slide show to music?

This was a piece of cake on the iMac using Aperture and iDVD to burn it. W/o knowing what I was doing I put my nephew's hockey shots to the Beastie Boy's Fight for your Right soundtrack and it came out great using random transitions and the Ken Burns panning effect.

Now that it is in a 116mb movie file does anyone know where I can post this so it can be streamed?