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How to Make Slideshows of Facebook Photos on iPhone
It is very easy to share your photos on Facebook with your family and friends. Just tell them your Facebook profile name or Facebook profile URL and they can view all your photos by clicking the "Photos" tab, so long as your album is public. However, there's an even easier way if you are an iPhone fan. The free iPhone app named Slideshow+ can help you easily make slideshows of your Facebook photos and share them with your family and friends on iPhone or even on a big HDTV. Besides, you will have more control over the photos, like adding intro texts, applying transitions and themes, specifying photo duration, etc. More importantly, you can choose which photos to show and which not.
Now let's begin the creative project.
Step 1. Download Slideshow+ Free from App store
Here is the iTunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id467566054. Or you can search this app in the store by its name - Slideshow+.
Step 2. Launch the app, create a new project and add photos from Facebook
Launch the app on your iPhone. Click the "New" button to create a new project. Then you can begin your slideshow. Click the "Photo" button on the lower left corner of the interface to go to "Albums", where you can choose to add photos from Facebook Album, Flick Album, Picasa Web Album, iPhone Camera Roll or photo folders in your iPhone. Here you just choose Facebook Album, log in to your facebook account then add the photos.
Step 3. Add background music to slideshow
Click the "Music" button at the bottom of the interface. Choose your favorite songs from the music album in your iPhone.
Step 4. Choose background theme and set the transition time
Go to the "Theme" tab then you can find some colorful and beautiful themes there. You can also click any of the photos to edit it. Meanwhile you can click the "Settings" tab at the top right of the interface to adjust the transition time for slideshow presentations.
Step 5. Export the slideshow to HDTV
Click the "Export" button on lower right corner to start to stream the slideshow to HDTV.
Now let's begin the creative project.
Step 1. Download Slideshow+ Free from App store
Here is the iTunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id467566054. Or you can search this app in the store by its name - Slideshow+.
Step 2. Launch the app, create a new project and add photos from Facebook
Launch the app on your iPhone. Click the "New" button to create a new project. Then you can begin your slideshow. Click the "Photo" button on the lower left corner of the interface to go to "Albums", where you can choose to add photos from Facebook Album, Flick Album, Picasa Web Album, iPhone Camera Roll or photo folders in your iPhone. Here you just choose Facebook Album, log in to your facebook account then add the photos.
Step 3. Add background music to slideshow
Click the "Music" button at the bottom of the interface. Choose your favorite songs from the music album in your iPhone.
Step 4. Choose background theme and set the transition time
Go to the "Theme" tab then you can find some colorful and beautiful themes there. You can also click any of the photos to edit it. Meanwhile you can click the "Settings" tab at the top right of the interface to adjust the transition time for slideshow presentations.
Step 5. Export the slideshow to HDTV
Click the "Export" button on lower right corner to start to stream the slideshow to HDTV.
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Posted 11:39 PM November 10, 2011
Easily Create Photo Slideshow on iPhone and iPod Touch with Slideshow+
Socusoft Studio announced the updated version of Photo Slideshow Director for iPhone. It has been upgraded to version 2.2 and renamed as Slideshow+. The updated app added several pretty themes with frame and the fade out feature of background music. It is optimized for iPod touch 4 and it’s more stable with iPod touch 4.
Slideshow+ is a photo slideshow app that lets you use iPhone to organize photos, Picasa albums, Facebook photos, Flickr photo sets, music and create eye-catching slideshow. It features lots of dynamic transition effects, exporting to HD slideshow video and can play on HDTV with Apple Digital AV adaptor and HDMI cable or Apple VGA Adapter at hi-resolution of 1280×720. It’s an ideal tool for you to share your photo masterpiece with family and friends on bigger HDTV screen with iPhone, it is also a great app for you to present your business photos quickly and easily.
Key Feature of Slideshow+:
* Export to HD movie
* Make slideshow from Picasa, Facebook, Flickr web albums easily
* Make photo slideshow video on iPhone easily
* HD full screen slideshow presentation
* Ready for HDTV output
Exclusive Features of Slideshow+:
* More than 60 attractive dynamic transition effects for slideshow
* Export to 720p HD photo music video at very high speed and quality
* Import Picasa, Facebook and Flickr web albums photo and make a slideshow with a few taps
* Take photos and make instant photo slideshow on the go
* Play Hi-resolution slideshow on HDTV using Apple Digital AV Adaptor or Apple VGA Adapter
What’s New in Version 2.2
* Add some beautiful themes with frame
* Add fade out feature of background music
* Optimized for iPod 4G and it’s more stable with iPod 4G
Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 4.1 or later
* 8.8 MB
Pricing and Availability:
Slideshow+ is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store at http://itunes.apple.com/app/id462690585 in the Photo&Video category.
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Posted 10:39 PM November 08, 2011
Slideshow+ for iPhone Released Free for a Limited Time
Socusoft Studio has upgraded its iPhone application Photo Slideshow Director to version 1.1 and renamed it as Slideshow+. It is now available for free on the iTunes app store for a limited time. The updated version supports importing photos from Picasa Album and exporting slideshow to HD movie for sharing on YouTube and Facebook and transferring to PC.
Slideshow+ http://itunes.apple.com/app/photo-slideshow-director-for/id462690585 is a photo slideshow app that lets you use iPhone to organize photos, Picasa albums, music and create eye-catching slideshow. It features lots of dynamic transition effects and can play on HDTV with Apple Digital AV adaptor and HDMI cable or Apple VGA Adapter at hi-resolution of 1280×720. It’s an ideal tool for you to share your great shots with family and friends on bigger HDTV screen with iPhone. It is also a great app for you to present your business photos quickly and easily.
Key Features of Slideshow+:
1. Export to HD movie
Encoding photo slideshow to HD MP4 movie at a very high speed with super quality. With the exported video, you can share with your friends on YouTube, Facebook etc. With AppleTV, you can also Airplay the slideshow video on TV.
2. Ready for HDTV output
Slideshow+ is ready for playing slideshow on HDTV. Just connect your iPhone and HDTV with Apple Digital AV adaptor and HDMI cable or Apple VGA Adapter and the slideshow will display on HDTV with hi-resolution of 1280×720. Your photos will looks great with highest quality on big TV screen.
3. Make Picasa slideshow
If you have Picasa web alum, Slideshow+ can build an attractive slideshow directly from your album photos. Just with a few taps.
4. Make photo slideshow video on iPhone easily
With taps and drags on iPhone, you can turn your photo collections, Picasa photos and music into live and dynamic slideshow with ease. With slideshow themes, you just need to add photos and music then your slideshow is ready for showing. You can also add text narration, adjust transition effects to customize slideshow.
5. HD full screen slideshow presentation
Slideshow+ is designed to show the best quality of your photos, all photos are processed with highest quality settings and played with best result.
What’s New in Version 1.1:
1. Export slideshow to HD movie, so slideshow can be shared on YouTube, Facebook, transferred to PC etc.
2.Support Picasa Album, make a Picasa slideshow from web album couldn’t be easier.
3. Add a classic slideshow theme
4. Add Japanese,Chinese,Germany Language
Device Requirements:
Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), and iPad.
Requires iOS 4.1 or later.
3.8MB
Pricing and Availability:
Slideshow+ is now free for a limited time and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photo&Video category.
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Posted 01:29 AM October 10, 2011
How to Create Memorial Picture Gallery Slideshow for Mother on Mothe
Mothers are the perfect gift to everyone of us. Now Choosing a special gift on Mother’s Day will not be a challenge if you create a photo slideshow to memory that special events and perfect moment to your mother. There is no better way to tell her how much you love her than creating a loving presentation with song and photos. You can burn the slideshow onto a DVD disc as a gift to her.
To create a mother’s day slideshow you need to collect pictures, decorations, words, sound or music and even video at first. Then you also need to get a Slide Show Creator. Mother’s Day DVD slideshow is a professional photo slideshow for daughters and sons to make a special gift on Mother’s Day.
How to make a Mother’s Day affectionate slideshow?
Of course the first one you need to download the maker and install it on your PC. Below is the next detailed steps.
1 Run the slides maker program on your PC .Click the “Add” on the “Organize Photo” window to Select and add photos from your computer.
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2 Set the transition effect. Go to the "Transition&Music;" tab and choose the animated transition effects for your slideshow. In this interface you can also make a record to add some words you want to speak to your mother or click the “add music” button to add background music to the current album.
3 Design photos. Please double click one image there will pop up an “Photo Configuration” window, where you can write your sayings, add texts or more to your pictures and decorate something cute on your photos.
4 Choose a loving theme for your album. Then choose a menu on the "Choose Menus" window. In order to make the slideshow more moving you can use your own mother’s photo to replace the background.
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5 Output your movie slideshow. The output formats are various .Go to the "Burn Disc" window and choose "DVD Video Disc" or "SVCD Video Disc" as your Mother’s Day DVD slideshow. And you also input your DVD disc or CD disc. When everything is prepared, click "Burn Now!" to create your[url=http://www.dvd-photo-slideshow.com/] Mother’s day slideshow[/url] DVD ,CD.
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If you don’t know any songs to show love on Mother’s Day. Here are a few suggestions:
A Thousand Thanks
Author: Joanna Fuchs
Mother's Day brings to mindT
he thousands of things you did for me
that helped make me happier,
stronger and wiser,
because I had you as a role model.
I'm grateful for all the times
you healed my hurtsand
calmed my fears,
so that I could face the world
feeling safe and secure.
I'm thankful for all you showed mea
bout how to love and give--
lessons that now bring
so many blessings to meeach
and every day.
Your sacrifices and unselfishnessdid
not go unnoticed,
Mom. I admire you,
To create a mother’s day slideshow you need to collect pictures, decorations, words, sound or music and even video at first. Then you also need to get a Slide Show Creator. Mother’s Day DVD slideshow is a professional photo slideshow for daughters and sons to make a special gift on Mother’s Day.
How to make a Mother’s Day affectionate slideshow?
Of course the first one you need to download the maker and install it on your PC. Below is the next detailed steps.
1 Run the slides maker program on your PC .Click the “Add” on the “Organize Photo” window to Select and add photos from your computer.
[img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9AFM6HMT0hY/Tl2Mvo6AxUI/AAAAAAAAAAw/MwnkcW1MZmU/s1600/dps-add-picture.JPG[/img]
2 Set the transition effect. Go to the "Transition&Music;" tab and choose the animated transition effects for your slideshow. In this interface you can also make a record to add some words you want to speak to your mother or click the “add music” button to add background music to the current album.
3 Design photos. Please double click one image there will pop up an “Photo Configuration” window, where you can write your sayings, add texts or more to your pictures and decorate something cute on your photos.
4 Choose a loving theme for your album. Then choose a menu on the "Choose Menus" window. In order to make the slideshow more moving you can use your own mother’s photo to replace the background.
[img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YcWO4nhrwmU/Tl2T9fKRWVI/AAAAAAAAAA0/dyVny6TqdDQ/s1600/dps-choose-menue.jpg[/img]
5 Output your movie slideshow. The output formats are various .Go to the "Burn Disc" window and choose "DVD Video Disc" or "SVCD Video Disc" as your Mother’s Day DVD slideshow. And you also input your DVD disc or CD disc. When everything is prepared, click "Burn Now!" to create your[url=http://www.dvd-photo-slideshow.com/] Mother’s day slideshow[/url] DVD ,CD.
[img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-clyitzG2rVQ/Tl2UWYdppXI/AAAAAAAAAA4/937rtqpx97k/s320/dps-output-format.jpg[/img]
If you don’t know any songs to show love on Mother’s Day. Here are a few suggestions:
A Thousand Thanks
Author: Joanna Fuchs
Mother's Day brings to mindT
he thousands of things you did for me
that helped make me happier,
stronger and wiser,
because I had you as a role model.
I'm grateful for all the times
you healed my hurtsand
calmed my fears,
so that I could face the world
feeling safe and secure.
I'm thankful for all you showed mea
bout how to love and give--
lessons that now bring
so many blessings to meeach
and every day.
Your sacrifices and unselfishnessdid
not go unnoticed,
Mom. I admire you,
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Posted 06:23 PM September 20, 2011
Best Photo Slideshow iPhone App - Photo Slideshow Director for iPhone
Socusoft Studio is excited to announce its iPhone version of Photo Slideshow Director, a cool iOS application that lets you turn your photos into great slideshow on iPhone and enjoy on HDTV at up to 1280x720 in minutes.
Photo Slideshow Director http://itunes.apple.com/app/photo-slides
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Posted 07:49 PM September 13, 2011
Photo Slideshow Director for iPad
Photo Slideshow Director for iPad is now available on the iTunes App store!
http://itunes.apple.com/app/photo-slideshow-director/id457847244
Photo Slideshow Director is an HD photo slideshow iPad software that lets you use your iPad to organize your digital photos and create eye-catching slideshow. It features lots of dynamic transition effects and can play on TV with Apple Digital AV adaptor and HDMI cable at hi-resolution of 1920×1080. It's an ideal tool for you to share your great shots with family and friends on big screen HDTV with iPad. It is also a great software for you to present your business photos quickly and easily.
Key Features:
1. Make photo slideshow on iPad easily
With taps and drags on iPad, you can turn your photo collections and music into live and dynamic slideshow with ease. With slideshow themes, you just need to add photos and music then your slideshow is ready for showing. You can also add text narration, adjust transition effects to customize slideshow.
2. HD full screen slideshow presentation
Photo Slideshow Director is designed to show the best quality of your photos. All photos are processed with highest quality settings and played with best result.
3. Ready for HDMI TV output
Photo Slideshow Director is ready for HDMI output on HDTV. The output image resolution is 1920×1080. Your photos will looks great with highest quality on big TV screen.
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Posted 08:22 PM August 30, 2011
How to Create Photo DVD Slideshow for Wedding
There are numerous reasons to create a photo slideshow and wedding is on the top list. You may need to make photo slideshows for playing during the wedding receptions; you may have the idea of making a slide show of your favorite wedding photos; or you’d like to create a photo DVD slideshow in celebration of your wedding anniversary… Here you go! It is very easy to make photo slideshows for wedding and create wedding photo DVD slideshow with Photo DVD Burner Professional. Now let’s take a look at how it performs:
Step 1. Organize Photos
Download and install Photo DVD Burner Professional. Launch it. Click the Organize Photos tab in Photo DVD Burner to create one or more albums, select wedding photos from a folder in your computer hard drive and add them to the album.
In the sub-tab of Album Photo, you can add or remove photos, rotate photos, set album thumbnail, arrange the order of the photos, etc. Note: Double-click one single photo in the album and you will be able to personalize the photos (transition, Pan&Zoom, Text, ArtClips, Subtitle, Brightness / Contrast, etc) one by one in the Photo Configuration window.
Switch to the Transition & Music tab, and you can set background music, apply transition effect, specify transition duration, photo duration, randomize photo transitions, etc.
In the Album Theme tab, there are lots of album themes available for you to choose from. You may also add separate images to the beginning and end of the album, and edit album beginning title and ending title, such as text, effect, duration, background color, etc.
Also you are allowed to preview the whole album before the conversion by clicking the Album Preview button.
Step 2. Choose Menus
Click the Choose Menus tab in the interface of Photo DVD Burner Professional to choose a menu template for the wedding slideshow. You can also specify the background music and background image, set font style, size, color, etc to customize the menu template.
Step 3. Burn Disc
Click the Burn Disc tab at the top menu to go to the conversion window. Then click the Output Format drop-down menu and choose the output format for the wedding slideshow. You can choose to burn wedding photo slideshows to DVD/Blu-ray discs or create wedding photo slideshows movie. The following formats are available for you to choose from.
Photo DVD Burner Professional can help you create wedding slideshow, birthday slideshow, baby slideshow, iPad photo slideshow, family slideshow, flash swf slideshow, etc.
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Posted 11:56 PM August 04, 2011
How to Rip DVD to iPad Video on Mac OS X
Apple iPad supports MP4 format, so you just need a converter that will go from DVD to MP4 video if you want to watch DVD movies on your iPad. After you get the output files, transfer them to your iPad with the sync of iTunes library and you will take your DVD’s on the go.
The following guide is going to show you how to rip DVD to iPad video on Mac and transfer DVD to iPad, iPad 2 using Clone2Go DVD to iPad Converter for Mac.
Step 1. Add DVD Movie
Download the latest version of Clone2Go DVD to iPad Converter for Mac, install and run it.
Click the “Open DVD” button to load the DVD movie you’d like to watch on your iPad. After the movie is imported, there is a list showing each DVD chapter/title. From the table, you will know the Name, Duration, Video Size, etc about the DVD movie.
Note 1: Check out the longest DVD chapter/title, which is usually the main content of the DVD movie.
Note 2: If you only want part of the DVD movie for viewing on your iPad, you can specify the “Start Time” and “Stop Time” under the manager panel. Alternatively, you can clip the DVD movie while previewing it.
Note 3: A common DVD movie has several audio tracks and subtitles. You can select any available DVD Audio and DVD Subtitle to convert.
Step 2. Choose Output Format
Go to the “Output” panel. Extend the “Profile” drop-down list and choose “Apple iPod/iPad” from the category. From the subcategory, choose “iPad H.264 Video”, “iPad H.264 HD Video” or “iPad MPEG4 Video” according to your needs.
Step 3. Start Ripping DVD to iPad Video on Mac
After making all necessary settings, click the “Convert Now” button to start ripping DVD to iPad video on Mac.
Step 4. Transfer Output Video to iPad
After the conversion, you can click the “Folder” icon in the interface of the program to locate the output files. Launch iTunes on your Mac, and you will be able to transfer the output video to your iPad with the sync of iTunes library.
Clone2Go DVD to iPad Converter for Mac can also let you convert AVI to iPad, convert FLV to iPad, convert MKV to iPad, convert 3GP to iPad, convert WMV to iPad, convert VOB to iPad.
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Posted 12:05 AM July 21, 2011
Easily Create HD Photo Slideshow Movie for Viewing on iPad
It is a cool experience to watch movies and videos on iPad’s big screen. Have you ever thought of bringing your still photos to life and creating an HD photo slideshow movie with background music, transitions, pan&zoom, text, artclips, subtitles, etc for viewing on your iPad? Get Photo DVD Burner to help you do that. The steps are as easy as 1, 2, 3.
Step 1. Organize Photos
Click the Organize Photos tab in Photo DVD Burner to create one or more albums, select photos from a folder in your computer hard drive and add them to the album.
In the sub-tab of Album Photo, you can add or remove photos, rotate photos, set album thumbnail, arrange the order of the photos, etc.
Note: Double-click one single photo in the album and you will be able to personalize the photos (transition, Pan & Zoom, Text, ArtClips, Subtitle, Brightness / Contrast, etc) one by one in the Photo Configuration window.
Switch to the Transition & Music tab, and you can set background music, apply transition effect, specify transition duration and photo duration, randomize photo transitions, etc.
In the Album Theme tab, there are lots of album themes available for you to choose from. You may also add separate photos to the beginning and end of the album, and edit album beginning title and ending title, such as text, effect, duration, background color, etc.
Also you are allowed to preview the whole album before the conversion by clicking the Album Preview button.
Step 2. Choose Output Format
Click the Burn Disc tab at the top menu of Photo DVD Burner to go to the conversion window. Then click the Output Format drop-down menu and choose iPad MPEG-4 Movie for the slideshow. And in the Parameters Setting area, you can specify output directory, profile (iPad H.264 HD Video, iPad H.264 Video or iPad MPEG-4 Video), and video/audio parameters such as video bitrate, size, codec, frame rate and audio codec, bitrate, sample rate, channel.
Step 3. Create iPad H.264/MPEG-4 Slide Show Movie (*.mp4)
After you set the above parameters, you click the Create Now! button and start creating photo slideshow for iPad.
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Posted 11:45 PM July 14, 2011
Clone2Go Released Powerful 3-in-one DVD to iPad Converter for Mac OS X
Clone2Go Studio has announced the release of DVD to iPad Converter for Mac 2.0.0, which is a perfect combination of Mac DVD to iPad Converter, Mac iPad Video Converter and Mac YouTube Downloader.
Clone2Go DVD to iPad Converter for Mac enables you to rip DVD’s to iPad video and iPad audio on Mac OS X with ease and speed, complete with options to clip movie length, select DVD audio track and subtitle, customize output profile, etc. It also works as iPad Video Converter for Mac, with which you can convert video AVI, FLV, MKV, WMV, 3GP, MTS, M2TS, etc for iPad. Besides, the built-in YouTube Downloader for Mac allows you to download and convert online videos from YouTube as MP4, FLV or 3GP files for watching offline.
Key Features of Clone2Go DVD to iPad Converter for Mac 2.0.0
1. Rip DVD to iPad video file – DVD to iPad Converter for Mac can easily rip DVD’s to iPad video files.
2. Convert video to iPad video – Work as iPad video converter for Mac, with which you can convert video files (AVI, WMV, MKV, FLV, 3GP, MTS, M2TS, etc) for viewing on iPad.
3. Extract audio from DVD and video files – Allow you to extract audio from DVDs and video files in iPad audio format (MP3, M4A, AAC, etc).
4. Support all brands iPad – DVD to iPad Converter for Mac can convert DVD and video for iPad, iPad 3G, iPad 3G Wifi, iPad 2, etc.
5. Download and convert online videos – The built-in YouTube Downloader for Mac allows you to download and convert online videos from YouTube, Google, MySpace, Break, Blip, etc for watching offline.
6. Trim DVD/video clips – Trim DVD or video file to get video or audio clips and just rip certain segment you need.
7. Customize output profiles – Adjust the video/audio parameters such as video bitrate, size, frame rize, audio bitrate, sample rate, etc and save it as an output profile for further use.
8. Select DVD audio track and subtitle
9. Allow you to select any available DVD audio track and subtitle.
10. Batch select video files for conversion
11. Preview the DVD or video files
What’s New in Clone2Go DVD to iPad Converter for Mac 2.0.0
1. Added thumbnail for each item in the main window
2. Fixed the error of control character in the file name of YouTube video
3. Fixed other minor bugs
Pricing and Availability
Clone2Go DVD to iPad Converter for Mac 2.0.0 is now available. You can download it for a free trial from http://www.clone2go.com/products/mac-dvd-to-ipad-converter.php . The full version of Clone2Go DVD to iPad Converter for Mac 2.0.0 costs USD29.95. After you get the registered version, you will enjoy life-long totally free technical support and upgrade.
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Posted 12:07 AM July 08, 2011