Last week, I demonstrated how to make a fantastic photo slide show using an online application. If you missed it, shame on you, but you can see it by clicking here.
In this week’s tip, I’m going to show you a slightly hidden feature of Google’s Picasa that lets you also create a quick and dirty slide show of your digital photos. Follow these steps and then watch the video below to see the steps in action and view a sample slide show:
Start Picasa and select some photos you want to make into a slide show. The more photos you choose, the longer it will take Picasa to make the movie and the larger the movie file will be. Start out with a dozen or so pictures to get the feel for it.
- Click Create –> Movie from the menus
- Choose how many seconds you want each picture to display
- Choose the size of movie you want…probably the mid-size or largest size.
- Click OK
- Click OK again on the next screen
- Wait for Picasa to complete the creation of the movie.
- When Picasa finishes, it will open the folder where it saved the file. Double-click the file to view the slide show.
- Use Microsoft’s Movie Maker (or any other movie editor) to add music to the slide show then burn it to a CD/DVD, etc.
Watch the video below to see these steps in action and a sample movie that Picasa made from some of my pictures.
