Slide Show Software

All of these have trial versions you can download.

Pictures to Exe
PicturesToExe has simple and intuitive interface, so creating of a presentation is very easy. All you have to do is choose some pictures (in JPG, GIF or BMP format). PicturesToExe will produce single EXE file, which contains all images inside. No additional programs (including PicturesToExe itself) are needed to run resulting presentation - only that stand-alone EXE file. And it will work under Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000 and XP. If your demands are a bit higher, PicturesToExe allows you to make much more attractive presentations, than simply changing slides. You can customize each slide by specifying background color or picture, adding comments, sounds, objects. Moreover, it's possible to use different cinematographic transition effects between slides, add background music (in MP3, WAV or MIDI format). And ability to exactly synchronize show of slides to music, placing points on the time-line.

PhotoShow 3 (Regular and Deluxe, I have Deluxe) Comparison chart of the two versions. Nice program, easy to use, Deluxe has image editing functions, add included animations and music selections or provide your own MP3 music selections. My older version does NOT sync the slides to music. Not as many features (such as motioin effects) or output options as ProShow Gold. Does burn Video CDs but not DVDs, creates HTML to post shows on a website, post to their website and share show via email link.

ProShow (Regular and Gold) Comparison chart of the two versions. This is probably the most full-featured but slightly more complicated slide show software available. Has "Ken Burns" motion effects which allows you to pan, zoom and rotate images for a really dynamic and professional presentation. Lots of transitions and timing options. Music can automatically sync with the slide show. Many more output choices including burning DVDs, VCDs, .exe files, burn multiple shows to one CD with Menu, create streaming shows that play from within a web page, and lots more! PS GOLD features listed here

Memories on TV This is software for making presentations that can be played on TV with a DVD player! Pretty simple to use and automatically times the slideshow to the music. You have to provide your own MP3 music. Has nice transitions and motion effects, pan and zoom on slides.

With MemoriesOnTV, you can save to both CD and DVD recordable media (DVD requires purchasing their Mpeg2 Plugin). They will be playable on many DVD players, as well as PCs or Macs with a DVD player software installed. I thought the pictures looked a bit blurry on my TV and computer when run full screen. I think Pro Show or PhotoShow are more full featured choices. Try before you buy.

Memories on Web FREEsoftware to make slideshows for presentation on your website. You must have a website and be able to upload the files to the site via an FTP program or HTML editor.

Easy CD-DA Extractor All in one software, CD ripper, CD burner, audio file format converter.

This is one of the best applications for "ripping" music tracks from CDs. Just put your music CD in and then set a few parameters and click "copy" and it copies the music to your hard drive in MP3 format to use in slide shows orMP3 players. You can make compilation CDs also. Read all the things it does on their site.