DVD Slideshows are an Excellent Way to Use Digital Photos
In today's Wall Street Journal, Thomas E. Weber suggests that the best way to remember a vacation or a family event may be to make a DVD-based slideshow using digital photos. Weber says:
After I switched from film to digital, I noticed something about my pictures. They were all great -- yet in some ways, they were all alike, with smiling people caught at just the right moment. Not that I'm such a gifted photographer. I just wasn't showing anyone the outtakes. And while the pictures I culled out were individually mediocre, taken as a whole they captured the essence of my family and friends, regardless of frowns or cut-off heads.
That's why I've become a big fan of digital "slideshows" stored on DVD. After you pick a few special images to print or e-mail to friends, you can take the rest and create a video presentation you can watch on your TV.
Weber likes ArcSoft DVD SlideShow for making DVD compilations of digital photos and Adaptec Sonic MyDVD Studio Deluxe for making slideshows that also incorporate live-motion video. I prefer MyDVD Studio Deluxe because it is only marginally more expensive than DVD SlideShow and has more features.
The idea of making DVD slideshows is an excellent one, and I'm sure my family will be interested in trying this soon.
Comments
Thomas E. Weber was the author of this article. Walter Mossberg is on vacation.
Posted by: anonymous | August 12, 2004 5:58 PM
Thanks for pointing out the correct author of the column this week. Interestingly enough, I just went to the Wall Street Journal Personal Technology website and saw that the copy of the column that is considered current says it is by "Walter S. Mossberg", but the archived column about the same software package says it's by "Thomas E. Weber".
Posted by: Dave Aiello | August 13, 2004 2:40 AM
I have just purchased a new Dell 4700 computer that has the Sonic my DVD. I made my first DVD slideshow from my digital pics. It would not play on 3 different DVD players. I had not had problems with DVD's slide shows that my friend had made off his plextor & I had a CD creator, using Roxio . Has anyone else experience this. I used the DVD+R.
Posted by: Danea J. Glidden | September 25, 2004 1:47 PM