Create Professsional Quality Photo Slide Shows

free professional quality easy to use slideshow from pictures You can create professional quality slide shows from pictures using the free Picasa software from Google. The set up requires you to register with your email address. You can download the Picasa software & get started with creating beautiful slide shows without any technical knowledge at all!

This is a great tool if you want to share your pictures in a sequence, with your captions & audio & yet prevent people from downloading & saving images with your copyright.

Once you have set up Picasa, the steps to creating the slide show is really easy. You can also download the Google Toolbar. Since Picasa is completely integrated with other Google applications like GMail, Talk & the Pacasa Web Gallery, the toolbar will only be helpful to switch & work between other Google Applications.

Click on the link below to install Google Toolbar.

Here are the steps to follow to create your professional photo slide show with Free Photo Software Picasa:

Select the Photos for Your Slideshow

OPEN Picasa
CLICK green ‘hold’ button to keep pictures in holding tray for slideshow
HOLD the CTRL key to select multiple pictures or CLICK and DRAG over them CLICK ‘hold’ button

Create a Picasa Album

CLICK ‘Add To’ drop down menu
SELECT ‘New Album’ and provide name, date, etc
CLICK OK
SELECT album and CLICK slideshow to view as a slideshow

Add Music to the Picasa Slideshow

CLICK Tools / Options / Slideshow
SELECT to loop slideshow if you want it to run continuously
CLICK ‘Play MP3s during slidshow’ box (Picasa will only play MP3s using Windows Media Player)
CLICK ‘browse’ button to select music
CLICK OK

Adjust the Slideshow Pace and Captions

CLICK ‘slideshow’
ADJUST display time (bottom right)
SELECT captions icon (green check mark) for them to show

As again, it is essential that you use images & audio that has your copyright. If you are using someone else’s creation, it is only right that you pass on the credits to the rightful owner.