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It’s all about the aspect ratio Aspect ratio, black bars, and distortion, are all topics that come up often in customer questions. Especially since the first decision you have to make when starting up the program is whether to create your project in 16:9 or 4:3 format. For those who...
Creating Custom Lower Thirds Tutorial Adding text descriptions enriches your shows and videos; the graphic overlay at the bottom of your screen is called a lower third or captions. They are extremely versatile and can help to give your viewers relevant information to the story, help identify who is involved,...
It’s always lovely when after a wedding you receive a Thank You card. Those in my friends circle usually send out a card with a photo of us with bride/groom included, and that always adds a personal element to a mostly impersonal card. But what if you could have the...
Fun with Polaroids Polaroids are not just a thing of the past. Even though digital cameras are becoming more and more advanced, there is still a fascination with the instant/ candid photos that Polaroids offered. In SlideShow 9 you don’t need to have a Polaroid camera, you can take any...
There are a multitude of frame themed photos available on the internet and in SlideShow it’s very easy to add self-made frames to your show. Here are the two most common types, frames with a black background and frames with a photo inside of them, we’ll show you how to...
Most of the photography ideas in this post require nothing more than an amateur’s camera, a tripod, and a pinch of creativity. It’s all about choosing the right timing, the right angles, and interesting subjects for your shots. Reflections Reflection photos can be as simple as taking a photo of...
Selective color photos make for stand out shots, focusing the viewers eyes on a particular focal point in the photograph. So it’s no wonder that they’re popular! They’re also quite easy to make; we’ll show you three ways to make them using two programs, Photoshop and GIMP (freeware). I’m going...
Route animation You come back from an amazing journey with tons of photos, you want to share those photos with friends and family, what do you do? Create a route animation video of course! It’s great because not only can you share the photos, but you can show the route...
A newborn video is a great way to welcome your newest addition to the family! This video makes use of a very cool effect in SlideShow 9—mask effects. There are three main masks that were used in the production of this video. Text mask You can use the text...
Color blending is great for adding a dramatic effect to your shows. Starting out with black and white and then to the tone of your favorite music, suddenly bringing life and illumination to your photos. Enjoy being creative!
