Viewing photos on a tv

[MK]

I am wondering if I can create a slide show or movie using
powerpoint that I can play on my tv using my dvd player.
Any suggestions.

Or do any of you know of any other software that will
accomplish this?

 

[Harvey Waxman]

I am wondering if I can create a slide show or movie using
powerpoint that I can play on my tv using my dvd player.
Any suggestions.

Or do any of you know of any other software that will
accomplish this?

Google search gives several including

http://www.artech365.com/

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi MK,

Funny you should ask, because I tried this the other day and it worked
great!

It's easy to do. All you have to do is make a folder. In PowerPoint
choose Save As and in the file format selector choose JPEG.

This saves your presenation as a series of pictures with clever names
such as image1, image2...

Pop in a blank disk, then drag the folder to the blank disk. Eject the
disk and click the burn button.

That's all it took to make the CD.

It took me a few minutes of going through the menus on my DVD player to
figure out what settings to use to let it play the CD, but once that was
done the CD played just fine.

Some of the slides look like the aspect ratio could use some fine
tuning. In the options button in the Save As dialog PowerPoint offers
some options, but I haven't fiddled with those yet. I just took the
defaults.

-Jim

 

[Harvey Waxman]

It's easy to do. All you have to do is make a folder. In PowerPoint
choose Save As and in the file format selector choose JPEG.

This saves your presenation as a series of pictures with clever names
such as image1, image2...

No transitions though. :-(

I have lots of elements on each slide that blend from one to the other rather
than create a ton of slides. All this is lost.

Another way?

 

[Amar]

I'd say, save the presentation as Quicktime movie and burn on a CD to play
with all transitions intact. Don't forget to select auto play before
exporting.

 

[Guest]

You can try Photo2DVD from http://www.photo-to-dvd.com or PowerPoint2DVD
from http://www.powerpoint-to-dvd.com. Both can do what you said.

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Sorry, but neither product you mention is cross-platform. Maybe someday,
but according to the web sites you posted they simply don't work.

FYI - Macintosh PowerPoint already has the ability to make a movie. The
feature is built-in. It's File > Make Movie.

If that feature isn't robust enough for you then give SnapZPro from
Ambrosia software a try.

-Jim