CAPTIONS ON SLIDE SHOWS

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Permalink Reply by Powen Shiah on November 20, 2007 at 9:56am

Ginny, what did you use to make the slideshow?

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Permalink Reply by Powen Shiah on November 26, 2007 at 11:13am

Ginny, I don't think you will be able to just transfer the slideshow as you have it. You may have to either upload it to the Untours Cafe as a video (if you can somehow transform the slideshow into a video), or upload the photos individually to the Untours Cafe site and then give them names/captions.

Maybe if you post more details here in this discussion, someone may have had experience with it and can help you out.

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Permalink Reply by GinnyinFlorida on November 26, 2007 at 11:31am

What if I have a cd made and then send it to you? Then you can download or upload it on to the Untours cafe?????

So far I have a series of pictures depicting Gigi's Adventures in Switzerland. They are simply photos with captions and a musical background. Maybe I should try another photo shop. This one is called simple star and it is with FinePIx or Ritzpix. Would Adobe or Kodak be better??

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Permalink Reply by Powen Shiah on November 26, 2007 at 11:45am

Ginny, sending us the CD wouldn't make a difference, I don't think. We would be able to look at it here at the office with the CD but the problem with uploading it would still exist.

I'm not familiar with FinePix or Ritzpix... and I don't know what the options would Adobe or Kodak are -- I'm pretty sure it isn't a direct transfer into the Untours Cafe.

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Permalink Reply by GinnyinFlorida on November 26, 2007 at 2:49pm

Can you suggest a software that would transfer into the Untours cafe? I have seen others post slide shows with music.on the website.

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Permalink Reply by Powen Shiah on November 26, 2007 at 2:53pm

Perhaps someone can recommend one -- I personally haven't ever used that kind of software. You could send a messages to the people who have posted slideshow videos that you like.

Also, in this case I think those are posted as videos, not as photos, so it is different.

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Permalink Reply by Joanne Roczniak on November 26, 2007 at 6:13pm

I use a program called FotoMagico to make my slideshows, which are actually slideshows converted to videos. Unfortunately for many people out there, this is a program for Mac OS X only. From what I understand, Windows users can use MovieMaker (which may already be on your computer -- if not, it's a free download from Windows) or Pinnacle Studio 11 (relatively inexpensive movie-editing software) to make video slideshows. QuickTime Pro can be used by either Mac or Windows users to make a very basic video slideshow with music.
I don't know if any of these pieces of software will upload directly to the Cafe. What I do is save the movie file to my desktop and upload it from there.
Hope this helps a little.

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Permalink Reply by patricia mcmillan on June 22, 2008 at 8:49am

Ginny, I had the same problem until I uploaded my photos to Picasa, then embedded the slide show (click keep captions). It is a free program with many options and easy to use. Hope this helps. Pat Mc

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Permalink Reply by GinnyinFlorida on June 22, 2008 at 12:47pm

Thank you Patricia, I have used Picassa also. Finally I had good luck with Microsoft movie maker. After numerous tries, I realized I had to put the caption on when I put the picture on instead of trying to place them on the video after wards. Live and learn. I am not very adept at using the camera technology yet. I just got my first digital camera last year and you can see by my video" Advenrures of Gigi in Switzerland," it is pretty elelmentary Thanks for the info. I am grateful for any help offered.

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Permalink Reply by Marilee Taussig on June 23, 2008 at 7:49am

Ginny,

I think you are doing GREAT! You are an inspiration to the rest of us.....we are all learning in this new world, and I am really impressed that you persevered. For anyone reading this thread, Picasa is free, and Microsoft MovieMaker is usually shipped with every Windows PC I have ever seen.

Maybe we should have a "slideshow with captions" worksheet, or workshop?

Anyway, well done, Ginny!

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