Comments on: Great tunes for viewing sessions

By: damien

damien — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:49:33 +0000

Thanks Andy. I’ll need to get Spotify to explore a bit more. Damien.

By: Andy Rapkins

Andy Rapkins — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:23:20 +0000

In terms of classical pieces suitable for either weddings or portrait viewings, it would be difficult to find a better selection than Myleene’s Music for Romance (one of our favourites on Spotify!).

By: damien

damien — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:15:29 +0000

Hi John, see comments 17-20 above. I use Fotomagico.

By: john Higgitt

john Higgitt — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:41:53 +0000

hi
I’ve just gone over to iMac’s and was attempting a photographic DVD presentation with iDVD, my question to any apple users is there other apple software to complete this task
Many thanks
John

By: Joanne Hobdell

Joanne Hobdell — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:30:39 +0000

Thank you for the pregnancy music ideas!

By: Sean Bolton

Sean Bolton — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:33:07 +0000

I use ProShow Gold for slideshows with soundtracks for DVD.

For PC based .exe slideshows I use Pictures2exe

They are both good programs and excellent value.

regards

Sean

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:53:38 +0000

I use fotomagico or Idvd. If you are using I tunes as a source of music for the slideshow and the tune has a protection code on it, you will only be able to use it on apple products and therefore won’t work on fotomagico.
None I tunes stuff works fine though. Don’t forget the PRS

By: martin

martin — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:12:00 +0000

Second vote for Pro Show Gold, it will let you make self executing slideshows to run on a PC in any resolution. Just resize, convert to sRGB and sharpen your files before importing to pro show. You can even limit the number of views and/or time expire the slideshow if you need to.

By: damien

damien — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:03:10 +0000

Mac – FotoMagico

PC – Pictures to exe or Pro Show Gold.

By: Ian Jamieson

Ian Jamieson — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:08:43 +0000

Can anyone recommend software to create slideshows without reducing the quality of the images. I use Lightroom to show the slideshow at the studio, but when I save the slideshow as a PDF for the client to take away it does not embed the soundtrack.
I have tried Adobe Premier which creates a movie with sound but the resolution is for PAL, and therefore not high enough quality for computer monitors.
Thanks

By: Ian Jamieson

Ian Jamieson — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:53:10 +0000

For portraits and weddings
If I aint got you – Alicia Keys

By: damien

damien — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:01:35 +0000

Hi Sean,

Thanks for the link and the solution that so many photographers are after. Top comment!

Damien.

By: damien

damien — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:19:38 +0000

For the shoot bit Julie has Joss Stone and Gabrielle albums playing on shuffle in the studio and for the viewing I think we use Etta James – At Last and at least one other track but the choice depends upon the client. Obviously you don’t want to play Ace of Base – All that she wants Another track to consider is Bread – Baby I’m a want you.

I hope this helps Joanne. Damien.

By: Sean Bolton

Sean Bolton — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:07:47 +0000

Damien, All

It is legal in the UK to produce a DVD slideshow with a commercial soundtrack, so long as you buy the licence for £25.00 at this website ;

http://www.wvrl.co.uk/

A few restrictions but basically this allows you to (legally) put together a DVD slideshow using any commercial music so long as it is for the client and family/friends who attended the wedding.

This is a very specific licence so cannot be used for products you plan to sell to the general public, it is aimed directly at the wedding video/photographer and their clients.

I think I am the only photographer in the UK buying this licence at the moment, they don’t promote it very well.

regards

Sean

By: Joanne Hobdell

Joanne Hobdell — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:29:51 +0000

The wedding music tips are really useful. Can anyone suggest appropriate music for pregnancy shoots?