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Magix Slideshow Maker provides users with a fantastic tool for quickly creating a slideshow of photos and music. With a simple layout and excellent results, this is a great choice for computer users of all skill level.
The program's interface is delightfully simple thanks to the step-by-step instructions. By breaking the process down into easy steps and shepherding users through their photos and music, novice users and experts alike will get the job done quickly. If any questions arise, there is also a great Help file available. Creating a slideshow begins with choosing photos and videos in the first step. Users pull shots from their folders and can click and drag them into their preferred order. Next, users choose what style they want their slideshow to have by selecting one of the many options in the pull-down menu ranging from simple camera movement to themes like birthday and vacation. Next users pull a song from their collection of music to choose as their background. The program smartly provides a preview button and compares the song clip's length to the actual length of the slideshow. Finally, users preview the finished product before saving it. The program's best special feature is its ability to transfer the video directly to YouTube with the click of a button. Users simply click the icon after the movie is saved and they are taken to the site.
With a simple layout and quick results, this freeware program is great for slideshow makers of all skill levels.
Publisher's Description
From Magix:
MAGIX Slideshow Maker 2. Create slide shows for YouTube, Flickr & Facebook - for free. Boring slide shows are finally a thing of the past: turn your photos and video clips into multimedia slide shows complete with effects and music and present them on YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, or in your personal MAGIX Online Album - it's quick, easy, and free. Easily import your photos and video clips with this free photo software, automatically apply style templates and add your own or the included music. Then upload your finished slide show as a video to YouTube, Flickr, or Facebook, present it in your personal MAGIX Online Album, or embed it into Web sites and blogs as a player. Easy multimedia slide show creation - without any prior knowledge and in just 3 minutes.
Quick & easy multimedia slide show creation: Import photos and video clips. Add styles, effects, and music. Publish your slide shows as videos on the Web. Become an online star. Easily create a fun slide show with snapshots from your last party and upload it to Facebook to share the night's best moments with your friends. Or share your pictures on Flickr in a very special way: presenting your photos as an animated slide show complete with effects and music is like presenting them on the red carpet. Design your own music video clips. Add a great song as background music to your pictures and become a star on YouTube.What's new in this version: Optimized user interface; 8 style templates with zooms, collages, and effects; 3 new songs; automatic pans for panoramas and photos in portrait format. Frequency of effects and fades can be adjusted. Save user-defined style templates. Supports Microsoft Windows 7.
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All versions:
3.0 starsout of 34 votes
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Current version:
2.8 starsout of 20 votes
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"This is a seven day trial"
Version: Magix Slideshow Maker 2.0
Pros
Its perfect if you plan to buy slideshow software in the next seven days.
Cons
After you install the software you will discover that its not free so thats cool.
Summary
It is possible to get less than you pay for.
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"Not Freeware At All - Just A Trial"
Version: Magix Slideshow Maker 2.0
Pros
Quick, good slideshow, good music.
Cons
Not freeware, a highly limited trial. 70+ MB download. Doesn't save descriptions for youtube. Dishonest and unethical use of free section.
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"Easy to use.It is a excellent application."
Version: Magix Slideshow Maker 2.0
Pros
Easy.It has few steps for getting excellent results.
Cons
Not acept all the audio formats.It has few optios for enhancing the images.
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"Clear and friendly interface."
Version: Magix Slideshow Maker 2.0
Pros
Everything you need to create a free and simple slideshow.
Cons
Lacks the finer tweeking possibilities for individual slides.
Summary
This program will produce very good slideshows with good audio in easy-to-follow stages. Excellent for beginners. For slideshows with that extra 'wow' effect, the Magix Slideshow Maker doesn't have that extra level of choices, which most users are now demanding as standard, for example the control over individual frame-timings and delays. But all in all, a very decent freebie slideshow from Magix.
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"Misleading file size info, watch out for add-on"
Version: Magix Slideshow Maker 2.0
Pros
Nothing to report here - I cancelled the installation
Cons
The file is a *lot* bigger than it says here
Summary
First, the installation process has one of those toolbar add-ons (for Amazon this time) that show up so frequently these days - but this one looked like it didn't have an opt-out. I was ready to cancel then and there, but finally discovered if I clicked "Advanced Installation" I could then un-click all the boxes under that to stop the toolbar.
Second - the file size info here is misleading. Yes, the initial file *is* 3.65 mb, but once I started the installation it started downloading another 79mb! At first I thought I was reading that wrong because it was using a comma instead of a period for the decimal point but when it estimated the download time at 10 minutes, which I know from experience is about right for that size file on my wireless connection, I decided it really was 79 megs and cancelled. I think it must just be using the European format for decimal points.
If you have something other than a wireless connection with a monthly bandwidth limit this might be worth trying, especially if you don't mind having the Amazon toolbar (or can turn it off). For me - that's too much bandwidth for something I'm not even sure is going to work for me. I'll keep looking. -
"A simple stupid program for creating a slide show"
Version: Magix Slideshow Maker 2.0
Pros
I have a older version of Photo shop Premier Elements. And while PPE
does offer many more sophisticated bells and whistles, I was intrigued and downloaded this trial version of Magix slide show maker. It is easy to use very straight forward. Puts out a good product production without much effort. For a novice I rate this as excellent. The tutorials have much to be desired. You need to play around and experiment with the settings, sometimes several times deleting the files several times before you come up with an acceptable project. Importing music can be a pain and especially melding them together leaving small gaps in the footage. Perhaps somewhere there is a toggle to accomplish this but haven't found it yet.Cons
Poor tutorial, not enough fine tuning and preview.
Summary
All in all this is a great program tool for the newby, myself included. You can put out quite a respectable project in a short amount of time.
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"This is trialware"
Version: Magix Slideshow Maker 2.0
Pros
Easy install
Cons
Can't (easily) change the order of your slides
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"Great Program"
Version: Magix Slideshow Maker 2.0
Pros
Love the results it provides
Cons
So far I have found no downside
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"Product is very Good easy to follow step by step"
Version: Magix Slideshow Maker 2.0
Pros
Very easy to follow the prompts . . .
Cons
Big Con > They make you do an add-on before you can download it > Well the add which is a site plus an extra tool bar you don't need > infected my PC with something.
I just downloaded yesterday and get an email from the site they make you download that someone HACKED into their site and people might have problems.
Way to go!!!!!!!!!!! -
"Can't complain about free - does what I need"
Version: Magix Slideshow Maker 2.0
Pros
Follow the instructions and it works.
Output is very good and eminently watchable.
Can load other music if desired.
Can load into video editing programs - ideal timesaver to add interest to stills.Cons
A bit painful if you load many photos and want to re-order them - might be better re-order/-name a folder of copies before loading them into the program to save slow re-ordering woes. (f you edit heavy like me.)
No HD output.
Fixed-sized program window, no advantage gained on larger monitors.
Additional music must be in OGG format.Summary
You get what you pay for - and this was free even after registration (worked for me anyway). As I have thousands of digital stills he full version is worth considering.
