PhotoJam 3.0

• License:

  Free to try

• Editor's Rating:

  3.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  2.5 stars (out of 30 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  267,346

• Operating Systems:

  Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

• Limitations:

  See description

• Date Added:

  June 25, 2002

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version PhotoJam Trial 2.0

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Publisher's description of PhotoJam

From AtomFilms:

PhotoJam is a tool designed to help you create new and fun ways to design and deliver an innovative presentation. PhotoJam allows you to combine your music and photos to create amazing shows in three easy steps. All you need to get started are a few digital images and a bit of imagination. Assemble your photos in any order, set the mood with diverse, fully licensed music, select the method of display, and you're ready to go. Select music from diverse genres, such as rock, country, classical, world beat, and more. Display styles range from '80s video, kaleidoscope, old film, and more. Experience your photos in a whole new light.

Version 3.0 features a drag-and-drop photo-sorting screen, advanced music editing options, new styles and transitions, and 100 licensed music tracks.

In this demo version you are limited to sharing three PhotoJams on Shockwave.com, are limited to 25 photos per PhotoJam, cannot use MP3 music, and cannot publish to CD-Rom or a personal Web site.

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Editor's review of PhotoJam

• 3.0 stars

• "PhotoJam"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: PhotoJam 3.0

This program makes creating slide shows and screensavers a breeze, though you'll trade configurability for that ease of use. PhotoJam's interface is basically a step-by-step wizard that walks you through the entire creation process, though we didn't appreciate that the program hijacks your entire screen and can't be resized to windowed mode. Making a slide show is a three-step process. You simply add a folder of images, choose from a variety of preset music, then select a display style. We wished for the ability to add our own MP3s as a sound track, but the trial version disables this feature, along with the publishing tool. We would also have liked to choose our own transitions and set our own image-interval times, but PhotoJam limits you to the effects and display times found in its templates. You can share your slide shows via e-mail but if you want to make a screensaver, you'll need to download additional components from the Web. PhotoJam is best for those seeking a hassle-free, paint-by-the-numbers solution; those seeking a high level of control should look elsewhere.

User reviews

• Average user rating: 2.6 stars out of 30 votes
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• 2 stars

  Version: PhotoJam 3.0

  "Basic slide show building program with several drawbacks"

  by PicMan on March 1, 2005

  Pros: Some nice "style" effects (e.g., falling snowflakes). Background music can be played.

  Cons: I didn't like the way it took over the entire screen. There appeared to be no automatic picture ordering. Even though "full screen" display is used, the pictures only take up half of this area. Limited picture navigation in "controls" mode, no navigation in slide show mode. I was unable to get a picture's caption to display along with the picture. Can't select your own background music in the evaluation version. No foreground music.

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• 1 stars

  Version: PhotoJam 3.0

  "good and bad points"

  by yulike on February 20, 2008

  Pros: its a great program if it were to work smoothly,its a shame it does not.

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• 1 stars

  Version: PhotoJam 3.0

  "Its good at first..."

  on January 4, 2005

  Summary: but then they make you pay to be able to add music.
  
  Wish it would have said that BEFORE I downloaded and installed it.

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• 5 stars

  Version: PhotoJam 3.0

  "Lots of transitions but unpredictable during show"

  by JJLL on August 21, 2004

  Summary: The flash-based transitions are great and impressive. However, there's no way to control the random factors in any transition and can't save or export in any standard formats (MPEG, AVI, SWF, etc.)

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• 1 stars

  Version: PhotoJam 3.0

  "This was a great program now confusing"

  on May 28, 2003

  Summary: I had PhotoJam 2 and I enjoyed it. It was nice and easy. This version is too complicated with items that I can't be bothered with.

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