“Create a slideshow with your favorite photos and videos”

Creating a slideshow is probably one of the best ways to show off and share your pictures. Plus, with PhotoStage they're really easy and fun to create.

The program's interface looks simple, but it's a bit confusing to use. For example, if you want to insert a title slide, you have to first insert a blank slide, then click on the "More" button beside the "Caption" field and then insert your title. The same happens with the basic graphic edition included in the program: they're not as intuitive as expected. Also, the program only includes two transition effects, too few in my opinion.

On the upside, PhotoStage is very easy to use. I like the fact that you can add both photos and videos, and above all, the wide range of formats in which you can save your slide show, including mobile devices such as a phone or an iPod and ISO image files.

PhotoStage is a basic tool with which to create quick photo and video slideshows and take them with you anywhere.

Languages:

English

PhotoStage supports the following formats:

Image: bmp, gif, jpg, jif, jiff, jpeg, exif, png, tif, tiff, psd, tga, pcx, jp2, wmf, ico.
Audio: wav, mp3, mp2, mpga, m4a, ogg, avi, mid, flac, aac, wma, dct, au, aiff, ogg, raw, msv, dvf, vox, cda, atrac, gsm, dss, sri, shn, dss, msv, wmv.

OS requirements for PhotoStage:

OS: Win2000/XP/2003/Vista

Pros

Supports photos and videos
Can save the slideshow to a variety of formats

Cons

Messy interface
Few transition effects

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From the publisher of PhotoStage

Creating a slideshow from your digital photos has never been easier. Photostage brings your pictures to life and lets you share your favorite memories with family and friends in an interesting and portable way.

The brief was simple - make a slideshow creation program that is so easy to use your Grandma could do it. The result - Photostage. Designed to be very easy and intuitive to use, Photostage will have you up and running within minutes.

Stunning Transition Effects

Panning and zooming effects let you bring your photos to life.
Fade transition effect gives your slideshow that professional touch.
Preview the effects in real time.
Customize the duration of the effect.

Complete Photo Optimization

Fine tune brightness, saturation and color for photos and video.
Add your favorite photos with a click of a button.
Crop, rotate and flip photos easily and preview the changes in real time. Add text captions to individual slides. Add video clips for a complete slideshow presentation.

Amazing Audio Tools

Add music tracks to your slideshow.
Record narrations with the click of a button.
Import pre-recorded narrations

Share With Your Family and Friends

Burn to DVD and watch in your living room on your TV.
Show off your latest pics and clips on PSP, iPod, iPhone, 3GP mobile phone or Pocket PC.
Explore the most advanced way to burn HD DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs.
Output video files and share your creation with more friends on computer or through Internet.