Movie Maker - Making Slideshows with Songs: photo slideshow

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Monday, August 03, 2009

Embed Picasa Slideshow with Music in Website

Picasa web album is the fastest photo sharing service from Google. Since it's launched many years ago, more and more people are using Picasa Web album to store their photos, and share photo exclusively with friend and family. Also, they can make picasa web album to public and share with the Picasa community. This tutorial will mainly explain how to make picasa photo slideshow with music, transitions and Ken-Burns effects, and embed in your Myspace Profile, blogger, WordPress page and website. It will be divided into 3 parts:

Part 1. Create Picasa Photo Slideshow with Music
Part 2. Upload Picasa photo slideshow to youtube
Part 3. Embed Picasa Photo Slideshow in website

Part 1. Create Picasa photo slideshow with music

As you know, picasa web album already provides slideshow link for you to embed original (soundless) picasa slideshow in website. Once you've uploaded photos to picasa web album, you could get the link and show off your picasa photos on internet conveniently. Here is the tutorial about how to embed original picasa web album slideshow in website.

By contrary, this article will talk about how to make picasa photo slideshow with music, transitions and Ken-Burns effects, and embed into website, myspace, blogger, wordpress and more. Let's go. It's easy and funny.

Use your favorite photo slideshow maker to make picasa photo slideshow with music. Here I use Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder for example. It's a superb easy to use slideshow making software. Within 3 steps, you can get the compelling photo slideshow with wonderful transitions and Ken-Burn effects. No complicated skills needed.

Making picasa photo slideshow step 1: Download picasa web album photos

You can download entire albums and individual photos onto your computer from Picasa Web Albums.

What you need to download entire Picasa Web Album

Picasa MUST be installed on your computer. Download Here.
The album owner must enable 'Allow any visitor to download my photos' on the Privacy and Permissions tab of the Settings page. Or you are the owner of Picasa Web Album.
Picasa Web Album account. Sign up here.

To Download an entire Picasa web album:

1. From Picasa web album, click the album you'd like to download.
2. From the Download menu above your photos, select Download to Picasa.
3. In Picasa, if you're not signed in to your Google Account for Picasa Web Albums, you'll be prompted to do so.
4. In the window that appears, click the Download button.

save picasa photos to computer

The downloaded albums photos could be found in the 'Downloaded Albums' collection. For Windows, they locate under "My Documents\My Pictures\Downloaded Albums". To download an individual photo, click the Download button above the photo while viewing the photo.

Making picasa photo slideshow step 2: Add picasa photos and music file for picasa photo slideshow

Making picasa photo slideshow step 3: Change picasa photo slideshow transition effect

Making picasa photo slideshow step 4: Save picasa photo slideshow to MP4

Part 2. Upload picasa photo slideshow to youtube

When the photo slideshow is ready, open your web browser and sign in youtube.com. Then locate Upload button and click it to start the upload process. You need to select the previous created picasa photo slideshow with music to upload.
After uploaded, it's time to get the embed code for website. Find the embed and right-click to copy. Get illustrated by the following figure.

Part 3. Embed Picasa Photo Slideshow in website

It's almost done. Now open a blogger post, web page or myspace profile and paste the embed code before saving changes.

Embed picasa photo slideshow in website:(between <body>and </body>):

Embed picasa photo slideshow on myspace profile:

Embed picasa photo slideshow into blogger post:

embed picasa photo slideshow to blogger

Save changes and preview your picasa photo slideshow on website now!

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Saturday, August 01, 2009

Create Facebook Video with Pictures and Music

make facebook video and embed to other web sites

Facebook is a social networking website that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. It is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc.Users can use Facebook to keep up with friends, family, classmate and any others.

Video is the default tab on your Facebook profile. There, you can upload created videos, or record video from Webcam on your computer for Facebook. Through Facebook videos, you can show your recent portraits, favorite photos and even hand-made crafts with friends. It's convenient and easy. You can even tell a friends how to master facebook by facebook instruction videos.

Here is a Facebook Video Example on my Facebook profile, regarding to iphone photos and 3D photo transition effects. Enjoy and follow subsequent tutorial to make facebook video and upload video to facebook.com. You could also embed facebook video to other web site to share with more people.

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Facebook Video Making Tutorial

What you'll need:

1. Digital Photos and Music
2. Facebook Video Editing Software
3. Facebook account (Register Free)

Step 1: Add pictures and music

Download and install this facebook video editing software. Once launched, you will start from Slideshow tab. Here, import favorite pictures/videos and music to the storyboard. If required, double-click media source to edit.

import media to make facebook video

Step 2: Change Photo Transition Effect

When your import photo and video, random photo transition will automatically applied to them. But you can change photo transition by clicking transition thumb on storyboard and selecting desired transition in the resulting dialog.

change facebook video transition

Step3: Save Facebook video to MPEG-4

Go to Create tab and in the Output formats drop-down list, select MP4 as the video format. Then click Start to save video for facebook. You can also go to Options button to customize video options, e.g., the facebook video resolution, frame rate, bitrate, audio sample rate, etc.

Facebook Video Upload

Following video formats are supported, but not limited to. And I think the best video format for facebook video is MPEG-4 Vidoe. Note that Facebook video size should be limited to 100 MB and Facebook video length under 2 minutes.

* MPEG-4 Video (mp4, mpeg4)
* AVI Video (avi)
* Windows Media Video (wmv)
* MPEG Video (mpg, mpeg)
* Windows Media Video (asf)
* QuickTime Movie (mov)
* Mobile Video (3gpp, 3gp, 3g2)
* Matroska Format (mkv)
* Flash Player Video (flv)
* DVD Video (vob)
* Ogg Format (ogm)

Here is the instruction to upload video to facebook.

Once login to your facebook account, go to Video tab, you will see figure as follow. Click Upload to open uploading page. Then click Browse button to choose desired video to upload. While the video is uploading to facebook, you can also fill some necessary information about your facebook video.

upload video to facebook

Embed Facebook Video to Website

If you want to share facebook video with more people, you could embed facebook video to other web pages, say metacafe, myspace, and more. Here is how:

Go to the facebook video you want to share, then locate Embed This Video button. Click it to get the facebook video embed code. With the facebook video code, you can paste it to any web page that supports video embedding. Therefore, you can share facebook video with more people.

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Monday, July 27, 2009

Ken-Burns Slideshow

KenBurn Slideshow is the photo video slideshow that uses Ken-Burns Effect to make the still image in motion.

What's Ken-Burns Effect

The Ken-Burns Effect derives from extensive use of the technique by American documentaries film maker Ken Burns. This feature enables a widely used technique of embedding still photographs in motion pictures, displayed with slow zooming and panning effects, and fading transitions between them.Ken-Burns effects are used to make photo slideshow by many slideshow making software, say Windows Movie Maker, Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder, Windows DVD Maker, Ulead Photo Slideshow Video, etc.

How Ken-Burns Slideshow Looks Like

Here is a Ken-Burn Slideshow in which many Ken-Burn Motion Effects are used.

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Transformers 2 Movie Soundtrack Songs and Lyrics

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Transformers 2) is a 2009 American science fiction action film which was released on June 19, 2009 in the United Kingdom and June 26, 2009 in China. It is the second film in the live action Transformers series. Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg return respectively as director and executive producer, while Shia LaBeouf reprises the role of Sam Witwicky. Here is the movie summary: the human caught in the war between Autobots and Decepticons, many more robots and the scope has been expanded to numerous countries, most notably France and Egypt. The plot revolves around Sam, who has been seeing visions of Cybertronian symbols and therefore gets hunted by evil Decepticons to awake their long-hidden leader, The Fallen.

Transformers 2 Movie Photos Slideshow Video created with Never Say Never by The Fray

Here is the transformers 2 movie photos slideshow made with transformers movie photos and song form transformers OST: Never Say Never by The Fray. Hope you like.

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More Transformers Movie Soundtrack (Songs) - Track Listing

Transformers Movie Song by Artist name
New Divide by Linkin Park - Transformers 2 Movie Soundtrack
21 Guns by Green Day - Transformers 2 Movie Soundtrack
Let It Go by Cavo - Transformers 2 Movie Soundtrack
Capital M-E by Taking Back Sunday - Transformers 2 Movie Soundtrack
Never Say Never by The Fray - Transformers 2 Movie Soundtrack
Burn It To The Ground by Nickelback - Transformers 2 Movie Soundtrack
Burning Down The House by The Used - Transformers 2 Movie Soundtrack
Not Meant To Be by Theory Of A Deadman - Transformers 2 Movie Soundtrack
Real World by The All-American Rejects - Transformers 2 Movie Soundtrack
I Don't Think I Love You by Hoobastank - Transformers 2 Movie Soundtrack
This Is It by Staind - Transformers 2 Movie Soundtrack
Almost Easy by Avenged Sevenfold - Transformers 2 Movie Soundtrack
Transformers 2s: The Fallen Remix by Cheap Trick - Transformers 2 Movie Soundtrack

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Download Free Transformers Backgrounds

How to save free transformers 2 images: click image to enlarge and in the opening page, right-click and select "Save as" to save free background image to local hard drive.

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Monday, July 20, 2009

3D photo slideshow for iPhone 3GS

Make 3D photo slideshow for iPhone 3GS

In this article, you can know about how to make 3D photo slideshow for iPhone 3GS. Besides, tons of free iphone 3GS background wallpaper. All is in 320x480 big size. You can use freely on your new iPhone 3GS mobile.

Enjoy iPhone 3GS 3D slideshow demo

How to Make 3D photo slideshow for iPhone 3GS

Follow these steps to make 3D photo slideshow:

Step 1: Download dvd movie maker
Step 2: Add iPhone 3GS photos for 2D slideshow
Step 3: Change Photo Transition Effect
Step 4: Save Slideshow as MP4 supported by iphone 3GS

Transfer 3D photo slideshow to iPhone 3GS (sync with iTunes)

Here is the details steps to save slideshow and photos to iPhone 3GS

Step 1: Launch iTunes.
Step 2: Plug in your iPod/iTouch/iPhone to computer. They will automatically show up in your iTunes under Devices category on the left hand side.
Step 3: Click "File/Add file to library" to import created 3D photo slideshow for iphone 3GS to iTunes Library.
Step 4: Create a new Playlist for saving your 3D photo slideshow in MP4, say iphone photo slideshow.
Step 5: Drag and drop imported 3D photo slideshow video to the playlist.
Step 6: Drag and drop the playlist to your iPod/iTouch/iPhone.
Step 7: Disconnect your devices and enjoy youtube video on iPod/iTouch/iPhone.
(Tip: To snyc iPod without deleting other files already in iPod, just set iPod to manual snyc. Click iPod tab and check "Manually manage music and video".)

For transferring photos on computer to iPhone 3GS, refer to this: Go to My Documents, My Pictures, make a subfolder by right clicking and go to NEW then Folder, name it something like iphone photos, then cut or copy pictures over to that folder. Plug in phone when phone shows up in itunes and go to the Photos tab and then click on the sync and then click on the iphone photos folder. Then click on apply, then sync, and you get photos on your iPhone 3GS with specified subfolder.

Download free iphone 3GS photos to make 3D photo slideshow

How to save free iphone 3GS images to computer: click image to enlarge and in the opening page, right-click and select "Save as" to save free background image to local hard drive.

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Get free iphone 3GS wallpaper/backgrounds (High Quality 320x480)

How to download free background images: click image to enlarge and in the opening page, right-click and select "Save as" to save free background image to local hard drive.