How to make a jQuery image slideshow for your website

If you are not a master of  HTML, Flash, JavaScript or CSS skills and want to create a jQuery image slideshow for your website,  read this tutorial to learn how to make a jQuery slideshow with Web Album Maker  and add it to your site easily.

Create a jQuery image slideshow and embed to your website

1. Download and install Web Album Maker on your computer(Click to get download link)

2. Add images into Web Album Maker

Drag images from your computer to  Images area, or you can click Add Images button to locate pictures and add them into Web Album Maker. Then you can add title, description and URL for images, arrange image order, or remove images.

Add images

3. Select a theme and set width and height

Click Theme tab to select a theme for your jQuery slideshow, the software provides various stylish jQuery themes to choose for your photo gallery and photo banner, such as bottom thumbnail, right thumbnail, bottom dot, etc.

In the Image Size boxes, you can set width and height for the jQuery slideshow. For example, I set 700 x 200 px for the flash banner.

select a theme

4. Preview and Publish a jQuery slideshow

Click the Preview button to view the slideshow. If you are satisfied with it, click the Publish button to create the jQuery slideshow.  When it is published successfully, you can see the notice window below, with tips on how to embed the slideshow into your own web page.

notice window

5. Add a jQuery slideshow into your website page

• Open the output folder, you can  see 3 folders, 1 html page and one css file.

slideshow output folder

• Copy all the files in the output folder and paste them into the same folder where you put your website pages.
• Open the HTML page of the jQuery slideshow in Dreamweaver.
• Copy and paste the two parts below separately into head section and body section of your own web page.
• Preview the web page in browser, you can see the jQuery displayed.

How to turn Dropbox photos into a stunning slideshow

Have many photos on your Dropbox account? It will be an interesting way to convert photos in Dropbox into an eye-catching slideshow with music, transitions, pan / zoom effects and more , then share the Dropbox slideshow on Facebook and Twitter, or mail it to friends for sharing.

Step1. How to turn Dropbox photos into a slideshow

To convert photos in Dropbox to a slideshow, you need to use Photo Slideshow Director HD. This iPad slideshow maker can get photos from Dropbox, and turn Dropbox photos to a slideshow with music, transitions, and more effects, then publish an eye-catching slideshow to Dropbox.

1. Install  and launch Photo Slideshow Director HD on your iPad.

App Store Link

2. Sign into your Dropbox account

Tap the Web Album icon from toolbar, then touch Dropbox in Web Albums group.  Then you will be led to Dropbox login window. Enter the Email and Password associated with your Dropbox account, and hit Sign in.

3. Add Dropbox photos to Photo Slideshow Director HD

After signing in, all the photos and albums in your Dropbox will be listed under Dropbox on the upper left side. Select photos you want to use in the slideshow and touch them. The app will begin to download the photos into it. And all the downloaded photos will be listed at the bottom of the screen as thumbnails.

4. Personalize your Dropbox slideshow with music, transitions, and more effects

Now you can add music to the slideshow, select transitions, design pan / zoom effects with your fingers, choose a slideshow theme, enter text / subtitles on photos, etc. You can even edit photos with its powerful photo editor.  Learn More

Step2. How to publish a Dropbox slideshow

After personalizing the slideshow, you can upload it to Dropbox and mail sharing link to friends.

1. Touch the Export icon, select Dropbox from Share Movie to group.

Select sharing slideshow to Dropbox

2. Set Dropbox slideshow

In the Upload Video window, enter title and description to describe your Dropbox slideshow, then select a video resolution from 360p, 540 and HD 720p.

3. Upload the slideshow to Dropbox from iPad

After setting the Dropbox slideshow, hit Upload Now! at the bottom of Upload Video window, the app will begin to encode the slideshow to a video and upload it to Your Dropbox account. You can know the uploading process via the process bar.

When the slideshow has been uploaded successfully, a pop-pop window will show up to remind. Also you can send the Dropbox  slideshow link to friends via email for sharing.

 

Then you can sign into your Dropbox account on browser, and publish the slideshow to Facebook and Twitter, or send emails to friends with Dropbox slideshow link for sharing.

Best songs for wedding slideshow

If you are trying to make a wedding slideshow or hold a wedding ceremony, find some wedding songs you like from this article.

More and more people like presenting a wedding slideshow with music on wedding reception. It is interesting to showcase your pictures to guests. A wedding slideshow is also a special gift for the couple. It will be a precious and nice memories when the couples watch the slideshow many years latter. For those who missed the chance to attend you birthday ceremony, you can share the wedding slideshow to them.

Recommended wedding slideshow maker:

1. DVD Photo Slideshow(For Windows) -  Make wedding slideshow DVD for watching on TV or DVD player or wedding slideshow video for enjoying on iPad, iPhone, Android device, and YouTube, Facebook.

2. Photo Slideshow Director HD (For iPad and iPhone)- Make wonderful wedding slide shows on your iPad and iPhone , and directly upload to Facebook / YouTube / Dropbox / SkyDrive for sharing.

Great wedding songs for slideshow list:

All You Need is Love – Beatles
From This Moment On – Frank Sinatra
I Only Wanna Be With You – Hootie & the Blowfish
It Must Be Love – Alan Jackson
Somebody Like You – Keith Urban
The Best is Yet to Come – Frank Sinatra
The Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra
This Will Be an Everlasting Love – Natalie Cole
Too Marvelous for Words – Frank Sinatra
With This Ring – Platters
Wrapped Up In You – Garth Brooks
Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You – Elvis Presley
I Could Not Ask for More – Sara Evans or Edwin McCain
I Do (Cherish You) – Mark Willis or 98 Degrees
I Love the Way You Love Me – John Michael Montgomery
Love and Marriage – Frank Sinatra
Loving You (Instrumental) – Kenny G
Once In A Lifetime – Aaron Neville & Kenny G
One Boy, One Girl – Collin Raye
Stand By Me – Ben E. King

More Wedding Songs

How to play iPad photos on TV as a slideshow

In this tutorial, I will show  you how to convert your photos to a stunning slideshow presentation, then connect your iPad to TV for mirroring a slideshow to TV from iPad.

What you need to play your iPad slideshow to TV:

• Apple 30-pin Digital AV Adapter
• HDMI cable
• iPad 2 or iPad 3 and a HDMI-compatible TV
• Photo Slideshow Director HD(App store link)

Step-by-step guide:

1. Create a slideshow presentation with photos and music

Photo Slideshow Director HD is a simple yet powerful slideshow creator. Add photos and music into it, then a slideshow with transitions and pan / zoom effects is ready to display. Also you can select transitions and customize pan & zoom effects, add text and subtitles to describe the slide show, choose a theme, specify time for slides and transitions, etc.

Besides streaming the slideshow to your TV, you can upload it to Facebook, YouTube, Dropbox and SkyDrive for sharing.

Step-by-step guide>>

2. Connect iPad to TV with Adapter and HDMI cable

• Plug the Apple Digital AV Adapter into your iPad via 30-pin dock connector.
• Plug the HDMI cable into the HDMI slot(the smaller of the two slots on the other end) of the Apple Digital AV Adapter. To have you iPad charged at the same time, connect the dock-to-USB cable to the other adapter slot with the dock end, then to the power adapter with the USB end.
• Insert the other end of the HDMI cable into your TV HDMI port, and switch the your HDTV input to HDMI.  Now the screen of your iPad should be displayed on TV.

 

3. Mirror a slideshow to TV from iPad

• Now go back to Photo Slideshow Director HD, tap the Export icon and select HDTV / Airplay.

Select HDTV/ Airplay

• Once you you tap HDTV / Airplay, the first picture in the slideshow will be displayed on your TV, and it will show TV Connected in the main screen of the Photo Slideshow Director HD.
• Tap the Play button, the slideshow will be playing on your HDTV in full screen.

 

How to present a photo slideshow on Android tablet

To make a picture slideshow presentation for playing on Android tablet, DVD Photo Slideshow can be a good choice.  DVD Photo Slideshow can make stunning slideshows in different formats for displaying on Android devices, iPad / iPhone / iPod, PSP, YouTube, Facebook, etc. Also you can make a slideshow DVD with it. In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a picture slideshow for Android tablets.

Step1. Add pictures and personalize a slideshow

Click “Organize Photos” tab, there are 4 sub-tabs: “Album Photo”, “Transition & Music”, “Album Them” and “Album Preview”.  It means  you can import photos, select transitions and background music, choose an album theme and preview the slideshow.

1. Add photos to slideshow maker

Click “Album Photo” to begin your slideshow with adding photos into the slideshow maker.  You can drag photos to “Album Photo” area from your computer hard drive. Or you can use the “Add” and “Add All” button to import photos. Then you can rotate photos, auto adjust brightness / contrast. Select a photo and click “Text” button, you can add text to current photo.

Organize wedding photos

2. Add slideshow music and select transition effects

Go to sub-tab “Transition & Music”   to add background music and select transition effects. Click the “Add” button to add slideshow music. The program allows you to trim music to use part of music. Also you can loop a song by checking “Loop audio”.  In the “Transition effects” group, you can select transitions and double-click to apply them.

In “Album Settings” group, you can enter seconds in “Transition duration” box and “Photo duration” box to control speed of slides and transitions. To sync slideshow to music, click the music button next to “Audio duration” box.

Add music and select transition effects

3. Choose a theme for slideshow

A theme can make your slideshow good-looking and help you describe the meaning of a slideshow. Select a theme template for your slideshow from the left theme group. Also you can add  titles at the beginning and credits in the end.

select a theme

4. Preview the Android slideshow

Before outputting the slideshow, you can preview the slideshow to check if it is OK. Click “Album Preview” to view the real effects of the slideshow.

Step2. Output a slideshow for Android tablet

Now you can save the slideshow as a video for your Android tablet. DVD Photo Slideshow provides multiple video output formats, including avi, mp4, mov, mkv, mpg. You should choose an output format that is compatible with your Android table or  the video player installed on your Android tablet. For example, you can select “Mobile phone Playable Movie”, then choose MP4 format from “Profile” list.

Finally, click “Create Now!” to output the video slideshow.

How to extract or capture photos from video

Photo to Video Grabber app is designed to help you extract high quality photos from recorded videos on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Open the app on your iOS device, import a video into it, then you can view the video frame one  by one and save any picture frames you want. The photo will be saved at the same resolution as the source video.

iPad and iPhone is available to film high-resolution videos, especially iPhone5(4s), iPad4, iPad3. However, sometimes we want to get still pictures from recorded videos for special use. Photo to Video Grabber is designed to solve our dilemma.

App Store Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/video-to-photo-grabber/id639485093?ls=1&mt=8

Key features of Photo to Video Grabber

1. Extract the best photos from a video

You can extract up to 30 different pictures of a one second video recorded with your iPhone or iPad and save them as 1080p full HD pictures.

2. Powerful Photo Editing Features

Before extracting a picture, you can edit it with the app’s built-in photo editor. You can use the photo editor to crop photos, enhancing photos, rotating photos, adding effects, add text on photos, etc. You can make your photos amazing before sharing.

3. Easy Photo Sharing Features

Besides saving photos to Camera Roll, you  can share the extracted photos in other ways, such as emailing the photos, sharing via iTunes File-Sharing, printing them out, opening  with other apps, etc.

To Extract pictures from a video, you only need three steps:

Step1. Add a video to Photo to Video Grabber

Browse the videos in iPad / iPhone Camera Roll from the app, and add a video from which you want to extract images from.

Step2. Select photos from the video

Depend on the way you hold the iOS device, you can view the video frames one by one by swiping  up / down, or left /right. Use the “Play” icon to play/ stop the video. Then select a photo you want to extract.

Step3.  Extract photos from a video

After selecting  a photo, touch the “Image” icon in the upper right corner to save the photo to Camera Roll. You can also email the photos, share via iTunes File-Sharing, Assign to Contact, Print them out, Copy the photos, Open with other image apps such as the iPhoto, etc.

Photo to Video Converter Professional Review

Photo to Video Converter Professional is a photo video maker. It can convert your digital photos to a stunning video playable on YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, iPod, iPad, iPhone, Archos, PSP, Zune.  Its multiple output formats enables you to save the video in various popular formats, including mp4, flv, mov, avi, mkv, mpeg, h.264, h.264 HD, 3gp, 3gpp2, swf. To make eye-catching videos from pictures, it can be a decent choice with kinds of transitions, pan / zoom, album themes, art-clips , etc. You can also add text on photos to describe your video and express your feelings. No matter you want to create wedding photo videos, birthday photo videos, graduation photo videos, or any other kinds of videos with your photos, it will not disappoint you.

Learn More about Photo to Video Converter >>

How to convert photos to a video with Photo to video Converter Pro

1. Click Album Photo tab and drag photos to main screen from your computer hard drive, or use the Add and Add All button to import photos. Then you can rotate photos, adjust brightness and contrast. Select a photo and click Text button  to add text on photos.

2. Click Transition & Music, you can select transitions from over 300 and add background music for your video. The software enables you to trim your songs, so you can use part of the songs as background music.  In the right Album Setting area, you can set time for slide and transitions duration. You can even specify time for each photo and transition.  To sync slideshow to music, click the music icon next to Audio duration box.

3. Go to Album Theme tab, you can choose a theme for the video, there are many beautiful themes for choosing, such as wedding themes, graduation themes, birthday themes, Christmas themes and more. If you do not want to use a theme, just select the first one(No theme). Check Title at the beginning and Credits in the end, you can enter titles and credits for the video.

4. Click Album Preview tab to preview the video before outputting.

5. Switch to Video Output tab, click Output Format drop-down list and select a video format, such as MPEG Movie, then specify output folder and set parameters for the video.

Finally, click Create Now! to output the video.

How to make a Mother’s Day slideshow DVD

As Mother’s Day is approaching, you may consider purchasing a special gift for your mother.  This year, you can make a special gift for your mother -  Photo Slideshow DVD. In this article, I will show you how to make a slideshow DVD for Mother’s Day gift.

Before making a Mother’s Day photo slideshow DVD, you need do some pre-work:

1. Photos you want to use in the slideshow, such as your mother’s photos, photos of you and your mother.

2. Mother’s Day songs for the slideshow,  you should find some songs specially for mothers or Mother’s Day.

3.Words you want to add in the slideshow. You can add words on each photo, or add text at the first and last slide to deliver your love.

4. A great slideshow DVD maker. I recommend DVD Photo Slideshow, which is a professional slideshow software for Windows.

Steps to make a Mother’s Day slideshow DVD as a gift

1. Add photos and customize the slideshow

• Click  Organize Photos tab, click the  photo folder from the folder list panel  to open it.
• Drag photos to Album Photo area from the upper part photo panel, or click Add All to import all photos in the opened folder. You can drag and drop to arrange photo order.
• Click Text to add text on photos.
• Click Transition & Music to choose transitions for your slideshow, and add one or more songs as background music. According to needs, you can set time for each slide and transition.
•  In Album Theme area, choose a beautiful theme. If you do not want to use a theme, choose No theme. If you want to add titles and credits, check the Titles at the beginning and Credits in the end,  then enter text in the box and customize the text.
• Go to  Album Preview area to preview the slideshow.

2. Choose a DVD menu

• Click Choose Menus tab and choose a DVD menu from the right template list.
• You can add one or more background images and songs.
• Edit the menu and set the Menu Navigator.
• In Preview area, preview the real effect of the DVD slideshow.

3. Burn slideshow to DVD

• Switch to Burn Disc tab.
• Select DVD Video Disc and insert a blank DVD – RW /+RW  disc into your computer DVD drive.
• Set parameters for the DVD, remember to select right TV System if you want to play the slideshow DVD on TV.  There are PAL and NTSC TV System for choosing.  The software provides tips to help you select the right TV system.
• Click Burn Now to begin burning the slideshow onto DVD.

Also you can output the slideshow as a video, and share the video to Facebook, YouTube. The software supports multiple output formats, such as 3gp, mp4, flv, mov, swf , so you can transfer the slideshow to your iPad, iPhone, Android device for watching.

Make HD Slideshows on MacBook Pro

Article source: http://slideshow-studio.com/slideshow/produce-hd-slideshows-macbook/

In this article, I will introduce an awesome slideshow maker for MacBook Pro – HD Slideshow Maker.

HD Slideshow Maker makes sure your images present in the best quality. You can add several songs to your slideshow presentation and use its synchronization to make music and photos play in perfect pace. You can surely enjoy and share your photos in a stunning slideshow with its ability to apply transitions, add text, choose theme and more.

System Requirements: OS X 10.7 or later,64-bit processor

Key features of HD Slideshow Maker

• Simple slideshow software with user-friendly interface
• Automatically apply transitions, also support changing transitions manually
• Support multiple songs as background music, slides and music synchronization
• Provide various themes and enables you to choose a background image
• Add texts to describe photos and your slideshow
• Set time for slides and transitions flexibly
• Drag and drop to add and arrange photos
• Provide HD 1080p and 720p video resolution
• Upload slideshow to Facebook and YouTube directly
• Present photos on HDTV in 1920×1080 video format

Import your photos and music from hard drive to HD Slideshow Maker, a slideshow is finished. Also you can change the transitions, choose a theme and select a beautiful background image, add text to describe the special meaning  of photos. Then it is ready to view and share your musical slideshow.

View your photo slideshow on MacBook Pro:

Move the cursor to Play button and tap the trackpad to view the slideshow on your MacBook Pro. The best picture quality and retina display will give you a cool experience.

Output the slideshow as a HD video and watch it on HDTV:

Most HDTV has USB port and supports 1080p video, save the slideshow to your MacBook and transfer it to a USB drive, then plug the USB drive into your HDTV to showcase the fantastic slideshow to all people on TV.

Upload slideshow to Facebook and YouTube:

Wanna share your photo slideshow to the world?  After customizing the slideshow,  tap the Share button and choose YouTube or Facebook, then sign in your YouTube / Facebook account to publish the slideshow to YouTube or Facebook for sharing.

Slideshow Software for iPad Mini Review

Photo Slideshow Director HD for iPad mini lets you use iPad photos and photos from web albums to create a musical slideshows within minutes. It is a great app for you to showcase and share photos in an interesting way.

Photo Slideshow Director On iPad Mini

Reviews from users for iPad / iPhone slideshow app

1. Review from user danger_bird71

2. User Anseljr said the slideshow app is amazing

3. Harpo1 said that this iPad slideshow app works well and cheaper, simple to use, intuitive, etc.

4. Terry906 said that the slideshow app provides a simple way to share photos

5. Youngs97 highly recommended this slideshow software , easy to use and powerful feature and better than other similar apps.

Features that makes this iPad / iPhone slideshow software so amazing

1. Easy to use: You even can create an attractive slideshow by just adding photos and music.

2. Support using photos from Picasa, Facebook, Dropbox, SkyDrive, Flickr and Instagram: You can add photos to a slideshow from iPad photo albums and web albums, like Picasa, Facebook, Flickr, etc.

3. Powerful features: Transitions, pan / zoom effects, themes and background image, text and subtitles to describe photos, photo editor to edit photos.

4. Multiple slideshow sharing options : Easy to upload a slideshow to Facebook / YouTube / Dropbox / SkyDrive, save slideshow as a video to Camera Roll, stream a slideshow to HDTV.

5. Built-in photo editor: You can use the app as a photo editor, it can meet most of your photo editing needs, such as cropping, strengthening, adding effects, brightness / contrast adjustment, and etc.

6. Sync slideshow to music: Use the Synchronization feature to sync slideshow to music.

Click to see its screenshots and step-by-step guides>>

System Requirements to use this slideshow creator

Photo Slideshow Director HD is compatible with iPad, iPad2, new iPad, iPad 4, iPad mini. Also it is compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation)