Hello,

I am trying out Digital image and was very happy with the organization
features!!! I was able to organize a timeline and label all the pictures of
my 2 year old. Hard to believe he is only 2 years and 7 months but has been
photographed more than 3300 times. So I want to create a photo story or
slide show that I can add captions and music to. The photo story will
support 300 photos in the starter edition.

Does the same limitation exist in all full versions and suites?

The next problem I am having is that because me sharing my photos and poor
organizational skills I have several copies of some photos. I have at least
2 copies of every photo as they are backed up by Windows One care.

Can I make the software notice duplicates and only add unique photos?

I'm new at this so my questions might seem foolish but I couldn't find any
info in the online manuals.

Thanks,

Sean Dowell

CodFather wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying out Digital image and was very happy with the organization
> features!!! I was able to organize a timeline and label all the
> pictures of my 2 year old. Hard to believe he is only 2 years and 7
> months but has been photographed more than 3300 times. So I want to
> create a photo story or slide show that I can add captions and music
> to. The photo story will support 300 photos in the starter edition.
>
> Does the same limitation exist in all full versions and suites?
========================
First...if you are considering the purchase
of the latest Digital Image Suite Anniversary
Edition...the Sunday ad for "Staples" offers
MS DIS Anniversary Edition "Free" after two
mail-in rebates. Prices effective Sunday,
Apr 15th through Saturday, Apr 21st.

MS Digital Image Suite
Anniversary Edition
http://tinyurl.com/yknrwt
( I see that the site says Out Of Stock but
it still may be worth a try to contact your
local Staples...I saw one report today that
they offered to order a copy for someone)

Now to answer your question...yes, the
300 image limit still applies but it's possible
to use Windows Movie Maker to combine
two or more PhotoStorys. And...the retail
version of PhotoStory 3.1 has an option
to burn VCDs.
========================
> The next problem I am having is that because me sharing my photos and
> poor organizational skills I have several copies of some photos. I
> have at least 2 copies of every photo as they are backed up by
> Windows One care.
>
> Can I make the software notice duplicates and only add unique photos?
=========================
No, but in the Library you can Right Click
an image choose, "Find Similar". Then
you could Right Click/Delete the images
you don't wish to retain.
=========================
> I'm new at this so my questions might seem foolish but I couldn't
> find any info in the online manuals.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sean Dowell
=========================
Your questions are fine...I hope my
answers are the same.

Let us know if you require further
assistance.

And here are a few links for tutorials
that may be useful:

Beginner's Guide to Photo Story
http://www.windowsphotostory.com/

Mary's Graphics (Picture It! / Digital Image
Pro tutorials)
http://www.marysgraphics.com/picit.html

Scrapbook-Bytes
http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com/

DIP Divas
http://www.dipdivas.blogspot.com/

kimlizzy's Digital Image Pro Tutorials
http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~kimlizzy/

Microsoft Digital Image Pro and Picture It! User Resources
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/digitalimagepro/




--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

Just what the doctor ordered. Thanks John!!!!

"John Inzer" wrote:

> CodFather wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying out Digital image and was very happy with the organization
> > features!!! I was able to organize a timeline and label all the
> > pictures of my 2 year old. Hard to believe he is only 2 years and 7
> > months but has been photographed more than 3300 times. So I want to
> > create a photo story or slide show that I can add captions and music
> > to. The photo story will support 300 photos in the starter edition.
> >
> > Does the same limitation exist in all full versions and suites?
> ========================
> First...if you are considering the purchase
> of the latest Digital Image Suite Anniversary
> Edition...the Sunday ad for "Staples" offers
> MS DIS Anniversary Edition "Free" after two
> mail-in rebates. Prices effective Sunday,
> Apr 15th through Saturday, Apr 21st.
>
> MS Digital Image Suite
> Anniversary Edition
> http://tinyurl.com/yknrwt
> ( I see that the site says Out Of Stock but
> it still may be worth a try to contact your
> local Staples...I saw one report today that
> they offered to order a copy for someone)
>
> Now to answer your question...yes, the
> 300 image limit still applies but it's possible
> to use Windows Movie Maker to combine
> two or more PhotoStorys. And...the retail
> version of PhotoStory 3.1 has an option
> to burn VCDs.
> ========================
> > The next problem I am having is that because me sharing my photos and
> > poor organizational skills I have several copies of some photos. I
> > have at least 2 copies of every photo as they are backed up by
> > Windows One care.
> >
> > Can I make the software notice duplicates and only add unique photos?
> =========================
> No, but in the Library you can Right Click
> an image choose, "Find Similar". Then
> you could Right Click/Delete the images
> you don't wish to retain.
> =========================
> > I'm new at this so my questions might seem foolish but I couldn't
> > find any info in the online manuals.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Sean Dowell
> =========================
> Your questions are fine...I hope my
> answers are the same.
>
> Let us know if you require further
> assistance.
>
> And here are a few links for tutorials
> that may be useful:
>
> Beginner's Guide to Photo Story
> http://www.windowsphotostory.com/
>
> Mary's Graphics (Picture It! / Digital Image
> Pro tutorials)
> http://www.marysgraphics.com/picit.html
>
> Scrapbook-Bytes
> http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com/
>
> DIP Divas
> http://www.dipdivas.blogspot.com/
>
> kimlizzy's Digital Image Pro Tutorials
> http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~kimlizzy/
>
> Microsoft Digital Image Pro and Picture It! User Resources
> http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/digitalimagepro/
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! -
> Digital Image MVP
>
> Digital Image
> Highlights and FAQs
> http://tinyurl.com/aczzp
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>
>

CodFather wrote:
> Just what the doctor ordered. Thanks John!!!!
=================================
You're welcome.
--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

On Apr 21, 1:00 am, CodFather <CodFat...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Just what the doctor ordered. Thanks John!!!!
>
>
>
> "John Inzer" wrote:
> > CodFather wrote:
> > > Hello,
>
> > > I am trying out Digital image and was very happy with the organization
> > > features!!! I was able to organize a timeline and label all the
> > > pictures of my 2 year old. Hard to believe he is only 2 years and 7
> > > months but has been photographed more than 3300 times. So I want to
> > > create aphotostory orslideshowthat I can add captions and music
> > > to. Thephotostory will support 300 photos in the starter edition.
>
> > > Does the same limitation exist in all full versions and suites?
> > ========================
> > First...if you are considering the purchase
> > of the latest Digital Image Suite Anniversary
> > Edition...the Sunday ad for "Staples" offers
> > MS DIS Anniversary Edition "Free" after two
> > mail-in rebates. Prices effective Sunday,
> > Apr 15th through Saturday, Apr 21st.
>
> > MS Digital Image Suite
> > Anniversary Edition
> >http://tinyurl.com/yknrwt
> > ( I see that the site says Out Of Stock but
> > it still may be worth a try to contact your
> > local Staples...I saw one report today that
> > they offered to order a copy for someone)
>
> > Now to answer your question...yes, the
> > 300 image limit still applies but it's possible
> > to use Windows Movie Maker to combine
> > two or more PhotoStorys. And...the retail
> > version of PhotoStory 3.1 has an option
> > to burn VCDs.
> > ========================
> > > The next problem I am having is that because me sharing my photos and
> > > poor organizational skills I have several copies of some photos. I
> > > have at least 2 copies of everyphotoas they are backed up by
> > > Windows One care.
>
> > > Can I make the software notice duplicates and only add unique photos?
> > =========================
> > No, but in the Library you can Right Click
> > an image choose, "Find Similar". Then
> > you could Right Click/Delete the images
> > you don't wish to retain.
> > =========================
> > > I'm new at this so my questions might seem foolish but I couldn't
> > > find any info in the online manuals.
>
> > > Thanks,
>
> > > Sean Dowell
> > =========================
> > Your questions are fine...I hope my
> > answers are the same.
>
> > Let us know if you require further
> > assistance.
>
> > And here are a few links for tutorials
> > that may be useful:
>
> > Beginner's Guide toPhotoStory
> >http://www.windowsphotostory.com/
>
> > Mary's Graphics (Picture It! / Digital Image
> > Pro tutorials)
> >http://www.marysgraphics.com/picit.html
>
> > Scrapbook-Bytes
> >http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com/
>
> > DIP Divas
> >http://www.dipdivas.blogspot.com/
>
> > kimlizzy's Digital Image Pro Tutorials
> >http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~kimlizzy/
>
> > Microsoft Digital Image Pro and Picture It! User Resources
> >http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/digitalimagepro/
>
> > --
>
> > John Inzer
> > MS Picture It! -
> > Digital Image MVP
>
> > Digital Image
> > Highlights and FAQs
> >http://tinyurl.com/aczzp
>
> > Notice
> > This is not tech support
> > I am a volunteer
>
> > Solutions that work for
> > me may not work for you
>
> > Proceed at your own risk- Hide quoted text -
>
> -Showquoted text -

You can use Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder which is very powerful
and very popular now, many friends and I like it very much. It's very
easy to create a customized DVD slideshow with photos and videos, and
to add music, transitions, and cool pan/zoom effects and make
beautiful DVD menus. Also, you can create .mp4, .wmv, .avi, .3gp
movies from videos in other formats for our iPod, Zune and 3GP Cell
Phones, Youtube .etc.

To be important, it has great photo and video editing function that
can meet all our needs. For example, you can perfect your photos with
attractive frames, special mask effects, and rich Cliparts, Wordarts
or Text. And it is easy to crop music to sync with slideshow. You can
use the video edit function to trim the video, add the caption and
frame to the video, and change the original audio with your favorite
music, etc.

You can download it free here
http://www.photo-to-dvd.com/dvd-slid...lder.php?sid=8
And a specific tutorial is here
http://www.photo2vcd.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1452
Some useful information such as tips to make slideshow awesome is
here:
http://www.photo-to-dvd.com/other/po...ld-memory.html