Pro SHow Gold - Freeware version of something similar?

[Colin]

The subject says it all..

Was discussing with a friend Pro Show Gold.
He reckons it's the best thing since sliced bread.

I told him that there would most likely be something very similar or better
with a $0.00 price tag and I'd be able to find it....

I'm having trouble keeping my word, whoops!

Anyone know of something equivalent?

 

[Purple Knight]

The subject says it all..

Was discussing with a friend Pro Show Gold.
He reckons it's the best thing since sliced bread.

I told him that there would most likely be something very similar or
better with a $0.00 price tag and I'd be able to find it....

I'm having trouble keeping my word, whoops!

Anyone know of something equivalent?

Close ........... Pro Show Silver

 

[Roger Johansson]

Was discussing with a friend Pro Show Gold.
He reckons it's the best thing since sliced bread.

I told him that there would most likely be something very similar or better
with a $0.00 price tag and I'd be able to find it....

I'm having trouble keeping my word, whoops!

Anyone know of something equivalent?

Irfanview is one example of a freeware program which can produce slide
shows, scrensavers, etc..

Irfanview can use most of these input file formats that Pro Show Gold
can use:


AVI
Windows video (1)
BMP
Windows bitmap
BW
Sun Rastor
CAL
CALS file
CALS
CALS file
CAM
Casio digital camera
CRS
Cursor image
CT
SciTex cat scan
DIB
Windows bitmap
FITS
Nasa satallite image
FTS
Nasa satallite image
FON
Windows font
FNT
Windows font
FOT
Windows font
GIF
Compuserve graphic
GIF
Animation
FS
Face Saver
HPI
Hemera Photo Objects
ICO
Windows icon
ICN
Icon image
IM1
Sun Rastor
IM8
Sun Rastor
IM24
Sun Rastor
IM32
Sun Rastor
J2K
JPEG 2000
J6I
Ricoh digital camera
JFI
JFIF image
JFF
JFIF image
JFIF
JFIF image
JMH
JFIF image
JP2
JPEG 2000
JPC
JPEG 2000
JPE
JPEG image
JPEG
JPEG image
JPG
JPEG image
MAC
Mac Paint
M1V
Movie
MP3
MPEG 3 music file
MPE
MPEG movie
MPEG
MPEG movie
MPG
MPEG movie
OGG
Ogg Vorbis audio
PBM
Portable bitmap
PCC
Z-Soft Paintbrush
PCX
Z-Soft Paintbrush
PDD
Adobe PhotoDeluxe image
PIX
Alias Pix
PGM
Portable graphics
PMP
Sony digital camera
PNG
Portable network graphics
PNM
Portable graphics
PPM
Portable graphics
PSD
Adobe Photoshop image
PSP
Jasc PaintShop Pro image
PXR
Pixar image
RAS
Sun Rastor
RGB
Silicon Graphics
RGBA
Silicon Graphics
RLE
Windows bitmap
RLE
University of Utah RLE
SBI
Santa Barbara Insturments
SBIG
Santa Barbara Insturments
SCT
SciTex cat scan
SFW
Seattle FilmWorks
SGI
Silicon Graphics
STX
Santa Barbara Insturments
ST4
Santa Barbara Insturments
ST5
Santa Barbara Insturments
ST6
Santa Barbara Insturments
ST7
Santa Barbara Insturments
ST8
Santa Barbara Insturments
SUN
Sun Rastor
TAR
TAR archive
TGA
TruVision 'Targa'
TIF
Tagged image
TIFF
Tagged image
TTF
True type font
TTR
True type font
WAV
Windows sound
WIN
TruVision 'Targa'
WMA
Windows audio file (1)
WMV
Windows video file (1)
XPM
X-Windows pixmap

 

[Elmira]

Once I have the pics set up on proshow gold I have a really hard time
rearranging them. Dragging seems to be too hard. Is there a trick to this
(i.e. grab a certain corner of pic)?

I was also hoping for a freeware similar to this that would make arranging
the photos easier.
El

 

[Duddits]

The subject says it all..

Was discussing with a friend Pro Show Gold.
He reckons it's the best thing since sliced bread.

I told him that there would most likely be something very similar or better
with a $0.00 price tag and I'd be able to find it....

I'm having trouble keeping my word, whoops!

Anyone know of something equivalent?

There are many freeware ways to mimic ProShowGold.
1. No transitions, no sound, but you can create a slide show:

Last freeware version of VCDEasy
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_tools/index4.cfm

2. Transitions, and more but takes time:
SSMM - Create an avi photo show complete with transitions
http://www.joern-thiemann.de/subpage/index.htm?/tools/ssmm/index.htm
TMPGEnc - Convert above avi to a vcd ready format
http://tmpgenc.net/
Last freeware version of VCDEasy - Create a bin/cue file of TMPGEnc's
output mpg and burn it to CD.

regards

Dud