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How to Make a Slide Show DVD With Music

One engaging and entertaining way to present photographs is to create a slide show, add music and burn it on a DVD. Creating a slide show is a fun alternative to the traditional photo album or scrapbook. Fortunately, creating a slide show is fairly simple if you use Windows Movie Maker and Windows DVD Maker software. These pieces of software are pre-installed on most Windows systems and can also be downloaded for free from the Microsoft website.

Things You'll Need

  • Digitized Images
  • Digitized Music
  • Windows Movie Maker
  • Windows DVD Maker
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Instructions

  1. How to Make a Slide Show DVD With Music

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      Create a directory on your desktop for your image and audio files. Move the mouse pointer to the desktop then right-click. Select New > Folder from the menu that appears. Provide a name for the new folder that appears. Find the images and audio files you want to use by clicking Start > My Computer, then navigating to the directories where your files are. Select the files by clicking them (hold down the SHIFT or CTRL keys as you click to select multiple files). While files are selected, right-click and select Copy from the menu. Open the folder you created on your desktop, right-click, and select Paste from the menu.

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      Select Start > All Programs > Windows Movie Maker.

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      Select File > Import Media Items and navigate to the directory folder where you copied your files. To select more than one file at a time hold down the CTRL or SHIFT keys as you click. Select File > Save Project and name your project.

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      Open Windows Movie Maker. Drag the images to the video part of the timeline, located in the bottom third part of the window. Drag the music to the audio/music part of the timeline. Save your work by selecting File > Save Project.

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      Add the title and credits. Select Tools > Titles and Credits. Click the "Title at the beginning" link. Enter the text for the title. The screen on the right-hand side displays what you type. Click "Add Title" when you are done. Repeat the process for the credits, only instead of selecting the "Title at the Beginning" link, select "Credits at the end" link.

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      Click the Play button in the video preview screen to the right of the Windows Movie Maker window. Adjust the length of the images and musical clips by moving the mouse to the edge of the clip, then click and drag it to the desired length. If you want images to fade into one another, drag the edge of one image until part of it is on top of the previous or next image.

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      Add transitions and effects. Select Tools > Transitions. To add effects, select Tools > Effects. Select each clip and add the transitions and effects you want by dragging them on top of the image or audio clips on the timeline.

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      Select File > Publish Movie. Windows DVD Maker automatically opens and your slideshow files appear. Click the Next button, which appears near the bottom right corner of the window. Select the menu style, then insert a recordable DVD. When finished, click the Burn button. Windows DVD Maker burns your slide show to DVD.

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