Make your photo and video slideshow on DVD
Tool used: DVD Slideshow Builder

After you have installed DVD Slideshow Builder, you are ready to start creating your photo and video slideshow. When you are satisfied with your creation, save it to DVD.

How to import pictures
1.   To start DVD Slideshow Builder for Windows.
2.   In DVD Slideshow Builder, on the Organize page, click +New, and then click New photo slideshow or New video slideshow.
3.   On the Select photos to add to your slideshow page, click the folder in which the pictures you copied from your digital camera are located. Select one or more pictures, and then click add or add all, then click Close.

How to arrange and edit your pictures
1.   If you want to rearrange your pictures, you can also click and drag pictures to a different location.
2.   If you want to view pictures with big or small thumbnail, click the button Change slideshow view style at the right side of the tool bar. You can view pictures in 150*112, 120*90, 80*60 and 40*30.
3.   If you want to rotate pictures, click Rotate90 to the selected pictures. You can choose rotate 90 degrees clockwise or anticlockwise.
4.   If you want to make additional changes, such as correcting contrast or adding an effect to your picture, click the Edit button or double click the selected picture, and then do one of the following in the Edit Pictures dialog box:
   To rotate the picture, click Rotate 90 , Rotate 270 or Flip.
   To set Basic editing, change Contrast, Brightness, Blur or Mosaic.
   To add an effect that changes the appearance of your picture, such as Negative, Gray or Black and White, click the Photo Filter tab, and then select an effect in the Effect list.
   When you are done editing your pictures, click Save&Close to save the changes made to your pictures. To continue, click Previous or next.


How to add motion and transition effects
1.   On the Effect page, click the picture for which you want to customize the motion, and then click Zoom&Pan.
2.   In the Zoom&Pan dialog box, you can choose Random Selecting, None, Panning, Zoom In, Zoom Out and Panning advance. And the default selecting is Random Selecting.
3.   In the Transitions Effects box, these effects have been sorted by four kinds, smooth effect, slide effect, fade effect and other effect. Click a transition and you can get the preview on the right side. You can drag the selected effect to picture or click the three buttons on the Storyboard, Apply selected effect to selected picture, Apply selected effect to all and Random effect to all
4.   After add effects to pictures, you can set the duration of the effect and transition effect. Change the number in the Storyboard, the number below the picture is effect duration and the number between the pictures is transition effect duration
5.   To preview your story with the panning and zooming effects and transitions, click Play.

How to add music or narration record to your pictures
1.   If you want, you can add music or narration to your pictures. Select a picture and click Set in the Music box. Click Import Music and choose one on your computer.
2.   If you want to add a narration record, select Record Music and save the .wav file on your computer. First, make sure a microphone is connected to your computer, and then click Record button and begin speaking into your mic. You can Pause anytime and Stop when you finish.
3.   After you are finished with your music and narration, you can edit it. The music information is display in the edit box. You can make a clip of the music or narration through setting a Begin Time and an End Time. You can also trim the volume and make a Fade in and Fade out effect to your music or narration. When you finish the editing, click OK to exit the editing box.
4.   Add the music or narration to other pictures repeat steps 1 through 3 until you have selected all the music that you want to add to your pictures.