Slide show for JPG images on a disk

[Grober]

Occasionally I'd like to give family and friends a CD containing some of my photos captured in DNG with the M8, then converted with Capture One in to JPG for distribution.

What program could I also put on the CD that would cause the viewed images to flow in a slideshow with a few simple controls made available to the viewer to let them control rate of change, etc.? (Assume a Windows environment at both ends.)

Thanks!

-g

 

[sweathog]

Windows Image Preview allows that, all Windows machines should have that.

 

[MartinP]

Well, to be correct I think the Windows preview tools only include the slideshow thingy from XP onwards - so not in Win-2000 or earlier.

You can also get the same "slide-show" effect on most dvd players. Linux users can use Gwenview, or several other programs, while there is also a standard tool on Mac-OS to do the same job although I have forgotten the name.

 

[mackigator]

ACDSee! Look for an earlier shareware version and it should be free. Excellent image browser that does slideshows in a snap.

 

[etrigan63]

Well, to be correct I think the Windows preview tools only include the slideshow thingy from XP onwards - so not in Win-2000 or earlier.

You can also get the same "slide-show" effect on most dvd players. Linux users can use Gwenview, or several other programs, while there is also a standard tool on Mac-OS to do the same job although I have forgotten the name.

That would be iPhoto.

 

[vrgard]

Try Google's free Picasa2. Allows you to create just such a CD. Very easy to use and very simple, intuitive interface for the resulting CD.

-Randy

 

[payasam]

There's a small Windows slide show program which can be put on a CD together with picture files. The program is self contained, that is, it does not install itself on the computer. Be glad to send it if I'm given an e-mail address. It's freeware, so quite legal to use.

 

[payasam]

The program is called "LPJ Slideshow". Written by Lars P. Jeppesen, it is free for non-commercial use. Google finds it easily, along with download sites. I may not be able to send it because many mail servers refuse EXE files, even zipped ones.

 

[etrigan63]

I can second Picasa2 for slideshows as long as your photos are stored on your local hard drive and not on a server. Picasa2 had some performance issues with network shares in the past.

 

[venchka]

If you also have Microsoft Office on your computer, PowerPoint makes nice slideshows. They are very portable. I made one for a "non-computer literate" client and she had no problems displaying and controlling the slideshow.