Working with digital images

[marzipan]

My digital slides are in Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.  I have to create a ninety minute long slide show but it seems that PSE4 decides upon and controls the length of the display time for each slide.  Yes, I can choose and lock in a display time of 2 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, up to 120 seconds, but I want to be in control of the display time for each slide.  I may want to show a slide for two or three or five minutes. 

The same applies to the duration of transition - how long it takes to change from one slide to another.

I will use an OPTOMA EW628 projector.  I have never used the projector so I do not know if it will over-ride Adobe PSE4's fixed display times and duration of transition times, and let me be in control.

Is there a way around this problem?

Yours sincerely.  Marzipan.

   

[bdery]

I have not used Element's slide maker. I believe if it sets the duration of transitions and display times, what it does in fact is make a movieout of your pictures. It probably isn't a slide show per se. Can you tell me what is the extension of the output file Elements creates?

One quick and dirty option is to simply pause the slideshow when you want an image to be displayed longer. You could also try Windows Movie Maker 2, it's surprinsingly good (it also creates movies).

[ShutterbugGail]

Have you thought about making a PowerPoint presentation? You have total control over timing, transitions, etc.

If you don't have Microsoft Office/ PowerPoint you can download Sun Microsystem's OpenOffice, an excellent, full-featured and free program that includes Impress, the equivalent of MS Powerpoint.

I use Impress for presentations and run them from my Laptop connected with a S-Video cable a large LCD monitor. I don't use a projector so I can't offer meaningful advice there; however, I believe you may be able to connect a notebook to a projector.

http://www.openoffice.org/