Combining Videos with a slide show in DVD Movie Factory 6

[jpreli]

Hello! I recently purchased DVD Movie Factory 6 and I would like to create a dvd for my sons first birthday. In the video I would like to include both video clips as well as images in slide show fashion. So far I've spent some time playing around with the app but I cannot seem to figure out how to do this. Can it be done in this app or did I purchase the wrong product?

I appreciate the help!

[Ron P.]

Welcome to the forums,

Are you wanting to add the photos to the video, ie; in a title, or have them as separate titles? If it is the latter, DVD MF can do that. However since DVD MF only allows very limited editing, I don't see a means of mixing photos with your video. This takes a video editing program, like VS Pro X2.

[lazael]

¡K I would like to include both video clips as well as images in slide show fashion...

That¡¦s easy ¡V In step 1/3 in the Add Media top left hand section you can :
import items from the a camera,
add video files,
add photos images ( to create a slideshow ), or
import DVD or ACVHD input.

The slide show icon leads to a screen that allows you to add various transition effects and timings. Selecting single images or groups of images at a time allows you control the ¡§chapter-flow¡¨ of you movie. You can also add background music.

You can also drag movies and image clips from windows explorer. Whilst on the timeline you can drag the imported clips to rearrange their order of play.

[Ron P.]

Lazael is correct, however it does not allow you to insert various images between your video clips. Your slideshow will be treated as a separate title, like a separate video. In your DVD Menu, you would need to click on the particular slide-show menu to play it.

By jpreli's description I'm led to believe that mixing the still images with video clips is the intention, not creating a separate slide-show video.

[AndieCandie]

Here's what I did to combine them.....
I created the slideshow in DVDMF6 then exported it to my hard drive. Then I imported it (via "add video") and could then join the slideshow movie file with my other videos.

Or, another way (although one clip will play twice) I've taken a movie clip to the Edit Room, duplicated it & the white box in between the 2 cloned clips can have and image imported into it. Depends on the need....