How to create DVD photo slideshows in Windows Vista

Posted on April 23, 2008 at 5:23 am

Did you know that you can create a DVD photo slideshow in Windows Vista using in-built software? I found this out the other day and it’s great! It’s called Windows DVD Maker and it’s a free tool in Windows Vista, just like Windows Media Player in XP. Using the software, you can create professional looking DVDs in a very short amount of time.

DVD Maker comes with over 20 different DVD styles that let you create a professional looking DVD that matches the theme of your home movie or photo slideshow. You can also customize the DVD even more by adding a disc title, a notes page and editing the menu text.

Using Windows DVD Maker, you can customize your DVD menu using their built-in and very professional looking styles. So if you have a bunch of photos and you have Windows Vista, then let’s create some really cool-looking DVD slideshows that you can then share and watch on your TV.

First, go to Start, and then All Programs. Click on Windows DVD Maker or simply type it in the search box.

At the top left, you’ll see the option to add pictures or video to your DVD. Go ahead and click on Add Items.

Browse to the location of your picture folder, select all of the photos desired, and press Add. You should see a list of folders displayed and you can continue adding more pictures if you like. Here’s what it looks like with videos added:

Go ahead and click Next and now you’ll be able to choose the style of your DVD menu. Here you can customize the Menu text, customize the menu itself, and preview the DVD menu.

Once you have finished customizing the settings, go ahead and click Burn! That’s really all there is to it! The DVD will be burned and you’ll now have your own slideshow on DVD.

Windows DVD Maker will encode the movie in the appropriate DVD format and then it will burn it. The encoding process takes much more time than the burning so you will have to wait a while depending on the speed of your computer.

This is a great free way to create your own video or photo DVDs without having to buy Nero, Roxio or any other DVD burning software. Enjoy!

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3 Responses to “How to create DVD photo slideshows in Windows Vista”

John Foote said on : June 18th, 2008 at 3:32 am

Thanks for your tech tip in using Vista to burn a DVD. Is it possible to add music to the slideshow from CD’s? If so how could I do this?

Regards

John

Leila said on : June 18th, 2008 at 7:13 pm

I’m wondering the exact same thing John!

Hopefully someone can help us with that - because the program is great!

Cynthia Blue said on : July 3rd, 2008 at 10:51 am

I’d love to add music, too. And can you split out pictures and put them under different menu items? I want to arrange them by date!