Title: Create a photo slideshow in PowerPoint - eLearningArt
Headings: Create a photo slideshow in PowerPoint
Create a photo slideshow in PowerPoint
Bryan Jones
Video Tutorial
Screenshot and Text Tutorial
Create a PowerPoint Slideshow in Under 1 Minute
0. Start with a new presentation open in MS Powerpoint.
1. Insert a photo album to your presentation
Go to “Insert” → “Photo Album” → “New Photo Album”.
Click on “File Disk”.
Select the photos from your computer
Click “Insert”
Click “Create”
2. Add transitions to your slideshow
Click the first slide, then hold Shift while clicking the last slide to select the whole range of slides.
Go to “Transitions” → click on the arrow to open up more choices.
Click on “Random”.
3. Set the slides to advance automatically
From the “Transitions” tab, check the “Advance Slide” “After” box.
Set it to 2 seconds (or whatever you want).
4. Set the slideshow to loop continuously
Go to “Slide Show” → “Set Up Show”.
Turn on “Loop continuously until ‘Esc’”, then click “OK”.
5. That’s it! Boom! Done in under 1 minute!
Advanced PowerPoint photo slideshow tips
Advanced Tip 1: Create Custom Title Slide
0. Start with the slideshow you created previously.
1. Copy and paste a the template slide
2. Click on the new slide to select it and customize it.
Advanced Tip 2: Add Music
0. Start with the slideshow you created in MS Powerpoint.
1. Insert the music
2. Adjust the playback settings
3. Preview what it sounds like by clicking the preview button.
Advanced Tip 3: Transitions
0. Start with the slide show you created in MS Powerpoint.
1. Select a slide to control the transition to it (from the slide before it).
Advanced Tip 4: Image Quality
0. Start with the slide show you created in MS Powerpoint.
1. Turn off the compression of images
Advanced Tip 5: Scaling Images
0. Start with the slideshow you created in MS Powerpoint.
1. Increase the size of the image to fill the workspace
2. Consider adding multiple photos for portrait oriented images
Advanced Tip 6: Add “Ken Burns” Pan Zoom Effect
0. Start with the slide show you created in MS Powerpoint.
1. Create both a “grow/shrink” and a motion path effect to the image
Advanced Tip 7: Add Scrolling Credits
0. Start with the slideshow you created in MS Powerpoint.
1. Add a background color and a text box
3. Add a line motion path animation to the text box
3. Adjust the animation settings
Advanced Tip 8: Save Slideshow As Video
0. Start with the slide show you created in MS Powerpoint.
1. Save your Powerpoint slideshow as a video
Bonus Templates and Files

Content: Note: You may want to zoom out a little to make the next step easier. Hold down shift and drag the lower right corner to resize it until it completely covers the empty space on the right. ( Holding down shift keeps the image in proportion when resizing it.) Click on the image and drag it up a bit to position it as you like. Note: I like to use the thumbnails on the left pane to see what the positioning looks like. If you’re a perfectionist, you can optionally also crop the overhanging part of the image if you wish by going to “Format” → “Crop”. It’s not really necessary, though. 2.