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: Create Custom Title Slide
The default title slide for a slideshow in PowerPoint is just a black slide with a text box. Lame! I’d rather delete it than use the default view. Or better yet, why not use an image from the slideshow with a text overlay? That’s what I’ll show you how to do below! To watch this part of the lesson as a YouTube video, click here. [fve start=180]https://youtu.be/1B2Ix6ulrPg [/fve]
0. Start with the slideshow you created previously. 1. Copy and paste a the template slide
Note: