• Adobe After Effects

  Need Help making slideshow professional looking!

  Posted by Bradley Weatherholt on August 23, 2007 at 4:00 pm

  Hey guys this is the first time I have posted on this site but I need some creative help…BAD!

  Well Yesterday I got a job to make a “slideshow” with pictures from a mission trip to Moldova. The slideshow should start of light and jovial showing pictures of the kids laughing and enjyoing themselves then shifting into a much sadder tone where it shows the kids going through their hardships of life. I have all the pictures I just don’t know how to start it! I have never done a slideshow before and I definately don’t want this to turn out a basic PowerPoint or anything. I want it to look professional. I know the 3d picture effect and would like to know others that are interesting. I have high knowledge in After Effects, Photoshop, and Premiere.

  Please help with suggestions or effects to make the slideshow more interesting and have more depth then just pictures being transitioned.

  Thanks alot guys,

  brad

  Thomas Leong replied 18 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Kevin Camp

  August 23, 2007 at 6:30 pm

  there is a good tutorial on making good, simple slide shows at videocopilot.net, scroll down the tutorials page, it’s towards the bottom.

  i believe you can find it here at the cow too, if you search for slide show, it was created by andrew kramer.

  Kevin Camp
  Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW
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  Thomas Leong

  August 25, 2007 at 6:18 pm

  One major aspect of a slideshow, often overlooked, is the Audio. Visual effects are fine, for entertainment purposes. But it is the Audio that will play with the emotions of the audience, tell the story without words, and dictate the pace of the show. Basic cuts and dissolves with the appropriate soundtrack will make a professional slideshow. You do not need the fancy visual stuff if the emotive quality of the slides themselves, as ‘captured moments in time’, can hold an audience.

  So if you want a ‘Wow, whatdyathinkofthat?’ kind of slideshow, then put in the fancy stuff. But if you want to convey a real message and have the audience feel the message and remember it, concentrate on your storyline and you will make a professional slideshow. Use the hyphen in the word ‘Audio-Visual’ to marry the two elements into an emotive message.

  my .02 cents,
  Thomas Leong

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