How to Create a Musical Slideshow With iPhoto

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Choose the photos you want to show during your video.

   You can use songs you have bought from the iTunes store, and you should not use any song that you do not have express permission to use. , That means scanning your photos and importing them into your iPhoto library and ensuring that your music is in your iTunes library as well. , From the File pull-down menu, select “new album.” Name it whatever you want, and then go back to your main library.
   
   You can drag and drop photos into your new album as you browse through your main library. , This will put you into a slideshow creation/editing tool set.
   
   You will have one photo in your slideshow.
   
   If it isn't one you want for your final product, delete it. , Decide which photo you want to appear first, then drag and drop it into your album.
   
   Continue with this until you have all your photos in the slideshow in the order in which you want them to appear.
   
   If you’re going to do this the easy way (letting iPhoto time the music for you), don’t use too many photos.
   
   I’ve maxed out at 44 photos to a song that was about 2:12, or about three seconds per photo. ,, Drag and drop the song(s) for your slideshow into it.. , A list of iTunes playlists will appear.
   
   Pick yours. , as needed.
   
   When you have finished, pull down the “share” menu and click “export.” This will turn you slideshow into a Quicktime .mov file.
   
   The transcoding takes a bit of time, so be patient. , Open it and play it to make sure everything is the way that you want it to be.
   
   If it’s fine, you’re ready to upload it to youtube.
   
   Follow the instructions on the website, and you’re good to go. , Just check your compressed file to make sure there are no audio or syncing issues introduced in the compression process (play the converted file – if it looks/sounds okay, cool).
   
   I use iSquint, because it’s easy.
   
   And free.
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   Step 2: Choose your music; make sure whatever song you choose is not DRM protected.

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   Step 3: Make sure your photos and your music are in digital formats that will work with iTunes and iPhoto.

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   Step 4: If you have a lot of photos in your iPhoto library

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   Step 5: it may be easier for you to create a new album to sequester the photos you intend to use.

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   Step 6: While still in your main library pull down the file menu and select "new slideshow."

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   Step 7: Click on the new album you created.

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   Step 8: Once you have your photos in order

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   Step 9: you can use the toolbar at the bottom to add transitions and effects.

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    Step 10: When you’re reasonably happy with what you’ve got

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    Step 11: keep iPhoto open

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    Step 12: and open iTunes and create a new playlist.

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    Step 13: Go back to iPhoto

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    Step 14: and click on music in the toolbar below the photo display.

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    Step 15: Preview your slideshow

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    Step 16: and make adjustments to the number of photos

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    Step 17: effects

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    Step 18: Open a finder window

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    Step 19: and find you movie.

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    Step 20: If you want

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    Step 21: you can download any of the fine free file converters available online to compress your video for iPod

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    Step 22: for direct upload to facebook

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    Step 23: or to make uploads to YouTube a bit faster.

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