How to play a slideshow to projector from iPad

This tutorial is about how to connect your iPad to a projector(such as projector in a campus Smart Room or business conference room ), and play your slideshow on a  bigger screen from iPad. When put your slideshow on a projector, you can showcase your photo presentation to many people in a room.

1. Create a slideshow with photos and music on iPad

So what app you can you use to make a slideshow presentation?  Photo Slideshow Director HD is the answer. It allows you to create stunning slideshows with photos and music in minutes. The iPad slideshow app also provides kinds of effects, such as dynamic transitions and pan & zoom effects, themes. You can edit and fix your slides with its powerful photo editor. Text adding feature is included to enable you to express your feeling.

2. Save the slideshow to your iPad Camera Roll

After personalizing the slideshow, you need to save it to iPad Camera Roll as a video. Touch the Export icon and select  Photo Library from Share Movie to list. The app will begin encoding and saving the slideshow to Camera Roll in mp4 (or mov)  format.

3. Connect iPad to a projector

The projector in a typical meeting room or classroom has a VGA connector. We need to use an adapter to convert the HDMI signal that comes from an iPad to  the VGA signal needed to go into the projector.
You can use Apple VGA Adapter to connect your iPad to a projector. Apple VGA Adapter can mirror whatever on your iPad or iPhone 4S screen — apps, presentations, websites, and more — on your VGA-equipped TV, display, projector, or other compatible display in up to 1080p HD. You can purchase it from Apple Store.

•     Plug the dock connector into your iPad
•     Plug the VGA connector into the VGA port on your projector
•     Set your projector to the VGA input
•     Now your iPad will display on the projector screen.

Note: If the slideshow includes music, you’ll need to connect your iPad using the minijack (or headphone jack) to an external amplification system to hear the audio.
To connect the iPad to a projector with HDMI input use an HDMI cable and Apple Digital AV Adapter.

If the projector has both VGA and HDMI input, it is better to choose a HDMI cable. Because with HDMI cable, video and audio can pass together to your projecting device. This is crucial when your slideshow includes music.

4. Play a slideshow on projector from iPad

Now your iPad seems like a remote control. You operate on it and whatever shows on iPad will also show on projector screen.
Go to your iPad Camera Roll and find the slideshow, then tap it to play. Then you can watch the slideshow on the bigger projector screen.

How to make a slideshow presentation for Android tablets

It sounds interesting to view your pictures as a stunning slideshow on Android tablet for sharing. When you sit with your friends or customers, you can show your photos as a slideshow instead of still photos. To create an Android tablet slideshow, DVD Photo Slideshow is recommended.

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Step-by-step guide to make a slideshow for Android tablet:

1. Add photos to slideshow maker

Click “Album Photo” to begin your slideshow with adding photos into the slideshow maker.  You can drag photos to “Album Photo” area from your computer hard drive. Or you can use the “Add” and “Add All” button to import photos. Then you can rotate photos, auto adjust brightness / contrast. Select a photo and click “Text” button, you can add text to current photo.

2. Add slideshow music and select transition effects

Go to sub-tab “Transition & Music”   to add background music and select transition effects. Click the “Add” button to add slideshow music. The program allows you to trim music to use part of music. Also you can loop a song by checking “Loop audio”.  In the “Transition effects” group, you can select transitions and double-click to apply them.

In “Album Settings” group, you can enter seconds in “Transition duration” box and “Photo duration” box to control speed of slides and transitions. To sync slideshow to music, click the music button next to “Audio duration” box.

3. Choose a theme for slideshow

A theme can make your slideshow good-looking and help you describe the meaning of a slideshow. Select a theme template for your slideshow from the left theme group. Also you can add  titles at the beginning and credits in the end.

4. Preview the Android slideshow

Before outputting the slideshow, you can preview the slideshow to check if it is OK. Click “Album Preview” to view the real effects of the slideshow.

Step2. Output a slideshow for Android tablet

Now you can save the slideshow as a video for your Android tablet. DVD Photo Slideshow provides multiple video output formats, including avi, mp4, mov, mkv, mpg. You should choose an output format that is compatible with your Android table or  the video player installed on your Android tablet. For example, you can select “Mobile phone Playable Movie”, then choose MP4 format from “Profile” list.
Finally, click “Create Now!” to output the video slideshow.



After the photo slideshow is finished, transfer it to your Android tablet for enjoying.

How to get still photos from video

iPad and iPhone is available to film high-resolution videos, especially iPhone5(4s), iPad4, iPad3. However, sometimes we want to get still pictures from recorded videos for special use. Photo to Video Grabber is designed to solve our dilemma.

Photo to Video Grabber app is designed to help you extract high quality photos from recorded videos on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Open the app on your iOS device, import a video into it, then you can view the video frame one  by one and save any picture frames you want. The photo will be saved at the same resolution as the source video.

App Store Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/video-to-photo-grabber/id639485093?ls=1&mt=8

 Features:

*Very Easy to use
Just select the video file you want to extract, then browse the video frame by frame by swiping the film. Tap to capture the great moment and save a still photo.
*Fast locate the frame
You can play the video, pause, fast forward and backward to easily locate the frame you want to save as photo.
*Built-in photo editor with powerful photo editing functions

To Extract pictures from a video, you only need three steps:

Step1. Add a video to Photo to Video Grabber

Browse the videos in iPad / iPhone Camera Roll from the app, and add a video from which you want to extract images from.

Step2. Select photos from the video

Depend on the way you hold the iOS device, you can view the video frames one by one by swiping  up / down, or left /right. Use the “Play” icon to play/ stop the video. Then select a photo you want to extract.

Step3.  Extract photos from a video

After selecting  a photo, touch the “Image” icon in the upper right corner to save the photo to Camera Roll. You can also email the photos, share via iTunes File-Sharing, Assign to Contact, Print them out, Copy the photos, Open with other image apps such as the iPhoto, etc.

Photo to Video Converter Professional Review

Photo to Video Converter Professional is a photo video maker. It can convert your digital photos to a stunning video playable on YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, iPod, iPad, iPhone, Archos, PSP, Zune.  Its multiple output formats enables you to save the video in various popular formats, including mp4, flv, mov, avi, mkv, mpeg, h.264, h.264 HD, 3gp, 3gpp2, swf. To make eye-catching videos from pictures, it can be a decent choice with kinds of transitions, pan / zoom, album themes, art-clips , etc. You can also add text on photos to describe your video and express your feelings. No matter you want to create wedding photo videos, birthday photo videos, graduation photo videos, or any other kinds of videos with your photos, it will not disappoint you.

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How to convert photos to a video with Photo to video Converter Pro

1. Click Album Photo tab and drag photos to main screen from your computer hard drive, or use the Add and Add All button to import photos. Then you can rotate photos, adjust brightness and contrast. Select a photo and click Text button  to add text on photos.

2. Click Transition & Music, you can select transitions from over 300 and add background music for your video. The software enables you to trim your songs, so you can use part of the songs as background music.  In the right Album Setting area, you can set time for slide and transitions duration. You can even specify time for each photo and transition.  To sync slideshow to music, click the music icon next to Audio duration box.

3. Go to Album Theme tab, you can choose a theme for the video, there are many beautiful themes for choosing, such as wedding themes, graduation themes, birthday themes, Christmas themes and more. If you do not want to use a theme, just select the first one(No theme). Check Title at the beginning and Credits in the end, you can enter titles and credits for the video.

4. Click Album Preview tab to preview the video before outputting.\

5. Switch to Video Output tab, click Output Format drop-down list and select a video format, such as MPEG Movie, then specify output folder and set parameters for the video.
Finally, click Create Now! to output the video.

How to make a Mother's Day photo slideshow DVD

Mother’s Day is a celebration honoring mothers and motherhood. As Mother’s Day is approaching, you may consider purchasing a special gift for your mother to express your love and thanks. This year, you can make a DIY gift for your mother -  Photo Slideshow DVD. A mother’s day slideshow with music and your mother’s photos will surely touch mother’s heart.

Before making a Mother’s Day photo slideshow DVD, you need do some pre-work:

1. Mother’s Day songs for the slideshow,  you should find some songs specially for mothers or Mother’s Day. 

2. Photos you want to use in the slideshow, such as your mother’s photos, photos of you and your mother.

4. A great slideshow DVD maker. I recommend DVD Photo Slideshow, which is a professional slideshow software for Windows.
3.Words you want to add in the slideshow. You can add words on each photo, or add text at the first and last slide to deliver your love.

Steps to make a Mother’s Day slideshow DVD as a gift

1. Add photos and customize the slideshow

• Click  Organize Photos tab, click the  photo folder from the folder list panel  to open it.
• Drag photos to Album Photo area from the upper part photo panel, or click Add All to import all photos in the opened folder. You can drag and drop to arrange photo order.
• Click Text to add text on photos.
• Click Transition & Music to choose transitions for your slideshow, and add one or more songs as background music. According to needs, you can set time for each slide and transition.
•  In Album Theme area, choose a beautiful theme. If you do not want to use a theme, choose No theme. If you want to add titles and credits, check the Titles at the beginning and Credits in the end,  then enter text in the box and customize the text.
• Go to  Album Preview area to preview the slideshow.

2. Choose a DVD menu

• Click Choose Menus tab and choose a DVD menu from the right template list.
• You can add one or more background images and songs.
• Edit the menu and set the Menu Navigator.
• In Preview area, preview the real effect of the DVD slideshow.

3. Burn slideshow to DVD

• Switch to Burn Disc tab.
• Select DVD Video Disc and insert a blank DVD – RW /+RW  disc into your computer DVD drive.
• Set parameters for the DVD, remember to select right TV System if you want to play the slideshow DVD on TV.  There are PAL and NTSC TV System for choosing.  The software provides tips to help you select the right TV system.
• Click Burn Now to begin burning the slideshow onto DVD.

Also you can output the slideshow as a video for playing on iPad, iPhone, Android device, YouTube, Facebook and more.

Produce HD Video Slideshows on MacBook Pro

HD Slideshow Maker makes sure your images present in the best quality. You can add several songs to your slideshow presentation and use its synchronization to make music and photos play in perfect pace. You can surely enjoy and share your photos in a stunning slideshow with its ability to apply transitions, add text, choose theme and more.

System Requirements: OS X 10.7 or later,64-bit processor

Key features of HD Slideshow Maker

• Simple slideshow software with user-friendly interface
• Automatically apply transitions, also support changing transitions manually
• Support multiple songs as background music, slides and music synchronization
• Provide various themes and enables you to choose a background image
• Add texts to describe photos and your slideshow
• Set time for slides and transitions flexibly
• Drag and drop to add and arrange photos
• Provide HD 1080p and 720p video resolution
• Upload slideshow to Facebook and YouTube directly
• Present photos on HDTV in 1920×1080 video format

Import your photos and music from hard drive to HD Slideshow Maker, a slideshow is finished. Also you can change the transitions, choose a theme and select a beautiful background image, add text to describe the special meaning  of photos. Then it is ready to view and share your musical slideshow.

View your photo slideshow on MacBook Pro:

Move the cursor to Play button and tap the trackpad to view the slideshow on your MacBook Pro. The best picture quality and retina display will give you a cool experience.

Output the slideshow as a HD video and watch it on HDTV:

Most HDTV has USB port and supports 1080p video, save the slideshow to your MacBook and transfer it to a USB drive, then plug the USB drive into your HDTV to showcase the fantastic slideshow to all people on TV.

Upload slideshow to Facebook and YouTube:

Wanna share your photo slideshow to the world?  After customizing the slideshow,  tap the Share button and choose YouTube or Facebook, then sign in your YouTube / Facebook account to publish the slideshow to YouTube or Facebook for sharing.

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With Photo Slideshow Director HD, you can  create an eye-catching slideshows with pictures on iPad mini. It is a great iPad photo / video app for sharing and showcasing photos.

Get this iPad slideshow app from Apple app store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photo-slideshow-director-hd/id457847244?mt=8

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Reviews from users for iPad / iPhone slideshow app

1. Review from user danger_bird71

2. User Anseljr said the slideshow app is amazing

3. Harpo1 said that this iPad slideshow app works well and cheaper, simple to use, intuitive, etc.

4. Terry906 said that the slideshow app provides a simple way to share photos



5.  Youngs97 highly recommended this slideshow software , easy to use and powerful feature and better than other similar apps.

Features that makes this iPad / iPhone slideshow software so amazing

1. Easy to use: You even can create an attractive slideshow by just adding photos and music.
2. Support using photos from Picasa, Facebook, Dropbox, SkyDrive, Flickr and Instagram:  You can add photos to a slideshow from iPad photo albums and web albums, like Picasa, Facebook, Flickr, etc.
3. Powerful features:  Transitions, pan / zoom effects, themes and background image, text and subtitles to describe photos, photo editor to edit photos.
4. Multiple slideshow sharing options : Easy to upload a slideshow to Facebook / YouTube / Dropbox / SkyDrive, save slideshow as a video to Camera Roll, stream a slideshow to HDTV.
5. Built-in photo editor: You can use the app as a photo editor, it can meet most of your photo editing needs, such as cropping, strengthening, adding effects, brightness / contrast adjustment, and etc.
6. Sync slideshow to music:  Use the Synchronization feature to sync slideshow to music.
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System Requirements to use this slideshow creator

Photo Slideshow Director HD is compatible with iPad, iPad2, new iPad, iPad 4, iPad mini. Also it is compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation)