Photo DVD Maker Professional 8.03

Photo DVD Maker Professional is 3 step wizard-like utility designed to help you create photo slide shows you can watch on TV with friends and family. The program has a nice interface which makes it very easy to use. Creating a photo DVD is an easy thing to do. All you need to do is to complete three simple steps.

Step one: organize photos.
You can add photos to your album, rotate, add text to each photo, auto adjust exposure, select the desired transition from more then 260 transitions, adjust photo and transition duration, choose the background color and add your favorite music in .mp3, .wav, .wma or from audio cds. You can also select a theme for your album. A nice addition is the pan&scan option which gives a professional look to your slide show.

Step two: choose menu.
There are 58 pre-built menu templates that you can choose from or customize existing ones with your own picture and background music. The images look great on TV because of the high image quality which is up to 725x576.

Step three: burn disc.
You can select from DVD, VCD or SVCD output formats to burn your project on DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW or CD-R or CD-RW media types. You can also select TV system and TV aspect ratio as well as the recording speed. There is no need for other burning software, but if you want to burn more then one disc later, you can create an image file on your HDD and burn it using other software. Your photo DVD album is ready to be played on your DVD player!

Pluses: Many effects you can choose from.

Drawbacks / flaws:

In conclusion: A very easy to use utility which helps you build professional slide shows.

version reviewed: 7.93