Creating an IPOD Slideshow?

First I would like to thank an awesome member of OpenSourcePhoto, Jefferson Todd, for the guidance on this great tutorial. You can check out his tutorial in PDF HERE.

Obviously the first step is to create a slideshow of the images that you would like to present and just add your favorite music. There are a number of free programs that do this such as Microsoft's PhotoStory. You can also spend a few bucks to get some of the best with Photodex's ProShowGold.

Once you have your show created with your favorite images and music, go ahead and create an mpeg video file and save it to a specific location on your computer's harddrive, but remember where, cause your going to use another program to convert it and compress it into the IPOD format.

Next, Download MPEG Streamclip HERE, it's FREE. What? Did I say FREE? This little program rocks to convert and compress your MPEG file into an IPOD readable format, and it's for Windows and MACs.

Finally, drop your new IPOD video into your ITunes library. Connect your IPOD and drag the video to your IPOD, and wala! You now have the slideshow viewable to carry around with you and show all of your friends and family.

Even cooler, MPEG Streamclip can also convert your file into a cellphone readable format if your cellphone is capable of playing and storing video. Too cool, huh?

Hope you find this helpful and hit me up if you have any questions.

-m