Which application to create flash slideshows for web pages?

[Picture North Carolina]

Which app is best to create a slideshow of images and output as swf for embedding in web pages? Nothing fancy, just the ability to insert transitions between images. Open source would be preferable, but $ OK.

[gorgon2k]

If you know any flash, it's pretty simple to make and there's a million tutorials on it.

[Megapixle]

I'm happy with SlideShowPro, I think it was around $30, and it's plenty customizable. I have the Lightroom version.

[Picture North Carolina]

If you know any flash, it's pretty simple to make and there's a million tutorials on it.

Thanks. I used to know flash, along about MX 4 I think it was. Forgot a lot, and the learning curve and time spent would be way to long for a simple job. I just want to drag and drop a few images into an app and drag a few transitions in between them.

[Picture North Carolina]

I'm happy with SlideShowPro, I think it was around $30, and it's plenty customizable. I have the Lightroom version.

Thanks! I'll take a look at it. After making the post, I also ran across something named Swish Max. I'll compare the two.

[Faolan]

You may also want to consider Proshow, it outputs as a Flash movie... SSP is a pretty good extension once you tie it into Director.

[reddragon]

if your using dreamweaver to create your web site you can create gallerys from one of the menus
or if you have adobe bridge you can us that i do and takes about 5 mins to create a galley with about 100 images and good results

[Picture North Carolina]

if your using dreamweaver to create your web site you can create gallerys from one of the menus
or if you have adobe bridge you can us that i do and takes about 5 mins to create a galley with about 100 images and good results

Thanks. Appreciate your reply and suggestions. I'm not really trying to create a gallery. I'm trying to create a flash slideshow (or any slideshow other than an animated GIF) that would fit into a table cell on a web page.

[asysin2leads]

I used to use Swish (pre-Max) all the time. It is very easy to use. I use ProShow Gold now and it works ok. I hear ProShow Producer is great, too. Do you have Adobe Bridge? There is an output option in Bridge CS4.

[verymagicalguy]

I like auto/simple/postcard viewer depending on the photos. Also a +1 for SSP.

http://www.simpleviewer.net/products/

[Picture North Carolina]

I used to use Swish (pre-Max) all the time. It is very easy to use. I use ProShow Gold now and it works ok. I hear ProShow Producer is great, too. Do you have Adobe Bridge? There is an output option in Bridge CS4.

Nope. Have CS2 here, and stopped using Bridge because ACR will not render the 5D MKII files, so I use DPP for RAW conversions.

I'll look into ProShow and Producer.

I'm rethinking the flash slideshow thing altogether. Every time I go to a website, I hit stop on slideshows so I can view at my pace. I'm thinking that a html pop-up window with NEXT / PREVIOUS buttons may be more user friendly.

[asysin2leads]

Nope. Have CS2 here, and stopped using Bridge because ACR will not render the 5D MKII files, so I use DPP for RAW conversions.

I'll look into ProShow and Producer.

I'm rethinking the flash slideshow thing altogether. Every time I go to a website, I hit stop on slideshows so I can view at my pace. I'm thinking that a html pop-up window with NEXT / PREVIOUS buttons may be more user friendly.

Keep in mind that almost everyone has pop-up blockers on their browsers. I'd create a slideshow that is manual by default and have the option to play it. I'm like you. I like seeing the pictures at my pace. Some I skip over quicker than others.