CD & DVD PictureShow Reviewer's Comments



TopTenREVIEWS - Gold Award - Awarded for excellence in design, useability and feature set

If you love pictures and want an easy and creative way to view them, our "TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award" winner, CD & DVD PictureShow 4 is for you. With one of the most user-friendly designs around, a more-than-generous feature set and professional-grade results, PictureShow 4 by Ulead is simply the best slideshow software around.

PictureShow 4 is also a cinch to install and comes packed with support options—ranging from a built-in help section to phone support and everything in between. With this software, you truly get everything you need to make creative and memorable slideshows easily.


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Ease of Use:  

CD & DVD PictureShow 4 is extremely easy to use, allowing for quick mastery of the software. The program is broken up into three sections: Organize, Theme and Burn. In the Organize section, there are tools to help you gather and edit the pictures you want to use in the slideshow, the Theme section is where you add sound, video and transitions, and also where you test your show, and the Burn section is where you copy your slideshow to a disc—each very simple and easy to understand.


Slideshow Quality:  

We were highly impressed with the professional results we got out of CD & DVD PictureShow 4. The picture quality of its slideshows is crystal-clear and the sound is exceptional. Also, this product offers audio sync, a handy feature that gives you the ability to import a song and synchronize it to your slideshow—timing the show to automatically start and finish with the song.


Feature Set:  

CD & DVD PictureShow 4 offers an impressive feature set ranging from photo effects to customized touches, giving your slideshows the personality and level of professionalism you want.

Importing your photos into this program is a snap, and with a built-in photo editor, you can immediately make needed modifications (i.e. adding text, picture rotation, light and color adjustment and so on) prior to placing them into your slideshow. There is also a drag-and-drop feature that makes picture placement a real breeze.

This software offers a large number of transitions and zoom effects, giving your slideshow more life and overall texture. There are also 15 sample pictures and eight sample songs that come with the program, giving you more options and temporary placeholders to use while putting your slideshow together.

For better customization, CD & DVD PictureShow 4 also comes with several pre-designed textures for background as well as themed templates, like a sandy beach that appears at the bottom of every picture, for added fun and flair. This program, however, does not offer hotkeys, allow you to create auto run CDs or offer the option of recording your own voice for use within the slideshow.


Help/Support:  

Ulead provides excellent help support for CD & DVD PictureShow 4 in the form of an extensive FAQs page, built-in help section and tutorials, email support and a telephone support line—whose support staff was both friendly and helpful.


Ease of Setup:  

Although the installation for CD & DVD PictureShow 4 took a little longer than other programs, in the end, we felt that its extra features and functionality is worth a few extra moments of installation.


Summary:  

With an intuitive design, effective tools, superior support and impressive results, CD & DVD PictureShow 4 by Ulead can help you turn an ordinary pile of pictures into an outstanding and entertaining montage of memories.


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CD & DVD PictureShow 4 Deluxe

CD & DVD PictureShow 4 Deluxe

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Manufacturer: Ulead
Version: 4 Deluxe
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