Ease of Use:  

This is the category where DVD SlideShow Builder really shines. With two main timelines—one for background music and the other for photos and videos—this photo slideshow software allows you to easily insert images, music and videos and then quickly arrange them into just about any order you can imagine.

Design Features:  

DVD SlideShow Builder offers many of the features we look for in great slideshow software, including the ability to add videos, pictures, and music to your slideshows, edit graphics, preview your slideshow and create auto-run CDs. There are also several photo transition and animation effects and a few simple text effects. But it’s missing a few that we find necessary, like drag-and-drop picture placement, edit/undo functionality, hotkeys and the ability to record your own voice for use in the slideshow.

Input/Output:  

DVD Slideshow Builder provides for DVD, CD and iPod output, and it also publishes in a few different computer video formats, but lacks additional publication options like web, email and YouTube. Also, its importing abilities are confined to libraries stored on your computer, requiring additional uploading and reformatting for scanners, digital cameras and other devices.