Xtreme Photostory on CD & DVD 8

by Magix Entertainment

Product Features

• Slideshow wizard - get the perfect slideshow quickly, easily, and without any prior skill
• 3D titles & text animations - in gold, animated, or glowing, individually customizable 1-click templates give the text in your slideshow a little more zest
• Slideshow wizard - quickly and easily create the ideal slideshow without any prior knowledge
• Supports netbooks - for smaller screen resolutions like 1024 x 600
• Intuitive user interface - for an even easier user experience, beginner mode, and more

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00292JY8G
• Item model number: 639191700293
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 8, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,827 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Magix Xreme Photostory on CD & DVD 8 With Magix Xreme Photostory on CD & DVD 8 your photos and videos turn into impressive video and slideshows practically on their own. Experience special moments with family, friends, and acquaintances: Present your experiences as cinema-quality TV events with high-quality effects and matching music – all without any prior skill.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Software, November 5, 2009

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Mark Cassidy (Naugatuck, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Xtreme Photostory on CD & DVD 8 (CD-ROM)

I read some reviews of software to make DVD videos of photo slideshows as well as incorporating video. I think this was one of the highest rated and its strength was that the reviewer said that although its learning curve was greater, it could create professional results. Some software only allows simpler features and less control of the details.

I have used it to create a beautiful slideshow with zooms and pans and music fading in and out and other special effects with scrolling titles, etc. All of my friends and relatives are very impressed with the quality and want to know what I used.

Also I made a DVD for friends and relatives consisting of videos (shot with a Canon 5D Mk ii) and faded them together, added transitions, added text and music. It also looks awesome. In some cases the video is zooming in even though I did not zoom in the camera and text is scrolling/fading.

Another nice feature of this is that once you go through the time-consuming process of creating the image of the video to be written to DVD, it saves it. Later you can simply create copy DVDs of it within 5 minutes each by telling it you want to use the already created version.

This has other capabilities too but I used it for DVD slideshows and for DVD videos.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Slideshows simplified, December 22, 2009

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Henry F. Bodamer "HankB" (Pittsburgh City of Champions) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Xtreme Photostory on CD & DVD 8 (CD-ROM)

First off take time to run the tutorial, it's worth the time.Once you have the basics down this is a very fun creator. You can go real simple or make it a real production if you want to.Snyching the music to the slide show couldn't be easier.The number of special effects is huge.Fades, wipes,titles all at the touch of a button.All are drag and drop.Individual photos can be adjusted for actual viewing time.Adjusting music to end when slideshow ends is very easy.Program shows slideshow length and music below so you can adjust photo duration to match music.Importing music to use couldn't be easier.Just open media and find the music you have on your computer drag and drop.If you take you time and follow instructions beginners should have no problems.Experienced computer users can make a jaw dropping slideshow that will impress even the pro's.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Little, if any, instructions!, November 29, 2009

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Judy Bug (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Xtreme Photostory on CD & DVD 8 (CD-ROM)

This looks like it would be a good product if it provided good instructions. The manual is useless. It tells a lot about what you can do with this product, but very little on how to do it. I'm very disappointed and if I had paid more for it, I would send it back. Also, you are told you can post your slideshows on the web, something I have yet to figure out, but they also want to charge $4.99 for an activation code to post the slideshow in the "optimal" format. Give me a break! One the worst software programs I have ever purchased.

I have since purchased Photodex Proshow Gold to make slideshows and it is wonderful! Would highly recommend Proshow over this product. Photodex's customer support is also superd.