Custom DVD Slideshow Service

We can create great custom DVD slideshows for you. Just about every aspect of the DVD can be customized to suit your tastes. Due to the large storage capacity of a DVD thousands of images can be included in a DVD slideshow. In many cases you can fit your entire photo collection on just one disc! Because of this a DVD slideshow makes a wonderful family gift. It's the easiest and most convenient way to share and view your pictures. Just load the DVD into your DVD player, select a slideshow, sit back and enjoy!

Creating a high quality slideshow is no easy task. It may seem easy with all the programs available but these usually produce poor slideshows. The main problem is that DVD players were not designed to play still images; they were designed to play video. This mismatch generally results in flickering or jumpy images on the TV screen and the problem can be very distracting. A lot of research and testing has gone into our DVD slideshow production process. We know how to reduce this problem and in many cases it will be eliminated. Spare yourself the time and headache and let us create a DVD slideshow for you. We know what we're doing and offer high quality professionally authored slideshows.

You can send us your images a variety of ways. We accept images on CD, data DVD, and if you have a high-speed internet connection you may be able to upload your images to us. We can also digitize your old slides, negatives, prints, and we can even create custom title and introductory slides for use in your slideshow.

Your slideshow will be burned to a DVD-R disc, these are compatible with about 92% of all DVD players on the market. You can check here to see if your DVD player is compatible with the DVD-R media we use; it will give you a good idea if your player will work, but it's no guarantee. In general, you shouldn't have anything to worry about; DVD-R's are the most compatible on the market.

Here's an example of a DVD menu that contains 3 separate slideshows:

Click on a volume in the menu above to view short slideshow examples. This is very close to how our DVD slideshow menu looks and works. You need a RealOne player to view the example slideshows. Click here to download a free RealOne player.

• Slides, negatives, or prints that have been scanned by us
• Documents up to 8.5"x11" that have been scanned by us
• Digital images you send to us
• Digital images you upload to us
• Sending JPG files is best but BMP, GIF, JPG, PCT, PNG, and TIF files are all supported.

• Up to two hours of playback time
• Transitions between images
• Background music on the slideshows & main menu
• Menu at startup with slideshows to select from
• Main menu options of your choice: colors, titles, highlighting
• Custom slides: chapter titles, introduction slides, credits, etc.

Our DVD slideshow services start at $100, this includes:

• Images optimized for your TV's aspect ratio, either 4:3 (Standard) or 16:9 (Widescreen).
• Progressive scan authoring for sharpest possible slideshow.
• Anti-flicker processing: reduces image movement on the TV screen, a must for still images and a quality DVD slideshow.
• A main menu.
• Slideshow format, images automatically advance at a set time, anywhere from 1-30 seconds. Default is 7 seconds.
• Up to 100 images.
• Titles of your choice.
• High quality TDK DVD-R and DVD case.

Options:

• Additional images = $15 per 100
• Transitions between images = $5 per 100
• Additional menu pages = $10 per page
• Additional copies of your DVD = $15 per disc
• Music = $1 per song
• Custom slides = $1 per slide for basic text slides
• Scanning slides, negatives, or photo prints is extra; please refer to our scanning prices

Shipping & Handling:

• USPS Priority Mail (2-3 business days) = $10.00
• USPS Express Mail (overnight to most areas) = $25.00
• FedEx 2 Day = price determined by zip
• FedEx Standard Overnight = price determined by zip
• Insurance is $1 per $100 insured

Here are some examples to give you an idea of total cost:

This is our basic DVD slideshow; it costs $100 plus shipping and includes everything listed here. Your menu will look similar to this:

This is what we call a continuous slideshow. Although Ex1 is also a continuous slideshow this is a better example because it contains more than one chapter. It is the next step up from our basic slideshow. The menu will look the same as Ex1 but the slideshow will contain two chapters instead of one. Chapters are $15 each regardless of how many images they contain. This DVD would cost $115 ($100+$15 for the additional chapter) plus shipping.

The use of transitions makes your slideshow look cleaner. Transition 02 is our most popular because of its elegance. Transitions add to the cost because these slideshows take longer to create, but the results are worth the added cost. This DVD would cost $145 ($100+$15+(2*$15)) plus shipping.

This is an example of separate chapter structure. Each slideshow is separate and can contain up to 100 images. When the slideshow is finished it returns to the main menu, an example of a DVD with 3 slideshows is below. This DVD would cost $130 ($100+(2*$15)) plus shipping.

This is an example of combined chapter structure. The slideshows themselves play 2 chapters continuously but the DVD contains 3 separate slideshows. The DVD main menu will look the same as Ex4 but this DVD has twice the chapters. This DVD would cost $175 ($100+(5*$15)) plus shipping.

This is the same as Ex5 except here transitions are used in each chapter. This DVD would cost $265 ($100+(5*$15)+(6*$15)) plus shipping.