Publish a slide show

When you’re finished creating a slide show, it’s time to share your project. You can publish it as a PDF or movie file, as a video CD or DVD, on a Windows Media Center Edition computer, or in Adobe Premiere Elements for use in a video project.

  1. In the Slide Show dialog box, click Output.
  2. Choose one of the following, and click OK:
    Save As A File
    Select this option to generate a file you can deliver over the web, or by e-mail. This saves the slide show in PDF format, or in movie file format (WMV).

    For PDFs, choose a size option based on your viewing audience.

    • If you want to send this PDF to someone with a laptop with a small monitor, choose a smaller slide size.

    • If you plan to send it to someone with a desktop computer that has a large monitor, choose a larger file size.

    • To automatically replay the slide show when it ends, select Loop.

    • If you don’t want the slide show to play automatically, select Manual Advance.

    • If you want to see the PDF after it is created, select View Slide Show After Saving.

    Note: Some slide show features are not supported when you save a slide show as a PDF file. Pan and zoom effects do not appear in a PDF file. If you’ve included video clips in a slide, the slide is saved without the clips. Also, some transitions look different in the saved PDF (for example, Center Shape and Clock Wipe transitions become the Fade transition in the PDF file).

    For a movie file, choose a size option based on your viewing audience.

    • If you want to send this movie file to someone who will view it in an e-mail, choose the smaller slide size.

    • If you plan to send it to someone who will view it on a TV, choose a larger file size.

    Burn To Disc
    Saves your slide show on a DVD or Video CD (VCD). DVDs use MPEG-2 compression and provide much better quality. You can burn onto DVD only if you have Adobe Premiere Elements on your computer.

    VCDs can be read by most computer CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives—assuming the necessary player software is installed—and some DVD players. VCDs use MPEG-1 compression and have a resolution of 352 x 240 pixels. When you view a VCD on a television monitor, the 352 x 240 image stretches to fit the 720 x 480 (NTSC) or 720 x 576 (PAL) screen, decreasing image quality and magnifying compression artifacts and pixelization.

    Send To TV
    Lets you watch your slide show on TV via a Windows Media Center Edition PC. You need a Windows XP Media Center Edition computer to use this option.

    Send To Premiere Elements
    Sends the slide show to Adobe Premiere Elements by way of the Organizer, if Adobe Premiere Elements is installed on your computer.

Export a slide show onto DVD

If Adobe Premiere Elements is installed, Photoshop Elements can export a slide show directly onto a high-quality DVD that will play in most DVD players, as the last phase of creating a slide show.

  1. Create a slide show through the step that opens the Slide Show Editor dialog box. See Create a slide show.
  2. In the Slide Show Editor dialog box, click  Output.
  3. Click  Burn To Disc.
  4. Select DVD as the type of disc to burn.
  5. Select the TV standard (NTSC or PAL) for the geographical region where the DVD will be played.
  6. (Optional) To include other slide show projects or WMV files on the disc, select Include Additional Slide Shows I’ve Made On This Disc.
  7. Click OK.

    If you chose to include additional slice shows, the Create A DVD With Menu dialog box will open.

  8. If you chose to include additional slide shows, do any of the following, and then click Next:

    • To remove a slide show from the list, select it and click Remove Slide Show.

    • To change the TV standard, select either NTSC or PAL in the Video Options area.

    • To rearrange the slide shows on the DVD, drag their images to the positions you want.

  9. Select a folder for the new WMV files, and click Save.

    Photoshop Elements creates a WMV (Windows Media Video) file for each of the slide shows you included. (You can click Cancel in the progress dialog box at any time to stop the process.)

    Adobe Premiere Elements adds the WMV files to its Media and My Project panels, and automatically opens the DVD workspace, where you select a menu template and add or customize menu buttons.

Burn an existing slide show onto DVD

If Adobe Premiere Elements is installed, Photoshop Elements can burn an existing slide show project directly onto a high-quality DVD that will play in most DVD players.

  1. In the Organizer Photo Browser, select one or more slide show projects.
  2. Select the Create tab, and select More Options >DVD With Menu.
  3. Select the TV standard (NTSC or PAL) for the geographical region where the DVD will be played.
  4. (Optional) To include other slide show projects or WMV files on the disc, click Add Slide Shows, select the slide shows, and click OK.
  5. If you chose to include additional slide shows, do any of the following, and then click Next:

    • To remove a slide show from the list, select it and click Remove Slide Show.

    • To rearrange the slide shows on the DVD, drag their images to the positions you want.

  6. Click Next.
  7. Select a folder for the new WMV files, and click OK.

    Photoshop Elements creates a WMV (Windows Media Video) file for each of the slide shows you included. (You can click Cancel in the progress dialog box at any time to stop the process.)

    Adobe Premiere Elements adds the WMV files to its Media and My Project panels, and automatically opens the DVD workspace, where you select a menu template and add or customize menu buttons.

Add Photoshop Elements slide shows to video projects

Using Photoshop Elements, you can create a slide show of photos and enhance them with music, transitions, narration, text, and more. When you finish your project, you can bring it into Adobe Premiere Elements and incorporate it into movies and DVDs.

A slide show in the Project view of the Edit tab and in the Sceneline of Adobe Premiere Elements
  1. In the Slide Show dialog box, click  Output.
  2. Click Send To Premiere Elements, and click OK. If asked whether to first save your project, click OK, type a name for your project, and click Save.

    A dialog box will appear to tell you when your slide show is complete. The slide show will appear at the top of the Photo Browser in the Organizer. If Adobe Premiere Elements is open, the slide show also appears in the Organizer, ready to drag into the Sceneline or Timeline.