Which software should I use?

[kinkarso]

I would like to create a video with audio and a 'slide-show' type of video system. I'm looking to create something like this: http://www.masscontrolsite.com/main.php.

What software should I use to generate something like this?

Thanks!

Thank you,
Donny

[guns1inger]

Flash or one of the derivatives

[redwudz]

It's a flash video selling some sort of 'get rich quick scheme.'

If you have lots of money to burn, Flash Professional 8, http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/flashpro/productinfo/encoder/ About $700US

Or try the freeware Riva FLV Encoder.

And welcome to our forums.

[kinkarso]

Ah I see. I understand it's flash. However, is there a software that can have a slideshow function and is able to record my voice through a mike?

Thank you,
Donny

[redwudz]

You would need to give us a better idea of what your are trying to accomplish. If it's a tutorial on a product or process, you might look into Wink .

Or if it's an entertainment slide show, there are several programs that can do that, not necessarily using Flash.

Then also, what's your audience? What effects do you need? Is this a professional project or home video?

There are quite a few video professionals on this site. (Myself not included. ) They tend to use multiple programs to accomplish what they need.

A brief outline of your project and expectations may help.

[lordsmurf]

That is so incredibly easy to put together.

1. Make your stills in Photoshop.
2. Drop them into Premiere, encode to a video.
3. Play video on whatever, while recording your voice into computer or digital audio recorder.
4. Now drop audio into Premiere.
5. Finally encode timeline out to Flash (one of the Adobe Media Encoder choices).

I could do something like that half-asleep and with basically zero effort, thanks to Adobe CS3 (I'm using the Master Collection).

Uploading it to a site is easy (Wordpress has plug-ins, Dreamweaver will script it, etc). You can get more fancy with Flash scripts, but I hate to do that, such a waste of time and the learning curve on it sucks.