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How to Make a Slideshow With Music on Windows 10
Put the built-in tools to good use or better still, go for a pro program!
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Updated onOctober 10, 2024
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Slideshows are a great way to organize pictures on a Windows 11 or 10 computer.
At times, Windows users may face some kind of hardware limitation or system update and they need a way to store their files so they don’t get accidentally deleted or lost.
Plus, it makes cataloging photos and showing them off much easier than having to manually show people by scrolling through them one by one.
Slideshows are also a great way to pool together photos from different sources (camera, phone, USB drive) into one easy-to-enjoy format.
Fortunately, there are useful third-party apps that you can use to create these slideshows without having to be forced to use something like PowerPoint. These third-party apps are more advanced:
The app is fine for business presentations, but PowerPoint lacks many useful features that other apps use. Windows 11 comes with a useful app built right in.
How can I make a slideshow on Windows 11 and 10?
Aside from third-party apps, the Photos app got a robust facelift for Windows 11. Compared to the Windows 10 iteration, the Photo app is wildly different with innovative features that give it a huge leg up.
On the new Photos apps, image details can be easily viewed with the Information icon, which appears on the top of the image.
This will open the right pane that details when the picture was taken, its size, and resolution. Plus, it has great editing and organization capabilities thanks to its facial recognition technology.
As stated earlier, other third-party apps bring their unique style to the table.
This guide will detail how to create a slideshow on Windows 11 via the Photos app as well as other popular third-party apps, like Ice Cream Slideshow Maker.
It’s important to point out that creating a slideshow with music is more akin to creating a video. It isn’t as simple as simply clicking the menu button and selecting slideshow.
That being said, let’s go over the methods you have to make a slideshow with music on Windows 10 and 11.
1. How to create a slideshow with music via the Photos app
2. How to make a slideshow with music on Canva
A great tool to create a slideshow with music is Canva. It is available both in a web version and as a PC application. Canva is a free and easy to use app with which you can create your perfect presentations.
1.Go to the Presentations category of Canvaand click onBrowse templates.
- If you don’t have a Canva account, this is the moment you should create one for free. If you already have one, log in to it.
3.Next, select a presentation style and theme from the left and pick a template from the hundreds of free ones from the right pane. There are also a lot more available if you decide to pay for the Pro plan.
4.Once you’ve selected a template, hit theCustomize this templatebutton. By default, the presentation will have a 1920 x 1080 resolution but if you start a trial for Canva Pro you will be able to set any dimensions you want for 30 days.
5.You will get into the edit mode and you will be able to change everything on the page, including images and text.
6.To add your own photos, click on theUploadsbutton, then hit theUpload mediabutton.
7.Now, click thePlussign to add a new page, select the new blank page and choose the photo you want to add from theUploads.
8.Now, the photo was added and you can move it around or stretch it with your mouse, add more photos on the same page etc.
9.Assuming you’ve added all your photos into the presentation, click on Music from the left pane to add a nice melodic background for your photos. There are plenty of free options on the list.
10.The audio track will be added automatically from the start and it will play for the duration of the presentation. You can change its volume and even add fade in and out audio effects.
11.After you’ve finished, or anytime during your work, you can hit thePresentbutton, select the presentation type and click thePresentbutton to see how your slideshow looks like.
12.The last step, after you make sure everything is OK, hit theSharebutton from the top-right corner and click theDownloadbutton to save your presentation on your drive.
As you will discover, you have plenty of sharing options right from the web app. You can post it on your social media, get the link and send it over any communication platform, and more.
3. How to make a slideshow with music using Promo
Is there a difference when you create a slideshow with music on Windows 10?
Although Windows 11 is clearly more advanced than the old Windows 10, its core remained the same and most of the apps will run in both OSes.
That is why all the solutions and software presented above will work seamlessly on Windows 10 as well.
The Photos app is still identical and all the menus, as we presented in this guide are the same in both Windows 11 and the older system.
Icecream Slideshow Maker is a great tool and will also work on Windows 10. As for the online slideshow makers, using them in a browser makes them compatible with any system or device.
Other ways to enhance your Windows experience
As briefly touched upon in the guide, Windows 11 has a plethora ofthird-party apps that make photo managementmuch more streamlined thanks to various features.
For instance,ACDSEE Photo Studio Ultimate 2022has tons of awesome features like Media Mode which gives you access to a giant photo database, and People Mode, which allows you to categorize images by whoever is in it.
Venturing outside of photography, it’s recommended thatyou get yourself a migration tool. It’s an app that transfers important filers, computer settings, and even other apps to another machine.
At first, it may not seem useful, but if you ever want to the settings and files of your old computer without having to move everything one by one, it’s a great tool.
A great one is thanks to its simple user interface and the ability to restore the original system to a new PC, just the way it was.
So, this was our complete guide on how to create a slideshow with music on Windows 11 and 10 by using free, paid, and online apps.
However, for a great slideshow, you need great pictures so you might be interested in our list includingthe best photo editing software.
If you have any suggestions or questions, don’t hesitate to write them in the comments section below.
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Cesar Cadenas
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Cesar has been writing for and about technology going on for 6 years when he first started writing tech articles for his university paper. Since then, his passion for technology blossomed into a prosperous writing career. He first started writing about tech in the entertainment world and would later move on to write about smart life tech and social media. He was recently a Technical Writer for tech company Extron where he wrote user guides for audio and video equipment.
He has since moved on to being a freelance writer looking to have a career in copywriting and hopes to share his love and knowledge of technology with the world. Recently, Cesar has written for the cryptocurrency news site, BTCPro and helping people understand tech.
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