Slideshows / Audio Visuals
Slideshows , or Audio Visuals (AV's), are automated galleries that show each image for a few seconds, fades out and then fades in the next image. These are digital images with music and sometimes narration, that are played on a (Windows) computer, and often projected on to a big screen. They are made using either 'Pictures to EXE', or' Pro Show', both of which, produce an 'exe' file that can be launched on any Windows based PC.
They can also be viewed a number of different ways; on the Internet as downloads or (on YouTube), or on a computer or on a DVD, or Playstation. When music is included, the size of the slideshow can become quite large and therefore a balance between size and quality has to be struck.
For the Internet the size of a slideshow can be up to 10 - 20 MB, however broadband users can easily and quickly download much larger slideshows, sometimes up to 50 - 90MB. When slideshows are produced for a computer or DVD the size doesn't matter and, as a result, the images can be of the highest quality and the music can be of 'CD quality'.
AV’s range from what is known as:
- ‘photo harmony’ (good photography accompanied by appropriate music),
- ‘photo illustration’ (were the photographs illustrate aspects of the soundtrack),
- ‘photo interpretation’ (were the photographs add some extra value to the soundtrack).
All of the above can be improved by adding a script, suitably narrated. These can almost become mini documentaries and when the author uses animation and other digital effects the difference between an AV and a short movie style documentary is slight.
Example Slideshows / Audio Visuals
We offer below a number of AV slideshows for you to view. Their purpose is twofold; first they illustrate the type of slideshows that can be produced, and secondly, they illustrate our photography.
This AV show was awarded 1st Place in the 2008 Northern Ireland Photographic Association, Audio Visual Festival, 23rd February 2008.
2007: Norway (18MB) here
2006: New England (20 MB) here
2006: New England (45MB here
2006: River Lagan, Northern Ireland (6MB) here
2006: Bangor Wedding (13MB) here
2007: Butchart Gardens, Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada (15MB) here
2007: Trees, Rivers, Lakes and Mountains of Canada (30MB) here
2007: Water and Light (35MB) here
2007: Flight over Whistler, Canada (15MB) here
2007: Trees and Light, Cairn Wood, Orangefield Park (9MB) here
2008: Antelope Slot Canyon (15MB) here
2008: Bryce Canyon (15MB) here
2008: Belfast Wedding (59MB) here
2008: Dakota (35MB) here
2008: USA Overview (29MB) here
2008: Crawfordsburn Wedding (18MB) here
2008: A Study in Mono; Windows, Light and Shadow (6MB) here
2008: Mediterranean Cruise (27MB) here
2008: North Coast, Northern Ireland
here (18MB)
2008: 911 images of "9/11" here
2009: Panels, 4 minutes of sheer bliss, here (11MB)
2009: Black and white are colours too, here (11MB)
2009: Yellowstone in Winter, here (17MB Northern Ireland Photographic Association, Audio Visual Festival 2009 PAGB Green Ribbon.)
2009:
New Zealand; here Aotearoa, Land of the Long White Cloud (22MB)
2009: Tollymore Forest Park, Northern Ireland, here, just two minutes (24MB) YouTube
Please respect the copyright of these slideshows. All feedback is welcome.
