MEMBER'S AUDIO VISUALS. The Nuts & Bolts
AVs are relatively easy and fun to produce and with a little practice you will be surprised by your own artistic creativity and talent. So don't be shy, go for it. A brief summary:
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Select your images, keeping in mind the time frame guidelines. (3 minutes, 3-5 minutes per image.
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Place your images in a folder
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Open your preferred software.
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Create a new project and give it a name.
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Import the folder containing the images.
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Drag the images in position in your selected order.
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Play a preview and find music to match the mood of your AV.MUST BE Copyright free!!
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Download music then import to your project.
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Fine tune timeline and music.
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Export your project to a file.
NEW AVs for the website:
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Maximum 4 minutes.Optimum is 3 minutes
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Music must be Copyright free. There are many royalty and copyright free websites (YouTube Audio Library, Jamendo etc).
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AV must have an end slide with details of the artist, the track, and the source of the Copyright free music.
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Create your AV as usual then forward the file using WeTransfer and one of the images to the Webmaster cd@cdphotoart.com
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By submitting your AV you confirm that any music used is Copyright free.
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The following files CAN BE USED: MP3, AVI, MPEG, MPG, MPE, MKV, WebM, MOV, OGV, VOB, M4V, 3GP, DivX, XVID, MXF, WMV.
OLD AVs for the website.
You can submit one of your older AVs, but you must replace the music with Copyright free material. As there is a storage size issue, shorter AVs will be given priority. Submit to Webmaster as above.
Software
Numerous software is available. A few suggestions of the ones most used by members:
PTE AV Studio 10 $US69
Very easy to use (I do- Christopher) Many powerful features. You can output in many formats. Plenty of on-line tutorials available on youtube, some clearer than others.
PhotoStage Slideshow Software Click on this link to view $US 50
Suggested by Ron Switzer who has trialed it and is "quite impressed".

Sample back slide for the music used.
Must mention:
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The title
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The artist
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The copyright free source