1. Import PhotosImport directly from your digital camera or scanner (TWAIN support), and copy files from your hard drive, CD, DVD or from the Internet by simply dragging and dropping individual files and complete directories.

2. Enhance & ArrangeRemove "red eye", cut, create virtual camera views, and apply special visual effects with the enhanced photo editor. Arrange playback order and add cross-fade effects, music, text, intros, narration, and video clips then synchronize everything and determine the onscreen display time for each image.

3. Burn Slideshow DiscsCreate a custom multimedia show, create photo album discs or burn project file archives on CD or DVD for future reediting. The automatic project wizard makes it easy to make professional-looking DVD menus with intros, sounds and animated backgrounds. Just load your slideshow (S)VCD or DVD into your compatible DVD Player, turn on the TV, relax and enjoy.

Features:

Gather & Import

• Load in digital photos from your camera: Individual images or complete directories with drag & drop
• Import from PC, Email, Internet: Supports JPG, BMP, etc.
• Gather images from Photo CD-ROM, Memory Stick etc.: Also supports Kodak® Photo-CD (PCD) and external drives via USB 1 & 2, serial interfaces and much more
• Scan prints: Direct scanner connection (TWAIN)
• Add commentaries: Microphone recording synchronized with the picture

• Automatic optimization: Correct brightness, contrast, gamma curves, color
• Brilliant image enhancement: Focus, re-color, crop, rotate
• Optimized TV screen display: Full-screen, anti-cropping, perfect brightness and color
• Sound restoration: Refresh original and added sound material
• Fantastic quality: Top sound and image (Ligos® GoMotion® MPEG 1&2 Encoder)
• Non-destructive correction: Retain valuable original files

• Task Assistant: Onscreen help for completing faster photo projects
• Photo overview: Correct brightness, contrast, gamma curves, color
• Director's view: Easy text and sound insertion (Storyboard mode)
• Timeline display: Arrange with ease on 4 tracks (Timeline mode)
• Automatic PhotoShow Maker: Incl. 12 styles and rhythmic image switching
• Crossfade effects: 60 templates (e.g. 3D leafing, morphing, picture-in-picture)
• Video effects: 25 templates (e.g. fish-eye, heartbeat, earthquake)
• Virtual camera movement: Dynamic zooms, panorama shots and much more
• Text generator: 50 templates (e.g. rolling credits, subtitles)
• Combi effects: 25 effects combinations for rapid success
• 1-click optimization: 10 effects templates and easily optimize difficult motifs (such as sunsets)
• Slideshow soundtracks : Add background music, adjust slideshow duration to commentaries
• Turbo speed editing: High-speed display & rendering of megapixel slideshows
• Interactive DVD player menus: 50 templates for automatic intros, backgrounds (video/music) and animated buttons (free positioning)

• Burn slideshows: Includes interactive menus on VCD, SVCD, DVD, miniDVD
• PC PhotoShow CDs: Burn auto play albums with easy drag and drop
• Photo-CD-ROMs: Complete photo archives on CD-ROM
• Unlimited CD/DVD Copying: Sequentially burn multiple discs
• Re-Edit-Mode: Create re-editable discs (S)VCD & DVD
• Get more onto CD: Supports high capacity CD-R up to 900 MB

• Image files: Import/export JPG, BMP TIFF (JPG compressed or uncompressed), PSD, RLE, PNG, TGA, PCX, MJPEG and much more
• Video files: Import/export AVI, WMV 9, MOV, MPEG 1&2 and much more / Real HelixTM Export
• Audio files: Import Audio CD, MP3, OGG, WAV, digital camera audio recordings and much more.

• Remove "Red eye": Instantly with a click
• Create panorama shots : Astounding photo montages
• Remove scratches, rips, spots : Plus 40 more effects (blur, distort etc.)
• Create collages : With standard tools (magic wand, lasso etc.)
• Artistic distortion : Convert photos into oil paintings, pencil sketches, caricatures and much more