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Where can I find a basic slideshow program?

Aug 20, 2012 8:43 PM

Does anyone know of a basic program that would allow me to view folders of photos on my iMac? There used to be a slideshow program you could download for free that offered the simple service of allowing you to click on any given folder and look at each image in a slideshow. There's iPhotos but I don't want to have to pop open iPhoto and add any new pics in those folders as well as add them to photos on my harddrive. I just want to keep my photos in their specific folders on my harddrive and be able to boot up a slideshow program to view them whenever folder I want to.

 

Can anyone recommend anything?

 

Much, much thanks for any help. Much appreciated.

 
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    Aug 20, 2012 8:48 PM   in reply to LesToil

    Open the folder, press Cmd+A to select all the files, press the spacebar for instant Quick Look. It can zoom to full screen and it has play/pause and manual back and forward arrows.

     
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    Aug 20, 2012 9:08 PM   in reply to LesToil

    I was looking for the same thing on Windows.  There's Adobe Bridge which comes with Photoshop and/or the Creative Suite but that makes copies of your images to a specified folder and resizes the images for a gallery (either PDF or in your web browser as an HTML gallery or a Flash gallery).

     

    If you know Flash and Actionscript you can make an XML-based slideshow by creating an xml directory listing and using that as a foundation for your Flash gallery without disturbing your hard-drive structure.  The downside is there's a memory limitation to what is displayed in your slideshow if you don't code properly.  Which is my current problem with creating this type of slideshow.  Hopefully I will learn better coding practices or someone can recommend a good solution along these lines for me with coding snippets for assistance.

     
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    Aug 20, 2012 11:03 PM   in reply to markerline

    Hi Markerline,

     

    For a slideshow viewing on your local machine, Bridge works without needing to generate copies (going to PDF or Web Galleries). Go to View> Slideshow (Ctrl/Cmd+L) to view either selected files or whole unselected directory.

     

    regards,

    steve

     
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    Aug 21, 2012 7:20 AM   in reply to markerline

    The slideshow options in Irfranview are a step above those in Bridge.  It is a good program and it is also free.  For Win machines.

     
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