Things You'll Need:
- Photo slideshow software
- Photos
- Music
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Step 1
Determine a theme for your photo slideshow. At a wedding, you could show childhood pictures of you and your fiancé, pictures of you as a couple, pictures of your families or pictures of you with your guests, for example.
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Step 2
Choose images for your slideshow. Slideshow images should be of good picture quality and have some variety. Rather than showing many pictures from a few events, show a few pictures from many events.
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Step 3
Scan hard-copy photos onto your hard drive or have them scanned onto a disk and load them onto your hard drive.
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Step 4
Create a soundtrack for your slideshow by downloading songs you like or uploading them from a CD. Choose songs that mean something to you and your fiancé. You can either choose 1 to 3 whole songs to use sequentially, or you can create a music montage with clips from a number of songs.
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Step 5
Buy photo slideshow software for your personal computer to create your slideshow. You can compare a number of different software options and read reviews of these products at TopTenReviews.com (see Resources below).
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Step 6
Input your photo and song choices into the software. Many software choices have pre-made templates you can choose from that allow you to simply drag and drop your photos into place.
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Step 7
Edit your slideshow with the transitions and effects you want. Using smooth transitions and other special effects makes your slideshow more interesting.
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Step 8
Burn your slideshow onto a DVD. DVDs are the easiest format to use, because your reception hall may already be set up to play DVDs through its audiovisual system. Alternatively, you can hook your computer directly up to a projector.
