will a digital projector play this?

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I would like to get a digital projector to play photo slideshows. I
have created these slideshows with a DVD slideshow software that gives
me lots of cool transitions and music. I can play the DVD on my PC on
Windows media player full screen.

Can I play this DVD on my laptop and wired into the projector so that
the show will project on a screen for a group presentation?

Or do I need to buy a software program, like Powerpoint. I would
rather use the software I have, if I can use it with the projector I
haven't bought yet.

Thanks, Carol R

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"Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number here)@cox..net> wrote in message
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> <Carolro@msn.com> wrote in message
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> >I would like to get a digital projector to play photo slideshows. I
> > have created these slideshows with a DVD slideshow software that gives
> > me lots of cool transitions and music. I can play the DVD on my PC on
> > Windows media player full screen.
> >
> > Can I play this DVD on my laptop and wired into the projector so that
> > the show will project on a screen for a group presentation?
> >
> > Or do I need to buy a software program, like Powerpoint. I would
> > rather use the software I have, if I can use it with the projector I
> > haven't bought yet.
> >
> > Thanks, Carol R
>
> You absolutely can play this on your projector.
> Anything a regular external monitor can play via your laptop can be played
on your
> projector. You should identify what resolution is considered your
projector's "native"
> resolution (most likely 1024x768 or perhaps 800x600), and set your
laptop's output
> resolution to that setting for optimal results.
>
> I have used this to great effect with my own projector/laptop set-up.
> -Mark²
>
I prefer an application like Pictures2exe http://www.wnsoft.com as the
slide show becomes a self contained program, that doesn't need an
application like Power Point to run. It does a simple lap dissolve like a
two projector show, or you can use other effects. It's easy to synch to
music. Overall $24 usd well spent.

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Dear Carol

You can try Slide Show Pilot for creation of slideshows. Here
http://colorpilot.com/slideshow.html are some examples of how you can
create a slideshow, add music/sound to slideshow, play slideshow on a
home DVD player and others.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Best regards,

Olga Panchenko
Two Pilots
http://www.colorpilot.com

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Carolro@msn.com wrote:

> I would like to get a digital projector to play photo slideshows. I
> have created these slideshows with a DVD slideshow software that gives
> me lots of cool transitions and music. I can play the DVD on my PC on
> Windows media player full screen.
>
> Can I play this DVD on my laptop and wired into the projector so that
> the show will project on a screen for a group presentation?
>
> Or do I need to buy a software program, like Powerpoint. I would
> rather use the software I have, if I can use it with the projector I
> haven't bought yet.
>
> Thanks, Carol R
>

Keep in mind that unless you're feeding the projector from Photoshop,
you'll need to convert all of your images to sRGB color space.