Lightroom Slideshow Tutorial - How to create a Slideshow in Lightroom CC / 6

[@clearlyed]

I hope you enjoy my Lightroom slideshow tutorial

[@shellfisho]

Photos In C

[@gregnothacker6638]

No, I switched to another source 2 minutes into your complaining session.

[@lindabonskowski7235]

I'd never tried this, but want to put a recent trip to New Mexico in a slideshow format, as I took over 2,000 pics! This will be a HUGE help! Thank you for directions that make sense!!!

[@rerolley]

Regarding text overlays, there is an ABC button in the bar below the image (at least in Lightroom 3) where you can select where it will pull the text (caption, title, equipment, or custom text). I have used it to display names of birds in the images of birds. Hope this helps someone.

[@wl-art]

Very helpful. I haven't used the slideshow feature yet. Now I know what to do. Thank you!

[@ethanwier5958]

This is an excellent video, and I'm glad you pointed out the disappointments in Lightroom. I was hoping to use it for the "Ken Burns Effect" but the pan and zoom option is extremely disappointing as well, as I couldn't find a way to control or change any of the preset experience. It pans and zooms as it wishes, with no ability to alter it, so one can't choose where in the photo they want it to pan or zoom to, and it randomly applies the panning and zooming. I couldn't find any options to change any of it. I guess it's back to the learning curve on HitFilm or another package. Glad I didn't chuck out the money for Adobe Lightroom software before trying it.

[@AjarnSpencer]

you can customize the side panel mate to place whichever tools and features next to each other you may deem fit

[@stagesfamily]

Out of curiosity, do you have a recommendation for a place to make slide shows?

[@adamoss2283]

Cool, very gooood and helpful ;) Thanks, regards Adam.

[@dreamcatcherimagez7743]

What slideshow you recommend or what program

[@petergill4321]

it might be worth pointing out that Lightroom works much faster in preparing slideshows if you convert the images that you want to show into jpg's rather than RAW files. No visible loss in quality.

[@clearlyed]

That is a very good point indeed, although this adds another step to the process which still slows things down. the images refer quickly inside develop and library so I am not sure on the reason for the lag in the lightrom slideshow module. Great Ideas though.

[@rbtubee2]

I have found that I can't even create a slideshow from my DNGs. I read this is a problem with the software. To work around it you have to export as jpgs then import, then make slideshow from jpgs. I call that a true PAIN. Not to mention that I didn't search the problem until having upgraded to CC and tried to create a slide show THREE times with zero results. grrrrr.

[@veramats]

I am learning how to make my real estate photos into slideshow videos for marketing. I often have one or two photos that I have to take into photoshop to add in skies, etc, so I think the added step of importing jpg.s may be a necessary step for me which isn't the end of the world. I would just import my final Jpg picks as a new import and quickly make the slideshow. Great video! I particularly find helpful the tip about leaving a wider border on the side for branding or text.

[@tomloates3293]

Thanks Ed. Can you tell me how you save it and export it as a slide show? I keep just getting jpg's in a folder. I want to play it on a TV after creating it in Lightroom. Thanks.

[@johncartwright3859]

I quite agree Edd lets hope Adobe watch this and get there fingers out , Nice tutorial Edd.

[@clearlyed]

fingers crossed.

[@scottlayne6987]

Correct. Pretty tough to work with, perhaps in the future. I noticed also...you can't REORDER your photos, so needs to be done before IMPORT. Unless you've found another way. But thank you. Very helpful.

[@prestigiophotography7768]

I agree with u tooo,,,,,,, but what is the better program that does the slideshow the best >>>> thanx for your effort

[@EcoHabitat00]

Try Rescue Pro Deluxe by San disk. I took a trip to Peru and brought several SD cards with me. 2 of them brand new. To tell story short they got corrupted after getting full or so I think. So I downloaded the ¨conveniently¨ free software that came with them and I got back most of the pictures back. I´d say than more than 98% of them. The names were changed to something like: file0249 and so on but it´s a minor issue I guess. Good luck.

[@harrykramer7479]

Nice to watch this tutorial. I never used the slide show module before. I am going to give it a try now. Wat extension is the slideshow? Is it only for watching on a computer or can you use it on your webpage also? It might be interesting for those who did a photoshoot and give a slideshow with the pictures as an extra gift. Again....I like your Lightroom vids very much! Greatings from Harry Kramer from Holland!

[@clearlyed]

Thanks so much for writing Harry. You can export your slideshow as a video i believe however you cannot do it as a gif. there are many gif converters on line though so you could maybe go that rout. A slideshow can be great for giving to clients or to have playing at an event. Thanks for watching

[@philNsalisbury]

Cheers for this one Ed! It’s something I’ve been wanting to learn along with beat matching for video purpose and advertising. Appreciate everyone has proffered software to use so your opinions more than valid and I can now start delivering slideshows to future brides 🙌🏻 thanks ma man!

[@cameraplus7233]

Great tutorial & always well explained. Can a slide show be saved to be used elsewhere?

[@marioboss79]

I have the same opinion on the slideshow module. I tried again and found that there are better tools to do so.

[@clearlyed]

I completely agree. This is not the best Lightroom feature. Although the Lightroom slideshow does have a few great features I think it miss the point a fair bit too.

[@TheBiggervern]

Hi Ed, although intro was negative when you got to the details I thought overall most features were described quite positively. When a slideshow is built can it be exported in a video format?

[@clearlyed]

I actually wish I was not so naive at the beginning of this, its not really my style. I think there are some awesome features which is why I wanted to do a tutorial on it I just get frustrated with the few negative points so much so that I just don't use that module at all. maybe I should spend more time with it. Yes you can export as either a pdf, jpegs or a video. Its in the bottom left under 'export' i believe.

[@TheBiggervern]

Cheers Ed

[@rolandgomes88]

Hi, can't I save the slideshow as a video?

[@ssjtvivi]

Thanks for the tutorial! I love all the ones I've seen so far. So, since Lightroom may not be the best slideshow creator, which program would you recommend (for PC and Mac)? I'm just about finished editing a batch of photos from a recent trip and was looking at trying out Lightroom's slideshow feature for the first time, because, well because I want to create one and Lightroom just so happens to be able to do so. But, if that feature is just ok, then maybe there is something else I could try.

[@clearlyed]

Honestly I just use the built in slideshow on my iMac of iPad. Apple have great simple to use slideshows built into there OS. I am sure there are others out there I just haven't tried any of them.

[@fusion97160]

merci Gregory, pour tes tutorial. Grace a toi mes photos sont bien plus jolies et j'ai beaucoup progressé grace a toi.

[@clearlyed]

Il me fait plaisir et je suis vraiment heureux que vous appréciez mes tutoriels ohotography .

[@mnyc6402]

Hi sorry this common is not related to video. Can you please advise me to a good software or website to recover some of my deleted video from SD card? Thank you

[@robinmercer1]

I'm needing some help here if you can. i still need slideshows give to my customers and while the tech companies are moving away from DVDs, the reality is there is still people that want them, apple aren't supporting iDVD so i need alternatives. do i go down the web link route or is there still up to date software for mac i can use? Thanks.

[@clearlyed]

I have not printed to DVD for a VERY long time. You could use the apple compressor app i think. I use this for all my videos as it is amazing. I hope this helps. Personally i would think about going digital and using a weblink for sure.

[@davidkerr268]

You should be aware that Adobe makes a product called Spark that is included along with your Adobe Creative Cloud membership, that is easy to use, and specifically made to create slideshows.

[@orangecrab]

thanks...that was nic information

[@danielecerrato7874]

can i synchronize a transition with a precise point of a background song?

[@clearlyed]

I don’t think so.

[@danielecerrato7874]

@@clearlyed you know some simple program bthat allow It?

[@rbtubee2]

Nice! I agree with your commentary on improvement possibilities with the slideshow module. One thing you didn't cover that I'd love to know is how one can select how to show file names for the slideshow. Hmmmm?

[@Nummy999]

Love your work, great videos, teaching me plenty. I would agree, it's a very half hearted and ill conceived addition. It strikes me as an unnecessary add-on, just there to pad out the program. It doesn't add to it, it clutters it.

[@clearlyed]

I agree. why 'pad out' such an awesome and powerful program. Maybe they will update it soon.

[@pedrony]

Is there a way to order the images? Thanks

[@clearlyed]

Yea. There is a ‘book’ section in Lightroom. Although they naught be phasing that out.

[@TCConner]

I've never used it Ed. Have you? (Besides for instructional purposes.) Why would I need to?

[@clearlyed]

I have tried to use it a few times but hated it so much gave up and never did. they can be great for events or to have on in th e background but apart from that I am unsure.

[@wentzr]

I'm on Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.4 and do not see any "slideshow module"... slideshow doesn't even come up in the search.

[@GarryBurgess]

Even though I have large images, lightroom displays them as tiny pictures on my 27" iMac. I have no idea why they went tiny when in the other modules they can be displayed very large. So I can't use it.

[@michaelbendavid2367]

Great video, I give you an A on demonstration and knowledge, totally agree with you, Lightroom is not the best software for slideshow demonstration, the background should truly be the first application in the tool bar, and apple really does make the best software for slideshows. Adobe receives an A not an A+

[@Life-of-earth]

nice tutorial bro...

[@clearlyed]

My pleasure. happy you enjoyed my video on the lightroom slideshow.

[@kevinmerrill869]

I thought I would like it and thought it would help however there are NO (limited) slide transitions, that would have helped a lot.

[@Prateekyzf]

When I import the and make a Video then the frame or layout becomes Small on my screen.... That is not look like "Preview "

[@HFMediaArt]

Sorry, I am having trouble with making picture full screen. It should be possible under "layout" but as far as i see it is not. Please help.

[@RoarkGourley]

You are right I Lightroom module sucks. It is a pain in the butt. But when you use it it can work

[@kelvincrawford1679]

I don't like it because I can't figure out how to put certain pictures in order. It wont let me move the pictures around.

[@NPBPires]

Can I do slideshow with more than 1 photo per frame in Lr?

[@clearlyed]

yes you can. its in the options in the side panel i believe. never done it myself though so i may be wring.

[@DanKharlov]

Спасибо тебе за твою помощь в понятии этой чертовски крутой программы

[@clearlyed]

Super happy you are enjoying my lightroom tutorials. good luck and happy editing.

[@peterskowronski6248]

Wish upon could have mentioned how to save it once complete.

[@anethmark5222]

your so awosome

[@user-fd9kz8sd9t]

TEXT OVERLAY you skipped over this, which is funny as it was the whole reason for me searching and finding your tutorial. I found out how though! At the bottom of the image bar you click on ABC and it brings up a text overlay input which gets appended to the image in the same way as IDENTITY PLATE and WATERMARK

[@kevinfrenzel7350]

What? You just skipped the Text Overlays? That is why I am here :(

[@saskelee]

i get a black screen when i export

[@clearlyed]

hmmmm. thats sounds very strange. Maybe you are having some GPU issues, it sounds like a graphics card issue. Go to Lightroom settings and turn off the Graphics card setting. that might just fix it. Otherwise you will probably have to call adobe tech support. you may have a glitch in your lightroom version.

[@jeanniehuff7231]

I was having the same problem :(

[@andywilk38]

Yup. I find the slideshow module limited and flakey, as well as difficult to refine. IMO, it is the final refining, detailing, nuancing, synchronisation, timing etc, that really makes a slideshow stand out. Anybody can produce the 80%, but if your software prevents you from attaining the extra 20%, then it sucks! www.andrewwilkinsonphotography.com

[@MedusaJellyFish300]

Thank you for this great video and for you funny Peter griffin entrance. I do agree that slideshow module is a very basic bitch slideshow, nothing wow about it

[@thatsaloadofcrap]

You are correct sir! LR Slideshow is CRAAAAP, they stole it from the 90s. iMovie works better. Step 1: Export from LR to JPG, Step 2: Import to iMovie. ....Automatic Ken Burns effects, Music, Transitions, Titles, blah blah blah... Obviously, anyone serious would use Premier or FCPX. I use FCPX which has all kind of plugins to make professional slideshows. For fast & quick, I still use iMovie. HINT: Right click on the Module selection menu and uncheck BOOK & Slideshow to make them go by-by, they're both worthless. See Tony Northrup's latest KZbin on "Adobe Fix Lightroom!"

[@clearlyed]

Thank you so much for this comment, super thoughtful and very informative. i just love your idea of getting rid of them. Love it. i would do this but fear it would confuse people as the watched my tutorials. I will do it on my personal lightroom catalogue though. i will check out tony Northrups video for sure. He is awesome and his opinion is well worth listening too.

[@adamfrantz352]

WHY are there so many views? This video isn't even thorough. He harps over thoughts and opinions on the Adobe product and goes on and on about his favorite features, then just skips over parts he doesn't know about. Sweet tutorial bro. naaaht.

[@andywilk38]

When choosing stroke border or background colour, if you first click and hold the colour picker inside the colour box, you can then - continue holding - drag the colour picker outside the box and onto the image from where you can pick a particular colour by hovering over it, and letting go. This can be useful if you want to artistically reflect an actual colour from the image in the border or background or, indeed, title font colour... www.andrewwilkinsonphotography.com

[@petergill4321]

Ed, I usually love your tutorials but you didn't really have your heart in this one, did you? It was too rushed and confusing. OK you're not keen on this module in Lightroom, what would you recommend to get around the problems?

[@clearlyed]

you are correct that I didn't have my heart in this one.... I will be sure to keep things positive in the future. I don't actually have a use for a slideshow feature. if i do i just stick it on my iPad and use the apples build in slideshow feature. its fast easy and pretty slick. Also works on desktop too.

[@HsupermanAdventures]

love i t

[@contrarykid]

This tutorial refers to Lightroom 6 - not to Lightroom CC! Lightroom CC stores photo files in the cloud and has no "Slide Show" module.

[@clearlyed]

You are correct at the point of your comment. However at the point I created this video Lightroom classic was called Lightroom cc. Please watch my video explaining adobes complete mess with nailing their products.

[@iggybeauchance7406]

Skipped the titles part...

[@clearlyed]

opps... sorry about that.

[@TzsahallThomas-x6u]

Why not tell us what program is good for making slideshows??? Movavi slideshow maker takes my perfectly processed lightroom photos un watchable. Super high saturation and super red faces in sports photo's. No updates available. I think they want a monthly fee now from purchased software users. I don't want my photo's changes at all. Every software wants you to adjust your photos with a slideshow maker. I just want to make a damn slideshow!

[@johnjon1823]

yes slide show does suck and even music has no fade in and out and there is no variety in the fades

[@clearlyed]

it just needs a little update thats all. i feel like not tt many people use it so they don't really do any updates to it. thanks for the comment though.

[@johnjon1823]

I think they are missing the boat -they certainly have the resources to do it better - but more than that maybe they need a whole new re-write in LR and as an aside I would appreciate being able to increase fonts etc. for tools in PS especially given the giant monitor I have. I can hardly make out the tools and menu selections for some things -that should be user adjustable - probably not an issue with small screens 10 years ago. Adobe needs to get more user-centric - like not beta testing stuff on the public which they seemed to have done lately even if accidentally. Things move faster and they need to get with it and understand that with the cloud things goes both ways - faster more money for them - more responsibility to be right and innovate due to social media and the voice of the consumer amplified on-line. It has to stop being this one-way money grubbing thing. I think in the long run companies that annoy the customer or fail to improve obvious shortcomings or defects or lousy product features that need improvement will pay a lot more because with the internet everybody has a big mouth imho. Best wishes to all!

[@bremfordkids2696]

Lol the intro thing