PowerPoint photo slideshow in under 1 minute + advanced tips

How to create a photo slideshow in PowerPoint. Insert images, add music, automatic advance, loop, zoom, and save as video.
Download free music track, title slide template, and the source files from video here:
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In this video, I provide step-by-step instructions included to show you how to create a slideshow in under a minute using these 4 steps:
- Insert images into a slideshow using Photo Album feature
- Set transitions between photos
- Automatically advance between slides
- Create a looping slideshow that plays continuously
After the 1 minute lesson, we dive into additional topics that will make your slideshow great, such as:
- Creating a title slide: Download free template included.
- Adding music to your slideshow: Free music track included.
- Set slide transitions between photos
- Improve image quality
- Scale images to the edge of the slides
- Add on slide effects such as the "Ken Burns" pan and zoom
- Create scrolling credits
- Save the PowerPoint slideshow as a video that you can upload to KZbin

[@donlake7583]

This is a great tutorial. Thank you for making it.

[@lisaadeka2709]

Amazing video! Thank you. It was concise and easy to learn. Appreciate the freebies as well!

[@AlianaSoto-tv4sz]

OMG Thank you! I just spent about an hour trying different formats/software to make a slide show and i just kept searching online because i knew there had to be something easier then finally i found this. I selected all 50 of my photos 2 photos per slide and done!!! wow...thank you.

[@StephClaireLay]

First hit when I search for 'create photo slideshow in Powerpoint' and it gave me exactly what I needed - thanks so much :)

[@toysformore]

Excellent, simple tutorial. Thank you for the links too!!

[@legobrickyardz3110]

I wanted to make a slideshow for a KZbin video on my channel, I had no idea how to use PowerPoint and this video helped me so much! Thanks for all the help!

[@karendifabio2453]

This was an excellent tutorial - thank you so much for sharing

[@ginaaccola5659]

Fabulous information and easy to use! Thank YOU!

[@darlenemiller8036]

Great tutorial! I hope to create some wonderful memories and this was excellent. (Took notes as viewed as alot of info) Thank You.

[@ksman19532009ify]

I want to thank you for your help. With your guidance from the presentation, we were about to load in a 93 slide Presentation. Your show opened a door for us in the museum in Wichita.

[@mariabowie1838]

I cannot thank you enough for this very straightforward, easy to follow tutorial. Because your instructions were so clear, I was able to create my PowerPoint slideshow, save it as a video and offer it as a url to link to my opt-in offer. All of this and I had not used PowerPoint before today. Keep up the good work.

[@elearningart1]

Maria- That's awesome. Glad it helped. Let me know if there's anything else PowerPoint related that I can help with. :)

[@marylynlopez5744]

Very well explained. Hope to make a family video to show in a birthday celebration. Thank you!

[@1969dwr]

Great tutorial, Thank you.

[@SamFredSand]

Thank you for your informative tutorial. I just finished my Mum's celebration of life slide show for Saturday and i was wondering how to make it a video to share with family in the UK and USA. Thanks again for your help.

[@laurapinger2936]

Thank you for this super easy tutorial...cutting out all the extra junk!!

[@theresaniskanen5980]

Great, Was very helpful.

[@susannekoen1028]

Excellent - really well explained and just what I was looking for!

[@elearningart1]

Thanks Susanne!

[@gregbredenko2290]

This video was extremely helpful for me! Thank you!

[@elearningart1]

Thanks Greg! Glad it helped. I appreciate the comment :)

[@martysimon6131]

Bryan, Really appreciate the tips and assets. Also, the slideshow was a nice tribute to your father.

[@elearningart1]

Thanks Marty! I had a lot of fun putting it together with him. We had to spend some time thinking about the story we were trying to tell and the sequencing of the images. Then it was figuring it out how to make all that work in PowerPoint. :)

[@AmberLeaStarfire]

Nice job. I didn't know about the album import feature, so learned something new.

[@elearningart1]

Thank Amber. Yeah... kind of a hidden feature. I use PowerPoint every day and never noticed it until I started this project. It's nice that there's an easy way to import a bunch of pictures at once. Saves a lot of time. :)

[@PhotoMcMan]

Thanks for EXCELLENT tutorial/freebies...liked, subscribed. I'm comfortable working with Adobe products for slideshows (Photoshop Elements, LR classic) but when friends ask for free, easy slideshow-making software, I'm now going to direct them to PP. While I often use PP for instruction slides, I learned some very helpful tips today...thanks. - Mike -

[@maromag9809]

Interesting and very helpful tutorial thanks

[@Fergy00000]

Thank you very much. I'm making a slideshow for my mothers funeral this week and this video helped a lot. Thanks again.

[@elearningart1]

Bryan - Sorry to hear about your loss. The video I made above of my Dad's sculptures was created about 6 months before he passed away. I hope your video turned out well for your mother's funeral.

[@sandraglenn395]

A great video and was extremely helpful for me creating the students' young entrepreneur photos into a slideshow.

[@anderspaxton789]

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[@carolhedrick7664]

Thanks, using for the end of year school celebration

[@melissaadolph8165]

Thank you for the video! Your father is an extremely talented sculptor. I don't play chess but absolutely love the pieces he made.

[@elearningart1]

Thanks Melissa! He had a crazy vision to create that life-sized chess board before he really had any idea where to put it. LOL. For awhile, it was in my parent's back yard. But then it ended up being installed at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park. Pretty cool! Thanks for reaching out about his artwork. It was the most complex piece he's ever made. :)

[@OffMind]

this video is really helpful for me. i learned some advanced tips from it. Thanks a lot to share it with us.

[@elearningart1]

Thanks for the kind words @off-mind! :)

[@1nikkolette1]

Thank you - this was very helpful.

[@elearningart1]

My pleasure. Glad you found it helpful! And thanks for the comment. I really appreciate it. :)

[@MYUNG_D4E]

Your Power Point photo slideshow tips is good and helpful. Thanks for sharing it !

[@elearningart1]

My pleasure Lynna. Glad it helped. Thanks!

[@hnfzki]

Thanks!

[@SOLENGLISH]

Really helpful

[@aerosignsar6601]

Thank you! This video should come with the program!

[@elearningart1]

Thanks Aero!

[@michaelgovers8036]

Thank you for making it all so simple, ;)

[@elearningart1]

You're welcome Michael. Thanks for the nice feedback. I really appreciate it!

[@mtanis4]

Thank you so much for this video. I've asked my son so many times to show me how to do a project like that , and I never thought I could do it without him. I was asked to do a last minute photo presentation in less than a week. However, you made it so simple and fun, and yet professional that I feel confident that my presentation will be awesome. Thank you!!!!!!

[@cherylbarsness7061]

I do not have photo album as an option under insert

[@elearningart1]

Thank you so much for the kind words! I hope your presentation went well :)

[@jthomas1124]

Awesome video and training !

[@elearningart1]

Thanks Jennifer. I appreciate the comment. :)

[@TUPPERWAVE]

All I wanted to know was how to create a photo slideshow... But I learned so much more. THANK YOU

[@elearningart1]

Thanks Tupperwave! I'm glad the tutorial helped. :)

[@cherylbarsness7061]

Photo album is not an option under insert

[@lmhendricks941]

Thank you so much for this wonderful video.. I'm hoping to use this method to email my own digitally designed encouragement cards because my printer died and I can't find another one that prints to the edge and gives me great print quality. I have designed a new card for my church card ministry every week for the past ten years and we send out about 100 cards a week, so I'm looking for other options to get quality cards out to those who need encouragement. I also appreciate so much the written instructions on your website, because I've never used PowerPoint before, but have an old 2007 version, and am hoping i'll be able to use it for this purpose.

[@irenelee2763]

thankyou somuch

[@egyjuice]

Excellent thanks for sharing

[@elearningart1]

Thanks Yasser!

[@virginiaalt1245]

Your presentation on PowerPoint is wonderful. I would find it even more helpful if you slowed down slightly and included just a little bit more information on the particular subject. I slowed it down using Control, but it would still be helpful if you included a little more on the subject--so I can see it totally with the rest of the program. Thank you for your wonderful presentations.

[@cheryllaporte7936]

Very easy to follow. I hope to create a photo show of family pictures.

[@elearningart1]

Thanks Cheryl. How'd the family photo slideshow turn out?

[@Jojodancer1978]

This was super helpful just in the nick of time. Trying to put together a slideshow for a memorial service. Any idea why my music seems to be overlapping? I want it to loop continuously, but not overlap. Any help would be so appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[@photographermugen]

10 out of 10

[@elearningart1]

Thanks Mugen! Glad you found it helpful. :)

[@jacobscott7740]

This is a great, clear, and concise video on PowerPoint slide shows. Where can I access the free template? I could not find the show notes to access.

[@barbra429]

Does anyone know where the transition tab is in MS Publisher 2007?

[@saribraveheart]

Thank you, how do you get to your show notes?

[@007MrMISHI]

Bryan - Thanks so much for posting this TERRIFIC tutorial. It's exactly what I was looking for. I am using Powerpoint 2010 - MP4 is not available as an option when saving. Is there another format that will work with not only KZbin, but for general sharing platforms (i.e cell phones, tablets, desktops, laptops.) ? Again, thank you.

[@elearningart1]

Thank Paul! I think the process in 2010 was a little different. It's not in the file formats when you do "save as." Instead, try doing this: file -> save & send -> Create a video I found another video that shows you how to do it here (should jump to 1:12): kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYDVnmiqdqiKhNEm12s Hope that helps! Cheers, Bryan P.S. You should upgrade your version of PPT soon if you can. 2016 and 365 have a lot of good improvements :)

[@hopeschambach2576]

Thank you so much! This is so helpful! Can I play more than 1 song for a longer slideshow? I don't want to repeat the same song over. Thanks for any help with that.

[@elearningart1]

Thanks Hope. The answer is yes (kind of). It depends on what you're trying to acheive... Here are some quick thoughts: If you use an outside tool, like Audacity, you can absolutely do this. Just combine multiple songs into a single track. That's probably the easiest wway. Within PPT: If you get your timing right, you could have the next song play when a certain slide launches. That assumes that you know exactly how long the song is and when you'll hit that new slide. Which is probably ok if you're using the "advanced slide" "after" (auto advance feature). Hope that helps!

[@hopeschambach2576]

Thanks so much!

[@lekkoselue6891]

the video was very helpful and educational, I've never designed anything but really trying. But i only had one problem , the microsoft powerpoint i am using seems not to be giving me the transitions option. where did i go wrong? Please help...

[@hellorealtors]

YOUR VIDEO IS EXCELLENT... I even like your music how do I find it to use?

[@elearningart1]

Thanks Linda! You can actually download and use that song if you like. I commissioned a composer to create the song as a tribute to my dad (those are his sculptures in the lesson). I call the song "Happy Hardy" b/c it's upbeat like him. If you follow the link in the show notes you can find the link (you might have to click "more") it will take you to a page where you can signup and the file will be emailed to you. :)

[@dubblewokad]

How do you live select from the images chosen to display, to then present them in real time as you need to show the pictures you talk about? For instance, if I use this for a live improv presentation and need to show images in different order as I talk about them before moving to the next image I want to then call up.. how can I make that work, or can it even be done with this program? ..as it stands, all tutorials including this one, are for set it and forget it type situations.

[@elearningart1]

First. I love that you might be doing something like this for live improv. Very cool. I'd need to know a little more about what you're trying to do, but here are 2 methods that come to mind: 1- Hyperlink from an image to a new slide: If you right click, select hyperlink and you can link to any other slide. From within a live presentation, clicking that link will take you to the new slide 2- Zoom - In versions 2016 and above, you could do something fancy with the "Zoom" feature that makes it more like a Prezi where you can zoom into different parts of presentation, or to new slides I hope that helps. If you have any questions, just provide more details and I'll do my best to explain.

[@dajackson7470]

yep

[@2bczar4u]

Windows Live Movie Maker works pretty good but doesn't have as many features as PPT with transitions. I use it to create quick videos that I use in PPT I like how fast it is and everything gets sized nicely and quickly.

[@elearningart1]

I haven't used Windows Live Movie Maker before. I'm always trying things in PowerPoint first. :) But plenty of tools can create a photo slideshow. And, surprisingly to me, PowerPoint worked really well for this.

[@wayneseymour1]

Lets take it to another level can you put a slideshow into a rectangular shape?

[@JenniferHoffmanelo]

What version of powerpoint are you using?

[@elearningart1]

I think I used PowerPoint 2016 for this one. The process is pretty similar for other versions. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll do my best to help.

[@CynergyDiva]

I have a music video that I'd like to use the audio from. Is it possible to upload a video and have the slideshow just extract the audio from that?

[@elearningart1]

I think you'll probably need to use a video editing program first and save out the audio track.

[@cherylbarsness7061]

I do not have photo album as an option under the insert

[@elearningart1]

What version of PowerPoint do you have? PC or Mac? And what version (e.g. 365, 2011, etc). I only have experience with the PC versions, but I think the photo album feature has been around for awhile. If you can send me a screenshot, I'll try to help you find it! :)

[@whywedrink]

Is there a way to add multiple songs?

[@elearningart1]

Yes. I think the approach you take will depend on: 1- how often you need to edit the slideshow. 2- how you feel about doing math and 3- if you are comfortable using an audio editing program like audacity. The easiest thing is probably to use an audio editing program like Audacity. You can stitch together the two tracks into one and then export and pull them into PowerPoint. No math. Easy to loop, etc. If you want to do it all in PowerPoint, you can trigger one song on the first slide and another song on a future slide, but that can complicate some things with overlapping tracks (possibly math to end the 1st track when you're getting to the slide that triggers the 2nd song) and also some potential issues if you want to loop the slideshow. If you can tell me what you're trying to do I'll try to test and send you my recommendation.

[@whywedrink]

eLearningArt I was trying to add 3 songs to a photo slide show that was only 50 photos. I finally had to use VLC to loop the songs while PowerPoint played the slideshow. Really appreciate your suggestions!

[@elearningart1]

@@whywedrink My pleasure. Yep. That makes sense. It's tricky putting multiple songs into PPT. You're better off combining in an outside audio editor and bringing back in. I hope your slideshow turned out well!

[@jcnetwork7331]

how come mine has no random? Thx

[@elearningart1]

I'm not sure. What version of PowerPoint are you running?

[@ponymoore6140]

Photo album does not work on Mac

[@bathtimebecky5266]

I have a Mac and an updated version of power point but there’s no photo album button 😢

[@elearningart1]

Becky - I don't know the Mac version features. But... It's not that big of a deal to not have the photo album button. It just means you're inserting each image manually on the slide, but then the process is the same. Once they're all added, just select all of the slides, and set the slides to "advance after" however many seconds you want and add the transitions you want.

[@bathtimebecky5266]

eLearningArt amazing ! Thanks so much

[@rolymo5363]

Reply senpai....

[@rimandoalano6642]

you didn't tell how to make transition each slide, like how you wanna put your desired transition for each slide.

[@tim-hill]

Does not work on a Mac.😡

[@dajackson7470]

that took 3 minites not under 1 minite

[@elearningart1]

Ha. You made me go back and do some math. ;) It’s exactly 70 seconds from the time I start the timer until I finish the method. I owe you 10 seconds back :)

[@grumpyoldman2380]

your video has helped me out tremendously! thank you!!

[@elearningart1]

Thank GOM! Glad it helped. Thanks for the comment. I appreciate it. :)