Choosing an app for slideshows

Hi,

I need to do a presentation. It’s made of about 50 images at 1024×768, with no need for transitions. The presentation must run on an undetermined PC. The only thing I know about that PC is that it runs either Win98 or XP. I won’t be able to install new software on that machine.
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Hi,

I need to do a presentation. It’s made of about 50 images at 1024×768, with no need for transitions. The presentation must run on an undetermined PC. The only thing I know about that PC is that it runs either Win98 or XP. I won’t be able to install new software on that machine.

So, I’m looking for an small application capable of displaying such images in a slideshow fashion.

I need to do a presentation. It’s made of about 50 images at 1024×768, with no need for transitions. The presentation must run on an undetermined PC. The only thing I know about that PC is that it runs either Win98 or XP. I won’t be able to install new software on that machine.
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We do that kind of thing regularly. We make the slide show (which can include JPEG, GIF, TIFF, FLASH) and formatted text and compile it as a stand-alone application on a CDROM (which can be copied to the hard drive) so the client does not need a browser or any other software. The real question here is "How much $ do you $ really want $ it?"

I use MySlideShow.

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(violetileous) wrote:

Hi,

I need to do a presentation. It’s made of about 50 images at 1024×768, with no need for transitions. The presentation must run on an undetermined PC. The only thing I know about that PC is that it runs either Win98 or XP. I won’t be able to install new software on that machine.

The real
question here is "How much $ do you $ really want $ it?"

(violetileous) writes:

Hi,

I need to do a presentation. It’s made of about 50 images at 1024×768, with no need for transitions. The presentation must run on an undetermined PC. The only thing I know about that PC is that it runs either Win98 or XP. I won’t be able to install new software on that machine.

So, I’m looking for an small application capable of displaying such images in a slideshow fashion.

Acrobat?

(LLutton) wrote in message

I use MySlideShow.

I’ve downloaded the evaluation version. There’re a couple of things I didn’t like: first I’d prefer a better quality on-the-fly resizing. I’m not asking for a super-accurate high order interpolation… but at least linear interpolation would be nicer (or some kind of primitive antialiasing for blurring pixelation artifacts).

westin* (Stephen H. Westin) wrote in message news:…

(violetileous) writes:

Hi,

I need to do a presentation. It’s made of about 50 images at 1024×768, with no need for transitions. The presentation must run on an undetermined PC. The only thing I know about that PC is that it runs either Win98 or XP. I won’t be able to install new software on that machine.

So, I’m looking for an small application capable of displaying such images in a slideshow fashion.

Acrobat?

Unfortunately I don’t know whether the destination PC will have acroread installed, and, if affirmative, what version will it have…

(violetileous) writes:

yes, a PC. So you can’t just include the application; it has to be

I use MySlideShow.

I’ve downloaded the evaluation version. There’re a couple of things I didn’t like: first I’d prefer a better quality on-the-fly resizing. I’m not asking for a super-accurate high order interpolation… but at least linear interpolation would be nicer (or some kind of primitive antialiasing for blurring pixelation artifacts).

The other thing I didn’t like is that it doesn’t mention hardware requirements for the destination PC. What CPU and RAM do they suggest if you have N images of X megabytes each? Will it always run fine even with just a 64MB PC? They don’t mention that.

Apart from this couple of things, I liked its ease of use and its GUI.

"Stephen H. Westin" <westin*> wrote in message

(violetileous) writes:

yes, a PC. So you can’t just include the application; it has to be

installed.

Not true.

I use MySlideShow.

I’ve downloaded the evaluation version. There’re a couple of things I didn’t like: first I’d prefer a better quality on-the-fly resizing. I’m not asking for a super-accurate high order interpolation… but at least linear interpolation would be nicer (or some kind of primitive antialiasing for blurring pixelation artifacts).

The other thing I didn’t like is that it doesn’t mention hardware requirements for the destination PC. What CPU and RAM do they suggest if you have N images of X megabytes each? Will it always run fine even with just a 64MB PC? They don’t mention that.

Apart from this couple of things, I liked its ease of use and its GUI.

I can’t help much here, but I edit high resolution images in Photoshop

(in case I might want to print), then I Save As a lower resolution image (600×800 pixels) for the slideshow. I’m sure there still is some

the number of these images for a slower machine with limited memory but I

have the data for you.
I did make the mistake of using higher resolution images for a slideshow,

2 MB each, 25 images, and the program wouldn’t run on my daughters machine until I reduced the image size. I think she had 32 MB RAM and maybe about

processor.
Lynn

Hi,

I need to do a presentation. It’s made of about 50 images at 1024×768, with no need for transitions. The presentation must run on an undetermined PC. The only thing I know about that PC is that it runs either Win98 or XP. I won’t be able to install new software on that machine.

So, I’m looking for an small application capable of displaying such images in a slideshow fashion.

Years ago, I knew ACDSee was very famous as image viewer. However, it seems to have grown its size and features a lot in newer versions, so I’m no longer sure if it would be the best option.

I’m looking for these features:

* Very efficient use of system RAM (I don’t know if the used PC will have RAM enough for storing all the images, so the app should be able to load images on a smart way so that memory swapping is avoided).
* No need for installation: I won’t be able to install software on the machine. So, it would be great if it’s a simple executable which can be launched from any directory.

* Fast on-the-fly scaling from 1024×768 to 1280×1024 (I think the PC and the projector run at 1024×768, but in case it runs at 1280×1024, I’d need a fast realtime resizing).

* Slideshow in fullscreen. No need for transitions.

* Images must be manually triggered with the keyboard or the mouse.

Hi,

I need to do a presentation. It’s made of about 50 images at 1024×768, with no need for transitions. The presentation must run on an undetermined PC. The only thing I know about that PC is that it runs either Win98 or XP. I won’t be able to install new software on that machine.

So, I’m looking for an small application capable of displaying such images in a slideshow fashion.

Years ago, I knew ACDSee was very famous as image viewer. However, it seems to have grown its size and features a lot in newer versions, so I’m no longer sure if it would be the best option.

I’m looking for these features:

* Very efficient use of system RAM (I don’t know if the used PC will have RAM enough for storing all the images, so the app should be able to load images on a smart way so that memory swapping is avoided).
* No need for installation: I won’t be able to install software on the machine. So, it would be great if it’s a simple executable which can be launched from any directory.

* Fast on-the-fly scaling from 1024×768 to 1280×1024 (I think the PC and the projector run at 1024×768, but in case it runs at 1280×1024, I’d need a fast realtime resizing).

* Slideshow in fullscreen. No need for transitions.

* Images must be manually triggered with the keyboard or the mouse.
TIA!

Hi,

I need to do a presentation. It’s made of about 50 images at 1024×768, with no need for transitions. The presentation must run on an undetermined PC. The only thing I know about that PC is that it runs either Win98 or XP. I won’t be able to install new software on that machine.

So, I’m looking for an small application capable of displaying such images in a slideshow fashion.

Years ago, I knew ACDSee was very famous as image viewer. However, it seems to have grown its size and features a lot in newer versions, so I’m no longer sure if it would be the best option.

I’m looking for these features:

* Very efficient use of system RAM (I don’t know if the used PC will have RAM enough for storing all the images, so the app should be able to load images on a smart way so that memory swapping is avoided).
* No need for installation: I won’t be able to install software on the machine. So, it would be great if it’s a simple executable which can be launched from any directory.

* Fast on-the-fly scaling from 1024×768 to 1280×1024 (I think the PC and the projector run at 1024×768, but in case it runs at 1280×1024, I’d need a fast realtime resizing).

* Slideshow in fullscreen. No need for transitions.

* Images must be manually triggered with the keyboard or the mouse.
TIA!

Hi,

I need to do a presentation. It’s made of about 50 images at 1024×768, with no need for transitions. The presentation must run on an undetermined PC. The only thing I know about that PC is that it runs either Win98 or XP. I won’t be able to install new software on that machine.

So, I’m looking for an small application capable of displaying such images in a slideshow fashion.

Years ago, I knew ACDSee was very famous as image viewer. However, it seems to have grown its size and features a lot in newer versions, so I’m no longer sure if it would be the best option.

I’m looking for these features:

* Very efficient use of system RAM (I don’t know if the used PC will have RAM enough for storing all the images, so the app should be able to load images on a smart way so that memory swapping is avoided).
* No need for installation: I won’t be able to install software on the machine. So, it would be great if it’s a simple executable which can be launched from any directory.

* Fast on-the-fly scaling from 1024×768 to 1280×1024 (I think the PC and the projector run at 1024×768, but in case it runs at 1280×1024, I’d need a fast realtime resizing).

* Slideshow in fullscreen. No need for transitions.

* Images must be manually triggered with the keyboard or the mouse.
TIA!