Help me create a slide show on an iBook

July 8, 2006 7:56 PM

What app do I use to make a slide show on an iBook?

My Teacher Wife is trying to create a slide show on her school loaned iBook. So far I've been able to burn a CD which is now loaded and recognized on her iBook. Supposedly there is a very simple app that will automatically create a slide show.

The pics are of her 5th grade graduation party and she would like to be able to share them on Monday.

Any help/tutoring would be greatly appreciated!

I also have Win XP but I don't think it's compatible with her Mac stuff at school.

posted by snsranch to Computers & Internet (12 answers total)

You can do a quickie one in iPhoto, but I use QuickSlides. You just drop it in a directory, set a few things and go.
posted by jessamyn at 8:02 PM on July 8, 2006

Uhhhhhh, one would assume iPhoto.
posted by crypticgeek at 8:02 PM on July 8, 2006

Oh also, if you have the CD burned, this program works from inside the same directory as the photo files, so you might need to create a local directory instead of a CD if you go the QuickSlides route.
posted by jessamyn at 8:04 PM on July 8, 2006

Does her iBook have iPhoto? If so, that can create a nice slideshow.

If her iBook has MacOS X 10.4.x on it and no iPhoto, open Preview (Applications / Preview) and drag all the images onto its icon. In the View menu, select Slideshow. Tada. (The same slideshow UI can be had by doing a search for Images in the folder where all her images are. Doing it in Preview, though, lets you have a bit more control. e.g., you can reorder the images in the drawer, rotate / crop images, etc.
posted by nathan_teske at 8:11 PM on July 8, 2006

Response by poster: I can't thank you guys enough for the quick responses. She did have a really old version of iPhoto but it worked and looks aweswome! Sorry for being such a noob but I've never touched an iBook before and know nothing about it.

After this experience I think I'm becoming a fan. Thanks again.
posted by snsranch at 8:33 PM on July 8, 2006

I've used Boinx FotoMagico before to create some nice slideshows. It's got a few more features than iPhoto and is much more conducive to actually creating a presentation of slides instead of just rotating pictures.
posted by JPigford at 8:47 PM on July 8, 2006

Is there a version of MS Office X or MS Office 2004 for Mac on it? If so, there's always PowerPoint, which will be about 98% compatible with the Windows version (we do this routinely where I work).
posted by smallerdemon at 9:05 PM on July 8, 2006

Just for the sake of mentioning it, GraphicConverter does good sideshows with lots of options.
posted by AmbroseChapel at 9:15 PM on July 8, 2006

D'oh.

sideshows slideshows.
posted by AmbroseChapel at 9:17 PM on July 8, 2006

If the iBook is running OS X 10.4, you can create an instant no-muss-no-fuss slideshow by selecting the images in the Finder, right-clicking them, and choosing "Slideshow" from the context menu. It's nice looking, too.
posted by shaun at 12:40 AM on July 9, 2006

Open Office has a powerpoint clone that can be saved as flash.
posted by mecran01 at 8:59 AM on July 9, 2006

If the iBook is running OS X 10.4, you can create an instant no-muss-no-fuss slideshow by selecting the images in the Finder, right-clicking them, and choosing "Slideshow" from the context menu. It's nice looking, too.

I love learning new stuff like that. Thanks shaun!
posted by smallerdemon at 12:24 PM on July 10, 2006