ProShow 7 adds free built-in music, creative FX

ProShow Gold and ProShow Producer 7 unlock new creative content to bring slideshows to life with built-in music, free FX, and new publishing options.

With ProShow Producer, you can create custom slide styles, transitions, and show templates. Build your own effects library for a personalized, streamlined workflow and consistent slideshows.

By Joel Shore • May 21, 2015

Opinion: For the vast majority of photographers – from hobbyist to professional wedding shooter – the best way, hands-down, to build slide shows is with ProShow Gold or ProShow Producer from Photodex. It's is an amazing bargain. If you think the slideshow module in Adobe Lightroom is good, well, prepare to be totally blown away. You'll quickly find yourself empowered to do the amazing. I've been using ProShow since version 3, and there's no way I'm going to switch to anything else. There's simply no comparison to ProShow unless you're willing to spend thousands of dollars more.



The News: Photodex today announced version 7 of its ProShow Gold and ProShow Producer products. ProShow is a powerful application that runs on Windows for creating photo, video, and audio slideshows. It offers a wide array of special effects and built-in tools for making slick, professional video slideshows that you can share online, on disc, or on any device.

New in ProShow 7 is a built-in royalty free music library with more than 200 songs and sound FX, instantly available to use in slideshows, and licensed for both commercial and personal use. Also new in ProShow 7 are many new video input and output offerings, including support for importing 4K and longer video clips to use in slideshows, HTML5 video output, and improved video encoding technology that results in smaller video file sizes with noticeably better picture quality.

New features and enhancements:

Built-in Music Library. For the first time ever, ProShow 7 includes hundreds of royalty-free songs and dozens of sound FX, licensed for commercial & personal use and instantly available to use in slideshows. Users can browse the built-in music library by length, genre, and show type to find the perfect soundtrack for their show.

Optimized Video Output. ProShow 7 introduces a smarter video encoding technology resulting in noticeably better picture quality and smaller video file sizes. Most shows will benefit from a 50 percent reduction in file size when using certain video formats.

HTML5 Video. Users can now easily embed streaming video slideshows on their website or blog with ProShow Producer's HTML5 video output. This new format offers universal playback across all modern web browsers and mobile devices without plug-ins.

Download FX & Content. The new Download FX & Content features gives users access to tons of amazing freebie effects like themed slide styles, transitions and add-on content - all available for instant download and ready to use in their shows.

Import 4K & Longer Videos. Working with videos is even easier. Users can import ultra high-def 4K videos along with longer video clips without overwhelming their system.

Optimized Disc Output. ProShow 7 provides users with better DVD & Blu-ray disc output and custom menu navigation options, with the new and improved disc authoring system.

"We wanted to offer customers an easy way to find the perfect soundtrack for their slideshows," said Photodex CEO David Eddy. "That's why we handpicked hundreds of songs of all types and genres, and made them available at no extra cost. Each song is licensed and available for ProShow 7 users to use commercially or personally. We know music is a huge part of slideshow creation and can't wait to see all the creative ways the new music and creative effects in ProShow 7 are used,"

Pricing and Availability

ProShow 7 is available now for $69.95 (ProShow Gold) and $249.95 (ProShow Producer). Upgrades start from $44.95 for ProShow Gold and $89.95 for ProShow Producer. Visit www.photodex.com for more information.