Eric + Dy: Same Day Edit

We love seeing all the creative ways photographers from around the world use ProShow slideshow tools to deliver high-quality videos to their clients. Ricky Tiu is a photographer based in the Philippines and put this video together using ProShow Producer and our free Valentine’s Day slide styles.

“I was just starting my photography career a few years ago and was looking for software that could do slideshows differently from the fade in/fade out that is normally used by other photographers in my country. In my research I stumbled upon Proshow and I’ve been using it ever since. It’s so user-friendly and the output always brings a certain wow factor to my audience. Proshow gives you the flexibility and room for creativity and at the same time gives you the speed needed in making those onsite AVPs (videos done on the same day). The fact that Photodex always expands their products gives me comfort that I will never run out of something new to show to my clients.”

-Ricky Tiu

Ricky is presenting a wedding photography workshop this April in the Philippines called ‘The June Bride‘ and will focus on how to use ProShow to deliver amazing videos to clients. Click here for more info >>

How to Use the Spring Creative Elements Kit

Working on a spring-time video slideshow in ProShow? Be sure and download our free Spring Creative Elements kit for ProShow Gold and ProShow Producer. Inside you’ll find photo backgrounds, mattes, text overlays and more. Watch this video to learn how to mix and match this content in your own slideshows. Download the kit free here: http://www.slideshowblog.com/?p=6393

How To Create a Custom Background in ProShow

Learn how to create a custom background for your ProShow Gold and ProShow Producer slideshows in this quick video. Change the background color, use an image as a background and more. Download a free trial of ProShow and follow along.

Show of the Week: Los Willows Wedding

This week’s spotlighted video comes from David Zumaya of Weddings At California Photography. For the past 15 years David has been a full time photographer and has been featured in many publications including Exquisite Magazine as one of the top twelve San Diego ‘Photographers We Love’.

Today he shares a recent wedding he shot in San Diego at Los Willows Wedding Estates in Fallbrook. He put this video slideshow together using ProShow Producer with music from Triple Scoop Music.

“I love designing wedding albums and delivering images that my clients will share with their family and friends for a lifetime. I’m most passionate about being part of the wedding day and creating my images with a very positive and enthusiastic personality

I use Zenfolio for my website and YouTube to showcase photo montages of my weddings. Each video is optimized using keywords so that potential brides can easily discover me and my work online. I’ve been a ProShow user for 10 years since the first release! I love the control I have with the audio and video and have to say I’m sold for life!”

- David Zumaya

What’s Your Favorite Style?

Slide Styles have changed the way people create their slideshows with ProShow. Their ability to instantly transform photos, captions and video clips into cool animations and layouts, has condensed what might have taken hours or days of work, into a couple clicks of the mouse. Since their unveiling we’ve released 11 Effects Packs totalling over 1,000 effects.

With all those options available, you’re bound to have a favorite or two. Maybe it’s one you built yourself or a tried and true built-in or add-on style that you love. Share the name your favorite Slide Style or Transition in the comments below to be entered to win a $20.00 Photodex store credit you can use on whatever you’d like on Photodex.com! (winner announced on Friday, 3/8/13)

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MeFoto Travel Tripod Review

Our friends at Discovermirrorless.com recently reviewed the new MeFoto travel tripods. The new small, light, low cost “travel” tripods that fit inside your camera bag are made to ride along with you everywhere and spring to life when you need them for photo and video. MeFoto is leading the way with two models, each in a variety of bright fun colors with matching small ball heads and priced right.

Do they meet up to photo technology expert Will Crockett’s expectations? Can you use them with a pro DSLR, a pro mirrorless, or just a point and shoot? Watch the video to find out.

Photodex Customer Service Team Honored at 2013 Stevie Awards

Photodex’s customer service team was honored with two Stevie® Awards in the categories of ‘Best Customer Service in the Computer Software Industry’ and ‘Best Use of Technology in Customer Service’ in the seventh annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. We were on-hand to accept the awards at the gala banquet on Monday, February 25 at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas (and we had a blast!).

We’re so honored to be chosen for these prestigious awards. Thank you to everyone who voted for us! We’ll continue to work hard everyday to provide the best customer service in the industry for all our awesome customers!