How to Create a Slideshow with Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is the benchmark of photo editing program. With Photoshop, you can do also anything related to image editing and sharing, including photo slideshow, of course. Here you will learn how to create a slideshow with Photoshop.

This Photoshop slideshow tutorial is suitable for Adobe Photoshop 7, Adobe Photoshop Element, Adobe Photoshop CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5. Not that the slideshow created with Photoshop (except Photoshop Element) requires Adobe Reader (version 6 or higher) to play.

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Create Slideshow with Photoshop 7, CS -CS3

In ther "early" version of Photoshop, you are allowed to create a PDF slideshow to showcase your processed photos. To do so, go to File/Automate/PDF Presentation, and following on-screen instructions to make a slideshow in PDF which could be viewed with the most PDF reader, but Adobe Reader is recommended.

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Create Slideshow with Photoshop CS 4 and CS5

Since Photoshop CS4 (including Photoshop CS5), PDF Presentation option has been move to File / Browse in Bridge, or directly click on the Bridge button on the top menu bar of Photoshop. Plus, more options are available to customize a Photoshop slideshow. After PDF slideshows are created. They will be usually open in slideshow mode with Adobe Reader. If not, find the full screen option to play your PDF slideshow.

Create Slideshow with Photoshop Element

It's easier to make slideshow with Photoshop Element than other editions. It provides a Slide Show Wizard to make Photoshop slideshows. You can access it by going through: Make Photo Creatioins -> Slide Show. You can even add music as the background, and output slideshow video to share with others.

Photoshop Slideshow Conclusion

PDF presentation is a unique way to show off your Photoshop creations. But compared to Slideshow Video created with Photoshop Element, I would choose the letter. With Photoshop Element, you can create a real slideshow - including music and exporting to video - to share your masterpiece with others. Another way to show off your Photoshop creations is to make photo slideshows for website.