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"ProShow Producer has never been this powerful or easy to use. Explore over 190 new transition effects like Page Curl, Curved Path and Camera Flash. Enjoy effortless, automated show creation with the new, built-in wizard and show themes. Plus, add a fresh, exciting look to your shows using any of the 170 new built-in slide styles. Download a free trial today."

I'm a big fan of ProShow Gold and ProShow Producer, but have always struggled with some of the more advanced parts of the program - it's a really powerful product, but certain aspects of the user interface are mystifying and I've never put in the grunt work to figure it all out. Well, with version 4.5, part of that problem is solved. They've added a new wizard for project creation that I can only describe as phenomenal: I was amazed at the result that came from an automated process. I tweaked a few things after the fact, but it was so much easier to tweak than to do it all from scratch. The purists out there might consider this cheating, but I say that the end result is what matters most. Check out two sample videos after the break that I've created that illustrate this. Read more...

If making slide shows is something you do - professionally or as a hobby - it's worth checking out ProShow from Photodex. It's my absolute favourite tool for making slide shows, and while it has some minor irritations I keep bugging Photodex about fixing, overall it's a really nicely program that makes beautiful slide shows quite easy to make. One of the great things about Proshow is how it can be expanded with StylePacks - relatively cheap, easy to use styles that will give your slide show a whole new look and feel. Above are two videos of what come with the new Grunge Appeal StylePack ($19.95) - there are some great styles in there!