Posted February 6, 2016 by Ashley Blood in Windows 10
One way to personalize your computer is to create a desktop slideshow on Windows 10 that is full of meaningful images. These can be pictures of loved ones, favorite vacations or events, images from a favorite TV show, or just high-quality nature pictures. You can use photos you took yourself or download them from the internet. There are several websites dedicated to providing high-definition pictures that can be used to make eye-catching desktop backgrounds. Here's how to use your favorite photos to create a slideshow for your desktop on Windows 10.
Windows Shuffle Slideshow App
By default, Windows 10 plays the slide show in Loop mode with Shuffle mode off. In this mode, the slides are displayed in order. Loop Mode Showing George Washington First. Right clicking with the mouse or other pointing device during the slide show brings up a popup menu with the Loop and Shuffle modes as well as other controls. So how to make a photo slideshow on Windows 10 with SmartSHOW 3D? Here are the steps: Step 1. Pick the Project Type. Launch our slideshow maker for Windows 10 and choose between the Slideshow in 5 minutes and New Project options. Pick the first one if you have little time and want to work with a ready-to-go template.
- If you want to have a look at what makes a difference between slideshow created with a more powerful video editing tool, you can take a glance at the slideshow I created with iMovie for Mac in my previous blog post. I hope this tutorial will help to those of you who were curious about how to create a simple photo and video slideshow in Windows.
- Windows 10 is certainly an improvement over the older Windows versions. But in Microsoft's classic style, there are are some things that worked perfectly on Windows 7 and Windows 8 that we're unnecessary redesigned on Windows 10. Such is the case with the built-in desktop background slideshow.
- Download this app from Microsoft Store for Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile, Windows 10 Team (Surface Hub), HoloLens. See screenshots, read the latest customer reviews, and compare ratings for SlideShow.
1.First, you need to make a folder that contains all the images you want to include in your desktop slideshow. If you are using pictures that you already have on your computer, copy-paste them into the new folder. You can name this folder anything you would like and store it anywhere you want. Just make sure you can find it again later.
2.Minimize everything so that you can right-click on your desktop, and then select Personalize at the bottom of the options list that appears.
3.Select Slideshow from the background dropdown menu under the preview.
Windows 10 Slideshow Shuffle Not Working
4.Now you need to pick the folder that you set up. Click the Browse button to launch a file explorer window. Navigate to your folder, select it, and then click Choose this folder.
5.Back in the settings window, choose how often you want your desktop image to change. You can always manually go to your next background by right-clicking on your desktop and clicking next image. There is also an option to shuffle through the order of the background images or have them show in the same order every time.
6.The last item of business is to choose a fit. This determines how your images will be altered (most commonly stretched or cropped in some way) to fit your computer screen. Take a look through the options in the dropdown menu to see how they look in the preview screen at the top of the settings window, or on your actual desktop, make sure that the fit you chose does not stretch or distort your image.
All changes are applied right away, so there is no need to save your changes.
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