Top 10 Photo Slideshow Makers with Music on PC/Mac/Online

Icecream Slideshow Maker is the slideshow maker, which is support HD slideshow creation.

• Pros
• 1. This software is easy to use in its free version.
• 2. It supports various music formats importing.
• 3. Audio effects like offset, loop time, etc, are supported.
• 4. Video resolution can be met from 640 × 480 to 1920 × 1080.

• Cons
• 1. Free version has limited functions, like picture limits up to 20, output video format of WebM, etc.
• 2. This maker does not support full-screen preview.

Aiseesoft Slideshow Creator is the total free slideshow software, which lets you make your own slideshow with pictures, music and videos with editing features.

• Pros
• 1. This creator lets you make slideshow without picture limits.
• 2. Various video/music formats' importing like MP4, MOV, MP3, AAC, etc. is supported.
• 3. It allows audio editing like trimming; fade in/out, audio collection.
• 4. Transitions, text editing, photo effect editing (rotate, crop, flip, blur, mosaic, gray, etc.) are fully met.
• 5. Slideshow video saving format are various, and resolution is high up to 720p HD.

• Cons
• 1. It only has Windows version, no Mac currently.

Movavi Slideshow Maker is photo to DVD slideshow maker with music, titles, transitions and special effects.

• Pros
• 1. This slideshow maker is equipped with abundant transitions, effects, styles, filters, etc.
• 2. Video editing like rotate, clip, crop, color adjustment, etc. are supported.
• 3. Music file can be imported or recorded.
• 4. Playback can be for skip with backward/forward by 0.5 seconds.
• 5. Save project for next editing.

• Cons
• 1. Trial version supports 1/2 saving of the whole video file.
• 2. The output video formats limited like DVD, MP3, MKV, AVI, etc.

Free Bolide Slideshow Creator is the easy and free slideshow which support photos and music on your Windows computer.

• Pros
• 1. It is very easy to use this app to make the slideshow with images.
• 2. Transitions arevarious.
• 3. You can edit title, rotate, flip, pan and zoom the slide.
• 4. Slideshow video can be saved as 720p HD.

• Cons
• 1. You need to pay money to import video for slideshow creating.
• 2. Song format can only be imported from MP3, AAC, M4A, MP4, WMA and WAV, no more formats.

SmartSHOW 3D is the brilliant 3D movie slideshow maker from your photos, music and videos.

• Pros
• 1. It provides templates (wedding, family, birthday, family, etc.) for you to create a slideshow quickly.
• 2. Convert slideshow to DVD and other video (high to 1080p HD).
• 3. Support music volume (main audio stream and voice comments) and fade in/out effects.
• 4. Layer editing (photo, video, text, 3D-text, clipart, etc.), transitions, background color, watermark, etc.

• Cons
• 1. 10 days' free trial only supports 16 pictures at maximum for slideshow.

MAGIX Photostory easy is the slideshow helper, which enables you to make the slideshow with your photos, text and music.

• Pros
• 1. It supports various formats' importing from images, music and video.
• 2. It allows you edit photo (rotate, flip, zoom, etc.), video, and audio.
• 3. Transitions (3D standard, 3D morph, 3D title), decorations, and audio editing (background, object, etc.)
• 4. Burn slideshow to DVD, Blu-ray disc, SD card.
• 5. Save the video high up to 1080p HD.

• Cons
• 1. Decoration templates are several.

Photodex ProShow is the professional picture slideshow maker with music, which creates video high up to 4K resolution.

• Pros
• 1. It supports various images formats' importing.
• 2. Themes and titles are supported to add and edit.
• 3. Music file can be imported from your local computer or music library.
• 4. Burn to Blu-ray, DVD disc.

• Cons
• 1. The software file size is too big to take more time to download.
• 2. The interface is a little old, and the software is a little slow.

Picovico is the auto slideshow maker online, which give you the styles to create the picture slideshow quickly and easily.

• Pros
• 1. It provides you the style selection to create the slideshow easily.
• 2. It supports slideshow video/title/music editing.
• 3. You can preview the slideshow, export the slideshow to YouTube and download it to your computer.

• Cons
• 1. You have to publish the video and then download it freely to your computer.
• 2. The maximum photos for creating are 20, and the video time is limited less than 3 minutes.

Slidely is the online slideshow maker, which is free for personal and paid for business use.

• Pros
• 1. It supports photos' importing from Facebook, Flickr, instagram, Dropbox, etc.
• 2. Add music from computer.
• 3. Select the themes like Valentine, Snow, old film, burns, etc.

• Cons
• 1. Save slideshow on server, not download to computer.
• 2. The themes are very expensive for many of them.

iPhoto is the built-in slideshow maker for Mac, which provides the simple effects to help you a slideshow with music easily.

• Pros
• 1. The beautiful interface makes it easy to learn and use.
• 2. It supports the audio effects, like "Fit Audio to SlideShow", "split audio at playhead", etc.
• 3. Its photo organization helpers enable you to share your picture slideshows on Facebook and other social media forums.

• Cons
• 1. It only provides you simple editing features for a slideshow making.

Step 1 Run this slideshow maker on your computer; click "Add photo(s) and video(s) here" to add photos or videos.

Step 2 Click Add Background Music at the bottom to add music file, here you could also edit the slideshow, like video collections, audio collects, picture clip/crop/rotate/flip, etc. transition, text add, etc.

Step 3After making all settings, click "Export" > "Convert" to preview and make the slideshow.