With Wedding season in full swing, we thought it the perfect time to offer you our new theme and ProShow FX set, suitable for weddings, portraits, basically everything else (it’s that versatile)!

We’re so excited to introduce the ‘Always‘ theme – this beautiful new set of instant slideshow effects was co-designed with William Innes, an incredibly talented wedding photographer and Lumix Luminary whom we’re very honored to work with. Guided by a clean, modern and minimal aesthetic – this set of effects shows images and video clips stylishly in their full ‘uncropped’ glory, with subtle use of motion effects – just enough to bring out the emotion and feeling of the images.

Watch the ‘Always’ Theme In Action

Download FREE: ‘Always’ Theme & Effects

This set includes effects primarily designed for ProShow Producer 6 and ProShow Web. (The caption/ title styles and transition effect can also be used in ProShow Gold 6). You will need to download and install your new effects & theme into ProShow to use them. Once installed, they will appear under the ‘Themed’ category in Slide Styles. For help see this how-article.

ProShow Web users are able to use these effects are part of the theme titled ‘Always’.

Sample Effects: ‘Always’ Theme

Examples of the ‘Always’ slideshow effects & associated theme are featured below. The set of effects features 8 slide styles, 1 transition and 1 theme for ProShow 6. Photo/Video styles include options for all photo orientations. Caption and title styles are also included – perfect for adding personalization to your slideshows with professional polish.

Want More Effects?

To supplement the effects shown in the video, check out our extensive collection of top-shelf slide styles & transitions from ProShow Effects Packs, available for just $19.95 each. Also, check out our Ultimate Effects Guide for tips on which effects work best for different situations.

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We are so excited to share our latest ProShow Theme + FX set with you – a free download for ProShow Gold 7 and ProShow Producer 7! ‘An Affair to Remember’ has a beautiful, throw-back style with rich tones and a cool vintage vibe. Perfect for a wide variety of slideshows including milestone birthdays, anniversaries, family history slideshows, wedding slideshows and more. Tell a life story, celebrate a special event and so much more with this gorgeous new theme.

BONUS SONG + FONTS
We loved the song in the demo video so much, we licensed it just for you! See below for details on how to get this song to use in your own shows and where to download these cool fonts!

Watch the Demo Video

Watch the theme and effects in action below.

Download ‘An Affair to Remember’

Once installed, you’ll see these new individual slide styles in the ‘Themed’ category under the name ‘Remember’. Don’t have ProShow 7 yet? Click here to upgrade today!

Sample Effects

Examples of the ‘An Affair to Remember’ slideshow effects & associated theme are featured below. The set of effects features 17 slide styles and 1 theme for ProShow 7. Photo/Video styles include options for all photo orientations. Caption and title styles are also included – perfect for adding personalization to your slideshows with professional polish.

Bonus Song

The track used in the demo video above was inspired by listening to the dreamlike and emotive scores created by composer and multi-instrumentalist Yann Tiersen. Tiersen has the wonderful ability to transport a listener through his simple compositions. We kept this in mind when scouting for the perfect song, in hopes that it would not only parallel his work but hopefully compliment yours.

This song is a free download for ProShow 7 customers. To get the song, open your built-in music library in ProShow 7 and click the ‘REFRESH’ button in the bottom left corner. You’ll see ‘Beautiful Emotive Piano’ show up in your library under the ‘Top Picks’ section, ready for you to use in your own slideshows. We hope you enjoy!

Download Fonts

Love the retro font styles used in the demo video? Get them free from FontSquirrel, simply click the linked type-face below:

*Need some help installing these lovely new type faces? Never fear FontSquirrel has this very nice how-to section, that’ll walk you through the process.

More slideshow FX + more wow

Looking for more beautiful effects for your slideshows? Our Effects Packs are super easy to use and offer an exciting variety of layouts and animations to enhance any slideshow. Just click and apply! Choose from 14 titles, available for only $19.95 each >

Add the look of falling leaves to your slideshows with our new free set of transition effects made for ProShow 7. Each beautiful cluster of colorful fall leaves glides across the screen to reveal the next slide in your show. The perfect complement to your fall foliage and family photo slideshows. Watch a demo video and download these for free! Available for ProShow Gold 7 and ProShow Producer 7.

Watch the Autumn Leaves FX Demo

Download ‘Autumn Leaves FX’

Sample Effects

Examples of the ‘Autumn Leaves’ transition effects are listed below. A variety of illustrative-like colorful fall leaves float across the screen as the next slide transitions in. Available in wipe from top and wipe from left variations.

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Many of the cool effects featured in the demo video were sampled from our Effects Packs. They’re super-easy to use and offer an exciting variety of layouts and animations to enhance any slideshow. Just click and apply! Choose from 14 titles, and get 15% off with code ‘AUTUMN15‘ (expires 11/13/15). Browse all the FX Packs here.

Got the right tool to build your slideshow?

Planning to make a Fall foliage slideshow? With ProShow, it literally takes just minutes to make a beautiful video slideshow using the automated wizard and instant effects. Upgrade or download a free trial of ProShow 7 today!

If you’re ready to break out of the monotony of a one image per slide show, add some excitement by using a multi-image montage effect. They’re great for introducing a new section of a slideshow, as an opening, a finale, or anywhere you to add a little liveliness and surprise to the flow.

ProShow has a variety of multi-image montage FX built-in and even a wider selection available in ProShow FX packs. Check out a round-up of some of our favorite multi-image montages below.

1) Filmstrip Sequence 1 – StylePack 2

The Filmstrip effect starts off with a movie projector feel with a black & white flickering film sprocket image and transitions into a color filmstrip.

2) Floating Depth Montage Glow – StylePack 5

This montage features five images floating upward at varying speeds and depths for a simple and clean feel.

3) Scatter Light 1 Montage – StylePack 6

This montage features a series of three images with subtle shadow advancing from a light background of numerous scattered duplicates.

4) Scattered Density – StylePack 2

This montage is perfect if you’re looking for a lot of movement and colors. A single image appears, recoiling toward the center, then exploding into a complex array of images that move continuously in different formations and colors.

5) Tilt Matrix – StylePack 3

Add a little action to spice up your show. A complex gridded matrix of nine images tilts into view, then tilts out of view, while two main images are used for the opening and closing displays.

What are some of your favorite ProShow FX and how do you use them? We’d love to hear from you in the comments below.

Are there specific slide styles and effects you’re always using? Turn them into your own Wizard theme! Simply follow a few easy steps in our quick tip ProShow video and learn to make your own Wizard theme. You’ll have a saved custom theme to make slideshows with your own distinctive look.

Available in ProShow Gold and ProShow Producer.

Download a free trial today and test out this cool feature.

Add motion and adjustments to your photos with slide styles in ProShow. ProShow Gold and Producer both include easy to use built-in slide styles that you can access through the FX icon in the toolbar or by double clicking the slide and selecting the ‘Slide Style’ tab.

Follow along in our tutorial video for 5 easy slide style tips you can use when building your slideshows. From filtering your styles by time, layers, or captions to categorizing your slide styles into a favorites tab.

Want more variety in your ProShow slideshows? Check out our general or themed effects to make your slideshows stand out even more. Together you’ll have an amazing combination that’ll give your videos a more professional look.

Browse through and see what FX Packs we have available for ProShow Gold and ProShow Producer.

Download a free trial of ProShow today to test out these quick tips.

Give your ProShow slideshows a fun new look with our beautifully curated Effects Pack 7! This amazing collection of slide styles and transitions is inspired by lights and shapes to enhance all your ProShow Producer 8 slideshow videos.

Effects Pack 7 offers a wide array of styles with title designs, illuminating transitions and a variety of image & video effects for making any slideshow look both professional and unique.

Effects include:

• Animated Cutouts
• Aura Shift
• Comic Explode
• Dynamic Type
• Honeycomb Frames
• Interlaced Shadows
• Sparkle Motion
• Transcendent Shapes

…and much more! There’s a variety of sleek and exciting effects for everyone. You’ll love all that’s new in Vol. 7!

Get your FX Pack 7 today for just $19.95! Available for ProShow Producer 8.

Download: FX Pack 7 Freebie – Concentric Twist

This Free Effect is intended for ProShow Producer 8 users.

Give your ProShow Producer 8 slideshows all new visual flair with Effects Pack 7. Perfect for adding that pop of excitement to a variety of shows, from holidays to birthdays to corporate slideshows, and more. It’s jam packed with a variety of slide styles, transitions, and title designs. Check out a round-up of some of our favorites below.

1. Animated Cutout

   
For a clean feel, Animated Cutout reveals its images by expanding in sequence or by simply sliding into the frame.

2. Comic Book

   
The Comic Book effect is perfect for telling a fun story. With multiple panels and it’s retro filter, you’ll feel like you’re reading a real comic.

3. Honeycomb Frames

   
Use the Honeycomb transition effect to act as a cutout between images. The cutout is divided into pieces giving you a feeling of surprise before the reveal of the next image.

4. Interlaced Shadows

   
Interlaced shadows adds everything to your title text layer. From shapes to colors and more. This gives your text the look of energy with all the movement and shadows going on behind it.

5. Sparkle Motion

   
Sparkle Motion features a series of gold and silver stars coming in waves or circles, spinning or falling, with a text layer or image(s).

6. Transcendent Shapes

   
Add a fun pattern behind your zooming images with a variety of lines and shapes. You can also make include this as a text effect. The spinning motion behind the text and image is a great attention grabber.

7. Diagonal Stripes

   
This stylish transition effect gives your images the look of them coming together with diagonal stripes emerging from the center or from the outside to expose the new image. Great for a variety of shows.

Don’t forget to download your FX Pack 7 Freebie, ‘Concentric Twist‘! Go here to learn how to download the effect and add it to your slideshow today.

Still looking for more variety? ProShow has many built-in FX and an even wider selection available in other ProShow FX Packs.

The new add/remove time feature helps to improve slide time editing. This gives you the ability to adjust the timing from selected slides or transitions while still maintaining your pace and keeping effects intact when making those changes to your ProShow slideshow.

You can apply changes to a specific group of slides or transitions in different ways. By spreading the time across all items or by applying the change to each item individually.

Follow along in our video for a step-by-step tutorial on how to use the new add/remove time feature in ProShow 8.

Download a free trial or upgrade your copy today to try out this new easy-to-use tool available in ProShow Gold 8 and ProShow Producer 8.

Are you making an action-packed sports slideshow? To add some more excitement to your slideshow try using some of these awesome effects and transitions we’ve rounded up for you. They’re great for introducing a player or team, customizing team colors, stat slides, or for simply making your image cool and edgy.

ProShow has a variety of effects including a Sports & Action pack covering 15 major competitive athletic and performance categories.

1) Kinetic Spread Dark – Effects Pack 6

The kinetic spread gives your image a semi-transparent cascade from the original image for an edgy look. This effect comes in dark, light, as well as moving left or right across the screen.

2) Sports – Football USA 3 Stats – Sports & Action Pack

Are you presenting a team? Give each player a ‘Stats Card’ full of fun info including their position, goals/points scored, awards won, game wins, and anything else you want. The ‘Stats Card’ slide style effect is a completely customizable profile…from changing the default information to matching the colors to your school. For more information on customizing the colors click here.

3) Array – StylePack 5

Array also creates duplicates of the image, but it also gets spotlighted as the image is moving. Great for highlighting your favorite portrait or square image from a winning game.

4) Chevron Trail Vertical Light – Effects Pack 7

Chevrons always seem to be everywhere in sports. This transition in particular has two crossing arrows leaving a chevron patterned trail between slides. Time it perfectly and the crossing arrows also work as a very quick frame around your next image.

5) Sports – Basketball 2 Single – Sports & Action Pack

Some of the sports slide styles include a few overlays and backgrounds that allow you have a basketball, football, ice rink bankground, track field background, and more. A few more creative options to make your images stand out during your slideshow.

Watch the Sports & Action FX Pack Demo

To get a look at all that’s included in the sports & action pack check out our demo video! The pack works with ProShow Gold, ProShow Producer and ProShow Web.

Also be sure to check out the rest of our Transitions and Effects Packs to add even more creativity to your awesome ProShow slideshows.

What are some of your favorite sports and action ProShow FX? We’d love to hear from you in the comments below.

The new add/remove time feature helps to improve slide time editing. This gives you the ability to adjust the timing from selected slides or transitions while still maintaining your pace and keeping effects intact when making those changes to your ProShow slideshow.

You can apply changes to a specific group of slides or transitions in different ways. By spreading the time across all items or by applying the change to each item individually.

Follow along in our video for a step-by-step tutorial on how to use the new add/remove time feature in ProShow 8.

Download a free trial or upgrade your copy today to try out this new easy-to-use tool available in ProShow Gold 8 and ProShow Producer 8.

Make a photo and video slideshow to share the love this Valentine’s Day with your friends and family. Use the download effects + content feature in the tools menu to automatically download and install these freebies. Make it extra special and create a beautiful, customized slideshow in minutes with ProShow.

Heart Strings

Include some vibrant and fun heart strings + sweet captions to your photos. Perfect for celebrations of love, anniversaries and Valentine’s Day shows.

Sweet Heart

A beautiful set of Valentine’s Day effects full of floating hearts that will add the perfect touch to your slideshows.

Valentine’s Day Heart Collage + Title Effects

Make your slideshow extra special with a heart-shaped photo collage or an editable valentine title mask message for any photo + video.

Sweet Valentine

A stylish variety of photo and caption styles for creating a heartfelt Valentine’s Day slideshow, or any show celebrating the ones you love.

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Planning to make a Valentine’s Day slideshow? With ProShow, it literally takes just minutes to make a beautiful video slideshow using the automated wizard and instant effects. Upgrade or download a free trial of ProShow 8 today!

Submit your Valentine’s Day slideshow to be a spotlight on our blog.
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Are you making an action-packed sports slideshow? To add some more excitement to your slideshow try using some of these awesome effects and transitions we’ve rounded up for you. They’re great for introducing a player or team, customizing team colors, stat slides, or for simply making your image cool and edgy.

ProShow has a variety of effects including a Sports & Action pack covering 15 major competitive athletic and performance categories.

1) Kinetic Spread Dark – Effects Pack 6

The kinetic spread gives your image a semi-transparent cascade from the original image for an edgy look. This effect comes in dark, light, as well as moving left or right across the screen.

2) Sports – Football USA 3 Stats – Sports & Action Pack

Are you presenting a team? Give each player a ‘Stats Card’ full of fun info including their position, goals/points scored, awards won, game wins, and anything else you want. The ‘Stats Card’ slide style effect is a completely customizable profile…from changing the default information to matching the colors to your school. For more information on customizing the colors click here.

3) Array – StylePack 5

Array also creates duplicates of the image, but it also gets spotlighted as the image is moving. Great for highlighting your favorite portrait or square image from a winning game.

4) Chevron Trail Vertical Light – Effects Pack 7

Chevrons always seem to be everywhere in sports. This transition in particular has two crossing arrows leaving a chevron patterned trail between slides. Time it perfectly and the crossing arrows also work as a very quick frame around your next image.

5) Sports – Basketball 2 Single – Sports & Action Pack

Some of the sports slide styles include a few overlays and backgrounds that allow you have a basketball, football, ice rink bankground, track field background, and more. A few more creative options to make your images stand out during your slideshow.

Watch the Sports & Action FX Pack Demo

To get a look at all that’s included in the sports & action pack check out our demo video! The pack works with ProShow Gold, ProShow Producer and ProShow Web.

Also be sure to check out the rest of our Transitions and Effects Packs to add even more creativity to your awesome ProShow slideshows.

What are some of your favorite sports and action ProShow FX? We’d love to hear from you in the comments below.

The all new layer filters feature lets you apply from a selection of over 45 built-in instant effects to any photo or video with ProShow 9. You can apply layer filters on their own or you can customize your photos + videos even further by combining them with any of ProShow’s slide styles and transitions.

Plus, preview your filtered photo or video in real-time to easily browse between layer filters and to toggle between the original and filtered image to compare the changes. From retro to sepia to simple black & white, you’ll discover a whole new level of creativity with these fun filters.

Available in both ProShow Gold 9 and ProShow Producer 9.

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Happy first day of Autumn! The leaves are changing, the weather has gotten a lot fresher (at least down here in Texas), and we’re venturing outside to capture those great moments. Gather up your cute pumpkin patch photos, beautiful fall foliage photos, and other autumn images and drop them into ProShow to make a slideshow.

Then bring them to life by adding some seasonal flare with our round-up of autumn inspired effects. You’ll love the look and feel these autumn effects will bring to your slideshow.

1. Rustic Autumn Landscape

This freebie features light and neutral effects perfect for fall portraits. You can also find other image orientations and title slides under the Themed category. The Rustic Autumn FX freebie is available for ProShow Gold and ProShow Producer.

2. Portraits Picnic 04P Single

Great for seasonal photos like summer or fall, this picnic effect makes you feel like you’re there. This effect comes from the Portraits FX Pack full of a variety of casual and formal style layouts. Available for ProShow Gold and Producer.

3. Autumn Leaves

Add the look of falling leaves into your ProShow slideshows. Watch a cluster of colorful leaves fly across in a variety of directions on your screen between images. Watch a sample and learn how to download the ‘Autumn Leaves’ freebie here. Available for ProShow Gold and ProShow Producer.

4. Old Film Projector Still

Show your photos through an old film projector simulation. Effects include a projection flicker, dust, scratches, and warm-toned muted colors. You can find this effect and many more similar ones in StylePack 2. Available for ProShow Producer.

5. Portraits Scrapbook 02L Single

The scrapbook effect from the Portraits FX Pack has some great fall colors to complement your photos. Pumpkin patch photos, kids playing football, and many other great creative ideas that’ll be perfect. Available for ProShow Gold and Producer.

6. Film Sprockets – Simple

Combined with some of our other effects (Old Film Projector listed above) this black film overlay looks awesome as it pans up with the previous slide to reveal the next slide. From Transition Pack 1 available for ProShow Gold and Producer.

7. Portraits Holiday Green 08L Duo

The Holiday Green effects set in the Portraits FX Pack offers up a beautiful backdrop to display your Fall foliage photos. A mix of Fall colors and patterns are offered in multiple layouts for your photos. Available for ProShow Gold and Producer.

8. Clouds

The Clouds transition adds a moody ambiance to any show and features realistic clouds sweeping across the screen to reveal an underlying image. Available in Transition Pack 1. This is a ProShow Producer only effect.

9. Silk Screen Brown

Give your fall photos a vintage vibe with this silk screen print effect on a parchment background. This effect can be customized to your color preference and is found in StylePack 1. Available for ProShow Producer.

10. Classic Textured Mattes Warm 4

The classic textured matte effect features a warm toned textured photo matte framework with fine art style deckle edge found in FX Pack 6. From multiple orientations to cool toned textures, this effect has many options to work with. You’ll find a somewhere to apply these effects in either your autumn or winter slideshows. Available for ProShow Gold and ProShow Producer.

Do you have a favorite autumn ProShow effect? Let us know in the comments below!

Plus, be on the look out for a new Autumn Color Palette to incorporate into your slideshows soon!

Watch the FX in Action!

Made in ProShow Producer 9.

Got the Right Tool to Build Your Slideshow?

With all of ProShow’s built-in creative tools like the automated wizard, instant effects, and the royalty-free music library you can make an awesome video slideshow in minutes. Get started with ProShow Gold or ProShow Producer.

Upgrade or download a free trial of ProShow 9 today!

Want to give your slideshow introductions a little more excitement? Add a twist by using one of the multi-image montage FX! The ones with captions/headers work great for an opening or a finale, but we also have tons of multi-image montage FX that you can use without captions throughout the show for a nice surprise element. With just a little extra effort it’ll definitely grab the attention of your audience and keep it.

ProShow has a variety of built-in montage FX and an even wider selection available in the ProShow FX Packs. Check out a round-up of some of our favorite montages with captions below. If you’d like to try some without captions then click here: 5 Awesome Multi-Image Montage FX.

1. Squared – StylePack4

Three images are introduced one by one against a light neutral background and morph into square sections of a title scene with a header. (Available for ProShow Producer and ProShow Web)

2. Smooth Talk 2 Montage – StylePack 4

A light or dark gradient background serves as a smooth, classic-looking title area with a montage of images panning vertically to the right of the text. (Available for ProShow Gold, ProShow Producer, and ProShow Web)

3. Title Picture Grid 1 – StylePack 2

Each image switches from black and white into full color as the scene appears to zoom out from the center. (Available for ProShow Producer and ProShow Web)

4. Block Collage – StylePack 5

The Block Collage is great for adding a quick multi-image montage as an overview teaser. It features stationary images or alternating images in a block collage of mixed shapes and sizes as your title appears. (Available for ProShow Producer and ProShow Web)

5. Roundabout Title 1 – StylePack 5

This features titles and a trio of images moving in a carousel-style formation against a dark, moving background. (Available for ProShow Producer and ProShow Web)

6. Alternating Squares 2 Title – StylePack5

A simple montage with several variations that feature images progressing horizontal, diagonal, or alternating images in a stationary layout. (Available for ProShow Producer and ProShow Web)

7. Transversal Title 1 Dark – StylePack 5

Three images switch directions across three parallel rows at intervals against a dark, moving background. (Available for ProShow Producer and ProShow Web)

What are some of your favorite multi-image montage FX in ProShow? How do you use them? We’d love to hear from you in the comments below!

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With all of ProShow’s built-in creative tools like the automated wizard, instant effects, and the royalty-free music library you can make an awesome video slideshow in minutes. Get started with ProShow Gold 9, ProShow Producer 9, or ProShow Web.

See if you qualify for a free upgrade.

Have you checked out the brilliant collection of transitions in Effects Pack 7? Inspired by lights and shapes to enhance your ProShow slideshows! We rounded up a few of our favorites below that are great for adding a little pop of visual flare in your videos.

1. Dot Mesh Warp

The previous slide warps outward into a mesh of dots and reveals the next slide. Also available is a ‘Dot Mesh Warp White’ that covers the screen and then warps outward to reveal the next slide.

2. Dot Mesh Haze

The previous slide disperses into a haze of dots revealing the next slide. You can also check out ‘Dot Mesh Haze White’ which covers the screen first and then reveals the following slide.

3. Concentric Twist

You can download the FX Pack 7 ‘Concentric Twist’ freebie effect directly from the Download Effects + Content in ProShow Producer. A set of rotating shapes to give your slideshows a fun spin and surprise. Learn how here!

4. Fragmented Honeycombs

The slide is split into several honeycomb pattern layers that zoom out as the next slide is revealed. Honeycomb is not the only pattern available…you can also add cubes, diamonds, and geometric shard patterns to give your slideshows a variety of twists.

5. Honeycomb Frame

Use the Honeycomb transition effect to act as a cutout between images. The cutout is divided into pieces giving you a feeling of surprise before the reveal of the next image.

Watch the demo video to see all this and more of what is included in Effects Pack 7.

Effects Pack 7 works with ProShow Producer 8 or later and ProShow Web.

Still looking for more variety? ProShow has many built-in FX and an even wider selection available in other ProShow FX Packs.

Get ProShow 9!

Explore all that’s new by upgrading, buying, or downloading your free trial today.

See if you qualify for a free upgrade.