It's a shame that Microsoft Photo Story does'’t support burning DVDs and VCDs with the created slideshow, and you’ll need your own DVD authoring app to do this. Unfortunately, however, the output movies from the software are not as sharp as they’d be in VCD or DVD format. You can choose from various resolutions in order to optimize your slideshow. Output from Microsoft Photo Story is in Microsoft's WMV file format, which is more compressed than MPEGs or other movie type files. You can pick from a bumper range of music genres, tempos, instruments and effects, giving you the chance to match the audio precisely to the mood of your show. For instance, you can build your own custom soundtracks for your slideshow. While you can simply sit back and let Microsoft Photo Story do everything for you, there's still plenty you can play around with if you’re feeling adventurous. What's more, the ones generated by default look great. The fact is, you don’t need to tweak a whole bunch of settings because the program does it for you, automatically generating transitions and zoom/pans without you having to set it up yourself.

Applying such features can prove tricky in some programs, but not in Microsoft Photo Story.

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