imjSlideshow is an open-source-GUI-programm to create slideshows from images and text. The images and texts can be provided with effects like move, scale, rotate and crop. The effects can be parametrized in the time axis so that variety of transition effects are possible.

imjSlideshow is released as open-source program under the GNU General Public License Version 3.
It uses imageMagick and ffmpeg to render the slideshow
and is written in Java.

imjSlideshow was inspired by dvd-slideshow, a command-line utility to create slideshows.

Functions

Slideshows
	create and open
	save as xml-file
	move all ressource to one directory You can make a zip- or tar-archive of the directory with the slideshow and all needed ressources.
Slideshow-Elements
	images: supports all formats imageMagick knows to handle
	text: supports all fonts imageMagick knows to handle
	audio (planed)
	video (planed)
Effects
	move
	scale
	rotate
	transparent
	crop
	embed other images or text with separate effects
Processing
	tree-view and -edit
	timeline-view and -edit
	preview (planned)
	edit of all parameters
	drag & drop
	cut & paste (planned)
Rendering
	rendering-process in background
	formats: PAL/NTSC low/medium/high/wide

Dependency

Linux
Java	>= 1.6	for compile and runtime
ffmpeg	>= 0.5.22648
imageMagick	>= 6.6.1-0
mjpegtools	>= 2.0.0	for ppmtoy4m
Apache Commons Math	>= 2.1
Ant	>= 1.7.1	for compile and build
Velocity	>= 1.7	used to generate classes It is not necessary for compile and run