Create Slideshows from Photos in SECONDS | Quickest, Easiest, FREE Slideshow with Music | Shotcut
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- This is the easiest, fastest FREE method to create slideshows from static photos I've found in a long time. The open source video editor Shotcut has a small hidden tool that can create slideshows from photos in only a few clicks, with automated transitions.
Using the slideshow tool in Shotcut can create a slideshow in only a few seconds, by importing the images, reordering them on the playlist and then automatically placing them to the timeline, with a pre-defined slide duration, transition duration, random transition and more options to fill the screen with the image automatically.
The slideshow function works even if the images are different sizes and have variable aspect ratio. Shotcut offers options for specifying the zoom effect, to achieve a Ken Burns effect on the photos, and also make them fill the entire area of the screen.
In this video I also show you how to add music to your slideshow, how to trim the music track to the exact length of the slideshow and how to add a fade out to your audio track.
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This is one of the best shotcut tutorials I've seen, no stalling, no asking for likes and subscribers, and just gets straight to the point and point out every button. before I was doing it the hard way on shotcut, but this is gonna make my fanfic stories a lot more easier to produce, I wish there were more transitions like a horizontal flip transition, but either way, great video!
Appreciated! Thanks for your comment. Glad it helps.
This helped me a lot for a school project, great tutorial, thanks for the help!
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OhMyGosh Cristi...your tutorial is outstanding!
I have been checking out so many here on YT, because I have never done a slideshow before.
Your explanation is CLEAR & CONCISE, EASY to Understand with ShotCut...PRICELESS! Thank you very much indeed!
I have to create my Passover Seder Slideshow today so here goes...XOXOX
Thank you so much! I am glad you found it useful! Thank you for watching.
Wow this is the best video for slideshows editing so far, thank you so much, this video saved me a lot of time since I am new to shotcut.
Glad it helped! It's indeed a time saver! Enjoy and thank you for watching and subscribing!
Very helpful, clear instruction, thank you so much!!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching and let me know if you have any questions.
This is exactly what I was looking for. I've been doing slideshows on Shotcut the hardway. Great job.
Great to hear! Thanks for your feedback.
@@Graphicious Hi, Cristi,. Thanks a lot for this video. May I know if we can slow down the speed of the voiceover in this software? Thank you.
Perfect! Exactly what I was looking for 👍
Glad I could help!
Thank you Cristi for a fantastic tutorial. I just used it to create a slideshow for my CZcams channel to go along with some music that I recorded with a friend. Your tutorial was easy to follow and helped me create a slideshow quickly with the settings I needed. Thanks and hope you have a great day! -Geoff
You're very welcome! I appreciate your feedback.
Thanks for making this video. The info worked perfectly for what I was trying to do. It beats the heck out of reading through instructions to try and figure it out on my own.
Glad it helped! Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Thank you so much for your exceptionally clear and precise guide .
My pleasure! Thank you for watching!
Great tutorial. This is lots easier then my other program because it gives more options. Thank You!!
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Good feature, good tutorial, THANK YOU!
Glad it was helpful!
Just a excellent tutorial, well spoken and clear illustrations, couldn't be better. Especially after searching through a bunch of poorly done, hard to listen to tutorials.
Awesome, thank you!
This video is awesome and so easy to understand.
So quick and informative
Thanks
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Great job, Cristi. What a powerful tool and so easy. Lots of variables, lots of choices.
Totally agree!
Very clear and concise video. I found it very useful. I use shotcut on a weekly basis to edit ad upload my YT videos, would love a tutorial on how to make it more slick, more 'popping' as they say. Thanks.
Thanks for the information right to the point. It really was helpful.
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I haerd it loud and clear. Its informative and useful public information. Thank you
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Very useful,well explained. I learned something new today. Thank you for sharing
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Thank you! It's exactly what I have been looking for.
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This is so helpful. Thank you.
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Very well explained! Thank you👍👌
So nice of you. Glad you found this helpful.
Thanks man. Good and clear explaination.😍😍
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Very good Explanation. Superb. Thank you.
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Perfect Set of Instructions Especially for a Novice. Thank you.
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Simply super and very useful video for photo slideshow
Thank you so much 🙂
Thank you, man. Exactly what I was looking for. God bless you!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching, glad I could help.
Very informative. Thanks!
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Thanks, a clear and helpful tutorial
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Just come across your show. Excellent tutorial. Will check out your site to see if it covers my interested areas and if all your programs are of this standard. Thanks.
my word this is the most helpful video
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Best Shotcut tutorial on the internet. Well, at least the best one I've seen! Thanks for sharing.
Wow, thanks! I appreciate your comments and please let me know if there's anything else you'd like to see a tutorial for!
Very cool, thank you!
Thank you too!
It's October, 2023 and this video saved my day. Thanks!
So glad to hear that, happy to help.
Excellent tutorial and exactly what I needed! Thank you Cristi, subbed and looking for more tips to simplify editing on Shotcut.
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The ultimate timesaver. THANK YOU!
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So nice, Thanks a lot
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Thank you so much :D really help
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Loved your video. I just started making youtube videos and you taught me exactly what I wanted
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Really helpful... thanks :)
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Thanks for the information. It really helpful
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@@Graphicious can you make video about how to make simple animated video on shortcut
Really good tutorial.
Glad you think so!
Thanks so much... just the programme I've been looking for and so many similarities to the video programme I use... Filmora... hopefully a short learning curve. Thanks again.
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I wish I had seen this two days ago. Pretty cool.
Thanks
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Brother. Nicely Explained
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Thank you fur this hint. I was looking also soo long, used 4K Slideshow Maker to first create the slideshow and then import to Shotcut. But 4k Slideshow Maker is only able to create with 25fps, and I need 4K by 60fps. So this is realy great, thanks!
Glad I could help! Thank you for watching and subscribing. If you have any questions or features you are struggling with, let me know! I'd love to do a tutorial on what others really need help with. Thanks!
worth watching
thanks for sharing
Glad you think so!
short and to the point this is very easy yet you could also spice it up if bored enough.
Thank you! Indeed, the slideshow creator provides a quick scaffold for a more complex project if you want.
This is so helpful and much easier than doing each slide one at a time. I do have a question - is there a way to go back and change a property (such as slide speed) after you've completed it?
Yes, once the slideshow is assembled on the timeline, you can go and modify individual slides, transitions, etc.
Thank you very much ! That was clear and concise. Really helpful.
Would you do one on how to show still photos in video? I have a series of still pictures taken on river rafting. I guess it's 2 seconds apart. Thanks in advance
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Thanks for this tutorial.
stp I would like to know how to animate a vector image on shotcut as in the whiteboard
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Very Informative vedio
Thanks a lot
Great stuff, I am new to shotcut.... I spent ages manually doing one then found out easy it is as per your vid'. Shame there isn't an option to reverse the zoom on selected images... just to break it up a bit rather than the same zoom in effect on every foto. I tried changing the keyframes (reversing the figures) on some but it goes to pot due to the transition being there.
Thanks... I got what i need
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@@Graphicious 🤩u r welcome.. Are you in INSTAGRAM
Explanation of important details not mentioned in other tutorials. I still have an important question: How do you proceed if you have added photos using the "Add to slide show" function and subsequently edit them (e.g. change the display duration, transitions or dynamic zoom of individual images, etc.) or new source material (photos or videos) between those already in the timeline want to insert existing photos? All my attempts in this regard have so far caused chaos in the course of the video editing.
At last! I've been trying to find someone who can show me how to do this.
Happy to help, thanks for your comment!
Thank you
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Appreciated.
Anyway to make the images duration automatically match the length of the audio track?
Thank you Cristi! Do you recommend we compress images first or will it not make any difference? Do you know whether photos are accepted in JFIF? Do Shotcuts place ads on the video if we upload to you tube? Thanks again, great video!
I haven't tried JFIFs, and I don't think you need to compress the images first. Maybe if your computer has trouble playing them in Shotcut, could do with a resize but I like to have mine at the highest quality. When you export your video, they get resampled to the video size anyway.
And Shotcut doesn't add watermarks or ads, it's a free, open source app.
@@Graphicious Thanks so much Cristi! 🙂 I had a quick look at part of one of your other videos on animation. Amazing! You are a great teacher! 😊
Thank you so much for this tutorial video, it’s so helpful. Can please also show us how to put captions or texts on the slideshow, thanks 😊
Thank you, glad it helps! I will try! Do you want those texts to be animated or static?
@@Graphicious Both please, thanks again,
Great video! Is there a quick way to randomize the order of the photos in the slideshow?
Not that I know of. The order is dependent on how you bring the images from the 'bin' first.
Hi, thank you, is there any software these days as good and easy as windows 7 live movie maker? I loved the feature "fit to music" (i think), so, no matter how many images you had in a slideshow, the program would automatically assign equal time lengths for each photo, and fit this to the audio track, it was perfect! it was such an easy way to make a video. Now I can't find any program that does the same. Please help me. thank you.
I haven't used Movie Maker, but I think you can achieve similar results in other programs. In Shotcut, you could create the slideshow first, export as a video, then bring the video in and use speed controls to make it fit the length of the music.
@@Graphicious Thanks Cristi, maybe Canva has this feature:)
I think this is exactly what I'm looking for use in my blog. One question: Is it possible to loop the slideshow so that it is on continuous play? Thanks so much for your tutorial.
Looping is something that the player is responsible for. Whatever platform you upload the video to, has to do the looping, if it supports it. You can't create a video file (mp4 or other) with a loop functionality in it. It's not supported.
My audio does not have sound, please how to fix. Thank you so much for your video
Does it show on the timeline (the waveform) but doesn't play?
Thank you sir, i am creating daily videos using images + voice over, using audition to edit the voice then share it to kinemaster(my phone) it takes 3 hours to finish the video + 2 hours for the audio + 2 hours searching and other things, is there any pc software like kinemaster or better for making fast (images+transitions) work, sorry for bad English, can you tell me how MED sport create his videos and thank you again.
Thank you! I have not used kinemaster before but it seems to me like you are doing much more work than you should. I don't think video editing is optimal on a phone. I found the MED sport channel and it seems that their videos are mostly a bunch of slideshows with various transitions, plus some intro animation and overlay text at the beginning. I think you can achieve similar stuff with the details in my video, for Shotcut, using the automated slideshow. You can also create them manually, of course. I also use Camtasia a lot, it's very easy to learn and you can produce similar stuff. Good luck!
@@Graphicious
Thanks for the answer, i used before softwares like shotcut, the pc softwares takes a lot of time thats why i prefer kinemaster, but like you said editing video on mobile not a good idea for long-term, i will use camtasia and try to find a way for fast editing, have a good day.
This works great! Question: my photos will have varying aspect ratios and it is resulting in the tops of heads being cropped off on some photos. Any suggestions on an easy fix for this that I can apply to lots of photos to try to take care of most of them in one fix? Then I'm sure I might just need to eliminate the ones that are difficult to fix since I'm dealing with hundreds of photos.
I don't think Shotcut has any more options for customising the look apart from what you see in the slideshow dialog. It would probably either be manual OR fix the image aspect ratios externally before bringing them into your slideshow. Lots of tools out there that do automated cropping or resizing.
@@Graphicious - thanks! I played around with IrfanView since that's what I am familiar with. They do have a batch conversion feature. It works but not well, unless I just haven't figure out the right settings.
I think what I really need to do is just do something with the portrait photos to turn them into landscape with black boxes on either side. Then I don't have to worry about an auto-crop cropping something incorrectly with varying photos. Now I need to figure that out.
@@Graphicious - I found a solution in IrfanView in the Advanced settings of Batch Conversion. The option is to change Canvas Size and I added a left and right border that was 1500 pixels each. I'll need to play around with the best size border but that seemed to be a good starting point. Just sharing this here in case it helps others with slideshows.
Awesome, thanks for sharing that!
Is there a way to change the defaults on the slideshow settings so I don't need to keep changing them every time I add another batch of photos? (duration, transition, etc.)
With hundreds of photos, Shotcut can't handle that many at once without crashing and I'd like to be able to add to the slideshow in batches as I go anyway. Thanks for the help!
OK, I figured it out. Sharing here. It is critical that if you have photos that are different aspect ratio than what shows on the screen, that you fix this BEFORE building a slideshow. Once you bring the photos in, it's too late. Even landscape photos can be the wrong aspect ratio, depending on the camera used. For mine, the digital camera I was using was 16 to 12. To set this, it's in Settings, Video Mode, Custom and then type in the resolution and aspect ratio for the photos you are bringing in. Then I think that if you switch to different photos with different aspect ratio, you can then switch again (like when my photos switched from a digital camera to a smart phone).
This still won't fix the problem of portrait vs. landscape photos. That requires adding a border or something to compensate. My fix is that I'm just avoiding the few portrait photos I have whenever possible. And then fixing the ones I really want.
Sounds like a good workaround but you still have to pay attention to the images you bring in. While defaults cannot be set on this tool, I always make sure that the photos I bring in are in the 'acceptable' range for the final slideshow I try to produce.
@@Graphicious - absolutely. Getting them in that acceptable range in another tool like Irfanview is a lot easier than trying to fix it in shotcut. Then shotcut works wonderfully for pulling it all together in a slideshow. I just wish it wouldn't crash on me so often. I save often to avoid heartache.
Good idea. It can be a bit glitchy at times. It might have a memory leak or something like that, which becomes more apparent when you use a lot of images.
Can we do one image to zoom in, second image to zoomout, 3rd image to zoom in and so on... like this in simple way???
Yes but I don't think you can using the slideshow builder. If you choose random, it will just choose random transitions. If you want them alternating like you say, you have to build those manually.
Can each slide last longer than just a few seconds? Also, can you overlay audio (narration) for each individual slide? Thank you.
Yes, after you create the slideshow, you are free to adjust the duration of any individual slide on the timeline as long or as short as you need it and the transition will still work. As for narration, yes, you can add music or audio on a separate track at the appropriate time.
@@Graphicious - Thank you very much for the reply. I will give it a shot.
Can you still move the pictures around after you generate the slideshow?
Yes, this slideshow creator just places the photos on the timeline with the desired duration and adds the transitions. You are then free to move them and change them but it may remove the transitions for those particular ones, so you may have to re-do them. But it's a great tool for giving you a head start in arranging a slideshow.
can i add differnt transitions image by image
When you create the slideshow, you can only choose one (or random). But after the slideshow is created on your timeline, you can edit each transition individually, right click on it and choose 'Properties' and then you can change it.
How can we add video clips among those pictures with transition effects?
You can add them manually after the slideshow is generated.
G r e a t !
Thanks!
I watched an OpenShot tutorial. You can create a pan and zoom slideshow. Can Shortcuts do that?
Hi, not sure what you are referring to, like a Ken Burns kind of thing? I think you can do that but manually.
This is a very good tutorial but I have two questions! Is there a limit on the amount of pictures you can put on one slideshow. I have 260 all taken in Copenhagen, and how can you burn everything onto a DVD-R at the conclusion!
Thanks! I haven't tried to push the limits on how many images you can use, but I guess it would be something up to the power of your computer. I assume the more you add, the harder it's going to have to work to compose that sequence for you.
As far as DVD export, in the Export dialog there are several DVD export options for video, PAL, NTSC, etc. and those will create a VOB for you, which you'd have to burn to DVD using a DVD burn tool for finalize it.
Thanks for that, I guess the only way to find out is to try. As to burning the end result to a DVD-R, would using DVD Flick/ImgBurn be able to do this?
Never used those tools. I think PowerDVD was a good one. Nero DVD also! Quite old, I have not needed to produce a DVD in years!
@@Graphicious Appreciate your replies Cristi -Thanks!
How can you have the slideshow and audio be the same length of time?
I'd imagine you have to calculate in number of seconds, your audio file and set the image duration (in the Clip duration field) to be those seconds, divided by the number of images.
After I have imported the picture I can't select all by pressing the shift button the pic is shifted where I last click is there another way to select all the picture ...
Which version of Shotcut are you using? Are you on Windows? Try CTRL key instead, or CTRL + A, or drag with mouse?
@@Graphicious i have just updated it works thanks for the Big help
How do you zoom in on part of the slide?
Select the slide, go to Filters and add a 'Size, Move and Rotation' filter to it. Then you can add a preset or animate the position and size using keyframes on that filter's properties. I can probably make a video on that.
I really like your simple tutorial. However my Shotcut freezes (the dreaded grey film) every time it gets to the part where it generates the slideshow. I've tried it in proxy mode, but it still happens. There are 59 photos but should that number be a problem?
Can you try resizing the images externally before adding them to the Shotcut timeline/media bin? Maybe they are too large, make them 1920 x 1080 (or whatever maximum your video is), and see if it works. Maybe you're hitting a memory limit. Also helps to update to the latest version of Shotcut. Also, if nothing works, try reducing the transitions, instead of Random, if that's what you're using, use a simple one, and see if there's maybe a problem with the transition or one of the transitions being applied.
@@Graphicious Thank you for your speedy reply. I've tried your suggestion, making sure nothing else was open on the computer as well but it is no better, in fact the more often I try, the quicker it seems to freeze. My original pictures were pretty huge, so I thought your suggestion would work, but no. I only have 4GB Ram so that may well be the problem. But it is the first time I've found myself short of Ram. Anyway I appreciate your help.
@@marianh9812 If you only have 4GB ram, that's probably the reason. I think your computer may be struggling to give Shotcut the memory it needs to process this. Try making shorter slideshows, for example only use half the photos, render the video and then half and render another video, separate project. Then you can stitch together these videos either in Shotcut or in Losslesscut. I have a tutorial on how to do that in a few seconds: czcams.com/video/USMXFmJfYZo/video.html
@@Graphicious I went on the Shotcut Forum and someone there also said that would be the reason and also because I have a 32-bit OS. The latest versions of Shotcut don't even come with a 32-Bit option as it is too under powered. I think both your suggestions may help others though. Do you mind if I copy them on the forum thread with or without your name?
@@marianh9812 Of course, feel free to post it. If you want to include the link to the slideshow video, that also helps and I'd be grateful! Thank you.
Is it possible to insert multiple songs?
Yes, you can just drag another audio file after the first one, or you can add another audio track and add it on that track. This is useful if you want to have the songs overlap a little bit, or have some voiceover. To add a new track, right click on the timeline and go to 'Track Operations > Add audio track'. Hope this helps.
What I have to do if I want to change transition duration after generating slideshow
After your slideshow is created on the timeline, click on the transition (the things that look like an X between the videos) to select them and right click to change their properties. But if you want to make them longer or shorter, you can drag the edges to extend or reduce their duration.
@@Graphicious thank u
Is it possible to add text(transition) ,content into this slides?
Yes but only after the slideshow has been generated on the timeline.
@@Graphicious can you show us how?
Hi. Can you export it into an exe or convert it to that?
Can’t do that with Shotcut, I’m afraid. It would have to be an external player like VLC
OK. Thanks for the response.
No problem.
How can I add voice over on this
I found this video for you: czcams.com/video/KelNdcN_Z2g/video.html
This all sound good but every time I try to do it it never comes out(music is the most difficult part for me ) the way I would like for it to.
Would you do a video on how to collect pictures from different sources and bring together to create a slide show.
I am trying to get pictures from my I-phone and put them all in one place.(tablet).
Wanda H
Hi, sorry it's not working out. What do you mean by 'the way you would like it to'? Shotcut doesn't work on a tablet. I don't understand exactly where you are struggling. Is it the slideshow doesn't get produced? Does it not play? Maybe iPhone photos should be resized first, if they are too large, or converted to JPEGs. I don't know if Shotcut supports the high quality photo format that iPhone produces by default.
@@Graphicious I was trying to get my music and pictures to run together. I just can't get them to run at the same time, it's one or the other. (I'm trying to get my memorial service together )(no, I'm not expecting to die however, anything can happen with this virus.)
@@wandaharris4807 I see, if you want the music to play DURING the slideshow, you need to add another track on the timeline -- on the left side, right-click and 'Add audio track'. Then you can move the music onto that track so then it plays at the same time. I hope this is what you're trying to do, if I understand you correctly.
Hi, Is there a slideshow maker that can CONTINUOUSLY RANDOMISE a set of slides on a continuously repeating loop, without repeating a randomised order. So what I want is a continuously repeating loop that doesn't repeat the randomised order, but instead continuously randomises the photo sequence for as long as the program runs. I.e. One hour - 20 hours or whatever! If you can let me know of a slideshow maker that can do this or otherwise let me know how I can achieve this effect, I will be very grateful. Thanks, Michael
I think you are looking at a tool that just takes a folder of photos and runs a slideshow on them plus put some music in the background, if that's what you want. I think even the basic Windows Photo viewer can do a slideshow like that with a random order.
@@Graphicious Hi, thanks so much, but I don't just want a random order that can be repeated in a loop. I.e I select random and I am given a random order for my photos. I then select loop which will repeat the same random order over and over again for as long as I want. I DONT WANT THAT! What I want is a random order that continuously remains random and unpredictable for an indefinitely long period. I want to be able to run the slide show for any length of time and for the photos to appear in a continuously changing sequence that doesn't repeat a previous sequence for as long as I run the show, which could be any length of time at all. I have subscribed by the way. :-)
anyone having trouble downloading on a Mac? thanks for this tutorial btw!
Sorry, haven't tried on Mac yet. Maybe someone else can say.
@@Graphicious thank u for your amazing videos! i figured it out!
how do you add voice over to the track ?
I prefer to bring audio from outside Shotcut, such as recording it with Audacity, but you can also do it in Shotcut, it's a little more involved. Here's how: czcams.com/video/OoDmjrJgwq4/video.html
@@Graphicious thank you . i am new to this . how would i make the video with images add music then insert a previous voice recording over the music ?
@@ariannesmum You can add a secondary audio track (use the menu on the left, with the 3 lines) and add your audio file on it. You can then change the volume so that your music goes down a bit when you have the voice over (like a 'ducking' effect).
Hi Cristi,
Is it possible to bring the prepared slideshow into Instagram?
Sure, you can export it as a video, and upload to Instagram.
@@Graphicious Thank you for the Quick support! Is there a special specification to follow in the proposed list or is video enough?
Just mp4, not sure which format you need, vertical etc, look at the resolution
How to crop any video in play list
I don't think you can without adding them to your timeline, resizing/cropping and then exporting.
i want to play the entire audio clip and have the slide show end at the same time.
You have to count how many slides you have in your slideshow, and then divide the length of the audio (in seconds) by that number. This will tell you how many seconds you need to make each slide. Choose that when you create the slideshow and done! That's assuming you want each slide to stay on the screen for the same amount of time. But you can also drag to expand/reduce the time for each slide after.