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I?m trying to find a free app to make a simple slideshow of photos of some of my designs to post on Instagram. I?ve got several free ones but as soon as I open them it says ?7 days free trial then you have to subscribe? ie they are NOT free! The only one that I found that was completely free had a big watermark on it.

Does anyone know of one that really is free?

I have a mac so thought if not, I could try doing it on the computer?

Hi,


Perhaps this might be worth checking out, not sure if it will meet your requirement as I never tried it myself but it is of the Google apps:


https://www.google.com/slides/about/



Generally when looking for free apps, I always try checking out "open source" apps as a priority because they should be devoid of monetary trappings and malware (apart from request for voluntary donation) and are developed by volunteers for the community often with comparable quality to commercial products.

Following the instructions (not necessarily needed) at https://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Slideshow-Using-IrfanView and using the excellent free (donations possible) multifunctional Windows program Irfanview — downloadable from https://www.irfanview.com/ and easily installed — I created the attached executable slideshow in a couple of minutes. I've saved it with a .scr extension (could also have been .exe) and tested it on my own PC. Just download to your PC and run. Windows may belch and say it's a suspect file, but offers you the chance to run it anyway. It really is safe to do so. Esc key will halt and close it.


If you want something that you can upload to Instagram and that will run there, I've no idea whether this .scr or .exe file will, as I don't know anything about Instagram. Have you asked for advice on Instagram itself, or doesn't it allow that sort of thing?

thanks for taking time to make the suggestions, IamTJ - the main problem is that the slideshows need to be in square format for my instagram posts and these all appear to be in standard landscape format but I'll check them out a bit more anyway. Ideally I'm looking for an app rather than something for a desktop computer as I'll be making them 'on the go'

Oh I see, sorry I misread your post thinking Mac or desktop was your prime and last resort!


Can I just mention a couple more options for your last resort. If you don't need too many extra frills, Windows Photos (built in with Windows 10) can create a slide show quick and easy, automatically cropping black bars if your pictures are square format then save to movie format.


On Google Slides, there is an extension called Creator Studio which enables you to create slides and export to video or GIF format. Google extensions can also work on mobile but not all are optimised for it, so it's just a matter of trying it out. Also, not sure if it crops to square.


On Android phones, WPS Office has a slideshow creator module called Presentation which you can then also save to movie format. WPS Office is free open source.


If I come across any other open source solutions, I'll post it here.

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