I have used a number of these types of programs in the past ,most are very good. ProShowGold is good and I think is about one of the quickest for producing a slide show .MemoriesOnTv3 is fantastic and has some great effects, I like the Ken Burns effect but this can take a while to render and writes directly to DVD.Another worth looking at for something different is a one by Canopus called Letts Photo Express .This has some really spectacular transitions like photos just dropping on to the screen and zooming in & out and a one that looks like a photo album with turning leaves and the zoom effect ,this one came out as a demo on a mag disk and only allows 1 mp3 for background music but is worth buying .Also , most video editing packages allow you to add your pictures and add music , MoviePlus , Pinnacle ,Ulead to name a few .Hope this helps