HI First day here. And I don't own a PC - just a Mac. But I'm patiently waiting for a slideshow program from either a PC or Mac developer/programmer that will create a slideshow with true random selection. If such a program exists in the PC world I will partition my Mac and get Bootcamp or whatever just to run it or perhaps the expected upcoming Mac version of Pictures2 will consider this request. WHICH IS ...... OK - I am begging* begging* I tell you for* what would seem to me* ( ok I'm not a developer by any means ) * but it seems* like a simple idea* - *** I am begging for a photo slideshow* program that* is* truly* random . * I can select* random in iPhoto** and yes it randomizes on the first sort, but when it loops back ( repeats ) * one gets the same* order of pictures* of the initial random sort. ** I would like for* a* slideshow program to* re-randomize* every time the program** re-loops. ** Is that really hard to do ?* Is that why I can't find the feature in any* slideshow program or ** am I among the rarity with this request* ? ** OK - while I am in* dream mode* -* it would be fantastic if I could advance the real random * notion a notch further.*** iTunes allows one to make* Playlists.** I can list* a photo album and then * a* video and then a photo album** another photo album* and another video* etc.**** * iTunes will then play* these** one after another.*** Ok that's good.* I'm grateful for that. ** But* wow* it would be* fabulous if* a* program* could** go through* such a* list** randomly ! ** It would randomly select an album from the list to start* off with and then display the pictures * within that album randomly, and then it would randomly pick* the next album from the playlist* and display the * pictures from that album randomly.** And* WHEN I PLAY THAT* PLAYLIST OF ALBUMS AGAIN * IT WOULD GIVE ME A WHOLE NEW RANDOM ASSORTMENT OF* FILES FROM THE PLAYLIST AND ** RANDOM PICTURES FROM EACH FILE OR ALBUM* - and not just a repetition of what had played before. WHAT A CONCEPT ! * The slideshow program would* pick* one of the items* from the list randomly and then pick * the next* item randomly** until the list was exhausted* ( and hopefully not* re-running a* program once picked ). * Naturally once an album is randomly selected - the pictures within that album would also be presented in a * randomized order.* ** When I select* shuffle** in the iTunes playlist*** the whole playlist freezes* after the first* album* or selection is played. I realize it might be difficult to* select and randomize from an assortment of* photo albums and movies. ** I would be happy just for the program to be able to* randomly select** just from a group of* photo albums* listed in a playlist ** or select* randomly from a* group of just movies or slideshows in a playlist.** ** I have a apple cinema monitor set up* to* view* photos and it plays* throughout the day, *** but it sure is tiresome to see the same* order of photos* time after time.** ** Slideshow programs come with so many bells and whistles and those are nice * and we appreciate all the work and creativity involved - but in the end it's all a bit *tedious if the presentation* is always** same-same* without any* true* random spontaneity. ** I mean don't developers* get tired of* seeing the same pictures in the same order* every time ? thank you world for hearing my lament. blurij
