My immediate thought when I saw your question, was "why not use VFP and GDIPlusX? http://vfpx.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=GDIPlusX&referringTitle=Home

>I am working on a personal photo slide show and find the Windows 7 Slide Show is too basic; PowerPoint requires too much tame to insert all photos in the PP slides. Another option I read about online is Windows Live Photo (I understand this is a free add-on to Windows). Have anybody used Windows Live Photo and do you find it it gives you more interesting presentation?
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>TIA.