First, Discount Bundles

1) StoryMaker Basic Bundle  $69.95  $49.95   (Save $20)

Photo Story Platinum + Photo Collage Studio

2) StoryMaker Better Bundle  $119.95   $79.95   (Save $40)

Flash Gallery Factory + Photo Story Platinum + Photo Collage Studio

3) StoryMaker Best Bundle  $169.95  $89.95　(Save $80)

Movie Story + Flash Gallery Factory + Photo Story Platinum + Photo Collage Studio

Find More about Christmas special offers…

Second, Free Giveaways

Enjoy digital photos and videos on iPhone, iPod and PSP by free slideshow software provided by wondershare this Christmas , it’s completely free, download and have a try.

Free Software List:

1) iPhone 3G Slideshow Maker
Get this free photo slideshow maker to make some holiday movies for your new iPhone 3G.

2) iPod Slideshow Maker
Make something new for your iPod. It’s not only a mp3 player, but a home movie theatre on the go.

3) PSP Slideshow Maker
Like the iPod, PSP could also be a home movie theatre for playback your home-made movies.

Find more about Christmas free giveaways…

Merry Christmas and have fun with photos/videos on holiday seasons!

It is a professional software that can create DVD photo slideshows with photos, video clips and music and publish MPEG/AVI/WMV/MP4/3GP for YouTube or burn CD/DVDs.

What it attract me is its plenty 2D/3D transitions and Ken-Burns effects.
CD or DVD created by Movie Story can actually play in the DVD player, you can enjoy your own movie on TV.

FlV file download from YouTube can be edit directly with Movie Story.You can not only burn flv to DVD but also edit it and create DVD menu.

Find more from its official website

Tell Love Story on YouTube: combine videos and photos into impressive story.

If you just want to make photo video slideshow, download and have a try, the 2D/3D transitions effects will make you feel worthful.

Whether or no, it is free today.

Link to GAOTD page:

Giveaway of the Day - free licensed software daily. Wondershare Movie Story 4.5.0 - The best home movie making software and video dvd slideshow maker.

Link to 50% OFF Special Offer Page Only for GAOTD Users

Hope it helps.

I have broken down these ideas into more ‘traditional’ categories; however, many of the gifts can be modified to suit anyone on your list. Browse through all the categories to see what catches your eye. You should also take a few moments to check out my article featuring 101 Great Gifts to Make.

101 Great Gifts to Make

See also:

Taking Great Holiday Pictures

• Get Your Camera Holiday-Ready

• Pack the camera - goes without saying? I forgot mine last year in the rush to get the car packed.
• Make sure your batteries are charged and you have extras and/or the recharge packed.
• Pack extra memory cards - have them empty and ready to fill up
• Put someone on ‘photos’ - our family has someone on drinks, main course, dessert - why not put someone on ‘photos’ so that in the craziness of the day they don’t get forgotten.

• Holiday Portraits Photography Tips

• Holiday often provides unique opportunities to get group portraits of family and friends who may rarely be gathered together at once.Take advantage by gathering everyone together somewhere with a nice and uncluttered backdrop. A holiday tree can be a popular background, but even a wall that isn’t too busy or a living room couch can work well.
• Learn how to Capturing Perfect Family Photos,arrange your subjects, what clothes to wear, and what not to do when you want to take unique family photos that you will want to frame and display in your home.

• Brought to you by HP and pro photographer and mom Tracey Clark.

Do More with Holiday Shoots

• Holiday Cards

• DIY Digital Greeting Picture Card (Print Out and Post)
• Create Flash Greeting Ecard (Send by Email or Share on Your Myspace)
• Make Video Greeting Ecard with Photos and Video Clips (Upload on YouTube)

• Holiday photo collage &Gift DVD

• Create Holiday Photo Collage
• How to Create Photo Story Gift DVD
• Make Photo Year Book 2008

• Share Your Holiday on YouTube

• Let Photos Show Your Happy Family this Christmas
• Tell Love Story on YouTube this Christmas
• Let Photos show Your Grown up Christmas List

Cyber Monday – it’s the start of the holiday shopping season online, and a great day for bargains; but only if you know how to find them. Here are several tips that should help:

Track the Deals

Use CyberMonday.com and dealio.com to stay on top of all of the Cyber Monday deals across the web, including information about free shipping offers and coupons.

Free Software List:

iPhone 3G Slideshow Maker
Get this free photo slideshow maker to make some holiday movies for your new iPhone 3G.

iPod Slideshow Maker
Make something new for your iPod. It’s not only a mp3 player, but a home movie theatre on the go.

PSP Slideshow Maker
Like the iPod, PSP could also be a home movie theatre for playback your home-made movies.

See Also: Save Up to $80 on Holiday Story Making bundles.

Link to Special Offers Page(Save Up to $80 on Holiday Story Making Bundles)

Link to Holiday Photo&Video solutions

What you need:
1. Digital photos
2. Photo Story Platinum
3. YouTube ID (Free to register)
4. Favorite music (Optional, as background music for movie)

Step 1. Photoset :

Browse photos and simply drag & drop your favorites to the Story Board and Click “Add Audio” to add background music, also you can add sounds or your own record.

Step 2. Styles :

Preview animated styles first and then double click or drag & drop your selected styles to the Story Board. With 200+ build-in animated movie styles, you can make your photo movie to impress everyone. Also, various theme styles for different occasions such as wedding, kids and movie can meet your special demands.Here I “Add Random Styles” for all slides.

Step 3. Decoration:

To make your photo movie slideshow more funny and lively, adding some adorable elements is absolutely necessary. Here you can add your customized text caption with different text effects, stunning scene effect, animated clipart and sound in flexible timeline.

Gorgeous Intro/Credit animation effects can give people profound first impression. Click ”Intro/Credit” to add it. This software offers different excellent Intro/Credit effects to choose from, just preview and pick your favorite. You can also add your movie information, such as title, director, cast, etc, and set the text effects like movie style.

Step 4. Create :

After you preview the whole photo slideshow and feel satisfied with the effect, select “Create” tab and click “Create MP4″. Also video format like “AVI”, “WMV” or “MPEG-2″ are supported on YouTube. <!–[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]–>

Tips: YouTube Upload Tips (Videos saved with the following settings convert the best):

Video Format: MPEG4-4 Movie
Resolution: 320×240
Video Frame Rate: 30fps
Sample Rate: 44100

Step 5. Upload video to YouTube

After you creating the MP4 file, login your YouTube ID, choose “Account” and click “Upload” button, and then select “Upload a video”, write down your video title and description. It’s better to enter tag for easily searched by others.

Step 6. Finish

Now your YouTube video is ready to share with the world! Show your creativity and happiness right now. Here I share my Tibet travel photo slideshow on YouTube. Comments welcome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fo92nb72m8

Download Photo Story Platinum and have a try!