can anyone recommend a relatively cheap prog that will allow me to burn photos to a dvd as a slideshow? i've used the one that comes with windows 7, which pretty much does what i want, but is limited in that you cannot define your own chapters. it's a shame as the animated menus are useful.
have used ulead pictureshow v2 in the past, which was perfect as it also allowed you to include the source files if you wanted to. looks dated now though

tried the latest demo download and it falls over on win7 (well, it does on my pc).
i want to be able to create multiple chapters with each chapter being a series of images. i'll also need a fair degree of contol over how the front menu appears (control over background image, font style, wording, placement etc). menu animation isn't a necessity but would be nice.
don't need a multitude of fancy picture effects as a simple cross fade is more than adequate.
if it can create blu-ray's, that'd be even better, but again not a necessity.
any suggestions?
tia.