Last night, I cobbled together a video of Sam's first 2 months to give as a DVD to my in-laws (who we're going to see this weekend). It's made up of still photos and some short videos I shot with our digital camera. It does have a good soundtrack, though. :-)
If you want to download it, right click this link and select "save as": Sam-First_8_Weeks.wmv (high-res WMV, 59 MB)
I made it using three tools: I organized and selected the photos and clips using Picasa 2. I arranged the media, added transitions and the soundtrack, and created the WMV file using Windows Movie Maker. Then, to author the DVD, I used Ulead Movie Factory. Of course, I'm sure this all could have been done more easily using a single piece of software, but I don't have such a program. Any suggestions?
Funny that you should mention this -- I was just complaining about the lack of a Windows suite of tools. Clearly the answer to your question is "iLife." It's one of the areas that Apple just seems to kick the snot out of Microsoft. To solve the same problem I considered the mini Mac. :(
http://www.theevilempire.com/musings/archives/000568.php
Steve, you're so right. The Mac mini is calling me for many reasons, just one of which is the excellent multimedia functions of iLife '05.