Iphoto and slideshow music?

Hey guys just wondering if there is a way to have a slideshow with more than 1 song playing in the background? I have a ton of pictures for a slideshow and want to use 3 or four songs as background music, any way to do this?

Hi adamdub;
May I welcome you to the Apple Discussion Forums.
If you take the songs in iTunes that you wish to use in the slideshow and put them into a playlist such as slideshow. Then when creating the slideshow in iPhoto you select the playlist named slideshow, the songs in that playlist will be used.
Allan

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May I welcome you to the Apple Discussion Forums.
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If you do not see your iTunes library when attempting to add music to your iPhoto slideshow, follow the steps outlined in the last section of this article -
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See the section titled If you don’t see your iTunes library in the Source pop-up menu:
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Sincerely,
Brett L

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