maltpress

This plugin creates a widget which loops up to ten recent posts and cycles through them with your selected jQuery Cycle effect.
<h3>Settings</h3>
You can change the following settings:
<ul>
<li>Title: Widget title</li>
<li>Category: Category to draw posts from – the list is automatically populated. Make sure the category you want to use exists before you start! You can select any number of categories – use ctrl and/or shift to select more than one</li>
<li>Number of posts: Number of posts used – if there are fewer posts, that’s fine. It’ll just use the ones in your chosen category</li>
<li>Slider effect: jQuery Cycle effect to be used. To see a preview of all effects, check out <a href="http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/browser.html" title="jQuery Cycle Effects Browser" rel="nofollow ugc">jQuery Cycle Effects Browser</a></li>
<li>Timeout: the amount of time each slide will show for, in milliseconds. For example 3000 = 3 seconds</li>
<li>Transition speed: how long it takes for each transition, again in milliseconds. For example, if you set this to 1000 it will take one second for a post to fade out and the next to fade in</li>
<li>Width: Add a width here if needed. By default, the widget should fit the sidebar you drop it in to. If not, you can override this by setting a width in pixels (don’t include the units, just the number)</li>
<li>Height: Set the height of the widget in pixels. Don’t include the units.</li>
</ul>
Add images to posts as follows:
<ul>
<li>Edit the post to add the image to</li>
<li>Add a custom field called “slider”</li>
<li>Use the path to an image for the custom field value. This can be one in your media library or use an absolute path from another site if you have permission to do so.</li>
<li>That’s very important – image leeching is naughty.</li>
<li>Update your post.</li>
</ul>

Scrollarama

Creates a loop of recent posts (up to 10) with images, within selected category, and scrolls through with jQuery effects

Ben Casey

WP Slick Slider was created as a powerful , customisable and editable jquery cycle plugin.
It uses A custom post type and taxonomy to create a slider, with almost unlimited options and support for multiple sliders on any page and full templating support, the options are endless.
It uses a Template tag:
 
And A Shortcode: 
 [SlickSlider name=”slider-slug”]
If You Have Any Feedback Or Suggestions, Feel Free To Drop Me A Line At <a href="http://www.tigerstrikemedia.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Tiger Strike Media</a>
<h3>Templating</h3>
WP Slick Slider 1.0+ has full support for templating, If are not comfortable working on minor edits to the code in your site, this feature will not be for you.
To activate templating, simply create a folder called “wpss” in your theme folder.
There are 4 types of slides available, these are fully individually templateable, you can even edit the output for a slide type of a specific slide.
To activate templating:
<ol>
<li>Create a file in your theme “wpss”</li>
<li>copy the files from wp-slick-slider/templates/ to the new theme folder.</li>
<li>Edit Away!</li>
</ol>
You can edit the templates for an individual slider using the following guide: 
1. copy the files from wp-slick-slider/templates/ to the wpss folder. 
2. Rename The required file to: {$slug}_{$type}.php. EG: If you have a slider called cool_slider and want to edit the output for the Full Width Image type,the filename would be: cool_slider_full-width-image.php. 
3. Edit Away.
If Any bugs are found in this system or anyone has any questions, Please feel free to <a href="http://tigerstrikemedia.com/contact-us" rel="nofollow ugc">drop me a line</a>:

WP Slick Slider

Utilising the power of custom post types and Custom meta boxes, adds a powerful and customisable slider to your wordpress site.

Scrollarama vs WP Slick Slider