I'm trying to create a VERY CLEAN slider - no buttons, text, nav, etc.

I can't figure out which template to start from, and selecting no nav, etc in the current tamplates doesn't remove everything in any one of the templates I've tried.

Hmmm. Is anyone following or administrating these forums?

Too bad, it's a nice module with many advanced applications.

I am also trying to create a "brand" slider - similar to the top right on this page of snowandrock.com

Does anyone have any suggestions how to go about trimming down the template ( and which template to use) and how to get the next and previous slides to preview?

That little slider is really cool.  The only way to make it minimal is through the control panel and the code.  You will have to make sure that no navigation items are selected to be visible in the control panel.  If that is not enough, you can edit the style sheet to remove items you do not want, that is what I had to do.

I am looking for a template also for logos. Want to add a minimal slider of brand logos. Does anyone have a template for this?

Is there a place to share templates with others?

I used the CS-NAHID template and changed the style sheet to the following:

/* Navigator II */
#DreamSlider-[MODULEID] .nav-wrapper-II {display:none;}
#DreamSlider-[MODULEID] .navigator-II {display:none;}
#DreamSlider-[MODULEID] .navigator-II ul {display:none;}
#DreamSlider-[MODULEID] .navigator-II ul li {display:none;}
#DreamSlider-[MODULEID] .navigator-II ul li.nav-active-II {}
#DreamSlider-[MODULEID] .navigator-II ul li.nav-inactive-II {}
#DreamSlider-[MODULEID] .navigator-II ul li:hover {}

I also DISABLED all the settings and set borders to [0] so NOTHING but the images show up. This left me with a clean set of rotating logos.