Creating a New Slideshow Project
Creating a New Slideshow Project
The New Slideshow Wizard guides you through the main steps in creating a new slideshow project. To start the wizard select File>New Project. There are five steps:
1. Project Name
The most important details for your project are the name and save location. The name you specify will be used as the project filename as well as the default text for such items as Title Pages. The save folder is the location where the project file itself will be saved.
2. Add Images and Videos
The next step is to select the content for your slideshow, i.e. the images and/or videos that will be displayed. You can choose to retrieve files from folders on your computer or directly from a camera or scanner .
For example, if you choose the retrieve from folders option, you will be presented with an explorer type dialog displaying the folders on your computer. Select a folder such as "My Pictures" and all the images and videos it contains are shown as thumbnails. Click on the lower part of the thumbnail for any items you want in your project then click the "Add" button.
3. Add More Images and Videos?
The number of images and videos in your slideshow will be displayed and you can click the link if you want to return to the previous step to add more files from other folders.
You should also specify the default display time for images. This is the number of seconds that each image is displayed on screen before flipping to the next one. You can modify the display time for particular images later.
4. Slideshow Style
Specify the title page style for your slideshow from one of the available templates. If you want to change the text or styling of the title page further, click the Edit button.
DVD PixPlay offers over 160 transitions that display an effect when switching from one image to the next. These are chosen at random from the list of transitions that you have permitted. Click the Edit button to preview and select your preferred transitions.
Finally, you can specify the background music that is played while your images are displayed.
5. Edit or Burn your Slideshow
The confirmation step of the wizard allows you to proceed directly to the CD Creation Wizard (to burn the slideshow to disk) or to edit the project further before burning it.
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