Editing your Slideshow Project
The New Project Wizard allows you to quickly create a new slideshow and burn it to disc. For more control over the slideshow you can edit it in the main window.
These are the steps for creating a slideshow from the main window:
1. Select your images and videos
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If you click the "Add Images" button, you can choose the images
and videos for your slideshow using the thumbnail browser.
(You can also drag images from Windows and drop them into PixPlay) |
Use the left panel of the thumbnail browser to select a folder that contains images or videos. Then, for each image you wish to add, click the bottom half of its thumbnail. When you are ready click "Add Selected" to insert them. If you click the "Add All" button then all images in the displayed folder will be added.
| The number of images in your slideshow is displayed in the right panel (Frame Count) as well as the duration of the slideshow and the estimated size. Depending on the type of CD you are writing to, you will need to keep the total size under 600-700 MB. Both VCD and SVCD format are shown (you can choose the format when you write to CD) |  |
2. Arrange your images and videos
The images in your slideshow are displayed in the main window, where the top-left image is the first frame of the slideshow and the bottom-right images is the last frame.
You can reorder the images using the Promote/Demote buttons or by dragging and dropping them to a new location.
If you want a particular image to have a different display time to those in the album, select the image(s) and change the value for the Display Time.
3. Add a Title Page?
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To add a Title Page to your album, click the image in your slideshow where the page should be added then click the "Title Frame" button |
A text editing dialog is displayed. Read the Title
Page section for more assistance.
4. Set your slideshow options
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The main settings for your slideshow are displayed in the right panel. Others are specified when you write to CD. |
Default Display Time:
Specify the number of seconds that each image in your slideshow is displayed for (except those for which you have set a custom display time).
Background Color:
Click to select the color that is displayed around your images.
Display Transitions:
Selecting this option enables the use of transitions which smoothes the flipping of one image to the next using a variety of effects.
Background Music:
Click the Browse button to select the music tracks to be played during the slideshow. View the Background Music section for more detail.
Frame Captions:
Specify the text that should be displayed over each image frame during the slideshow.
5. Preview your slideshow
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Click the preview button to see a simulation of the slideshow in action.
Note: For a more accurate preview, select File>Create Slideshow CD... and click the "Test" button. |
6. Create your slideshow
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When you have arranged your slideshow to your desire, click the "Create CD" to burn the slideshow to disc. View the Outputting to Disc section for details. |
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