Creating a basic slideshow in Version 6.5

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Version 6.5
Creating a Basic A/V presentation
Setting the Project Options.
Main – Ensure Synchronize music and slides is checked, and set the time interval to 5secs.
Screen – set the aspect ratio as required.
Effects – set the Effect duration to 2000 and click the right hand box to clear the effects. Check
the effects required.
Creating new slideshow.
Put all the files in their own folder. These should be no bigger than 1500 px
wide by 1200px high. Select this folder from the list on the left to display the
files as shown.
Click on File and then New.
Enter the name of the slideshow and it’s aspect ratio (from dropdown box)
Click OK
Select the files you want in the slideshow in the order you want them. Drag
them down to the lower panel. Make sure the Slides Tab is active. The order can
be adjusted later. Do this for all the images you want in the slideshow.
Select the last slide, and move the slider under the preview page to the end.
This will give you the length of the slideshow with the default slide time of
5secs. This shows the show to be 1min 40secs.
Adding audio
*Before adding an audio track, save it into the folder with your image files.
Click on Project options. Then, in the Project Options Panel, click Music.
Click on Add Audio File and a list of tracks in your folder will appear. If you
have more than one, details, including the length of the track will appear.
Click Open to accept.
Adding a title slide.
Make sure the Slides button is selected. I have selected a slide I
want to use for a title and dragged it to before the first slide.
With the first slide selected by clicking on it Click the Objects and Animations button.
This is where most work on a slide is done!
It has a timeline on the bottom, and a panel with three tabs –
Properties, Common and Animation. We will just use properties for our
simple text.
Click in the A on the toolbar and enter required text in the Properties panel.
You can also change the font and colour here.
Whilst the text is “live” with a box around it you can move it to where you
want it on the screen.I have dragged it to the Top. You can also resize it by
dragging the green box. Click Close to finish.
I have added The End to the last slide, and moved it to the bottom.
After adding the extra slide, I can now synchronize the music. I select
Timeline, and click the
in the bottom right corner. This will show me the
music. The dropdown box marked Timed Points will allow me to select
Arrange All Points. This will match music and slides.
I can now use the Preview button to see the slideshow, or Publish to make an
executable, dvd etc
Creating Effects
We will now do some special effects. I have chosen this slide and clicked
Objects and Animation.
I add a Keyframe just at the end of the thick portion of the timeline (which
represents the fade in). I do this by right-clicking at the insertion point and
selecting Add Keyframe Here from the menu.
I add another Keyframe at the start of the right hand transition. I am going to
make this long image larger and move horizontally across the frame. Firstly I
drag the green outline box to make the image the height of the frame and
move it so the left side is against the left border.
I create another Key Frame just before where the line thickens. This thick area
shows the transition to the next slide.I slide the green frame so it aligns with
the right hand side. Click play to check, and close if OK.
Adding an animation to text. I have added two new Key Frames to the time
line. The first is at the end of the transition, the second halfway between that
and the end.
I click on text box and then the first Key Frame to make it active.
Then click on the Animation tab and change the Opacity to 0. The text
disappears. Just the green outline visible.
I click on the second Key Frame and again change it’s Opacity to 0. Again it
disappears.
I leave the third Key Frame as it is set to 100% opacity by default. I can check
it out by clicking Play. If it is OK, then click Close at the top of the screen.
Using Two Tracks
Using the same technique as before I have added two files. Note they are
both under track 1. This ensures that they are played consecutively. They are
now far two long for the slideshow.
Making sure Timeline is activethe music can me made to fit as before by using
the Fit All Slides to Soundtrack in the dropdown. You can see that the change
is at slide 19.