Proshow Gold (V5.0) - Burnaby Photographic Society

Creating an Executable File for Showcase
Proshow Gold (V5.0)
Showcase requires a few specifics in order to project onto the large theatre screen.
The required setup information for Proshow Gold will be displayed in the following instructions.
Our new projector is much sharper and the colors are rendered much better than our old projector.
The new projector has a resolution of 1400 x 1050 whereas the old one was limited to 1024 x 768.
This gives us a much larger and brighter image on the screen. Therefore, your shows will look
much better than they did at the old settings.
Once your show is completed and you have saved it and done your “collect show files” you can
then proceed to make a PC Executable File for submission to Showcase.
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The basic settings and instructions are provided here for creating the executable file required for
projection. In Proshow Gold, go to Edit > Preferences and select Playback on the left-hand side of
the dialogue box.
Under Rendering set the Target Size to 1400 x 1050.
The images will then be as sharp in the preview screen and on full-screen playback as they were
in your original editing software. (Note: Also set the Software Fallback Resolution to 1400 x
1050.
Creating an Executable File for Showcase
This shouldn't create any problems unless you have a very old system (1990's) but if it does then
you may have to reset this back to 800 x 600.
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Next, select Show Defaults from the left-hand column and then under Default Slide Settings
click on the button next to Transition Effect. Select the transition called Crossfade (Blend)
from the pop-up window. It’s the AB icon with the gray gradient background (not the one with
the white and gray triangles). The transition with the AB triangle icon may cause a 'jittery'
transition.
Under Default Motion Settings set Easing to Pan - Smooth
Under Default Image Settings set Scaling to Fit to frame
Any other settings are to be determined by you. The above are the only ones that are necessary to
comply with the new projector.
Blank Slides and Sound Track
Your show should start and end with a blank slide of at least 3 seconds. This is to allow the
projectionist enough time to start the show and then pause it before the music and images begin.
Then, when the emcee finishes the introduction to your show the projectionist just releases the
pause to start your show.
With a blank slide at the start of your show it will be necessary to shift the sound track to the left by 3
seconds so that it starts at the same time as your show. This is easy to do: In either Slide List view or
Timeline view, right-click on the first sound track in your show, then in the resulting pop-up leftclick on Manage Soundtracks.
Creating an Executable File for Showcase
If
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In the pop-up as shown above click in Offset box and enter 3.0. This will move your sound track 3
seconds to the right of the start position and inline with your actual show.
You are now ready to create the executable (.exe) file
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Go to the top toolbar and select Publish and then select Executable. Once you have done that a
screen very similar to the one below will be displayed.
This will then bring you to the set up menus for Create Executable.
Creating an Executable File for Showcase
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In the Title section you can remove whatever is displayed there and enter the name of your show.
You can then Uncheck the box beside thumbnails as this is not required for Showcase.
For Layout choose One Thumbnail Centre from the drop down menu and then select a Menu
Theme of your choice by scrolling through the list on the right hand side of the window and click
your mouse to highlight and select your menu choice.
For Aspect select 4:3 (Older TVs) from the drop down menu.
From here we will move on to the Shows tab on the toolbar, see Illustration 5 above. The next
window (Illustration 6) will appear as below.
Creating an Executable File for Showcase
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In this setting window make sure the box beside Include Intro Show is Unchecked.
Then go to and click on the Set Menu Title and remove anything that appears in that box. If you
don't clear this box you will have your title appearing twice on your thumbnail at the beginning of
the show. You already entered the title of your show on the first window Menu tab.
Now you can click on the Set Menu Thumbnail where the following window (Illustration 7) will
open.
Creating an Executable File for Showcase
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Here you choose a thumbnail picture for your menu. If you wish to use a picture that is already in
your show then select it by clicking your mouse in the box beside Slide from Show. Your show
images will be shown in a horizontal display and you can use the slider underneath the pictures
to scroll through and select your image by highlighting the one of your choice. Once you have
highlighted your image you can then click on OK to complete the process. If you change your
mind and wish to choose another image you can just repeat the process. Once this is completed
click on OK to go back to the main window.
If you wish to use an image other that those already in your show you would instead then choose
Image from File again by clicking your mouse in the box beside it to select it. You would then
be required to click on the Browse button to locate the image on your computer. Once you
have found it highlight the image in the pictures displayed by clicking on it and then click on
Open to complete the process. The file you selected will then appear in the box complete with the
path to the file. If you change your mind and wish to choose another image you can just repeat the
process. Once this is completed click on OK to go back to the main window.
We can now move on to the Options tab (Illustrations 5 & 6) where the parameters for your
show will be displayed.
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In the Playback Startup section make the following settings:
For Window Size enter 1400 x 1050.
For Full Screen - Check in the square for Start Playback Fullscreen
For Loop Show - Uncheck this box.
In the Quality section make the following settings:
For Image Quality the slider should be at 85% or 90%
For Video Quality use the default setting of Medium
In the On-Screen Controls section:
For Show Controls - Uncheck this box.
In the Protection section:
Make sure all the boxes Unchecked and all text areas are Empty.
Please NOTE: That these settings will eventually return to their
defaults and so each time you make an Executable file make sure you
check all of these settings once again.