How to make a slide show in ProShow. Photodex Corporation, http://www.photodex.com/entry/products/proshow/?i=7266 for more info and trial download.
Making a slide show in ProShow is as simple as selecting images, selecting music, and creating the show.
Here is a legend of the ProShow interface.
1. Use the Folder List to locate your images. The images will appear in the File List just below the Folder List. The thumbnails that appear are created automatically and help you find the images you would like to use when making your slide show.
2. Once you have located your images, you will need to drag and drop the images from the File List into the Story Board. You can move these files one at a time, or you can select multiple files by selecting various images by holding down the CTRL key while clicking on the images with the mouse. (You can also select all the images in that folder by clicking on one, and then hitting "CTRL + A").
3. You can add music the same way. ProShow supports MP3 and Wav files. Just select the folder that has your music, and drag and drop it into the Soundtrack section of the Storyboard.
4. When you drag the images into the blank Story Board, the images will appear in the order of the show from left to right. Each slide is numbered and there is a transition box to the right of the slide. The music will appear below the images in the Soundtrack bar. The Story Board has several features, including the following:
A. Slide
B. Slide Timing - in seconds
C. Slide Transition
D. Transition Timing - in seconds
E. Soundtrack
5. Once the images and music are in the Story Board, you can set the Slide Timing (B), Slide Transition (C), and Transition Timing (D).
6. By clicking on the Slide Transition (C), you can set the Slide Transitions which will have the most effect on your final show. ProShow offers 170 high-quality transitions which also give you an instant preview of each transition, seen below.
7. You can make adjustments to the image by going into the Slide Options by clicking on Slide / Slide Options, or double clicking on the slide you would like to adjust. You can rotate, flip, scale, zoom, change brightness and colorize the image. As you can see below, the image has been zoomed.
8. You can add Captions and Titles to your show by clicking on the Captions tab in the Slide Options. This will pull up the window below. Add your text, drag it around the preview window to place it where you want it, change the font size, color and style.
9. Once you have included the images, music, set the transitions and set the timing, you are ready to save the show, and then output the show to the desired form. To do this, you will use buttons on the Toolbar.
10. To Save the Show, click on the Save Button on the Toolbar and then save the show in the desired location on your hard drive (note: This only saves a reference file with a .psh extension. This file references all of the images and sounds from their residing location on the hard drive. This is not the final output or the "freestanding" show. Saving this file allows you to go back in and edit the show at a later time.)
11. You are ready to output the file to create the actual show. ProShow offers many output options including, Video, VCD, AutorunCD, EXE and Screensaver. Video - Mpeg file VCD - Video CD, for playback on DVD players. Autorun CD - for playback in another computer. EXE - for playback on the computer the show was created on. Screensaver - for creating a Windows® screensaver. Now, click on the button of the final output you would like, and create your show.
12. If you are creating a CD, this is the menu that appears, which allows you to Choose the Menu and Title for your show. you can use different background images, including your own.
