$(cpicName) Help - Slide Shows

The Slide Show utility lets you view a series of images one at a time. lets you create Slide Shows with your images by simply pointing and clicking. The Slide Shows can be customized, including timing, view mode, <#if win> image information, and adding sound. <#elseif> and image information. <#endif> There is also a special type of Slide Show called Maxi-Show which displays multiple images at once. |

Starting a Slide Show

You can start a Slide Show by clicking on the toolbar icon or by selecting Slide Show from the Utilities menu. To exit a Slide Show in progress, click the left mouse button or press 'Esc'

Selecting Images You can include any number of images in your Slide Show. Which images are displayed will depend on which images you had selected in the File List when you started the Slide Show.

To Display All Images
You can perform a Slide Show using all images in the current folder by starting a slide show with no images selected. If nothing is selected, will use all images in the current folder. You can also achieve this effect by selecting all images ('Ctrl' + 'A') and starting the Slide Show.

To Display Specific Images
Select the images you wish to display. Leave any images you do not want to include unselected. Once you have selected the image you wish to include, start the Slide Show as indicated above.

<#if win> If MCI drivers are properly installed for a particular video format, the files (MPEG, AVI, MOV) will appear in Slide Shows, otherwise they will be skipped. <#endif>

Slide Show Modes Slide Shows may be shown full screen or in windows. In windowed mode, you may move and resize the Slide Show at any time, and may have multiple Slide Shows running at once.

To switch between Slide Show modes, use the Slide Show Mode option in the Slide Show preferences.

Note: Performing multiple windowed Slide Shows at once may impact Slide Show performance and timing.

Moving Forward / Backward To skip ahead to the next image in a Slide Show, press 'Page Down'. To go back to the previous image, press 'Page Up'. To advance immediately to the next file press the spacebar.

Under Slide Show Preferences, you can also select an option to have the mouse buttons move forward and backward. With this option checked, you can use the right mouse button to move forward and the left mouse button to move back. Note: if this option is checked, you must use the 'Esc' key to exit a Slide Show. | -->

To pause a Slide Show press the 'Pause' key.

<#if win> Adding Sound You can add sound to any Slide Show using 's autoplay feature. Select a .WAV file to use as your sound, and place it in the folder with the images for the Slide Show.

Rename the .WAV file to the same name as one of the images, but with a .WAV extension. The sound will begin playing when that image is displayed in the Slide Show. If you want the sound to start immediately, name the file to match the first image in your Slide Show.

Example
You want the sound file, tada.wav to play when the image file0032.jpg comes up in the Slide Show. To do this, you place tada.wav in the same folder as file0032.jpg and rename it file0032.wav. Now select your images and start the Slide Show.

<#endif> Setting Timing and Other Options You can control the speed at which images in your Slide Show change by adjusting the timing in the Slide Show Preferences. Open the Preferences by clicking the icon on the toolbar or by selecting Preferences from the Edit menu. On the left side of the Preferences window, click the button for 'Slide Show.'

The first item in the Slide Show preferences is the timing for the files. These are measured in 1,000ths of a second (so for one second enter 1000).

You'll also find many other options here, including scaling, ordering, and centering.

When you're finished, click 'Exit' to save your changes.

Displaying Filenames Filenames may be displayed during a Slide Show by pressing the apostrophe ( ' ) key. Shift-apostrophe will toggle the filename from top to bottom of the screen. Ctrl-apostrophe will toggle just the filename and a listing of the complete path to the file.

Related Topics:

- Maxi-Shows
- Selecting Images
- Preferences
- Utilities