Slide show basics

A slide show contains a set of still images that viewers can play in a sequence. After you create a slide show, use the Slideshow Viewer to add still images. Supported file types include BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, PSD, PICT, and TIFF. In the Slideshow Viewer, you can also reorder slides, add and reorder audio clips, determine the duration of the slides, and change other settings.

You can have more than 99 slides in a slideshow for DVD. Encore accommodates any additional slide you add beyond 99 slides in the last chapter. You can add upto 999 slides in a slideshow for Blu-ray.

Encore accommodates any additional slide beyond 999 slides in the last chapter. However, you cannot use Manual Advance on your remote for individual slides in the last chapter.

However, Encore does not impose any such limitation on the number of slides you can add to a slideshow for web DVDs.

Note: Adobe recommends that for optimum performance, you add no more than 200 sildes in a slideshow. Including additional slides beyond 200 may impact the performance of the software.

Use the Properties panel to change settings for the entire slide show or for individual slides you select. After you add slides to the slide show and change the appropriate settings, set a link to the slide show from a menu button or other item. For a video tutorial on creating slide shows, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4230_enc.

Rendering a slide show lets you preview it at a higher quality.

The options in the Slideshow Viewer and Properties panel affect all slides in the slide show, as long as no individual slides are selected. By selecting one or more slides in the Slideshow Viewer, the options you change in the Slideshow Viewer or Properties panel affect only the selected slides. This gives you the flexibility to set a default transition for all slides in the slide show and then set a different transition for a special slide, for example.

When editing individual slides, use the Basic pane of the Properties panel to change the name and description, specify the duration, set scaling options, and create subtitles. Use the Transitions pane to specify a different transition for the slide. Use the Effects pane to specify pan and zoom settings for the slide.

If you want sound to play during the slide show, you can add one or more audio clips to the Audio area of the Slideshow Viewer. Only audio files may be added to the Audio area. Supported audio file formats include WAV, AC3, MPEG (layer II), and AIFF.

You can apply a default transition to all slides in a slide show or to individual slides. You can customize many of the transition types you select using the Transition pane in the Properties panel.

The pan and zoom effect provides a sense of motion to still images. Panning refers to moving across the image, and zooming refers to changing the image’s magnification. A pan and zoom effect is often used in documentaries to make pictures appear more dynamic.

• To apply a random pan and zoom effect to all slides in the slide show, select Random Pan & Zoom in the Slideshow Viewer. Encore randomly assigns a pan and zoom setting to each slide. You can keep the settings as assigned or modify them for individual slides in the Properties panel.

• To apply pan and zoom settings to an individual slide, select the slide in the Slideshow Viewer, click the Effects tab in the Properties panel, and then specify the Pan and Zoom settings (such as East To West and Zoom In).

If you want to emphasize a different part of the scaled image or change other crop or matte effects, edit the image in Photoshop.

• To specify the duration of all slides in the slide show, change the Slide Duration value in the Slideshow Options area of the Slideshow Viewer.

• To change the duration of individual slides, select one or more slides in the Slideshow Viewer, deselect Match Slideshow in the Basic pane of the Properties panel, and change the Duration value.

If you select Manual Advance, slides don’t advance unless viewers click Next or Previous.

• To select Manual Advance for the entire slide show, deselect all slides, and select Manual Advance in the Slideshow Viewer.

• To select Manual Advance for individual slides, select one or more slides in the Slideshow Viewer, and select Manual Advance in the Basic pane of the Properties dialog box.

Adding subtitles to your slide show is easy. Use the name or description of each slide as the subtitle. You can change other options, such as the color group, stroke, and position of the subtitle. The starting time and duration of the subtitle match those of the slide.