Create a slideshow and choose a theme – Apple Aperture 3.5 User Manual

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Chapter 10

Create slideshows

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Create a slideshow and choose a theme

To create a full-featured slideshow using the Slideshow Editor, you must first create an album
that holds the slideshow’s photos. The easiest way to do this is to select photos you want to
appear in the slideshow and then create an album. You can also create an empty slideshow
album and then add the photos you want.

When you first create a slideshow album, Aperture asks you to choose a theme. Aperture
provides a set of professionally designed themes that present your photos with background
images, graphic elements, and animation. It’s a good idea to explore the slideshow themes
before you get started. Some themes may lend themselves better to the subject matter of your
photos than others.

If you create a slideshow and then decide that another theme would work better, you can easily
change the theme. You can also change a slideshow’s settings, such as the onscreen duration of
each slide and the type of transition between slides. The settings available for a slideshow vary
depending on the theme you choose. For more information, see

Change slideshow settings

on

page 385.

Note: Additional slideshow themes appear in the Slideshow Themes dialog for use in
Aperture when iPhoto ’11 is installed. Aperture slideshow themes automatically scale to fit
panoramic photos.

Create a slideshow album from selected photos
When you create a slideshow from selected photos, Aperture places the photos in the order in
which they were selected in the Browser, but you can rearrange the order at any time.

1

Do one of the following:

In the Browser, select the photos you want to place in your slideshow.

Select an item in the Library inspector.

2

Do one of the following:

Choose File > New > Slideshow.

Control-click an item in the Library inspector, and choose New > Slideshow from the
shortcut menu.

Choose Slideshow from the New pop-up menu in the toolbar.

3

In the dialog that appears, give the slideshow a name, select a theme, and make sure the “Add

selected items to new slideshow” checkbox is selected.

Make sure this

checkbox is selected.

Enter a name for your

slideshow in this field.

You can preview slideshow themes by selecting themes in the left column.

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