Working with slideshows, Setting the slideshow editor’s thumbnail size, Slideshow editor settings – Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual

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Use Fit To Slides to leave each slide’s duration as is. When the slideshow is played, most
likely the audio will not finish at the same time that the slides finish appearing.

If the slides finish first: The audio is clipped off. (The Loop Audio setting has no effect.)

If the audio finishes first: The slides continue playing in silence. With Loop Audio

selected, the audio loops back to its beginning and continues playing if it reaches
its end before the slides.

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Select the first slide and press the Space bar to play the slideshow with its audio.

Important:

Adding an overall audio file automatically removes any audio files assigned

to individual slides. As long as there is an overall audio file assigned to the slideshow,
you cannot add audio files directly to slides.

To change the assigned audio files using the Slideshow Inspector
Do one of the following:

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Select one or more existing files and press Delete to remove them from the slideshow.

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Drag an existing audio file to a new location in the list to change its order.

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Drag one or more new audio files to the list to add them to the slideshow.

You can also drag additional audio files to the audio well in the Slideshow Editor to add
them to the end of the list.

Working with Slideshows

You use the Slideshow Editor and Slideshow Inspector to change the settings for your
slideshow.

Setting the Slideshow Editor’s Thumbnail Size

The General pane in DVD Studio Pro Preferences contains a thumbnail image size setting
that allows you to control the number of slides displayed in the Slideshow Editor. See

General Preferences

for more information on this setting.

Slideshow Editor Settings

The Slideshow Editor has two areas:

The controls along its top: These buttons and pop-up menus provide easy access to a

variety of slideshow features. See

Slideshow Editor Controls

for details on these.

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Chapter 18

Creating Slideshows

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