Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 - Manual (Page 430)

• Time: Displays the slideshow’s elapsed time at the beginning of each slide. This time
value does not include the duration of the slide it is listed with. All slideshows start at
00:00:00:00. While you cannot directly edit this value, changing the duration of any
slides positioned earlier in the list will change this time value.
• Duration: Displays the slide duration. This value is either the default duration selected
in the Preferences window, the length of the audio file assigned to the slide, or, when
using an overall audio file with the “Fit to audio” option selected in the Slideshow
Duration pop-up menu, a value calculated so that all slides play for an equal amount
of time and match the overall audio file length. You can edit this duration except on
slides that have an audio asset assigned to them or in slideshows with an overall audio
file that have “Fit to audio” selected. See
Manually Changing a Slide’s Duration for
details.
• Pause: Select the checkbox if you want a pause to occur at the end of the slide. The
viewer then manually advances to the next slide using the Next button or Play button
on the DVD player’s remote control.
Note: If the slide contains a transition, the pause occurs before the transition. When
the viewer advances to the next slide, the transition plays and then the next slide
appears.
Manually Changing a Slide’s Duration
You can manually change each slide’s duration except on slides that have an audio asset
assigned to them or in slideshows with an overall audio file that have “Fit to audio”
selected.
To change a selected slide’s duration to a fixed value using the Slideshow Editor
1 Select one or more slides to change their durations.
2 Do one of the following:
• Choose a set value (1, 3, 5, 10, or 15 seconds) from the Duration pop-up menu.
• Enter a value (in seconds) in the Duration field and press Return.
Either enter a duration
or choose one from the
pop-up menu to apply
to the selected slides.
The duration of all selected slides is changed to the new value.
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