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Getting Started

Getting Started
This section explains how to create your first slideshow. Let's assume you created an album called "My Slideshow" in iPhoto, which contains all the images you intend to use in your slideshow.
The following steps also apply if you prefer to use Aperture or Lightroom instead of iPhoto as
your image library.

1. Launch FotoMagico
An empty document appears, or if you didn't set the Preferences to create an empty document upon
launch, you need to create one in the following step.

2. Create a new document
Choose New from the File menu or press the ⌘ N keys.

3. Select a desired display device
An assistant appears which lets you select the desired display device. For example, a computer screen, a television, or a projector. In this tutorial, select Monitor and the Display of this Macintosh radio button. Then click the Choose button.

4. Show the Image Browser
The Stage and the Storyboard are both empty. If the Sidebar does not display the Image Browser, then press the ⌘ 1 keys to display the Image Browser. The table (or popup menu) at the top of the
Image Browser lists the iPhoto library and all iPhoto albums. Select the album called 'My Slideshow'
from this table (or popup menu). The Image browser displays all images in this album.

If you have a lot of albums in your image library, this popup can quickly grow too long to be
useful. In this case it is easier to drag the divider below the popup downwards, so that the
popup changes to a scrollable list view.

5. Drag images from the Image Browser to the Storyboard
Click in the Image browser to select a single image or press the ⌘ A keys to select all images. Then
drag the images to the Storyboard at the bottom of the window.

6. Add Audio
Click the Audio button in the Toolbar to reveal the Audio Browser. Select a song from your iTunes
music library and drag it below the first slide in the Storyboard. Please note the yellow highlight, which indicates the range of slides that the song will occupy.

7. Preview the Slideshow
Click the Play Preview button (Spacebar key) or select Play Preview from the Slideshow menu.  The Play Preview button changes to a Pause button and a Stop Playback button appears. To exit preview, click the Stop Playback button.

8. Setup Instant Slideshow
Press ⌘ * to open the Instant Slideshow assistant from the Slideshow menu. Instant Slideshow
applies default settings, including transitions and animation, to your slideshow. Leave everything at the default settings and click the OK button. Then press the Play button to preview your slideshow.

9. Save the slideshow
Save by pressing ⌘ S or choose Save from the File menu.

10. Play the slideshow full-screen
Click the Play/Share button, then choose Play Fullscreen or select Play Fullscreen from the Slideshow
menu. If you have more than one display connected to your Macintosh, a window appears to let you
choose the display that should be used for the presentation. While the slideshow is playing you can stop it at any time by pressing the Esc or by
pressing ⌘ [.] keys.

11. Add a Blank slide
A blank slide is helpful when you want to add an introductory title to your slideshow. Drag the
Playhead to the beginning of your slideshow (or press the Jump to Beginning button) and click the
Blank Slide button. An outline of a slide appears in the Storyboard and black appears in the Stage.

12. Add a title
To add a title to the beginning of your slideshow, click the blank slide you just added, then click the
Add Title button. A grey outlined box appears in the Storyboard over the blank slide and in the Stage
area. Click the Title and enter new title text. Use the Format menu options to change the color, font,
and size of your title. You can add blank slides and titles anywhere in your slideshow.

13. Switch to Timeline view
Click the Timeline button. The Storyboard view switches to the Timeline view. Timeline view allows you to fine-tune the duration of each of these images or movies, and the duration of the transitions directly in the Timeline. You can use the Timescale slider to enlarge or decrease the size of the Timeline. This allows you to see more or less of the slides in the Timeline.

14. Fine-tuning the Timing
In the Timeline, click on the vertical edges of each slide (circled in red) and drag horizontally to adjust
the slide duration or the transition duration. Experiment a while with this technique. Press the Preview button to play the slideshow again.

15. Save the Slideshow again





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Chapters

Working with Chapters

If your slideshow is very long, chapters can help to structure your slideshow into logical parts. Chapters offer several benefits during authoring and playback, they include:

- Chapters can be collapsed or expanded in the Storyboard. Collapsing chapters that you are not currently working on saves a lot of horizontal space and thus less horizontal scrolling is required.

- Chapters can have custom background colors. Color coding your chapters help with quick
navigation as you are working on large projects. Instead of looking for particular thumbnails as you are scrolling through your Storyboard, simply look for the correct chapter background color. You can assign colors based on the status of the chapters: Red for needs work, Yellow for minor tweaks, and Green for done.

- Chapters can have a custom hotkey, which can be used for navigating during authoring and
playback.

- During playback you can jump to the start of the previous or next chapter. If assigned custom hotkeys to your chapters, you can also jump to any chapter during playback.

To create a chapter:

1. To create a new chapter, move the Playhead in the Storyboard or Timeline to the first slide of the intended new chapter.

2. Select Chapter > Add from the Slideshow menu or Control+click in the Storyboard to display the context menu. A new chapter is added next to the playhead and the default name is selected so that you can enter a custom name for the new chapter.

3. Press ↵ when you are finished typing the name.

4. Select Chapter > Options... from the Slideshow menu or from the context menu to open a
popover that lets you edit additional chapter parameters like background color and a hotkey.

To delete a chapter:

1. To delete an existing chapter, move the Playhead in the Storyboard or Timeline to the first slide of the chapter.

2. Select Chapter > Delete from the Slideshow menu or Control+click in the Storyboard to display the context menu.

To collapse and expand chapters:
You can collapse a chapter, to take up less horizontal space and thus a lot less scrolling is required to move around in your slideshow. You can also expand a chapter that you are currently working on, to easily focus on a specific chapter.

1. To collapse a chapter, click on the small triangle next to the chapter name. If you press the ⌥ key and click on the small triangle all chapters will collapse.



2. To expand the chapter, click on the small triangle again. If you press the ⌥ key and click on the small triangle all chapters will expand.

3. To expand or collapse a chapter you could also select Collapse Chapter from the View menu or Expand Chapter , if the selected chapter is collapsed. To collapse or expand all chapters use Collapse All Chapter or Expand All Chapter from the View menu.

To move from chapter to chapter:
1. To move the Playhead from one chapter to the next, press the ⌥ key + the → or ← arrow key.

2. If you assigned a hotkey to chapters, you can also move from one chapter to the next by pressing the hotkey.

To assign a color to a chapter:
1. Move the Playhead in the Storyboard or Timeline to the first slide of the chapter.

2. Select Chapter > Options... from the Slideshow menu or Control+click from the context menu. A popover opens that lets you edit additional chapter parameters.

3. Click a color to assign to the chapter. The color is displayed in the slide background.

4. To remove the color, click the X.


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Timeline

Working with the Storyboard/Timeline

At the bottom of a FotoMagico document window you can see the Storyboard or the Timeline. The
Storyboard and Timeline are views into your slideshow data. They allow you to create and edit your
slideshow. You can use both views to perform most of the same functions, however, some tasks are
easier to achieve in one view than the other. You can only display one view at a time. Use the
Storyboard button or the Timeline button to toggle between the two views. You can also toggle
between the two views by choosing the appropriate menu commands from the View menu.

The Storyboard is generally used for adding and rearranging slides (image, movies, titles) or audio. The
Timeline on the other hand is helpful for fine-tuning the duration of slides and transitions, and editing
audio items by using the audio waveform feature.

In addition, you can perform most of the same actions by clicking somewhere in the Storyboard or
Timeline, selecting from the Main menu, or working in the Options Inspector; but often they are easier to achieve by clicking directly in the Storyboard/Timeline. If you want to change parameters for a multiple selection however, then you must use the Options Inspector.

When to Use Storyboard View

 - Storyboard view is very useful to help start your slideshow by dragging images from the Image
Browser to the Storyboard, and for rearranging slides by dragging them within the Storyboard.

- Slides display as the same size square frame (which always takes up the same amount of space,
regardless of the duration). You can see a larger number of slides at the same time, so you get a
better overview. This is useful when adding new slides or rearranging slides via drag & drop.

- Thumbnails of images, movies, and titles are larger, making it easier to recognize each thumbnail
image.

When to Use Timeline View

- Timeline view allows you to be more precise and is best for fine-tuning slides and transition
durations.

- You can see fewer slides, but you can see more properties for each item in the Timeline.

- The Timeline view depicts slides as rectangular bars with the width being proportional to the
duration. The transition interval, where both the incoming and outgoing slides overlap, is drawn as
a “stairstep” shape. Dragging the lower left edge of this interval allows you to change the slide
duration, while dragging the upper right edge allows you to change the transition duration.

- The Timeline view also provides an audio waveform display which allows you to locate an exact
position in a song.

- Audio markers are used to synchronize slide transitions with the beat of the music by placing a
marker at an exact location in the audio. Using audio markers along with the audio waveform helps
to visually place the marker on the beat of the music. Audio markers display as a vertical red line
on top of the waveform. (For this release, audio markers have been moved from the Audio options
to the Timeline.)

- For more information, see Audio Markers.

- Dragging the left or right edges of an audio item in the Timeline, changes the fade-in or fade-out
offsets. Dragging the yellow dots of the volume envelope (only visible when audio is selected)
changes fade-in/out durations. Dragging the horizontal part of the volume envelope changes
volume.

Drag & Drop in the Storyboard/Timeline
Dragging slides into the Storyboard behaves differently, depending on whether you drag a single item
or drag multiple items. A yellow highlight indicates where the dragged items will end up when being
dropped. When dragging multiple items, only an insertion between existing slides is possible. When
dragging a single item, then adding a new layer to an existing slide, or replacing the media file of an
existing layer is also possible.

Inline Authoring Help in Storyboard/Timeline
Virtually all icons that appear on various items in the Storyboard/Timeline can be clicked to reveal a
popover that communicates a notice or some kind of issue. The popover explains the situation and
offers buttons with potential solutions.

About Tracks in Storyboard/Timeline
Using multiple tracks requires more vertical space in the Storyboard/Timeline, which might present a
problem on smaller screens (for example, on a MacBook). For this reason, you can expand and collapse the visual and audio tracks. Click the Visual or Audio track icon in the lower left corner of the window (below the Storyboard/Timeline) to expand or collapse the tracks.

Blue indicates the track is expanded, grey indicates the track is collapsed. The same commands are
also available in the View menu. When visual tracks are collapsed, the layers are displayed as a stack
of frames, which auto-expand when hovering over the stack.



Storyboard & Timeline
The Storyboard and Timeline view at the bottom of the document window is the main area for
authoring your slideshow. The Storyboard and Timeline view have a header, one or more visual tracks, and up to 3 audio tracks.

They both allow you to create and edit your slideshow. You can use both views to perform most of the same functions, however, some tasks are easier to achieve in one view than the other. You can only display one view at a time. Use the Storyboard button or the Timeline button to toggle between the two views.

The Storyboard is generally used for adding and rearranging slides. Whereas the Timeline is helpful for
fine-tuning the duration of slides and transitions, and editing audio.

For information on the differences between the Storyboard and Timeline, see Working with the Storyboard/Timeline.

-- The visual track contains the slides. Each slide can hold up to 6 layers (images, movies, or titles).

-- The layers are displayed as frames that are stacked vertically. A blank slide is displayed as an
empty dashed outline.

-- The music track holds audio files. Music can span multiple slides.

-- The sound effects track usually holds short audio clips that provide ambience for a single slide, but
may also span multiple slides.

-- The narration track holds recorded narration for the slideshow. It can span multiple slides if the
narration was recorded in one session, or can be broken up into several different audio files that
span fewer slides.

-- You can expand and collapse the visual and audio tracks. Collapsing reduces the required vertical
space, which is helpful on smaller notebook displays. When visual tracks are collapsed, the layers
are displayed as a stack of frames, which auto-expand when you mouseover the stack.

-- Chapters can help structure your slideshow into logical parts. Each chapter would contain a group
of slides and audio items. Chapters can be color-coded for easy identification as you are quickly
scroll through your slideshow.

Dragging to the Storyboard or Timeline

Dragging files from the Finder or from the media browsers in the Sidebar adds new elements to the
slideshow. The yellow highlight on the background indicates where the new items will be inserted or
added.

- Image Files - Inserts new slides with the images at the dropped position.

- Movie Files - Inserts new slides with the movies at the dropped position.

- RTF Text Files - Titles are added to existing slides at the dropped position.

- Audio Files - Audio items will be added starting at the dropped position and will span as many
slides as necessary to cover the length of the audio files. If necessary, empty slides will be added at
the end of the slideshow. You can shorten an audio item by dragging its right edge to span fewer
slides.

You can drag an audio file to the Storyboard or Timeline, and then add the images later. This
workflow is useful for authors who want to start out with pre-composed music and then add
appropriate images after. In previous versions of FotoMagico you always had to start by
adding images first, and then add the music.

Arranging Content

Telling a story is all about arranging your images in a good sequence. To rearrange the content you
can:

- Select images, movies, titles, or audio items by clicking on them. When selected, they highlight in
blue.

- Make a multiple selection by clicking on the background and drag a rectangle across multiple items.

- Make a multiple selection by clicking on the first item, then press the Up Arrow key and click on the last item.

- Extend the selection by pressing the ⌘ key and clicking on another item.

It is possible to make non-consecutive selections. This helps with rearranging your content,
as well as with editing options of multiple items at once.

-Drag selected items to a new location.

The dragged items will be inserted in a consecutive fashion when dragging a non-consecutive
selection to a new location in the Storyboard or Timeline.

- Delete selected items by pressing the ⌫ backspace key or by choosing the Delete item from the
Edit menu.

- Change the range of slides an audio item spans, by dragging the left or right edge of this audio
item.

- Double-clicking an item reveals the Options Inspector so you can edit parameters for the selected
items.

The Header

The header displays the following information above each slide:

- If a slide is set to continue after its duration, the header displays the slide duration. Double-click
the duration to edit the duration for a single slide.

- If a slide is set to continue at a mouse click, the header displays Click.

- If a slide is set to continue at an audio marker, the header displays Marker.

- Right-click, or Control+click on the text in the header to change the continue type for a slide.

- If the chosen slide duration or transition duration yields problematic timing, a yellow warning icon
is displayed. Click on this icon to show a popover that explains the situation and what to do about
it.

The new warning for problematic timing helps you to author slideshows that are guaranteed
to be playable on a wide variety of Macintosh computers. Try to follow the suggestions in the
explanatory popovers.

The Playhead
The playhead indicates where new slides will be inserted and where playback will start:

- Move the playhead by clicking on the blue triangle and dragging it to a new position.

- Move the playhead by one slide by pressing the left or right arrow keys.

- Move the playhead to the beginning of the previous or next chapter by pressing the Option key and
left or right arrow keys.

- Press the Spacebar key to preview the slideshow starting at the current playhead position.

Multiple Audio Tracks
FotoMagico supports three dedicated audio tracks: Music, Sound Effects, and Narration.

- Use the button below the Storyboard/Timeline to expand or collapse the audio tracks. This helps to save some vertical screen real estate on small notebook screens. Blue indicates the track is expanded. Grey indicates the track is collapsed.

- Select Audio>Mute Track from the Slideshow menu to mute the music track, effects track or
narration track. This mutes all audio in the track. A red x appears when audio is muted. This can
be useful during the authoring process when you want to concentrate on a single audio track and
not be distracted by other audio. To unmute the track, select the same menu item again.

- Select Insert > Record Narration... from the Slideshow menu to record audio directly to the
Narration track. A panel appears that lets you record the audio. Refer to Record Narration for more
details.

Contextual Menus
A right-click or Control+click on an item reveals a contextual menu. The commands in this contextual
menu depends on which kind of item you click.

Clicking on a visual item:

Clicking on a selected audio track:

Clicking on the background of the Timeline or Storyboard:

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Working with the Stage

Working with the Stage

The Stage takes up the largest part of the document window. It displays the visual items (layers) of the currently selected slide. A visual item may be an image, a movie, or a title. These visual items can be sized and positioned on the Stage.

The Stage displays directly above the Storyboard/Timeline view. When a single slide is selected in the
Storyboard/ Timeline, the slide is displayed on the Stage. If Animation is turned in for this slide, then
the Stage displays two parts, the left side displays the start of an animation and the right side displays the end or finish of the animation. All layers contained in a single slide are displayed on the Stage.

Within the Stage, you can move, zoom and rotate each individual layer of a slide. There are several
different methods you can use to manipulate and edit your slide. You can click and drag a layer, use
the jog wheels, or edit the zoom and rotation values numerically. For more detailed information, see The Stage in the Reference section.

To drop and edit an image in the Stage:

1. Select a single slide in the Storyboard/Timeline

2. Drag a single image from the Image Browser or from the Finder.

3. Drop the image in the Stage. A new image layer is added to the slide. A white outline indicates the
image layer is selected.

4. Click on the new layer and move the image to any location in the Stage. A hand cursor is visible
while you are doing this. Moving the image in the Start window affects the start of the animation
and moving the image in the Finish window, affects the end of the animation.


TIP: When dragging layers, you can use the snap to stage boundaries (green guidelines),
or edges of other layers (yellow guidelines). Click the Control key to temporarily disable
snapping.


5. To zoom or enlarge the layer, click the image to select it and then drag a corner of the selected
white outline, or Option+click and drag the mouse up and down. You can also use the Zoom jog
wheel to enlarge your image or enter a percentage in the Zoom text box.

6. To rotate the layer, click the image to select it and then drag the sides of the selected white outline

(a rotate cursor appears), or Command+click and drag clockwise or counter-clockwise. You can also use the Rotate jog wheels to rotate your image or enter a degree value in the Rotation text
box.

7. Continue to add additional layers to the slide by dragging to the Stage again. A slide can have up to
six layers.


The Stage
The Stage displays the layers of the currently selected slide. The layers can be freely sized, positioned,
and rotated on the Stage. In addition to the slide layers, there may also be an optional background
layer and an optional foreground layer (watermark). Both can be set in Settings... in the Slideshow
menu.
If animation is enabled for a slide, the stage is displayed twice. The start of the animation is displayed
on the left side, and the finish of the animation is displayed on the right side. That way you can
quickly drag around the layers to create the desired animation effect.
Dragging to the Stage
Dragging files from the Finder or from the media browser in the Sidebar adds new layers to the
currently selected slide:
Image File - Adds a new image layer to the currently selected slide. If the Option key is pressed,
the layer below the mouse highlights in yellow, and its image file will be replaced instead when you
drop it.
Movie File - Adds a new movie layer to the currently selected slide. If the Option key is pressed,
the layer below the mouse highlights in yellow, and its movie file will be replaced instead when you
drop it.
RTF Text File - Adds a new title layer to the currently selected slide. If the Option key is pressed,
the layer below the mouse highlights in yellow, and its title will be replaced instead when you drop
it.
Positioning Visual Items
You can position, zoom, and rotate items on the stage in several different ways:
Click on an image, movie, or title layer to select it. The item displays a thin white outline and four
resizing handles at the corners to indicate that it is selected. This item will also be selected in the
Storyboard or Timeline.
Drag the layer around on the Stage to position it.
Click on one of the resizing handles at the corners and drag to resize the layer.
Use the jog wheels at the bottom of the stage to change the zoom or rotation of the selected layer.
Optionally, you can also enter the zoom and rotation value numerically in the text fields above the
jog wheels.
Press the ⌥ key and click on a layer and drag up/down to change the zoom value.
Press the ⌘ key and click on a layer and drag around the center to rotate it.
Click just outside a layer’s boundary and drag to rotate the layer.
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51Guidelines
As image, movie, or title layers are positioned, zoomed, or rotated on the Stage, guidelines will appear
to help you align the items. By default items snap to these guidelines:
Green guidelines help to snap to the center or the edges of the Stage.
Yellow guidelines help to align an image, movie, or title with itself - on the other side of the stage.
This is helpful when creating certain animation effects, e.g. a completely horizontal pan across an
image, without any vertical motion and no zooming effect.
Press the Control key to suppress automatic snapping to the guidelines.
Use the yellow guidelines to create perfectly horizontal or vertical panning animations.
Contextual Menus
Right-click or Control +click on an item reveals a contextual menu. The commands in this contextual
menu depends on whether an image, a movie, or title was clicked:

Clicking on a slide or title in the Stage:

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Adjusting Timing in the Timeline

Adjusting Timing in the Timeline

This section describes how to adjust slide durations, audio fade-ins/fade-outs, audio volume and sync
images to audio.

Adjusting Duration Manually

The Timeline view displays slides as a rectangular bar the width being proportional to the slide
duration. The longer the duration, the wider the rectangular bar. Where a slide overlaps with the next
slide, a “stair step” shape is displayed. This stair step is called a Transition Interval. The middle of the Transition Interval displays as an icon that indicates the type of transition. When you drag the lower half of the vertical edge (A), you adjust the duration of the slide. When you drag the upper half of the vertical edge (B), you adjust the transition duration.

To adjust durations in the Timeline:

1. Select a slide in the Timeline.

2. Use the Timescale slider to enlarge the slide in the Timeline. This will help to precisely click and
drag the edges of the slide to adjust the duration.

3. To see the duration change in real-time, click the Options button in the toolbar to open the Options Inspector.

4. To adjust the duration of the transition, click the upper half edge (B) and drag to the left or right.
The cursor changes to a directional arrow as you drag, and the width of the transition interval
changes. In the Options Inspector, the transition duration changes as you drag to the left and right.

5. To adjust the duration of the slide, click the lower half edge (A), and drag to the left or right. The
cursor changes to a directional arrow as you drag and the width of the slide changes. In the
Options Inspector, the slide duration changes as you drag to the left and right.


Working with Audio in the Timeline

The Timeline displays audio waveforms, which helps to visually sync your slideshow with your audio. In addition, you can precisely and easily sync audio by using audio markers directly in the Timeline.
You can change audio fade-ins or fade-outs by dragging the left or right edges of audio in the
Timeline view to change the fade-in or fade-out offsets, change the length of the audio item, and
adjust the volume.

By default, the audio fade-ins and fade-outs are determined automatically - depending on the chosen
visual transition between slides. To use custom fade-ins or fade-outs, either drag the left or right
edges of the audio, or deselect the Automatic checkbox in the Audio Options Inspector and use the
offset and duration sliders.

The following example shows the Timeline view displaying an audio waveform in a music track with red vertical lines indicating audio markers, and some voiceover (with waveforms) in the narration track
selected with the volume envelope displayed (yellow line with the dots).

To adjust the audio fade-in and fade-out and adjusting volume:

1. In the Timeline view, select an audio item. The audio item highlights in blue and a yellow line with
two dots at each end appears.

2. Click the Options button to show the Audio Options in the sidebar.

3. You can uncheck Automatic next to the Fadein and Fadeout options, or as you drag the yellow dots in the Timeline, the Automatic option is turned off. This allows you to manually adjust the offset and the duration of the audio fade-in or fade-out with the sliders.


If you want to go back to the default settings anytime, check the Automatic option again.

4. To adjust the fade-in duration, click and drag the left yellow dot horizontally. To adjust the fadeout duration, click and drag the right yellow dot horizontally.

5. To adjust the audio volume, click and drag the yellow horizontal line up or down. Dragging up
increases the volume, dragging down decreases the volume.

Syncing with the Audio Waveform and Adding Audio Markers

The audio waveform in the Timeline view displays a sample plot of the volume (amplitude) of an audio file. Waveforms display for all audio tracks (music, effects, narration) in the Timeline.

This visual representation of the audio waveform allows you to locate certain points of a song (effect or narration) by identifying big amplitudes (louder sounds) or low amplitudes (softer sounds). You can then match slide durations to beats in the audio. For example, you might want to start a title at a
certain point when the audio increases in volume. The waveform helps you to visually pinpoint the
exact location. As you locate and sync these locations in the waveform, you can add an audio marker
to indicate a specific location.

You can add an audio marker by right-clicking in the waveform and selecting Audio Marker > Add
from the context menu or by pressing the M key in the Timeline while the slideshow is playing. An
audio marker in the Timeline is indicated by a thin red vertical line.
For more information see Audio Markers.

To sync your audio:

1. With audio and images loaded in your slideshow, click the Timeline button.
The audio waveform displays in the audio tracks. If you don’t see all the tracks of audio displayed,
click the Audio tracks icon at the bottom of the Timeline or press Ctrl A . a blue icon indicates
that the tracks are expanded, a grey icon indicates that the tracks are collapsed.

2. Select a single audio item (by clicking on it), and then click the Preview button in the toolbar to start playing the slideshow.

3. While the slideshow is playing, press the M key with the beat of the music.
Each time you press the M key, an audio marker is created at the current time. A red vertical line
appears as an audio marker. The slide’s Continue type is automatically set to “At Audio Marker.”

4. Stop playback of the slideshow by clicking the Stop button in the toolbar.

5. Click on an audio marker (red line) and drag it left or right to move it to the desired location, if it
was not precise enough before.

6. Double-click an audio marker (red line) to display an information popover.

7. Enter a name for the audio marker.
You can also adjust the timecode if needed, by clicking the up and down arrows in the Audio
Marker window. Click outside the popover to close it.

8. Add additional audio markers by right-clicking in the waveform and selecting
    Audio Marker >  Add from the context menu.

Audio Markers

Audio markers are used to synchronize slide transitions with the beat of the music or with certain parts of recorded narration. Authoring of audio markers has been moved from the Audio Options Inspector to the Timeline view. Creating and editing audio markers requires the following steps:

-- Select a single audio item in the Timeline and preview your slideshow. When you want a transition
to occur, press the M key. This adds a new audio marker. The marker is displayed as a red line in
the audio waveform.

-- Another method to add an audio marker is to select a single audio item, then click and drag the
playhead to scrub through the slideshow. When the playhead is at the desired location over the
audio waveform, press the M key to add an audio marker, which appears as a red line.

-- Alternatively you can right-click on a location in the audio waveform and select Audiomarker >
Add from the context menu (if you are not currently previewing the slideshow).

-- To remove an audio marker, right-click an audio marker in the Timeline and select Audiomarker
> Delete from the context menu.

-- Once you are done setting all your audio markers drag the playhead to the beginning and play
again to review the markers. The LCD view will flash in red when an audio marke5 is passed.

-- If an audio marker is not set correctly, you can adjust its position by dragging it to the correct
location in the waveform or by editing its timecode. Double-click a red line in the Timeline to open
a popover and edit the timecode.

-- Markers can also be given a name. Double-click a red line in the Timeline to open a popover and
simply type the name in the popover. The name is for reference only and does not have any
influence on playback.

-- Once you are satisfied with the audio markers, go to the Slide Options Inspector and set the
Continue Type of the slides above the audio item to Continue at Audio Marker.

With audio markers you can synchronize slide transitions with the beat of your music. If audio markers are placed fairly close together, exact timing cannot be guaranteed. FotoMagico
needs to load media files for the next slide before it can proceed to this slide. If an audio
marker was missed in the process, the transition to the next slide will occur when another
audio marker is passed.

This limitation only applies to a live presentation. When exporting your slideshow to a
QuickTime movie, the exact timing is always respected.


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Layers

Working with Layers

Layers are a way to add multiple images, movies, or titles to a slide. For example: you can have a slide
with one image and multiple titles, a picture-in-picture slide, or a slide with a movie on top of an
image. There are numerous creative ways to use layers. Each layer can be animated and faded
independently. A slide can have a total of six layers, regardless of the layer type (image, movie, or
title).

If the visual tracks in the Storyboard/Timeline are collapsed, the layers of each slide are displayed as a
stack of frames, keeping everything neat and organized. When you mouse-over the stack, the layers
(images, movies and titles) associated with that slide autoexpand so you can see each frame (and its
thumbnail).

When visual tracks are expanded, you can always see all layers, but the Storyboard/Timeline requires
more vertical space, while the Stage will be given less vertical space. You can always toggle this
setting, depending on whether you are currently focusing on the Storyboard or the Stage.




Adding Layers to an Existing Slide

You can add up to six layers to an existing slide. A layer can contain an image, a movie, or a title. You
can do this in the Stage or in the Storyboard/Timeline.

When using the Stage, make sure that only the slide you are adding to is selected in the Storyboard. Its layers are displayed in the Stage. Drag a single image or movie onto the Stage to add the layer.

When dragging a single image or movie to the Storyboard, a yellow highlight indicates where the new
layer will be added.

To add an image layer:

1. Drag a single image from the Image Browser or from the Finder.

2. Drop the image in the Stage or in the Storyboard. When dropping in the Storyboard, a yellow
highlight indicates where the image will be added. Make sure to drop it above an existing layer.
The newly added layer is automatically selected.

3. You can then move, zoom, or rotate the new image layer in the Stage to achieve your desired
effect.

To add a movie layer:

1. Drag a single movie from the Movie Browser or from the Finder.

2. Drop the movie in the Stage or in the Storyboard. When dropping in Storyboard, a yellow highlight
indicates where the movie will be added. Make sure to drop it above an existing layer. The newly
added layer is automatically selected.

3. You can then move, zoom, or rotate the new movie layer to achieve your desired effect.

To add a title layer:

1. Click the Add Title button in the toolbar.
2. A new title layer appears in the Stage, ready to edit.
3. With text already selected, enter your title text.

4. When done, press the Enter key or click outside the title layer.
5. You can then move, zoom, or rotate the new title layer to achieve your desired effect.


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