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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