Operation Manual

Slideshow presets are groups of predefined settings for playing a slideshow. For example,
you can choose a slideshow preset to change the theme or apply transitions and timing
to your onscreen presentation.
Aperture provides several slideshow presets from which to choose:
• Dissolve: Displays each image for 3 seconds, with a 2-second cross fade over a black
background.
• Fade through Black: Displays each image on a black background for 3 seconds, with a
2-second cross fade that fades to black between each image.
• Manual: You control this slideshow’s progression with the Right Arrow and Left Arrow
keys.
• Slow Dissolve: Displays each image for 5.1 seconds, with a 5-second cross fade.
• Ken Burns: Displays each image for 3 seconds, with a 2-second cross fade over a black
background. A Ken Burns effect, with simultaneous zooming and panning, is applied
to each image as it is displayed.
• Photo Edges: Displays the images using the Photo Edges theme—the images appear
over a light gray background with borders similar to those of traditional photographs.
• Scrapbook: Displays the images using the Scrapbook theme—the images appear to
be placed on the pages of a traditional scrapbook.
• Shatter: Displays the images using the Shatter theme—the visual elements of an image
break apart and are reassembled into the next image.
• Sliding Panels: Displays the images using the Sliding Panels theme—the images appear
over a black background in multiple panels, and each image is individually replaced in
a sliding motion by another image.
• Snapshots: Displays the images using the Snapshots theme—the images appear with
white borders on top of each other, creating an image stack over a black background.
• Watercolor Panels: Displays the images using the Watercolor Panels theme—the images
appear over an animated colored background.
You can also create your own custom presets. For example, to prepare for a presentation,
you could create two new slideshow presets: one for your presentation and the other for
your question-and-answer period. The presentation slideshow can be manually controlled,
allowing you to move through the images at your own pace. Your second slideshow
preset, to be used during the question-and-answer period of your presentation, can
display the same images using the Sliding Panels theme set to show each image for
15 seconds, with music and looping applied.
685Chapter 21 Creating Slideshow Presentations