Operation Manual

• Background color well: Change the background color of your slideshow by clicking the
Background color well and then selecting a new background color from the Colors
window, or click the disclosure button (to the right of the color well) and select a new
background color from the pop-up color palette.
• Inset value slider: Use this value slider to adjust the space between the edges of the
screen and the images.
• Transition pop-up menu: Choose the type of transition that occurs between the slides.
• Transition Duration value slider: Use this value slider to adjust the length of applied
transitions. The duration setting is applied uniformly to each transition.
• “Shuffle slide order” checkbox: Select this checkbox to have Aperture shuffle the order
of the images presented in the slideshow.
• “Repeat slideshow” checkbox: Select this checkbox to loop, or continuously play, your
slideshow. If you select this option, you must stop your slideshow manually by pressing
Esc.
• “Play music during slideshow” checkbox: Select this checkbox to play your slideshow
with an accompanying song or iTunes playlist.
• Audio browser area: Displays sample music and slideshow theme music selections, as
well as music from GarageBand, your iTunes library, and any audio imported into the
Aperture library. Navigate to a song to accompany your slideshow, or search for a song
name, artist, or song time by entering information in the search field. You can also
preview DRM-free music by clicking the Play button.
• OK button: Click this button to apply any changes made to the selected slideshow
preset.
• Cancel button: Click this button to cancel the changes made to the selected slideshow
preset.
• Reset Preset button: Click this button to reset the selected slideshow preset to its original
settings.
• Remove (–) button: Click the Remove button to remove an unwanted slideshow preset
from the Preset Name list.
• Add (+) button: Click the Add button to create a new slideshow preset based on the
preset selected in the Preset Name list.
Creating Slideshow Presets
You create a new slideshow preset by duplicating an existing preset and then modifying
it. First, identify which existing preset you want to model your new preset on. After
duplicating the preset and renaming the duplicate, you can easily customize your new
slideshow preset’s settings.
690 Chapter 21 Creating Slideshow Presentations