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Stage 5: Selecting Music
Choose the music or audio clip that will play during the slideshow. You can apply a looped
song to the main audio track and then add voiceover audio clips and other audio clips
to the secondary audio track.
Stage 6: Adjusting Transitions
Adjust transitions to emphasize the most important images in the slideshow or give a
particular treatment to images with similar subject matter. Make sure that the sequence
of images and the duration of the transitions match the cadence and tempo of the music
or audio clip you selected for the slideshow.
Stage 7: Titling and Adding Text to the Slideshow
Add a title to your slideshow using the titling controls. Insert a blank slide at the beginning
of the movie to display your title. You can also use blank slides to act as chapter dividers.
Add text to individual slides where appropriate.
Stage 8: Previewing the Slideshow Again
Preview the slideshow once again in full-screen mode to make sure the images and video
clips are playing in the correct sequence. Ensure that the music or audio clip matches
the theme of the slideshow and the cadence of the images and video clips, that the
effects and transitions are to your liking, and that the title text is correct.
Stage 9: Exporting the Slideshow
Export the slideshow as a movie in the format that best fits the platform by which you
mean to share it. You can choose a format that is optimized for iPhone, iPod, iPod touch,
iPad, MobileMe, YouTube, Apple TV, or 1080p HD. You can also create a custom movie
in a wide range of frame rates and frame sizes.
Stage 10: Sharing Your Slideshow
After exporting your slideshow movie, tell your clients and friends. If you’ve posted your
slideshow on your website or YouTube, send an email announcement.
Creating Slideshow Albums
To create a slideshow using the Slideshow Editor, you must first create an album that
holds the slideshow’s images. The easiest way to do this is to select images you want to
appear in the slideshow and then create an album. Aperture places the images in the
order in which they were selected in the Browser, but you can rearrange the order at any
time.
To create a slideshow album from selected images
1 Do one of the following:
• In the Browser, select the images you want to place in your slideshow.
• Select an item in the Library inspector.
695Chapter 21 Creating Slideshow Presentations