User Guide

Create a Slide Show

Create and save a full-screen multimedia presentation of images with transitions, titles, and music

or narration. Slide shows will run on any Windows 95, 98 or NT 4.0 system.

1. Open the album containing the files you want to present in a slide show.

2. Click the Make Presentation Tool from the Tool Bar. Choose "Create a Slide Show". A

“Wizard” will take you through the creation process.

1. Follow the instructions on selecting your images and adding audio. Click Next after each

selection.

Tip: To select more than one image for your slide show, hold down your control key while

clicking different images.

Note: When adding audio to your slide show, you will need to choose one of the following

options:

• Play Single Audio File - includes a selected WAV audio file and synchronizes the slide

show to match the length of the audio. This is best for adding background music or

narration that doesn't need to match exactly to any particular slide.

• Play Attached Audio Files - includes any WAV files attached to images.

• No Audio - ignores any attached audio files and includes only the pictures. See online

Help for more information on the Audio feature.

4. Once you see the Select Destination window, specify where you want to save your slide

show - either to a disk, blank writeable CD-ROM or another directory.

5. Click Finish. Your slide show will be saved to the specified location as an EXE file.

Copies of the slide show contents (the image files) will also be created and saved to the

same directory.

Tip: PhotoBase will save one slide show and its contents per directory. Therefore, to

create multiple slide shows, you should make separate directories for each show and

name them accordingly.

Tip: Add each slide show to your “Hotlink” bar for quick access to all your presentations.

6. To play the slide show locate the EXE file and double-click on it. The Slide Show dialog

box will appear with the following options:

• Auto-loops - plays the slide show in a continuous loop

• Effects - presents a transition effect between images

• Seconds - lets you specify how long each image is displayed on the screen

Once you have chosen your settings, press OK to begin the slide show.

During the slide show, press the Enter key at any time to manually advance to the next

slide. Press the Esc key to stop the slide show.

Note: If you experience problems in playing the slide show, make sure the EXE file and

all slide show contents are contained in the same directory.

Create a Web Album

Lets you create an HTML web page of thumbnails to display on any web browser (e.g. Netscape

Navigator or MS Internet Explorer).

1. Open the album containing the thumbnails you want to include on your web page.

2. Click the Make Presentation Tool from the Tool Bar. Choose “Make Web Album”.

A “Wizard” will take you through the creation process.

3. Follow the instructions on selecting your thumbnails, designing your layout and selecting

the text to be displayed. Click Next after each selection.