Robin Williams Cool Mac Apps, Second Edition [Electronic resources] : A guide to iLife 05, .Mac, and more!

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  • Create a Slideshow

    A DVD slideshow is a convenient and dramatic way to present your photos to friends, family, clients, or customers.

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    Click the "Media" button in the Customize drawer, then select "Photos" from the pop-up menu.

    2.

    Select an album (folder) from the list of iPhoto albums and drag it to the menu. iDVD automatically creates a button named for the album.

    Or drag a folder of photos from the Finder to the menu to create a slideshow button that is named the same as the folder of photos.

    Or click the "Slideshow" button on the bottom of the window to create an empty slideshow button called "My Slideshow." If you use this technique, you must use the Slideshow editor (shown on the next page) to add photos to the slideshow.

    3.

    To open the Slideshow editor, double-click the new slideshow button that appears in the menu.

    4.

    Use the Slideshow editor to customize your slideshow.

    iDVD resizes the photos in a slideshow to 640 x 480 pixels, and converts them to a resolution of 72 ppiofficial DVD specifications for slideshows.

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    The Slideshow editor window

    To add additional photos to a slideshow, drag an entire iPhoto album, multiple photos, or a single photo from the Photos pane (or from the Finder) to the Slideshow editor window. As you drag items to the editor window, a black line indicates where the item will be placed when you drop it (shown on the right).214).

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    More slideshow settings

    From the Slide Duration pop-up menu, choose how many seconds each slide will display. Choose "Fit To Audio" if you've added audio and want the slideshow to match the duration of the selected audio track. If the audio track is shorter than the slideshow, the track repeats until the slideshow finishes.

    Choose "Manual" if you want the user to advance each slide with a remote control or with the arrow keys on a computer keyboard. You cannot include audio when you choose "Manual."

    From the Transition pop-up menu, choose a style of transition to use from one photo to the next. If the transition you select is directional, click one of the directional arrows on the small control (circled below) to choose in which direction the transition moves.

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    iDVD slideshow photo formats

    iDVD slideshows can use any file format supported by QuickTime, such as BMP, JPEG, GIF, PICT, PNG, and TIFF. When iDVD creates a slideshow it scales photos to 640 x 480 pixels, a standard DVD size and proportion. Photos that are not 640 x 480 will be scaled down, but will retain their original aspect ratio (proportion). A vertical photo will be resized to 480 pixels tall, with black bands on either side to fill out the 640-pixel width.

    File formats other than JPEG may not display a thumbnail preview in Slideshow editor, but should play in iDVD's slideshow preview and on the final DVD without a problem.

    If you want your photos to fill the DVD window, use an image-editing program to crop them to 640 x 480 pixels. You can use iPhoto to crop photos to fit a DVD window: In iPhoto select a photo, then click the "Edit" button. From the "Constrain" pop-up menu, choose "4 x 3 (DVD)" as shown on the left.

    Add music to a slideshow

    It's amazing how much a musical soundtrack can add to the richness and enjoyment of a slideshow. iDVD's integration with iTunes makes it easy to add a soundtrack to your slideshow:

    iDVD's slideshow creation is fast, easy, and convenient. It's also limited in that you can choose just one audio soundtrack and one transition style. It you want more creative control, create your slideshow in iPhoto, then export the slideshow, or choose "Send to iDVD" from iPhoto's Share menu.See pages 4145.

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    Click the "Customize" button at the bottom of iDVD's window to open the Customize drawer.

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    Click the "Media" button at the top of the drawer.

    3.

    Choose "Audio" from the pop-up menu.

    The iTunes Library and all of your iTunes playlists appear in the upper pane of the drawer, and the lower pane shows the songs in the selected playlist.

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    Select any song and drag it from the Audio pane to the Audio well, as shown below.

    Or select a song in the Media pane, then click the "Apply" button at the bottom of the drawer (circled below).

    Or drag an audio file from anywhere on your computer and drop it in the Audio well.

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    To delete the audio soundtrack from a slideshow, drag the audio file's icon out of the Audio well.

    iDVD will accept audio file formats that are compatible with QuickTime and iTunes, including AIFF, WAV, MP3, M4P, and AAC.