ScanSoft Kai’s Power SHOW User Manual
User Guide
for Windows® and Macintosh
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Contents
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Table of Contents
Welcome to SHOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Key Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
About This User Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vi
Technical Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vi
Video Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Chapter 1
Installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing Kai’s Power SHOW . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Windows Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Macintosh Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installation Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 2
Kai’s Power SHOW Basics
. . . . 10
How SHOW Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Launching SHOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Creating a New Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Opening a Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Working in a Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Displaying Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using Memory Dots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Moving Between Rooms . . . . . . . . . . 13
Working with Show Content . . . . . . . . . . 13
Selecting Thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Viewing File Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Arranging Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Arranging Content on the Desktop . 14
Arranging Content in the
Sequencer and Nano Sequencer . . . . 14
Undoing Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Redoing Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Playing a Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Quitting SHOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 3
Kai’s Power SHOW Tutorial
. . . 17
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Lesson 1: Importing Files in the
IN Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Creating a QUICKSHOW! . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Lesson 1: Creating a
QUICKSHOW! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Lesson 2: Editing a
QUICKSHOW! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Sorting Images in the SORT Room . . . . . 20
Lesson 1: Sorting Pictures on the
Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Lesson 2: Loading files into the
Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Enhancing Slides in the EDIT Room . . . . 24
Lesson 1: Choosing a Slide to
Enhance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Lesson 2: Special Effect
Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Lesson 3: Setting Up Transition
Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Working with Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Lesson 1: Adding Text . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Lesson 2: Editing Text . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Lesson 3: Changing Text Attributes . 27
Lesson 4: Adding a Background . . . . 28
Lesson 5: Adding Text Effects . . . . . . 28
Using Sound Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Lesson 1: Attaching Sound Clips . . . 29
Playing Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Lesson 1: Using the Projector Icon . 30
Saving Your Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Lesson 1: Saving Shows . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Distributing Your Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Lesson 1: Preparing a Show for
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Lesson 2: Distributing a Show . . . . . 32
Lesson 2: Saving SHOW Slides . . . . . 33
Printing a Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Lesson 1: Setting Up a Page . . . . . . . 34
Deleting Thumbnails from the SORT
Room Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Setting Thumbnail Size . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Adding Content to a Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using the Sequence Floatoid . . . . . . . 46
Using the Sequence Cursor . . . . . . . . 46
Sequencing Content in a Show . . . . . . . . . 47
Using the Sequencer Menu . . . . . . . . 48
Using the Nano Sequencer . . . . . . . . 48
Playing a Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 6
The EDIT Room
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
How the EDIT Room Works . . . . . . . . . . . 50
What Are Transitions? . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Working in the EDIT Room . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Current Frame Window . . . . . . . . . . 51
In and Out Transition Windows . . . 51
Working with Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Selecting Frames to Edit . . . . . . . . . . 51
Copying-and-Pasting Slides . . . . . . . 52
Flipping Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Adding a Slide Display Time to a
Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Adding Transitions to a Show . . . . . . . . . . 53
Using the Transition Dialogs . . . . . . 53
Applying transitions to multiple
frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using Transition Presets . . . . . . . . . . 54
Working with Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Adding Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Editing Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Adding Backgrounds to Slides . . . . . 57
Animating Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Text fx Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adding Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Loading Sound Clips into SHOW . . 60
Using Sound Fx Presets . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Playing Soundtracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Playing a Show in the EDIT Room . . . . . . 61
Chapter 7
The OUT Room
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Outputting Your Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selecting Slides for Output . . . . . . . . 62
Saving a Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Save Show vs. Save Project . . . . . . . . 63
Saving a SHOW Project . . . . . . . . . . 63
Saving a Finished Show File . . . . . . . 64
Distributing a Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
The SHOW Player Software . . . . . . . 65
Distributing the SHOW Player
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Macintosh and Windows SHOW
Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Saving a SHOW Slide . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Saving as HTML Pages . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Recording Shows to Videotape . . . . . 67
AVI or QuickTime Output . . . . . . . . 67
Printing a Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Setting Up a Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Printing a Single Slide . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Printing a Show as Individual
Slides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Congratulations! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Chapter 8
Keyboard Shortcuts
. . . . . . . . . . . 69
Welcome
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Key Features
Kai’s Power SHOW offers the following
powerful, basic features:
• Innovative interface and efficient
workflow
• QUICKSHOW!’s “Simple Sentence
Control”
• Versatile import file format support
• Works great with cameras and
scanners
• Video and sound clip import
• PC PowerPoint slide import
• Sophisticated sequencing controls
• Powerful special effect transitions
• TV-like text effects
• Extensive sound effect library
• Extensive slide background presets
• Included SHOW Player software
• Flexible output options including:
computer monitor, projector, printer,
and the Web
• Works great with other popular
products
About This User Guide
This User Guide provides the information
you need to use SHOW effectively. It will
help you learn the application and serve as
a reference as you attempt more
sophisticated procedures.
This User Guide assumes you are already
familiar with basic Windows or
Macintosh concepts—menus, dialogs,
and mouse operations such as
clicking-and-dragging. If you need more
information on these subjects, or on the
Windows Desktop, or Macintosh Finder,
please refer to the Microsoft Windows
User’s Guide or the Macintosh User’s
Manual, respectively.
Conventions
This user guide is for both Windows and
Macintosh users. By convention,
Macintosh commands precede Windows
commands in the text. For example,
Command/Ctrl+I is equivalent to the
Macintosh Command-I and the Windows
Ctrl+I. For simplicity, the term folder
refers to directories as well as folders. The
SHOW interface for both platforms is
identical, unless otherwise specified.
Technical Tips
SHOW can perform truly wonderful
real-time special effect transitions, text
effects, and previews. To perform at this
peak level, SHOW requires an adequate
amount of computer power to look its
best. If you notice that transitions or
animations look “jerky,” if the colors look
strange, or if you simply want to ensure
that you are getting the most from the
application, then this section is for you.
Even more than computer performance,
our tests indicate that setting up your
video card properly can have the most
positive impact on SHOW performance.
This section talks about two important
setup factors and how you might enhance
them to ensure efficiency.
Video Drivers
It is very important to obtain the latest
video drivers from your manufacturer.
Upgrading drivers is usually free, and
generally provides a speed boost and bug
fixes as well.
Video Settings
Modern video cards give you a “color
depth” choice. This color depth is the
number of bits to use for each screen
pixel.
Generally, the more bits per pixel, the
better the quality, and the slower the
speed. However, that's not always the case,
and the only way to find out for sure is to
test the available options. To perform a
test, make one of the following changes
after closing SHOW. Then reopen SHOW
and use the same transition each time.
Choose the video setting that makes the
transitions look the most fluid.
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Choosing the display resolution will not
affect your performance significantly.
However, running presentations at a lower
resolution makes the show larger and
more visually appealing.
Excellent
Installation
To install Kai’s Power SHOW:
1.
If necessary, launch Windows (95 or
NT 4).
SHOW will not install in Windows
NT 3.5.1 or Windows 3.X.
2.
Insert the SHOW CD-ROM into your
CD-ROM drive.
The installer and all related files reside
in the root directory of the SHOW
CD-ROM.
3.
If you’re using Windows NT 4 or
Windows 95, choose Start menu>
Run .
4.
Type the letter corresponding to your
CD-ROM drive, followed by :\setup
(for example, type d:\setup if using
the D drive) and click the OK button.
5.
Follow the displayed prompts.
Macintosh Installation
System Requirements
• Power Macintosh
• MacOS 7.5.5 or Later
• 16 MB Free RAM
• 16- or 24-Bit Video
• 50 MB Free Hard Drive Space
• CD-ROM Drive
Installation
To install Kai’s Power SHOW:
1.
Insert the SHOW CD-ROM into your
CD-ROM drive.
2.
Double-click the SHOW CD-ROM
icon on the desktop.
3.
Double-click the SHOW Installer icon
to begin installation.
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If this happens, try quitting other
applications or allocating LESS
memory to SHOW to give the System
extra breathing space. To reduce
SHOW’s memory, select the
application icon, choose File menu>
Get Info and allocate slightly less
RAM in “Preferred Size.”
• On a Macintosh, allocating more
available RAM to SHOW allows it to
run faster and handle larger files more
efficiently.
If you must use relatively large files,
increase the RAM available to SHOW.
To increase the available RAM, select
the application icon, choose File
menu> Get Info , and allocate more
RAM in “Preferred Size.”
Before diving into SHOW, here are a few
basic procedures you should know.
Launching SHOW
You’ll notice when you launch SHOW,
that it takes over your entire screen, even
hiding the Windows or Macintosh menu
bar. You can access the menu bar while in
SHOW by moving the cursor to the
top-right or top-left corner of a room.
To display the system menu:
✤
Move the cursor to the top-right or
top-left corner of the room.
To use Keyboard Shortcuts:
✤
Many actions can be performed using
keyboard shortcuts. Refer to
“Keyboard Shortcuts” on page 69
for a listing of Kai’s Power SHOW
keyboard shortcuts.
Creating a New Show
There are two ways of creating a new
presentation in SHOW. You can use the
QUICKSHOW! automated feature or you
can create a show from scratch.
If you use QUICKSHOW!, creating a new
show is as simple as choosing from
statement presets that identify files,
determine slide sequence, pick which
transitions to apply, and even decide what
audio to play. Simple sentence controls
help you quickly create a custom show.
Refer to “The QUICKSHOW! Feature”
on page 36 for more on using this feature.
You can tweak your “quick” show or
create more complex presentations using
the controls in SHOW’s SORT and EDIT
Rooms. There, you sequence content and
add transitions, animated text, and sound
to each frame. The process of creating a
show is a matter of sorting and selecting
files into the Sequencer; assigning
transitions, text, and sound effects; then
saving, sharing, or printing your show.
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• The Save Project option lets you save
a show in-progress. Save Project
creates a project file (.shw) and a
folder. These contain information
about where files are located on your
hard drive, about transitions, and
even about presets. Save Project does
not copy files or prepare your show
for distribution.
• The Save Show option lets you save
and share your finished show. It
collects and optimizes all files in your
show, then copies them into a folder
that you can move or share. Save
Show creates a show file (.sas)
containing information about how to
reconstruct the show.
When you open a project or show, SHOW
gathers all the content in the show and
places it in the Sequencer and Nano
Sequencer where it is ready for immediate
edit or playback.
To open a previously saved project or
show:
1.
Make sure you’re in the IN Room.
2.
Move the cursor over the Open Show
label, then click the Open an Existing
Show button.
3.
In the dialog that appears, locate the
file you want and open it.
Working in a Room
There are several basic operations that are
common to all rooms. The following
sections provide procedures for basic
operations in any SHOW room.
Displaying Controls
To keep the main working area of a room
uncluttered, many of SHOW’s controls
fade or minimize in size when not in use.
Faded controls re-appear when you move
the cursor over them, and then slowly fade
away when the cursor moves away.
The seven main buttons in the IN Room are
examples of fading controls.
The Global Menu
You can access several SHOW shortcuts,
such as New, Open, and Save commands,
Printer Settings, Undo, and Quit, from the
Global menu. This menu appears in all
four rooms.
To display the Global menu:
Click the Kai’s Power SHOW label in the
top-left corner of each room, or
Control-click or right-click anywhere on
the screen.
Using Memory Dots
Several of the controls in SHOW contain
memory dots. Memory dots store
user-definable presets and control
settings, so that you can quickly and easily
use those settings at a later time.
Memory dots are saved with SHOW
project or show files, so your settings are
available the next time you open the
project or show. Most memory dots come
preloaded.
Use memory dots to set and activate:
Simple Sentence Control scripts in the IN
Room, thumbnail positions on the
desktop in the SORT Room, and “Five
Favorites” effect options in the EDIT
Room. These dots serve different
purposes in different procedures, but they
all behave the same.
To activate a saved setting:
✤
Click a full memory dot.
Use the Global menu to access several shortcut
features.
Use memory dots to preset and control settings.
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Working with Show Content
A show is made up of a series of frames
that can be digital photos, pictures,
business slides, or video clips. Here are
basic procedures to use when working
with content.
Selecting Thumbnails
The content you import into SHOW
appears as thumbnails on the IN Room
and SORT Room desktops. When you
move between the IN and SORT Rooms,
thumbnail icons remain on the desktop.
Import a single file and it appears as a
single thumbnail. A folder of files displays
as a pile of thumbnails.
You can select thumbnails individually or
in groups in the SORT Room. Once
selected, thumbnails can be moved,
sequenced, or deleted.
A selected thumbnail has a highlight
around it.
To select a thumbnail:
✤
Click the thumbnail.
To select a group of thumbnails:
✤
Drag an area around the files you
want to select or hold down the Shift
key and click each file you want to
include in the selection.
To add to a selection:
✤
Hold down the Shift key and click the
file you want to add to the selection.
When a thumbnail is selected, a highlight
appears around it.
“Selecting
for more
To hide file names on thumbnails:
✤
Go to the Global menu or
Control-click or right-click anywhere
on the screen. Choose Hide File
Names.
Arranging Content
Content can be arranged differently
depending on which room you are in.
When you’re in the SORT Room, content
is arranged by dragging thumbnails on the
desktop.
In the SORT and EDIT Rooms, content
within the Sequencer can be arranged by
dragging a frame within the Sequencer.
This changes the show’s frame order.
Arranging Content on the
Desktop
Just as you would with a stack of photos in
the real world, you can arrange
thumbnails into logical piles on SHOW’s
desktop. You can have all the photos of
people in one pile, all the photos of
landscapes in another pile, and so on.
Arranging Content in the
Sequencer and Nano Sequencer
The Sequencer and Nano Sequencer,
which appear at the bottom of the SORT
and EDIT rooms, display all the content
(frames) currently in your show.
You can use these “filmstrip” controls to
keep track of the items in your show and
to re-arrange the order of your show
contents.
Items are added to the Sequencer in the
SORT Room. Once an item is in the
Sequencer, it also appears in the Nano
Sequencer. Refer to “Adding Content to a
Show” on page 46 for more information.
Once an item appears as a frame in the
show, you change its position in the show
by clicking-and-dragging its frame to a
different location in either sequencer.
The best method of sequencing the
frames in your show is to select them in
the proper order when first adding
them to the Sequencer, using the
Sequence Floatoid or the Select
control’s Sequence cursor in the SORT
Use the Sequencer and Nano Sequencer to keep
track of all the frames in your show.
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To scroll the Sequencer:
✤
Click the scroll arrow on the left or
right end of the Sequencer, or keep
dragging a frame to access a
destination not currently displayed.
✤
You can also access frames not
currently displayed in the Sequencer
by clicking-and-dragging the Nano
Sequencer’s blue Current Frame
Indicator. This tool also determines
the current frame in your show or a
new frame insertion point.
Undoing Operations
SHOW’s undo feature lets you reverse the
last action you performed. You can undo
an operation by using the Global menu,
or by pressing Command/Ctrl-Z.
To undo the last operation:
✤
Select Undo in the Global menu or
Control-click or right-click and
choose Undo from the pop-up menu.
or
Press Command/Ctrl-Z.
Redoing Operations
You can reverse your last undo using the
Redo command. When you undo a
command, the pop-up menu indicates
which action was undone. For example, if
you used undo to reverse a deletion, the
Redo text reads “Redo Delete.”
To redo an operation:
✤
Select Redo in the Global menu or
Control-click or right-click and
choose Redo from the pop-up menu.
Click the arrows on the right end of the
Sequencer to scroll forward through the show, or
the left arrow to scroll backward.
To stop and exit a show:
✤
Press ESC.
Quitting SHOW
You can close SHOW from any of the four
rooms using the Global or pop-up menu.
To close SHOW:
1.
Select Quit SHOW in the Global
menu.
2.
Control-click or right-click and
choose Quit SHOW from the pop-up
menu.
3.
If you have any changes you want to
save, click Yes, otherwise click No.
There are also several options for saving
projects and shows. Saving operations are
done in the OUT Room. Refer to “Saving
a Show” on page 62 for more
information.
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Getting Started
The first thing you need to do to start the
tutorial is to launch SHOW and import
some images.
To launch SHOW:
✤
Double-click the SHOW icon on the
desktop, or select it from among the
programs in the Start menu.
The IN Room appears. This is where
you begin creating your show.
Lesson 1: Importing Files in the
IN Room
This lesson walks you through the process
of importing your photos, pictures,
business slides, and video clips into
SHOW.
Each of the seven IN Room labels: Open
Show, File, Folder, QUICKSHOW!,
TWAIN, Capture, and Add Show
identifies a different SHOW input option.
ˇ
As you move the cursor over each label, a
button appears that describes each input
option in greater detail. As you move the
cursor to the next label, the last button
gently fades away.
The IN Room is where you can import source
files you’ll use to create a show.
Now that you have some source photos,
you can create a show.
Creating a QUICKSHOW!
The lessons in this section will teach you
how to create a quick show in a few easy
steps using the photos you imported in
the IN Room and the Create a
QUICKSHOW! dialog.
The Story So Far
So far in this tutorial, you’ve learned how
to import photos into SHOW. The folder
of photos you imported will be used to
create a show. To find out more about
QUICKSHOW!, refer to “The
QUICKSHOW! Feature” on page 36.
Lesson 1: Creating a
QUICKSHOW!
To help you create presentations quickly
and easily, SHOW provides a powerful
feature called QUICKSHOW!, which uses
a Simple Sentence Control system to
automate the show-creation process.
When you move the cursor over the
QUICKSHOW! label, the Create A
QUICKSHOW! button appears. Click it
and a dialog appears that displays several
basic statements. These describe how a
new show will be created. To change how
the show is created, simply change one of
the statements.
To create a QUICKSHOW!:
1. Move the cursor over the
QUICKSHOW! label in the
IN Room, then click the “Create a
QUICKSHOW!” button.
Files imported into SHOW appear as thumbnails
on the desktop.
Use the Create a QUICKSHOW! button to open
the QUICKSHOW! dialog.
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7. Click the sixth statement, then click
and enter the SORT Room after
playing.
Now that you’ve set up your Simple
Sentence Control (SSC) script, you can
save it for later use with different source
files.
To save an SSC Script:
✤ Click on an empty memory dot in the
lower-left corner of the Create a
QUICKSHOW! dialog.
You’re now ready to execute your SSC
script.
To execute an SSC Script:
1. Click the “Do It!” button. SHOW
automatically executes the script and
immediately plays your custom show.
You can cancel out of the Create a
QUICKSHOW! dialog without
executing it. Just click outside the
dialog.
Lesson 2: Editing a QUICKSHOW!
Since the last statement in your SSC script
was and enter the SORT Room after
playing, the SORT Room appears when
the show finishes playing. The SORT
Room lets you rearrange the sequence of
slides in your quick show, or if you’re
creating a presentation from scratch
without QUICKSHOW!, the SORT Room
is where you’ll initially sort, select, and
sequence your IN Room content.
This is how your finished sentences read.
Click a memory dot to save an SSC script for
later use.
Click the Do It! button to execute your script.
Sorting Images in the SORT
Room
The SORT Room helps you to sort, select,
and sequence the content you imported in
the IN Room. The SORT Room provides
two main controls: the Sort control and
the Select control.
The Sort control allows you to quickly
sort your thumbnails using several basic
criteria. The Select control provides the
ability to select, deselect, group, or add
content on the desktop to your show
using simple mouse clicks and custom
cursors.
The Story So Far
So far in this tutorial, you’ve learned how
to import photos and pictures into
SHOW using the IN Room, and how to
quickly create shows using the
QUICKSHOW! feature. In this section
you’ll use the Sort control to sort the
folder of photos you imported in the IN
Room. Refer to
“Sort Control” on
page 42
and
“Sorting Content” on
page 43
for more on these controls.
Lesson 1: Sorting Pictures on the
Desktop
In this lesson, you’ll sort through the
Travel Photos you imported in the IN
Room.
Before you begin your work in the SORT
Room, first empty the Sequencer
“filmstrip” of the QUICKSHOW! frames.
To empty the Sequencer:
1.
Click the Sequencer menu in the
top-left corner of the Sequencer.
2.
Choose:
Select > All Frames
3.
Click the Sequencer menu again.
4.
This time, choose:
Select > Delete
.
This is what the SORT Room looks like when you
first enter.
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2. Click on the largest “eye icon,” which
now appears in the lower-left corner
of the SORT Room, just above the
Sequencer. This is the Size control.
Click twice more on this icon to
increase thumbnail size many times
(or on the smallest to do the
opposite). The middle size control
returns the thumbnails to their
default size.
Now you can better see thumbnail details
to sort and select specific photos for your
show.
To sort thumbnail icons:
1. With all the thumbnails highlighted,
move the cursor over the Sort label in
the upper-left corner.
The Sort control appears.
2. Click the Sort control to display the
six Sort buttons.
3. Click the Width button.
Use the Size control to set the size of thumbnails
on the desktop.
The Sort control in its minimized state.
The Sort buttons let you perform sorts using
different criteria.
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