Viewing and configuring a slideshow

You can view a slideshow of images from Manage mode or from View mode. You can also configure your slideshow to start automatically whenever you run it, and set the slideshow options to adjust how long each image is displayed, set the background color, apply transition effects, and add header or footer text.

To start a slideshow in Manage mode:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • In the File List pane, select a group of images.
    • In the Folders pane, select a folder or use the Easy-Select bar to select multiple folders that contain images.
  2. Click Tools | Slideshow.

To start a slideshow in View mode:

Click Tools | Slideshow.

To configure a slideshow:

  1. In Manage mode, do one of the following:
    • In the File List pane, select a group of images.
    • In the Folders pane, select a folder or use the Easy-Select bar to select multiple folders that contain images.
  2. Click Tools | Configure Slideshow.
  3. In the Slideshow Properties dialog box, select or change the slideshow options as described below.
  4. To save your settings as the default slideshow behavior, select the Save current settings as default check box.
  5. Click OK.

Slideshow options

File Selection

Slideshow contents

Specifies which of the following media to include in the slideshow:

  • All media in current folder: Displays all the files (images or video) in the folder you have selected.
  • All media in current folder and subfolders: Displays all the files in the currently selected folder and its subfolders.
  • Selected media: Displays only the files that you selected before opening the Slideshow Properties dialog.

Always use these contents for this selection type and start slideshow automatically

Retains the current Slideshow contents setting and starts automatically the next time you launch the slideshow.

Basic

Select transitions

Displays a list of transitions for you to select and plays each transition, variation, or effect in the Preview as you select it.

  • Select all: Selects all the transitions and displays them randomly.
  • Clear all: Clears any selected transitions.

ACDSee Photo Manager Note Viewing and configuring a slideshow

These transitions do not work with the 2-up, 4-up and Collage variations.

Variations

Click the drop-down list to select from the following:

  • None: Uses no variations.
  • Pan and Zoom: Zooms in and pans across each slide during the time it is displayed.
  • 2-up: Displays two images at a time.
  • 4-up: Displays four images at a time.
  • Collage: Displays images as a collage where images overlap each other.

Effects

Click the drop-down list to select from the following:

  • None: Uses no effects.
  • Black & White: Displays all images in grayscale.
  • Sepia: Displays all images in sepia.
  • Vivid: Increases the saturation of the images to make colors brighter.
  • Soft: Blurs images slightly for a softening effect.

Background color

Specifies the background color. Click the color picker to select or change the color. Click Other to set a custom color in the Color dialog.

Slide duration (sec)

Specifies how long you want the slideshow to display each image.

Advanced

General settings

Select or clear any of the following options:

  • Play embedded audio: Plays any audio clips embedded in the images.
  • Autohide control bar: Hides the slideshow controls whenever the cursor stops moving for more than a few seconds.
  • Loop: Repeats the slideshow after displaying the last image.
  • Stretch images to fit screen: Enlarges small images to fill the entire screen.
  • Stretch video to fit screen: Enlarges video files to fill the entire screen.

Slide order

Select one of the following options to specify the order to display your images:

  • Forward
  • Shuffle

Music directory

Displays music from the previously-selected folders, or you can click Browse to find a new folder.

Text

Display header text

Displays a text caption at the top of each image. Set the options to specify the text you want to display.

Display footer text

Displays a t
ext caption at the bottom of each image. Set the options to specify the text you want to display.

Save current settings as default

Retains the current settings on all of the tabbed pages and applies them the next time you view a slideshow.

Slideshow text options

Alignment

Specifies the alignment of the text captions.

Background color

Specifies a background color for the caption text.

Text

Specifies the text to display as a caption.

Font

Opens the Font dialog box where you can select or change the font options for your text.

Insert Metadata Tag

Inserts file-specific information called metadata into the caption.

Click to open the Choose Properties dialog box and select the metadata you want to insert.

See also:

Viewing and configuring a slideshow