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Table of Contents Table of Contents Copyright 2 Support 4 What is Slideshow Maker 2? 6 System requirements 6 More about MAGIX MAGIX News Center MAGIX Website Maker MAGIX Online Print Service MAGIX Online Album MAGIX Community 7 7 7 7 7 8 Preface What's new in Slideshow Maker 2 8 8 Quick start Specify basic settings Load photos Effects and background music Finish 10 10 10 11 11 Load photos – overview 12 Effects & background music – overview Fades Effects Properties & titles Background music
Table of Contents Support Dear MAGIX customer, Our aim is to provide convenient, fast and solution-focused support at all times. To this end, we offer a wide range of services: Unlimited web support: As a registered MAGIX customer, you have unlimited access to web support offered via the convenient MAGIX service portal on http://support.magix.net, including an intelligent help assistant, high-quality FAQs, patches and user reports that are constantly updated.
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What is Slideshow Maker 2? What is Slideshow Maker 2? The name says it all: Slideshow Maker 2 compiles your photos into a slideshow that can be viewed on your PC – just like a movie! A typical case: Your hard drive is full of digital photos. What to do with all those pictures? Slideshow Maker 2 organizes and compiles your photos, enhances them by adding fades, music or effects and turns them into an exciting slideshow.
More about MAGIX More about MAGIX MAGIX News Center The MAGIX News Center features links to current online tutorials and tips & tricks on the software application examples. The "News" is indicated by color according to content: Green indicates practical tips & tricks for the software Yellow reports the availability of new patches and updates Red for special offers, contests and questionnaires If no new messages are present, the button will appear gray.
Preface MAGIX Community MAGIX Community is the place to exchange photos, videos, and music with friends and the world. As soon as you have registered for free, you can use all of its great features. You can also read the FAQ (frequently asked questions) online http://rdir.magix.net/?page=EBCVJGJAFZHV. Preface It has never been so easy to create slideshows! Slideshow Maker 2 is a quick and uncomplicated tool that enables you to turn your photos into exciting multimedia slideshows in no time at all.
Preface Adjust the intensity of fades and effects How would you like it? Do you want the effects in your slideshow to appear frequently? Do you want the transitions to be more subtle? The frequency of fades and effects can be adjusted easily using the sliders. Save your own style templates Once you are satisfied with your stylistic settings, you can save them. This allows you to use your favorite creation for your next slideshow, instead of having to set fades and effects from scratch.
Quick start Quick start Specify basic settings Specify the aspecte ratio for the project. You can also determine how Slideshow Maker 2 should behave with photos that do not match the project's formatting. Project name:Give your disc project a name. This name will be used as a preset title for the disc you are going to burn. The slideshows will also be given this name. Cut to fit screen automatically: Images that do not correspond to the project's ratio are adjusted automatically.
Quick start Use the slider in the bottom right-hand corner to enlarge or reduce the display (only in "Large icons" mode). Effects and background music Simply select one of the styles that best suits the theme of your slideshow. Click on the "Play" button to listen to a preview of the styles. You can set the frequency of the effects using the slider. Finish This is where you specify where and how you want to show your slideshow. "Output as video file" saves your slideshow on your PC as a WMV file.
Load photos – overview Load photos – overview Quick access toolbar: contains buttons for quickly accessing the three major components of Slideshow Maker 2. Toolbar: this is where you access the dialog for adding new pictures, deleting existing photos and rotating photos 90 degrees clockwise. Program monitor: video and picture objects are displayed here. Display duration: specify here how long each picture is to be displayed in the finished slideshow before the next picture follows.
Effects & background music – overview Effects & background music – overview Style templates: you can select ready-to-use style templates for your slideshow or create your own. Intensity: determines how often selected fades and effects appear in your slideshow. Options: this button provides access to fades, effects, titles, and background music that you can use to enhance your slideshows.
Effects & background music – overview Fades Note: The sliders do not set the intensity of the fades, but their frequency. If you select "Frequently", fades will appear after every third picture. Fade duration: determines the length of a fade effect in the finished slideshow. Random fades: if you click this button, the program automatically selects fades and determines their frequency and duration. www.magix.
Effects & background music – overview Effects Note: The sliders do not set the intensity of the effects, but their frequency. If you select "Frequently", effects will appear after every third picture. Treat special image formats intelligently: If you select this option, panoramas and photos in portrait format are handled separately. The program automatically recognizes these special formats and excludes them from effects that would have a negative impact. Panoramas, for example, are not rotated.
Effects & background music – overview Properties & titles Resulting slideshow length: this is an estimation of how long the slideshow will be after applying Slideshow Maker 2. Available music: shows the length of all available titles that could be used as background music. Adjust slideshow length to the music: it will be attempted to adjust the length of the photo objects to the background music. If the slideshow is too short, the music will be cut off.
Effects & background music – overview Opening/closing credits: Your own text: Enter the text that is to appear as opening and closing credits. Use file: Besides text, you can also use images and videos for your opening and closing credits. Select the file by clicking on "Load file". Group associated images together: If your slideshow contains pictures from a clearly defined period of time (day, time of day, etc.), this option will automatically compile these photos into a group.
Effects & background music – overview Remove: deletes the selected music track located to the left of the project window from the project. Please note: The song is removed from the project, not from your hard drive! Add random: randomly loads music tracks from the "Slideshow music" folder into the slideshow. Preview: by clicking on this button, you can listen to the music track selected in the project window.
Finish – overview Finish – overview On the left side you have a video monitor with the usual transport controls where you can watch you just created slideshow. On the right side there are three options to save your slide show. Output as video file: saves your slideshow on your PC as a WMV file. Present in the Online Album: you can share your slideshow with family and friends by presenting it in the MAGIX Online Album for free. Publish online: imagine your slideshow on "Youtube", "Flickr", or "Facebook".
Finish – overview Share in your online album You can select whether you want to present your entire slideshow on MAGIX Online Album or only parts of it. Video: loads the entire slideshow to MAGIX Online Album. Individual media: select this option if you want to upload individual images, videos, or music tracks to your album without linking these elements. www.magix.
Finish – overview Publish online Community: you can choose between Flickr®, Facebook® and Youtube®. Note: using these portals requires a free registration with the corresponding provider. Title: please enter the desired title for your slideshow here. Description: add a description to your slideshow. Keywords: add keywords to your slideshow that will enable finding your video on the portals later. Category (only for Youtube): decide to which category you want to assign your slideshow.
If You Still Have Questions If You Still Have Questions Tips for program help The program Help contains hints on how to use the program and lots of additional information. Context Help: press the "F1" key on your keyboard at any point in the opened program and Help will open with the matching Help topic (context help). Search function: to find out more information about specific words, use the search function.
Index Index A Adjust the intensity of fades and effects 9 B Background music 17 C Copyright 2 E Effects Effects & background music – overview Effects and background music 15 13 11 F Fades Finish Finish – overview 14 11 19 I If You Still Have Questions Intelligent presets 22 9 L Load photos Load photos – overview 10 12 M MAGIX Community MAGIX News Center MAGIX Online Album MAGIX Online Print Service MAGIX Website Maker www.magix.
Index More about MAGIX 7 N New user interface 8 O Output as video file 19 P Preface Properties & titles Publish online 8 8, 16 21 Q Quick start 10 S Save your own style templates Save/Delete Style Template Share in your online album Specify basic settings Support System requirements 9 18 20 10 4 6 T Tips for program help 22 U Upload to Flickr and Facebook 8 W What is Slideshow Maker 2? What's new in Slideshow Maker 2 6 8 www.magix.
