User Guide Ulead Systems, Inc.
First English edition for Ulead DVD PictureShow version 2.0, October 2002. © 1992-2002 Ulead Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or storing in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form without the express written permission of Ulead Systems, Inc.
Welcome to Ulead® DVD PictureShow Easily create photo slideshows, complete with selection menus and background music, with Ulead DVD PictureShow. Using a wizard-type workflow, DVD PictureShow guides you step by step through the production process from start to finish. You can also include multimedia slideshows by importing video files or Ulead Photo Explorer slideshow files.
Preparation Before you start creating slideshows, have the photos and other media files ready, and plan ahead what output format to use for burning the final slideshow disc. Also familiarize yourself first with the Ulead DVD PictureShow program interface. About file format types Ulead DVD PictureShow supports a number of image formats that can be used to create photo slideshows. Popular video and audio file formats can also be added to a slideshow project in DVD PictureShow.
Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide 2. The content and resolution of the slideshow In choosing an output format, take into consideration how complex your slideshow will be composed and what your desired resolution is for the slideshow. • If the slideshow is added with music, video or transition effects, the maximum number of images will depend on the available disc space.
Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide VCD (with photos only) VCD (with transition effects) Resolution (NTSC/PAL) 704 x 480 704 x 576 352 x 240 352 x 288 Video compression MPEG-1 MPEG-1 Audio compression MPEG-1 MPEG-1 Total photos 1,900 (if without music in slideshows and menus) depends on available disc space Min/74 minCD If you select VCD player compliant in Preferences, then the disc capacity will be reduced if music is added from 430 minutes of playback time to 70 minutes. 74 min.
Making slideshows Ulead DVD PictureShow condenses the slideshow creation process into a simple five-step workflow. Start Start with a new or existing slideshow project, and determine the video format for the project. 1. Select New project to start a new slideshow project. Or, to continue working on a previous project, open a project file. Note: Project files that were created in Ulead DVD PictureShow 2 or earlier version(s) can be opened for editing. 2.
Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide Create Slideshow The Create Slideshow step allows you to add slideshows to the project. This is also where you can modify slideshows already included in the project. Assembling different types of slideshows: 1. Click the buttons in the Create Slideshow dialog box to choose the type of slideshow to add to the project. Photo slideshow Video Ulead Photo Explorer slideshow • New Slideshow Use images from your computer to create a photo slideshow.
Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide Creating photo slideshows Creating a photo slideshow involves adding images and four other steps for defining settings for the slideshow. Click Add Photo to open the Create Photo Slideshow dialog box where you can start creating photo slideshows. When the Create Photo Slideshow dialog box opens, it will first display the Add Photo step where you can add images to the slideshow. To show the other steps, click More.
Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide 3. Rearrange the positions of the images of your slideshow by clicking Arrange . This opens a dialog box where you can drag and drop the images to change the order. Tip: You can also rearrange the images directly on the Image list. Drag and drop the images to rearrange them. 4. To display each image at the same length of time, specify a constant duration in Default duration. 5. You can add an audio file to the slideshow by .
Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide Photo Options In Photo Options, specify varying display durations for the images in the slideshow. For each image, you can also add a textual description and include sound annotation. 1. In the Image list window, click the image you want to customize. 2. To specify descriptive information about the selected image, type your text in the Description window. 3. Select Enable sound annotation to add sound to the current image.
Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide Slideshow Options The Slideshow Options step lets you add a transition effect and customize the overall appearance of the slideshow. 1. Specify a descriptive title for the slideshow. 2. Select a Transition effect to apply between images in the slideshow. This allows the slideshow to smoothly advance from one image to the next.
Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide Background Music This step lets you add single or multiple background music to the slideshow. If you previously added music in the Add Photo step, it will, by default, be treated as the initial background music in this step, and will be applied starting from the first image in the slideshow. Adding background music: Folder tree pane 1. From the Folder tree pane, select the folder where the desired music files are located. 2.
Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide If the duration of a music clip is shorter than the total duration of the range of images which it was applied to, the music will continuously be replayed until its corresponding images have all been displayed. To avoid replaying music, you can synchronize the duration of images with the duration of the music by checking both durations first before adding music. Synchronizing durations of images and music: 1.
Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide Preview Slideshow The Preview Slideshow step automatically displays a preview of the photo slideshow you are working on. Click Play/Pause to resume/pause the preview, or click Stop to end the preview. Select Menu Template In this step, you can create the selection menu to allow the viewer to instantly access the various slideshows. DVD PictureShow provides several preset template layouts to set the theme of your menus.
Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide Select Output Options and Preview This is where you can preview the slideshow and behavior of the selection menu you have created. In this step, you can also select which additional items to include on the slideshow disc. Previewing slideshow project: 1. Use the remote control to simulate the behavior of the DVD, SVCD, or VCD slideshow created. Note: To learn the functions of the buttons on the remote control, please refer to the online help. Selecting output options: 1.
Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide Finish This is the final step in the slideshow creation process. Determine how to output the slideshow project and the settings for the device you want to use for burning the slideshow disc. 1. Select what type of output you want created out of the slideshow: • Record to CD/DVD Burns the DVD, SVCD or VCD slideshow to the disc. • Create disc image file Creates the disc image file in the hard disk. This is the file used when burning to a CD.
Printing CD index and CD label Print index pages and custom-designed labels for your slideshow discs. Printing CD index: 1. Click Print and select Print CD Index. 2. In the General tab, select the Printer and Paper size to use for printing. Click the available buttons to choose between portrait and landscape orientation for the printed pages. Layout tab Also specify the number of Copies to print. 3. Click the Layout tab. 4. Choose how to print thumbnails on the paper size selected in the General tab.
Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide Printing CD label: 1. Click Print and select Print CD Label. 2. Under Output options, select the Printer and Paper size to use for printing. Click the available buttons to choose between portrait and landscape orientation. 3. If you will be designing and printing dual label stickers on a single page, click the CD icons in Edited CD label to switch between the two labels and create different designs for each. 4.
Ulead VCD/SVCD/DVD Disc Image Recorder The Ulead VCD/SVCD/DVD Disc Image Recorder allows you to burn previously saved disc image files to a disc. Disc image files are files that contain the entire content of a storage medium (e.g. CD-ROM). Disc image files help prevent the "buffer under run" problem from occurring when burning and is also useful when you want to burn several copies of the same file.
