How to customize iPhoto slideshow themes?

i created a delightful slideshow in iPhoto using the snapshot theme, the one with the photos laid on top of one another. the default is to have a black background. is it possible to customize the background with an image or photo that i select?

You can select between black and white on the Sliding Panels theme, but that's about it.
Regards
TD

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Do you have a library on both machines?
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Don't know if you misunderstood my problem, but today, I found the solution to putting titles into iPhoto slideshows, and its pretty simple also.
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Salvatore
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planned for iPhoto. What you want to do cannnot be
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