Manually controlled slide show?

I'm feeling like a bit of an idiot since it seems to me that I should be able to do this, and that it should be in an obvious place ... but I can't find it.
I would like to set up a slide show that advances on a mouse click. I can do what I want by selecting "edit photo using full screen." But then I lose things like transitions and music. I can also do it with the controls on the screen, but that is also less than desirable ... since the controls are on the screen.
I could load the photos into PowerPoint, but then I would have to redo everything if I edited a photo.
Duncan

Duncan:
That can be done by setting the slide timing to 600 seconds in the Setting pane. That will give you ten minutes for each slide and then you can move to the next one with a mouse click. You can use the Apple Remote if you're on a laptop with Photo Booth capability.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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http://www.projectseven.com/products/galleries/ssm/
>
>
> Leaps beyond the ordinary...
>
> Efficient code and buttery smooth animations make for a
truly engaging
> user experience. Slide Shows and individual images can
be bookmarked and
> all images can be viewed - even if JavaScript is
disabled.
>
>
> Search Engine Friendly
>
> Unlike many of today's Flash and AJAX applications,
Slide Show Magic
> markup is always fully visible and indexable by leading
search engines.
>
>
> Auto-Choreographed Animation
>
> Slide Show Magic detects the size of each incoming
full-size image. If
> it's the same size as the current image, the system will
employ a smooth
> cross-fader - simultaneously fading out the current
image as the new one
> fades in. If the incoming image is a different size than
the current one,
> the system will fade out the current image, glide the
image container to
> the size of the incoming image, then fade the new image
in. It's all
> automatic.
>
>
> Staged preloader
>
> When the slide show is running in automatic mode, the
system will preload
> the next image as the current one is being shown,
providing a seamless
> experience in most cases.
>
>
> Intuitive toolbar controls
>
> The on-page toolbar contains conventional media
controls: First, Previous,
> Play, Pause, Next, and Last buttons. It also contains a
slider bar that
> allows users to adjust the slide show timing, plus
buttons to toggle
> visibility of the thumbnail display and navigation menu,
and an image
> counter.
>
>
> Drag-enabled thumbnail panel
>
> The Thumbnail panel can be dragged about the screen,
enabling users to
> fine-tune the interface for best viewing of the show.
>
>
> Full-Size images can be hyperlinks
>
> Each full-size image can optionally be set as a
hyperlink to another page,
> programmed to open in a new window or tab.
>
>
> Image descriptions
>
> Each full-size image can display an optional
description, which can
> contain any type of valid markup (paragraphs, tables,
DIVs, lists, links,
> or images).
>
>
> Automated image processing with Fireworks...
>
> Web-ready images are automatically produced from your
original images,
> which can be located on any drive connected to your
computer - including
> drives mounted by your digital camera. Slide Show Magic
handles all image
> processing automatically - preserving your original
files in their
> original locations in their original and unaltered
states. Your images are
> scaled, optimized, and neatly organized into folders
within your defined
> site.
>
>
> Import your existing images...
>
> Point to a folder (or folders) that contain your
existing full-size and
> thumbnail image and Slide Show Magic will match them up
and add them to
> your slide show - unaltered and ready to view.
>
>
> Organize Images into sets
>
> Slide Show Magic enables you to define logical image
sets and organizes
> the thumbnail panel into navigable sets.
>
>
> Mix landscape and portrait orientations
>
> Your images are never distorted in any way. Original
aspect ratios are
> always preserved. Use both landscape and portrait images
in the same slide
> show.
>
>
> Deploy alone or inside existing layouts
>
> Slide Show Magic can be inserted on a page by itself or
inside an existing
> page.
>
>
> Select from 6 Themes
>
> Select a dark toolbar, a light toolbar, shadow boxes (in
3 sizes), or an
> image rotator interface. Style themes can even be
switched for existing
> slide shows.
>
>
> Manage it all inside a dedicated Dreamweaver Interface
>
> Add (append) new images
> Delete images or re-order them
> Manage Descriptions, links, and ALT text
> Edit existing full-size or Thumbnail images
> Reprocess all of your slide show's images
>
> And lots more, including a comprehensive manual and free
tech support.
> $95
>
> --
> Al Sparber - PVII
>
http://www.projectseven.com
> Extending Dreamweaver - Nav Systems | Galleries |
Widgets
> Authors: "42nd Street: Mastering the Art of CSS Design"
>
>
>
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I'm pretty much a novice with Encore, and to save spending more time reading the manual, I thought I'd ask if I can mimic a slide show in Encore with the technique described below. I got the idea from page 152 of the PDF manual:
The buttons on a menu are the primary navigation tool for the viewer. They control how the viewer steps through the project. Each button in a menu must lead to another menu, a timeline, a chapter, a playlist, a chapter playlist, or a slide show.
My limited experience with Encore is to set up a series of videos on a single timeline, and generate one menu with a "Start" button on it. When the Blu-ray starts up, the Start screen appears and stays there until I press Enter. Works well.
A slide show of stills using buttons only
So I thought: to generate my old-fashioned slide show (ignore videos for the moment), I would use the buttons themselves as the stills, taking my queue from the quote above: "Each button in a menu must lead to another menu…". My slide show would consist of jumping from one menu to the next. This leads to my first question:
Q1: Is it possible for a menu to have a full-screen button, call it the Image Button, that is actually the still image that is desired to be shown? So the viewer sees the Image Button, thinks it's the image (which it is), but it is actually a button. When the viewer presses Enter, the button activates and goes to the next menu which also happens to be the next full-screen image. The viewer is jumping from Image Button to Image Button, with the buttons filling the screen and being the actual images.
A slide show including videos
To include a video in the slide show, the destination when Enter is pressed would be a timeline with the appropriate video. At the end of this video, the navigation would lead to a menu which has an Image Button of the last frame of the video. The effect is that the video is paused on the last frame, waiting for the user to hit Enter to advance to the next item (still or video).
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Stan – I posted 3 years ago in the Keynote Forums (I'm on Mac) about this sort of thing, knowing that eventually I would want to do it. The answer came back then that Keynote might have problems. So I've recently posted again about Keynote, but no responses as yet.
I expected problems with Encore and welcome some of them. Overcoming problems is the best way to become intimately involved with software.
I'm glad you asked why I don't just use Powerpoint (or Keynote in my case). Now's my chance to clarify my thoughts:
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I don't have a laptop so I'd have to buy one. I'd rather spend the money on a dedicated player if that route turns out to be suitable.
I don't trust computers for a presentation. Too unreliable. When I was showing multiscreen audio visuals in the 1980s (4-6 projectors), I always had a backup Tascam 4-track with me, back up soundtrack on tape, back up amp, and a backup slide projector. Even had a backup amp in the car. Speakers, well, if one failed I had two there anyway. With digital, to feel comfortable, I'd have to buy a second laptop. A good quality, backup Blu-ray player can be had for $100. And yes, I do have a backup W7000. I don't trust digital projectors either.
Running a presentation from a laptop always looks amateurish to me. Someone hunched over a tiny screen, fooling around with Windows or OSX. And usually it's all mirrored on the big screen for everyone to see. I'm never impressed. I want to replicate a cinema experience as closely as possible. Darkness, the audience hushed, and up comes the first image.
Any suggestions about automatically linking a whole heap of menus?

How to make backwards navigation through slide shows possible?

Hi, I just made my first Encore DVD slide show and spent hours trying to figure out how to do this without a luck. The DVD is one Main Menu with buttons to different slide shows that are all set to manual advance. The end action of each slide show takes to the first image in the next slide show and that was easy and very obvious to achieve in Encore but I didn't find any way to achieve the same for backwards navigation. Does anybody know how to do that.
Will appreciate any help

In case my message wasn't clear, I will try to describe better what I want to achieve.
Currently the viewer starts from a Main menu with 16 buttons linked to 16 slide shows. Starting from the first or any slide show and pressing the next button after an image is displayed, the viewer can see linearly all images in all slide show from that point to the end without ever going to the main menu.
However if the viewer at any point start pressing the previous button on the remote control, he/she can only go to the start of the current slide show and the only way to get to a previous slide show is to use the Main menu button and then jump from there.
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