| How to make a new slide show |
1. Run AML's workbench and clickin toolbar.
Now you see an empty slide tray window, ready to accept your pictures:
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2. Click
in toolbar. Browse your hard disk and locate the directory with your picture/sound clips files.
Double-click this directory to list the file names, and then click the "Open" button. Now you see a preview window:
The upper part of the preview window shows a link to the parent directory, and subdirectories (if any). Click over the folders to open them. The middle part shows the list of all the picture and sound files in the directory. Click over a file name to select it.
The lower part shows a small image of the selected file.
Enlarge the size of the preview window to display a larger image.
Double-click the image to display a full-screen preview.
3. Drag the picture from the preview window and drop it anywhere into the slide tray window. If you want to link a sound clip to this picture, just drag/drop it too.
Now you see your picture in the image area of the slide tray window:
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4. Select a transition style (the kind of visual effect to be used by the projector program when the picture will be displayed ), set the delay (how many seconds the picture will stay on screen when projected). Type the date of the picture in the "Date" field, and a short description in the "Text" field.
5. Continue with the next picture. When you have finished, click
in toolbar to save your slide tray. It is recommended to save it in the same directory as the pictures themselves. Then click
in toolbar to run the projector program. The show will be automatically started. Type the "Esc" key to interrupt it.
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