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Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide

Each time you add music, be it single or multiple selected files, the selected music will be inserted as
a single clip in the 

Music track

 beneath the the range of images which it will play alongside with.

           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:

1. From the 

Folder tree pane

, select the folder where

the desired music files are located.

2. To add background music starting at a certain

image in the slideshow, drag and drop the file(s)
onto the desired image in the 

Image list

.

3. Repeat the above process to add more background

music to various parts of the slideshow.

A music clip may
contain single or
multiple background
music.

Notes:

• To append more music files to a music clip, hold

down the [

Ctrl

] key and drag selected files from the

File window

 onto the starting image of the music

clip.

Also use the [

Ctrl

] key when you want to merge a

music clip to another clip in the music track.

• To move a music clip to another image, drag it to

the desired image. (Another way is to right-click the
music clip, select 

Move Music

, and then click the

image where to move it to.)

If, originally, the image already had accompanying
music, the transferred clip will totally replace it.

Tip:

 

Auto fade-out

 

 

 

 toggles between adding and

removing fade-out sound effects. Applying fade-out
effects allows smooth transition of music throughout
the entire slideshow.

Image list

Folder tree pane

Music track

Summary of Contents for DVD PictureShow 2

Page 1: ...User Guide Ulead Systems Inc October 2002 ...

Page 2: ...s of Ulead Systems Inc All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned in this manual are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners Sample files Files provided as samples on the program CD can be used for personal demonstrations productions and presentations No rights are granted for commercial reproduction o...

Page 3: ...come to Ulead DVD PictureShow Add video as slideshows Include video files as multimedia slideshows including MPEG 1 MPEG 2 AVI and QuickTime movie files Add transition effects Apply cool transition effects to your photo slideshows There are a wide selection of transition effects to choose from Acquire photos Get photos straight from a digital camera or scanner and add them to your photo slideshows...

Page 4: ...s BMP GIF IFF IMG JP2 JPEG 2000 with Exif JPC JPEG 2000 JPG PNG PSD TIF Video formats Animation and video AVI FLC FLI FLX GIF MOV QT MPG QVT WAV AVA MID MP3 Audio formats WAV MP3 MPA Proprietary format Slideshow DPS Ulead DVD PictureShow project UPS Ulead DVD PictureShow 1 0 project UES Ulead Photo Explorer slideshow Selecting an output format Ulead DVD PictureShow lets you create slideshows in th...

Page 5: ...whether or not transition effects are applied Without transition effects a photo slideshow will be created in high resolution still image format If with transition effects the slideshow will be rendered as video in standard MPEG 1 resolution SVCD with photos only SVCD with transition effects Resolution NTSC PAL 480 x 480 480 x 480 480 x 576 480 x 576 Video compression MPEG 2 MPEG 2 Audio compressi...

Page 6: ...mple of a VCD project containing multiple slideshows with different rendered resolutions 3 Intended playback device If the slideshow will be played on a VCD player create your slideshows using the VCD 2 0 format If your VCD player does not support variable bit rate decoding go to Preferences and select VCD player compliant This allows you to play your VCD on most VCD players DVD and SVCD slideshow...

Page 7: ... also choose how you want to output the project later on For output you can burn a slideshow disc in DVD SVCD or VCD format If you select the VCD format in order to play the slideshow disc on a VCD player you may need to select the VCD player compliant option in Preferences 3 ClickNext Note Main menu opens a menu where you can set the preferences while working in Ulead DVD PictureShow There are al...

Page 8: ...ows scattered in different folders you can easily add those files to your project without manually locating them Simply click Batch Collect to select which of the three types of files to collect and add them to your project When collecting images images in each subfolder will be added as a separate photo slideshow in the project Editing slideshows To rearrange slideshows in the project drag and dr...

Page 9: ... also double click or drag the image to the Image list to add it Note Use Add All to insert all the images from the selected folder to the slideshow 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 t...

Page 10: ... on the type of scanner or digital camera you are using 2 Follow the dialog box instructions to specify file names and folder to use for saving images 3 Make sure you select Add acquired images to slideshow Otherwise the acquired images will only be saved to the destination folder and will not be added to the photo slideshow you are working on Note When creating slideshows in the VCD format it may...

Page 11: ... Description window 3 Select Enable sound annotation to add sound to the current image Then select one of the following types of sound to be added Embedded sound This option is enabled only when the selected photo contains embedded sound Select this option to use its embedded sound Select sound file Allows you to select an audio file MP3 MPA and WAV to add to the image Recorded sound Allows you to...

Page 12: ...ose the desired Position where to display information on screen Also determine the text color and font type Notes Slideshows that are created for VCD can have varying resolutions depending on their content Imported video files and Ulead Photo Explorer slideshows will be rendered as video in standard MPEG 1 resolution The resolution of a photo slideshow depends on whether or not transition effects ...

Page 13: ...e s onto the desired image in the Image list 3 Repeat the above process to add more background music to various parts of the slideshow A music clip may contain single or multiple background music Notes To append more music files to a music clip hold down the Ctrl key and drag selected files from the File window onto the starting image of the music clip Also use the Ctrl key when you want to merge ...

Page 14: ...duration of the desired music file s Only a single music file can be checked for its duration at a time In the File window right click a music file and select File Information The duration will be shown in the Properties dialog box Manually sum up the duration of the music files and make sure it exactly matches the image duration in step 2 5 If both durations are not the same repeat step 4 to sele...

Page 15: ...h the menu pages and customize them 1 Select a preset template layout theme from the drop down menu 2 Apply the desired preset template layout by double clicking the thumbnail from the list 3 Click MyTitle on each menu page to give a different descriptive title for each page 4 Click the text near the slideshow holders in the Preview window to enter a longer slideshow description 5 Use your own cus...

Page 16: ...he functions of the buttons on the remote control please refer to the online help Selecting output options 1 Select the checkboxes of items you want to include on the slideshow disc The original project file images video and sound files that were used in creating your project as well as copyright information can be included DVD Player can also be included on the slideshow disc This program allows ...

Page 17: ...e disc image file in the hard disk This is the file used when burning to a CD Note Use the VCD SVCD DVD Disc Image Recorder to burn the disc image file to a disc Create DVD folders Creates a DVD volume in your hard disk This also allows the user to view the file using DVD Video player software in the computer 2 Specify the CD R RW or DVD drive that you want to use in burning the DVD SVCD or VCD sl...

Page 18: ...t be completely filled up 5 Choose what contents to print on the index pages You can print Slideshow thumbnails only Slideshow photos All photos continuous printing or print a single slideshow only 6 Specify the number of rows and columns to print on each index page 7 Click the Text tab 8 Select the check boxes of items you want printed on the index pages To print a disc title type the desired tit...

Page 19: ...s of each added image 8 To add text double click on the CD image in the preview window and type your text 9 Click the Text tab 10 Format each added text by changing the font type size style text color and alignment Adjust the text Transparency level accordingly 11 Select the Shadow checkbox to add a drop down shadow to the selected text and click the color box to set the shadow color Adjust the X ...

Page 20: ...mage files select the recording device and then start burning 1 Click Open to browse for the disc image file you want to burn Select CD DVD recorder 2 Select the burning device to use in Drive and set the recording speed 3 Select Perform writing test before writing to simulate the burning process first 4 Select BURN Proof disc protection to prevent the buffer under run from occurring while burning...

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