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Chapter 14: Creating Slideshows
Create Slideshow is a built-in Flash command that gives you the ability to generate Flash or HTML/SPRY-based
slideshows by simply selecting a folder with images, and adding slideshow options.
This chapter contains the following topics:
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“The Create Slideshow command” on page 250
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“Building or editing a slideshow” on page 250
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“Slideshow properties” on page 252
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“Creating a custom Fireworks album player” on page 254
The Create Slideshow command
Use the Create Slideshow command to carry out the following tasks:
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Export full-sized and thumbnail images at the same time
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Automatically generate an XML file with multiple albums or export an XML file without a slideshow by specifying
a directory of images
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Export full-sized and thumbnail images without creating a slideshow
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Edit an existing slideshow’s properties and add multiple albums to a slideshow
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Add additional images to an existing album
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View and rotate images in the Create Slideshow preview window
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Sort images within an album
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Remove unwanted images and/or albums
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Apply image intervals (how long the image stays on screen) in seconds for a specific album or for all albums
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Apply slide transitions to images in the album
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Export the slideshow to a specific folder
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Use a default Fireworks album player for your slideshow, or find more players on the Fireworks Adobe Exchange
site
The Create Slideshow output is built so that any Flash designer/developer can build a Fireworks Album Player in
Flash that uses the generated XML output.
Building or editing a slideshow
The Create Slideshow command allows you to create a Flash-based (or non-Flash) slideshow by selecting a folder
with images, adding slideshow options, and then generating a slideshow for use on the web. You can edit existing
slideshows by adding or deleting images, or by adding multiple albums to a single slideshow.