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USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2
Creating and viewing slide shows
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Specify the appearance of the color:
Opacity
Sets the opaqueness or transparency of the color wash overlay.
Angle
Sets the direction of the gradient transition of the background color or background image to the color wash.
Turn the Angle dial, move the slider, or enter a value in degrees.
Rotate slides
Individual slides can be rotated to the desired orientation.
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In the Slideshow module, navigate to the slide you want to rotate.
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From the Lightroom main menu, choose Slideshow
> Rotate Left (CCW) or Rotate Right (CW).
Rearrange slide order
If the source for your slide show is a collection or a folder that does not contain subfolders, you can manually rearrange
the slide order.
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In the Slideshow module, drag photos in the Filmstrip to rearrange them.
More Help topics
“
Randomize the slide order
” on page 145
Create custom slide show templates
Modifications you make to the colors, layout, text, and output settings can be saved as a custom slide show template.
After you save it, the custom template is listed in the Template Browser for reuse. You can create new folders in the
Template Browser to help organize your templates.
Save custom slide show templates
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In the Template Browser of the Slideshow module, select a template on which to base your custom template, and
modify the layout.
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Specify the settings you want in the Options, Layout, Overlays, Backdrop, and Playback panels.
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Click the Plus sign (+) in the Template Browser panel.
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Overwrite “Untitled Template” to give your custom template a name, and specify a folder (such as “User
Templates”) for the template.
Create and organize template folders
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Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac
OS) the area where you want the folder to appear and choose New
Folder.
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Type the name of the folder and click OK.
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Drag a template to a folder name to move the template to that folder.
If you drag a Lightroom preset template to a different folder, the template is copied to that folder.
Update custom templates
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Modify colors, layout, text, and output settings as needed.
Updated 03 September 2009
