Edited by: Barbara Coultry 1 Trademarks Photodex, ProShow, CompuPic, Photodex logo, and the ProShow logo are registered trade- marks of Photodex Corporation. All other marks are property of their respective owners. Major Contributors Barbara Coultry – writing, editing, and compiling Marie – layout and printing Iris – templates and techniques Anna – captions Ken – music Diana – links Forum Members – all kinds of inspiration Acknowledgements Thank you to Anna, Iris, Diana, and Ken for the huge amount of time they donated to this book. A special thank you to Marie for the hours, days, and then weeks she put into formatting and print- ing. And as always, there’s gratitude for the generosity of all the forum members whose tips and techniques appear on these pages. —Barbara Coultry, Editor Contents Section I – Beginnings Thoughts on Making a Good Show .............................................................................................. 6 Good Design Has .......................................................................................................................... 8 Finding a Theme ............................................................................................................................. 9 Commercial Mining...................................................................................................................... 11 Section II – Image Taking Photos with Shows in Mind.............................................................................................. 15 Continuity in Grouped Photos ...................................................................................................... 17 A Few Camera Tricks ................................................................................................................... 18 Stock Photos, Your Own............................................................................................................... 20 Frame Settings & Image Size ....................................................................................................... 22 Fill TV Screen............................................................................................................................... 22 Add Border & Drop Shadow to All Photos .................................................................................. 22 Change Background Color for Selected Slides ............................................................................ 22 B&W into Color Without a Mask ................................................................................................. 22 Vignettes ....................................................................................................................................... 23 Capture the Preview Screen.......................................................................................................... 23 Create Clouds ............................................................................................................................... 23 Use an Animated GIF ................................................................................................................... 23 Talk Bubbles ................................................................................................................................. 24 Candle-Flame Video ..................................................................................................................... 25 Section III – Sound ProShow Sound Tutorial............................................................................................................... 27 Basic Music Editing with Audacity .............................................................................................. 32 Fixing Audio “Pop” ...................................................................................................................... 36 Create a Loop for Your Menu ....................................................................................................... 38 Handy Audio Editing Techniques ................................................................................................. 41 Choosing Music ............................................................................................................................ 42 Voice-over..................................................................................................................................... 44 I Organize Your Music .................................................................................................................... 46 Ripping Music .............................................................................................................................. 47 How to Shorten a Song ................................................................................................................. 48 Three Sound Clips on One Slide ..................................................................................................50 Silence Between Songs................................................................................................................. 50 Trim Silence from Songs Quickly ................................................................................................ 50 Move Soundtrack in Slide Timeline ............................................................................................. 51 Zoom in on Waveform for Easier Syncing ................................................................................... 51 Mute Video Clip Sound ................................................................................................................ 51 Section IV – Motion All Motion is Relative .................................................................................................................. 53 Key Frame Basics ......................................................................................................................... 55 Revolving-Door Effect ................................................................................................................. 57 Puzzle Technique .......................................................................................................................... 58 Moving Lines................................................................................................................................ 60 Out-of-Bounds Technique............................................................................................................. 61 Screen Coordinates ....................................................................................................................... 63 Motion Style Controls................................................................................................................... 63 Zoom Beyond 500% ..................................................................................................................... 63 Twinkling Star .............................................................................................................................. 63 Moving Road on a Map ................................................................................................................ 63 Flipping Pictures ........................................................................................................................... 64 Handwriting Effect ....................................................................................................................... 64 Morph a Face ................................................................................................................................ 64 Moving Clouds ............................................................................................................................. 65 Shake Effect .................................................................................................................................. 65 Set Same Zoom to All Slides ........................................................................................................ 65 Section V – Captions Type Basics ................................................................................................................................... 67 The Caption Screen ..................................................................................................................... 69 Macros .......................................................................................................................................... 72 Global Captions on Selected Slides..............................................................................................72 Vertical Captions........................................................................................................................... 72 Caption on Just One of Multiple Layers ....................................................................................... 73 Fly-in, Fly-out Captions for ProShow Gold ................................................................................. 73 Initial Letter Different from Rest .................................................................................................. 73 Backward Fold In/Out Effect ........................................................................................................ 73 Color Changes as Caption Moves ................................................................................................ 74 II Multiple Lines Fade in One at a Time .........................................................................................