March 2005
Beginner
528 pages
14h 2m
English
Content preview from Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual
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Slideshows
Elements makes it easy to create very slick little slideshows—some even with music and fancy transitions between the images—that you can play on your PC or send to your friends. In Elements 3, there's a difference between the Windows slideshows, one of which can include sound, and the Mac version, which makes a PDF slideshow that can have transitions but not sound. (PDF is Adobe's Portable Document format.) Each version is explained separately in the following sections.
Creating Windows Slideshows
In Elements for Windows, you have a choice of two kinds of slideshows: a simple PDF slideshow and a much fancier Custom slideshow that you burn to a VCD (video CD format). There are advantages and drawbacks for each.
Simple PDF slideshow
The easiest way to create a PDF slideshow in Windows is to use the slideshow option in the E-mail window. Start by selecting the photos you want to include in the Organizer, then choose File → Attach to E-mail. You can also create a PDF slideshow by clicking the Create button in the Options bar. Go to Create → Slideshow → Simple Slideshow. This option works pretty much the same way as the E-mail window, but you get more control over your slideshow. Once you click OK, the window shown in Figure 16-5 appears.
Figure 16-5. The thumbnail images you see here are just for your convenience while creating your slideshow—the finished version doesn't include ...
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