Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
One way to customize your slide show is to create your own custom
opening and closing title slides (I usually only create an opening slide).
Besides just looking nice, having an opening slide serves an important
purpose—it conceals the first slide in your presentation, so your client
doesn't see the first image until the show actually begins.
Closing Title Slides
Step One:
You c reate op ening /closing slides in the
Titles panel (found in the right side Panels
area in the Slideshow module). To turn this
feature on, turn on the Intro Screen check-
box and your title screen appears for just
a few seconds (as seen here), then the first
photo appears again. (Arrggghh!!! It makes
working with titles really frustrating, how-
ever, here's a cool trick I stumbled upon to
make it stick around as long and whenever
you want: just click-and-hold directly on the
Scale slider [as shown here] and it assumes
you're going to use it, so the title screen
stays visible until you let go.) The little color
swatch to the right lets you choose a back-
ground color (by default, the background
color is black). To add text, you add your
Identity Plate text (or graphic) by turning
on the Add Identity Plate checkbox (shown
circled in red here), and your current Identity
Plate text appears (as seen here).
Step Two:
To customize your Identit y Plate text, click on
the little triangle in the bottom-right corner
of the Identity Plate preview and choose
Edit
from the pop-up menu that appears to
bring up the Identity Plate Editor, seen here.
Now you can highlight the existing text,
type in any text you'd like (in this case,
I added the bride's name), and choose a
different font from the Font pop-up menu
(I used “Satisfaction” from MyFonts [
www
.myfonts.com]
). Click OK to apply this text
to your intro slide.
Note:
If you make your
text white, it's impossible to see in this dia-
log, so I highlight it before I start typing and
then again when I'm done, as seen here.
