Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
8.14
The Slide Duration overlay provides instructions for how to record
custom slide durations as well as displaying the elapsed time for each slide.
3.
Press the spacebar to start playing the show.
The overlay in Figure 8.14 shows the
elapsed time in its timer.
4.
Press the Return key to set the slide's time and to move on to the next slide.
5.
Press the spacebar when you finish setting slide durations.
At any point, you can repeat these steps to record new custom timing, and you can use the
Slideshow Settings/Selected Slides settings to change a slide's duration without rerecording the
timing.
Adding video clips
Adding video to a slide show is quite straightforward because Aperture essentially treats your
video clip just like it does your images. Simply drag your video clip onto the Slideshow Album in
the Library Inspector to make sure it's in the slide show, use the Slideshow Editor's Browser to posi-
tion the clip where you want it to be in the show, and you're done.
Just like with an image slide, there are a number of options available for a video slide including
photo effects, cropping, transitions, text, and more. There is an extra option for video slides, how-
ever, related to the clip's audio track. The Slideshow Settings/Selected Slides settings have four
new sliders. The first three, Volume, Fade In, and Fade Out, control the clip audio's volume and
how long (if at all) Aperture takes to fade the clip's audio in or out. Set the Volume slider to 0% to
not use any of the clip's audio.
There's also a slider and a Reduce volume of main track check box to control any background
music in your slide show. Selecting this check box causes Aperture to reduce the background
music's volume by the amount specified with the slider so that you can hear the clip's audio
instead.
Adding music
To add music to your slide show, start by clicking the Audio Browser button. Aperture opens the
audio browser, as shown in Figure 8.15. Use the pop-up menu at the top to switch between
Aperture-provided music, audio files from your camera and movie clips, and your iTunes library
