SLIDESHOW - Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3: Streamlining Your Digital Photography Process - page 345

Click the swatch to open the color picker, then either select a color from the
box or click and drag the eyedropper to choose a color from anywhere on your
screen. Use the Opacity and Angle controls to i ne tune the application of the
gradient.

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Background Image: here you can select photo in the catalog for the slide
background, which then interacts with the other Backdrop design controls.
(h e background chosen must be in the current catalog.) Click and drag a
photo from the Filmstrip to place it into the background. You don't have any
control over the scaling or placement of the background photo.

Background Color: this sets a solid color for the background. Click the swatch
to open the color picker.

Keep backgrounds simple
Remember that the goal of the presentation is to feature the photos. To that
end, keep your backgrounds and other elements simple and clean so they don't
distract from the images.

⌘ +5 or Ctrl+5
Open/close the
Titles panel

Titles panel
h e Titles panel (see Figure 8-12) provides
options for creating intro and ending screens
for your slideshow. h e title screens can be
made simply of a solid color background or
you can use identity plates to apply text or
graphics. You could instead design custom
images to use as intro and ending screens.

To enable one or both screens, tick the
appropriate checkbox(es). You can then apply
the settings for each screen independently.

Considering the ability to use straight text
and/or graphics i les, the options here are
endless. h e only potential shortcoming to
this feature is that you can't independently
control the timing of intro and title screens.
h e intro screen will have the same timing
as the rest of the slides, as will the ending.
However, if the slideshow isn't set to automatically repeat, the ending screen
will show indei nitely. (I'm hoping future versions of Lightroom will provide
more control over title and ending screens, including support for videos and
animated text for credits, even if it's just using gifs).

Figure 8-12