blank slides at the begining and at the end of slide show

[maryjane06]

hi

i am thoroughly enjoying pte deluxe, as this is all very new to me i was wondering if anyone could help me with the following topics,

i would like to leave the first slide and the last slide blank for intro and credits, but unsure as how do to do this,

secondly i have made a slide show with over 80 slides ( little ambitious for my first avi. but its fun and i love photography)the music i have choosen for this is a little short, whats best to do here? should i put part of the music first then the whole song so that it finishes at the same time as the show or the other way round, and how do i put part of the music on first,

cheers

[davegee]

Blank slide:

Add an image to your slide list and go to Objects and Animation.

Click on the image name in the Objects Pane on the right hand side and hit the delete button on keyboard. You are then left with a blank slide.

Back in the slide list copy and paste your blank and drag it to the first slide position.

DG

[JRR]

hi

i am thoroughly enjoying pte deluxe, as this is all very new to me i was wondering if anyone could help me with the following topics,

i would like to leave the first slide and the last slide blank for intro and credits, but unsure as how do to do this,

secondly i have made a slide show with over 80 slides ( little ambitious for my first avi. but its fun and i love photography)the music i have choosen for this is a little short, whats best to do here? should i put part of the music first then the whole song so that it finishes at the same time as the show or the other way round, and how do i put part of the music on first,

cheers

My PTE workflow always has me adding a black slide at start of each show, then I add the images I want to use and then put a black slide at the end as well.

Black slide is made same size as my other slides, just with a black background.

After adding the slides to be used, I then I work up the title and credit slides. I often, but not always use a slide from the show for the title and credit slides. I put the text in via PhotoShop because "I have always done it that way" :) but it can be done within PTE using the text in Objects and Animation.

Re how to handle the length of music vs the number of slides...

I assume the music came after the images ? i.e. you didn't choose the music before choosing the slides.

In that case I assume you want to (feel you HAVE to) use all 80 images. Then you will need to find another complementary piece of music and combine the two in a sound editing software (Many people here use AUDACITY which is free, but there are other software as well)

If the music is just marginally short, I have been known to stretch music up to 5% to make it fit the situation (do that in the sound editing software)

If the music came first and is KEY, then you have to get tough with yourself and edit the number of images down more.

That can be very tough as each picture means something to you and often has a story, how can I drop it ? That is the joy of photo editing.

Bottom line:

"LESS is MORE",

"Leave your audience wanting more" (not feeling that they have seen all your pictures and will never ask you again to show images)