Project Elements Need to Know

In order to create a more amazing slideshow, it is quite important to understand the basic elements of a project and relationships among them.

Slideshow, Album and Slide

A slideshow is composed of albums as well as a DVD menu (optional).
An album is consisted of photos and music. You can create more than one album in a slideshow.
A slide includes the photo, its decorations and captions.

Album Theme

An album theme can determine the visual styles of your selected album. That is to say, the album will be displayed in the frame of the selected album theme by applying corresponding motion effects. With album theme, you can add titles and credits to the album with different effects.

Setting Options

Before creating your slideshow, you can specify the working folder, default background music and transition effects. Select View: Options to view Options window. Click ¡°General¡± tab and then specify the location of the temporary folder, where your project will be stored. You can also set album playback order in DVD mode here. TV system must be specified here, if you want to watch your slideshow on TV.

Click Album Default Setting tab to set default background music and transition effects for the album. You can create a quick show with this method.

Starting a Project

When you run Photo DVD Maker, a new project will be opened automatically. A new project always applies the default settings of Photo DVD Maker. You can view and modify these settings in Options window by selecting View: Options.

Select File: Open to open an existing project on your computer.
Remember to always save your modification by choosing File: Save.