Opening A Show; Working In A Room; Displaying Controls - ScanSoft Kai’s Power SHOW User Manual

To create a new show:
1. In the IN Room, import, capture, or
scan the digital photos or business
slides you want to use.
2. In the SORT Room, sort and select the
specific files you want to use in your
show.
3. Add files to the Sequencer in the order
you desire using SHOW's custom
Sequence cursor or the Sequence
Floatoid.
4. In the EDIT Room, add transitions
between frames with SHOW's "Five
Favorites" (a set of five user-definable
presets), or choose from a list of
SHOW transitions. Add animated text
and sound clips to your frames.
5. Play the show using the Projector icon
in the SORT or EDIT Rooms.
6. In the OUT Room, save your show, or
output it in a number of ways.

Opening a Show

A show created in Kai's Power SHOW can
be saved in the OUT Room as a project
file or as a finished show file. Unfinished
shows are typically saved as project files.
• The Save Project option lets you save
a show in-progress. Save Project
creates a project file (.shw) and a
folder. These contain information
about where files are located on your
hard drive, about transitions, and
even about presets. Save Project does
not copy files or prepare your show
for distribution.
• The Save Show option lets you save
and share your finished show. It
collects and optimizes all files in your
show, then copies them into a folder
that you can move or share. Save
Show creates a show file (.sas)
containing information about how to
reconstruct the show.
When you open a project or show, SHOW
gathers all the content in the show and
places it in the Sequencer and Nano
Sequencer where it is ready for immediate
edit or playback.
To open a previously saved project or
show:
1. Make sure you're in the IN Room.
2. Move the cursor over the Open Show
label, then click the Open an Existing
Show button.
3. In the dialog that appears, locate the
file you want and open it.

Working in a Room

There are several basic operations that are
common to all rooms. The following
sections provide procedures for basic
operations in any SHOW room.

Displaying Controls

To keep the main working area of a room
uncluttered, many of SHOW's controls
fade or minimize in size when not in use.
Faded controls re-appear when you move
the cursor over them, and then slowly fade
away when the cursor moves away.
The seven main buttons in the IN Room are
examples of fading controls.
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