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User Guide
Ulead Systems, Inc.
October 2002

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  • Page 1 User Guide Ulead Systems, Inc. October 2002...
  • Page 2 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or storing in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form without the express written permission of Ulead Systems, Inc. Software license The software described in this document is furnished under a License Agreement which is included with the product.
  • Page 3: What's New In This Version

    You can also include multimedia slideshows by importing video files or Ulead Photo Explorer slideshow files. Create multiple slideshows for output on a single disc, and burn slideshow discs in DVD, SVCD, or VCD format that can play on the computer as well as standalone DVD/SVCD/VCD players.
  • Page 4: About File Format Types

    Ulead DVD PictureShow program interface. About file format types Ulead DVD PictureShow supports a number of image formats that can be used to create photo slideshows. Popular video and audio file formats can also be added to a slideshow project in DVD PictureShow.
  • Page 5 • Slideshows that are created for VCD can have varying resolutions, depending on their content: • Imported video files and Ulead Photo Explorer slideshows that have transition effects will be rendered as video in standard MPEG-1 resolution.
  • Page 6 Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide VCD (with photos only) VCD (with transition effects) Resolution (NTSC/PAL) 704 x 480 352 x 240 704 x 576 352 x 288 Video compression MPEG-1 MPEG-1 Audio compression MPEG-1 MPEG-1 Total photos 1,900 (if without music in...
  • Page 7 Making slideshows Ulead DVD PictureShow condenses the slideshow creation process into a simple five-step workflow. Start Start with a new or existing slideshow project, and determine the video format for the project. 1. Select New project to start a new slideshow project.
  • Page 8: Create Slideshow

    Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide Create Slideshow The Create Slideshow step allows you to add slideshows to the project. This is also where you can modify slideshows already included in the project. Assembling different types of slideshows: 1. Click the buttons in the Create Slideshow dialog...
  • Page 9 Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide Creating photo slideshows Creating a photo slideshow involves adding images and four other steps for defining settings for the slideshow. Click Add Photo to open the Create Photo Slideshow dialog box where you can start creating photo slideshows.
  • Page 10 If you have 2. Follow the dialog box instructions to specify file Ulead DVD PictureShow installed in either of these names and folder to use for saving images. Windows systems and your imaging device is WIA compatible, you can directly acquire images in DVD 3.
  • Page 11: Photo Options

    Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide Photo Options In Photo Options, specify varying display durations for the images in the slideshow. For each image, you can also add a textual description and include sound annotation. 1. In the Image list window, click the image you want to customize.
  • Page 12 Notes: Slideshows that are created for VCD can have varying resolutions, depending on their content: • Imported video files and Ulead Photo Explorer slideshows will be rendered as video in standard MPEG-1 resolution.
  • Page 13 Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide Background Music This step lets you add single or multiple background music to the slideshow. If you previously added music in the Add Photo step, it will, by default, be treated as the initial background music in this step, and will be applied starting from the first image in the slideshow.
  • Page 14 Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide If the duration of a music clip is shorter than the total duration of the range of images which it was applied to, the music will continuously be replayed until its corresponding images have all been displayed.
  • Page 15 Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide Preview Slideshow The Preview Slideshow step automatically displays a preview of the photo slideshow you are working on. Click Play/Pause to resume/pause the preview, or click Stop to end the preview. Select Menu Template In this step, you can create the selection menu to allow the viewer to instantly access the various slideshows.
  • Page 16 Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide Select Output Options and Preview This is where you can preview the slideshow and behavior of the selection menu you have created. In this step, you can also select which additional items to include on the slideshow disc.
  • Page 17 Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide Finish This is the final step in the slideshow creation process. Determine how to output the slideshow project and the settings for the device you want to use for burning the slideshow disc. 1. Select what type of output you want created out of the slideshow: •...
  • Page 18 Printing CD index and CD label Print index pages and custom-designed labels for your slideshow discs. Printing CD index: 1. Click Print and select Print CD Index. 2. In the General tab, select the Printer and Paper Layout tab size to use for printing. Click the available buttons to choose between portrait and landscape orientation for the printed pages.
  • Page 19 Ulead DVD PictureShow User Guide Printing CD label: 1. Click Print and select Print CD Label. 2. Under Output options, select the Printer and Paper size to use for printing. Click the available buttons to choose between portrait and landscape orientation.
  • Page 20 The VCD/SVCD/ DVD Disc Image Recorder is real easy to use, just open the disc image file (either Ulead Disc Image files (IXA) or ISO disc image files), select the recording device and then start burning.

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