Slideshow Settings

Slideshow Settings

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Multimedia Settings

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Slideshow Settings

To open the Slideshow Settings window...

Note: Slideshow settings are global — they apply to all your family files. However, once a slideshow file is saved, these settings become settings for the slideshow file, independent from the global settings.

Here is a description of each slideshow setting...

Time for each slide
The duration, in seconds, that each slide of a slideshow will be displayed.
Background color
The color of the background (behind each image).
Image size
The size of images in a slideshow. The options are: Actual, 1/2 Screen, 2/3 Screen, and Full Screen. This setting is ignored when exporting the slideshow to a movie file.
Shadow size
The size of the drop shadow around images. The options are: None, Small, Medium, and Large.
Shadow color
The color of the drop shadow around images.
Transition
This is the visual effect that will happen between slides in a slideshow. The options are: None, Dissolve, Fade In/Fade Out, Horizontal Slide, Vertical Slide, Zoom, Horizontal Zoom, and Random.
Text Content
This is the source of text captions for images in a slideshow. The options are: None, the contents of the Description field, the contents of the Comments field, or the person or family name. Often the Comments field provides more detail for people viewing the slideshow than simply the file name or description. Only the first 255 characters of the comments fields are included as a single-line caption beneath the image.
Text Font
This is the text font of captions in a slideshow.
Text Size
This is the text size of captions in a slideshow. A Bold checkbox button lets you make the font bold.
Text Color
This is the color of text captions in a slideshow.
Location
This is the location of captions in slideshows. The options include: top or bottom of the screen, and above or below the image.
Music
This is the audio file that will play during a slideshow. You can drag/drop an audio file into this field, or select Choose from the little, blue menu button to select a file. Supported audio file formats are listed here.
Note: you can't drag and drop a song directly from iTunes into this field. Unfortunately, this is because Apple doesn't fully support drag/drop from iTunes to other applications. If you have a song in an iTunes playlist that you'd like to use in Reunion's slideshows, select the song in iTunes and choose File > Show in Finder. This will reveal the file in the Finder. Then drag/drop the file into the Music field in Reunion's Slideshow Settings window.