Method 1 - Add photos from the Slide Properties
dialogLesson 2.3 - Adding the photos
In this lesson, we'll add the photos (slides) to the screensaver. We'll learn 3 different methods to perform this operation. Please follow in sequence the 3 methods as described below. 2 slides will be added with each method for a total of 6 slides.
Method 1 - Add photos from the Slide Properties
dialog
1. In the project
window click on the Slide Properties
tab (
). The associated dialog box appears (see
below).
2. As no slides
is actually present in the screensaver, only a Add
Slides button is available in this dialog box. Click on this button
or click on the associated button in the toolbar (
). You
can also choose Project/Insert New Slides
(Ins) in the menu.
3. A standard Windows dialog box opens to let you choose the images you want to add as slides. Browse your disks and go to this folder in the Librarian: "...\My Documents\Axialis Librarian\Media Files\Images\Slides\". Select the two following files: "Ian Britton - Bales of Hay.jpg" and "Ian Britton - Mountain Stream.jpg".
HINT:
Press CTRL (keep pressed) while
you click on the 2 files to select them.
4. Click Open button when done. The 2 files are
added in the Slide list as follows (). The Slide
Properties dialog box contents has changed, several options appeared
(). We'll work with them later. Each time you select a
slide in the list (), the preview (
) and
the Properties dialog box () changed accordingly.
Method 2 - Add photos from the Librarian
window
5. In the Librarian window (see below), select
the "Media Files\Images\Slides"
folder (). The files contained in this folder are displayed
in the list below.
6. Select the
2 files "Ian Britton
- Poppies.jpg" and "Ian
Britton - Sunrise over the River Clyde.jpg" in the list () and use a mouse drag & drop to place them at the end
of the slide list (). The 2 files are added in the Slide
list. The preview is changed accordingly (
).
HINT:
Press CTRL (keep pressed) while
you click on the 2 files to select them.
Method 3 - Add photos using the Explorer
window
The application includes a powerful built-in Explorer that will permit to browse your disks with image previews. This will permit to select your files and copy/paste them to the project to add slides.
7. Open a new Explorer window: Choose File/New/New Explorer (Ctrl+E) or press the New Explorer button in main toolbar. A new Explorer window opens over your actual project window (see below).
8. In the left
pane, browse in Axialis Librarian
and select the "Media
Files\Images\Slides" folder (). The files contained
in this folder are displayed in the right pane.
9. Select the
2 last files "Ian
Britton - Winter Scene, Northumberland.jpg" and "Ian Britton - Sunset over the
Irish Sea from Blackpool.jpg" in the list ().
Now copy the files in the Clipboard by clicking the Copy
button () or by choosing Edit/Copy
(Ctrl+C) menu.
HINT:
Press CTRL (keep pressed) while
you click on the 2 files to select them.
10. Return to
the project document: Select Window/Tutorial2
in the menu or press Ctrl+F6.
Choose Edit/Paste (Ctrl+V) or click on the Paste
button (). The 2 files are added in the Slide list (). The preview is changed accordingly ().
Lesson 4 - Specifying
transitions