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1. n m mn m m m m m m m ss_listen onStartUp function trace soundslide initializing it L os ra aa onControlButton Triggered when any button is pressed returns string _ss_ listen onControlButton function control trace user pressed control o onFirstImageLoaded Triggered when the first image is loaded and displayed r om m oo m ss listen onFirstImageLoaded function l trace The first image is loaded and visible A L onSoundslidePreloaded 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 Triggered when the Soundslides project preloads and the play button is activated r l I _ss_listen onSoundslidePreloaded function trace Images and audio are preloaded play is enabled L i onAudioEnd Triggered when the audio track ends ss_listen onAudioEnd function i trace The audio has ended it L f f onSoundslideData Triggered when the initial file data is loaded returns array ss _listen onSoundslideData function project trace project headline trace project credits trace project total
2. Slide show URL http soundslides com examples fullscreen Continue This tool exists to help you post your published slide shows to a blog or embed them in other pages Slide shows must be publehed to a web server before using thes tool If you d just kke to try out enter Mtp soundslides com examples fullsa eery as the URL For more information on embedding a Soundslides sde show in a blog see our directions for Blogger and WordPress a a ae code Soundslides Embed Utility o _ amp File Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help lt 4 gt A http haura soundslides comy epps utilities result Q D Embed code lt object classeid lt lsid D27CDBE6E AE6D lief 96B8 444553540000 widrh 800 height S 6 6 id soundslider gt lt param nane novie value http media soundslides com exam Modify embed player settings Recent versions of the Soundslides player can be modfied via the embed code Change width BOD Change height 566 Disable autoload Disabling autoload prevents the side show from fully loading until the viewer hits Play This is recommended when embedding in a biog or a page wth mukiple side shows Modify 62 of 94 http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 s utilities http www4 soundslides com The utility will now create the code to embed your slide show You should see a preview of your slide
3. 5 6 Full screen mode Soundslides Plus Standard Large only Custom Image width 800 Full screen playback is only available in in Soundslides Plus Image height 533 http mountainworkshops or dding Pa l ee NORE Ge eran 0 When viewing your slide show users can switch to full screen mode by clicking the VFull screen enabled full screen button at the far right end of the control bar To exit full screen mode users click the full screen button again or press the keyboard s Esc key Creating a slide show with full screen option By default Soundslides Plus will create a full screen enabled slide show To disable the full screen option uncheck the Full screen enabled box in the Output sizes dialog prior to importing your images Adding the _ Small blog embed full screen option Standard to a slide show Large created without it Custom Load a folder of jpgs and an optional audio file To add the full screen viFull screen enabled option to a slide show created without it open Th etti ha cia Image format eae Ings PAUS inged Your image files must be RGB non progressive jpeg your project in the latest PEET Dy SENENI CUPE aes files and must have a jpg file extension version of Soundslides under the Modify menu 4 APS Audio format Plus then select Audio files must be an MP3 file have a sample rate of 44 1khz or 22 05khz and be encoded at 32kbps 48kbps 56kbps 64kbps 128kbps 160kbps or Modify menu
4. By default Soundslides and Soundslides Plus use common system fonts that are included with both Mac OS X and Windows While these fonts cover the basics you may want to use a different font in your design The Soundslides component allows you to embed fonts for captions controls and headlines Following are instructions for doing so 1 Import the font into your library Open the Library window at Window gt Library Click in the upper right of the Library window and select New Font Ty Ubrary Uneet U Vate o Ma g New Symbol 2 Select the font New Folder One item in brary Select the font from the Font pull down menu and New Video l see s name the font the same name as the font you ve just selected The Name and the Font boxes must match exactly ae Soundslides comp Compiled Clip 3 Link to the library Right click or Ctrl click on a single button mouse on the font in the Library and select Linkage Font Symbol Properties Name ox ee Then Font Futura Condensed fa Cancel Untitled 1 B gt 2 items check Style Bold __ Bitmap text Fo the _ Italic Size 16 boxes for Export Type Use C for A Futura Condense Cut p Soundslides com Copy Rename Move to New Folder EI Delete Properties ActionScript and Export in first frame Confirm that the Identifier name is the name of the font 59 of 94 9 20 10
5. Click through slide shows Silent play slide shows Lower thirds 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 80 of 94 It is simple to upgrade from Soundslides to Soundslides Plus The cost of an upgrade is simply the difference in price between the two To upgrade click the link below enter your Soundslides registration key and you will be taken to a sales page to purchase the upgrade http store soundslides com products upgrade http store soundslides com products upgrade After your purchase you will recieve a new registration key and a link to download Soundslides Plus 9 3 Images are bunched at the end of the timeline There are two ways to clear bunched up images at the end of a slide show timeline Drag and drop method In the SLIDES tab thumbnail area drag the affected images to the Bin then open the Bin and bring the images back into the timeline one at a time Drag the images from the thumbnail area to the timeline and drop them into place In point method Numerically adjust the starting time of each bunched image With the SLIDE INFO tab selected type the time into the In point text box An Apply button will appear and it must be clicked to set the time 9 4 Images are rotated after importing Soundslides and Soundslides Plus do not read the rotation information in JPG images that is applied by digital cameras and some
6. Sample Rate 44 100 kHz m and select Show in Finder if you are using Mac OS X or Show in Windows Explorer if you are Channels Auto using Windows l 4 St Mode Joi ereo Mode Joint Stereo You will then see a folder containing your converted Smart Encoding Adjustments audio file 4 Filter Frequencies Below 10 Hz Stereo Bit Rate 56 kbps i Use Variable Bit Rate Encoding VBR PP Medium With VBR enabled bit rate settings are used for a guaranteed minimum bit rate Sample Rate 44 100 kHz Y Stereo Mode V Smart Encoding Adjustments Filter Frequencies Below 10 Hz Channels Electric_Head_Part_2 The_Ecstasy 3 54 White Zombie Grease_Paint_and Get bio I_Zombie More_Human_Tha Rating r El_Phantasmo_an Show in Windows Explorer 88 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual 89 of 94 Candy Everybody Get Album Artwork Electric_Head Part_2 The Ecstasy 3 54 White Zombie v Get Infa I_Zombie W More_Human_Than g Rating El_Phantasmo_an the Blur_the_Technicolo Blood Milk and Sky I Am Hell I Will Always Love You I Have Nothing W I m Every Woman Show in Windows Convert ID3 Tags Create MP plorer Version Create Ringtone Reset Play Count http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 10 3 Using FileZilla to upload a slide show to a Web server Note This tutorial is pro
7. g scooters vacation fall Shortcuts press Cirt withe B Bold J Italic P Publish 5 Save O Draft move Create Edit Posts Moderate Comments Title My new post Edit Html Compose Compo lt object width 350 height 345 id soundslider gt lt param name movie value http soundslides com fles embed soundslider swf size 24amp formatexml gt lt param name quality value high gt lt param name menu value false gt lt param name bgcolor value sFFFFFF gt lt param name wmode value transparent gt lt embed src http soundslides com files embed soundsiider swf size 24amp format xml quality high bocolor eFFFFFF width 380 height 348 menu false allowscriptaccess sarmmeDomain application x shockwave flash gt lt embed gt lt object gt gt Post Options Labels for this post i g scooters vacation fall Shortcuts press Ciri wit c D Bold Italic P Publich Save O Oraft more Return to list of posts 74 of 94 Now paste the embedding code into the form Click the PUBLISH POST button You should now see your slide show displayed in your Blogger blog 8 6 Embedding your slide show in tumblr To embed your slide show in tumblr you will first need to upload the publish_to_web folder created when you click the EXPORT button in Soundslides or Soundslides Plus For more information on
8. ja Select and drag the component to your new movie s stage Arrange the component display on your stage You may want to enlarge your stage if the component doesn t fit Select the component and select Window gt Development Panels gt Component Inspector This will open the component inspector In the component parameters you should see project folder and size listed at the top Fill in the name of your project folder and then use the Test Movie function to see the component in action Component parameters pi Following is a list of i parameters Note Choosing a value of inherit means the component will use the settings designated by the imported project Setting a component value other than inherit will override the imported project s settings 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 TIe VATS wee e show credits true project folder show footer true The name of the how headli reas sa eis ey Soundslides project show size choice false to load This may also be a relative path to the project size small large custom inherit Sets the component s size audio quality high low inherit Selects which audio file the component will use auto start true false inherit Selects whether the audio plays automatically body color Enter a hex color value or use the color selector by click
9. media soundslides com exan Modify embed player settings Recent versions of the Soundslides player can be modfied via the embed code Change width BOD Change height 566 Disable autoload Disabling autoload prevents the side show from fully loading until the viewer hits Play This is recommended when embedding in a blog or a page wth mukiple side shows Modify embedding code in WordPress Go to your WordPress new post page Click on the Code tab above the text box see below This activates the HTML editor in WordPress and will allow you to paste in your embedding code aje Cc a l l A http soundslides org blog wp admin post new php E Q Title Post 71 of 94 My blog gt Create New Post WordPress Separate multip with commas E E ez a Chdi E Uncategorized http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 loads Below the preview you ll see a text box containing your Note If the text column of your blog page layout is narrower than the size you selected when creating your slide show you can modify settings from this page then click the Modify button Inserting the Paste the embedding code into Click the Publish button You should now see your slide 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual Path Tags separate multiple tags with commas cats pet food dogs My blog gt Create New Post WordPre
10. Your images should all be in a single folder To create a basic project 1 Click the NEW button and select where to save the project it is recommended that you build your project on a local hard drive rather than a network disk or external drive 2 Click the JPG button and select a folder of JPG files to import 3 If you are using Soundslides Plus to create either a click through or silent play slide show you will now click the button labeled SLIDE SHOW ONLY SKIP AUDIO Otherwise proceed to step 4 4 Click the SND button and select an MP3 file from your hard drive AIFF and WAV files can be used if LAME is installed For more information click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 12 The main editing interface will now open To test or export a basic project 1 Click the SAVE button to save the project 2 Click the TEST button to launch the working edit into a Web browser for preview 3 Click the EXPORT button to create the files you will upload to your Web server A folder will open containing all of your slide show s files You can then upload the entire folder and play your slide show live on the Web Soundslides and Soundslides Plus do not do this You will need an FTP client or other software capable of uploading files and folders to the Web For more information click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 117 3 2 Preparing your image
11. click and image views associated with audio slide shows passive An example using Google Analytics Even if you re not using Google Analytics to track image views this shell is your best starting point These steps outline how to create a shell that uses Google Analytics to track each image 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 51 of 94 1 Open a Google Analytics account Make note of your legacy tracking code variable which should looks something like this _uacct UA 68360 1 2 Download the example tracking shell http media soundslides com files basic_js_track_shell zi 3 Open the shell s HTML files in a text editor and change the tracking code variable to your own tracking value from step 1 4 Save and close the HTML files 5 Copy the basic_js_track_shell to your application shell folder for more information click here http su kb page amp id 15 6 Open anew project in Soundslides or Soundslides Plus and change your shell setting to basic_js_track_shell ort soundslides com index php This shell also contains a file named ss_settings xml that sets the advanced parameter for you 7 Export and publish as normal Note Google Analytics takes at least 24 hours in most cases to report views 7 3 The component Using Soundslides or Soundslides Plus with Adobe Flash The Flash application is not needed to use So
12. pathToAudioFile Full or relative path to the MP3 file In most cases you should use a relative path whenever possible to avoid cross domain security restrictions in Adobe Flash Player pathToFullscreenlmages Full or relative path to the fullscreen images folder In most cases you should use a relative path whenever possible to avoid cross domain security restrictions in Adobe Flash Player Here s an example showing the 8 Integrating with third party software and services 8 1 Embedding your slide show in Dreamweaver CS3 To embed your slide show in Dreamweaver CS3 you will first need to upload the publish_to_web folder created when you click the EXPORT button in Soundslides or Soundslides Plus For more information on exporting click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 146 For more information on uploading to your Web hosting company s server click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 117 You will then use the online embedding tool to create a code to embed in Dreamweaver CS3 Generating the embedding code 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual Use your Web browser to open http www4 soundslides com a apps utilities then enter your slide show s URL in the form and click the Continue button Soundsiides Embed Utility File Edit View History Bockmerks Window Help lt gt E httpe wwed soundslides com apps utilities Cc QO
13. show when the page loads Below the preview you ll see a text box containing your embedding Copy the embedding code Inserting the 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 embedding code in Dreamweaver CS3 Open Dreamweaver and open the Web page where you want to embed the slide show In the example below a Web page has been opened in Dreamweaver from the Sites folder Click on the Design button for design mode Dreamweaver File Edit View Insert Modify Text Commands Site Window Help ow insert Common Layout Forms Oatan Sory Terr Faverites fies E A aono E Click the location where you want the player to appear This sets the insertion point The At amp e pi rN ew et Check Page 0 1450 505 559 0 1650 ss 359 1859 j i i insertion point is circled in red below This is test text Player goes above here Click the Code button to switch to code mode cn ray asandi From the Edit menu f select Paste to paste in the embedding code that you copied from the utility LE a E e a lt body gt lt div middie gt lt p gt kh QA 10 99x6 s 27H sav Then click the Design button to return to design mode You should see a gray box where you 800 i a have embedded the Soundslides player lt gt Code lt 5 Split Design Title Soundslides iJo
14. support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 146 For more information on uploading to your Web hosting company s server click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 117 You will then use the online embedding tool to create a code to embed in iWeb 08 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 Generating the embedding code Use your Web browser to open http www4 soundslides com a apps utilities then enter your slide show s URL in the form and click the Continue button Soundsiides Embed Utility File Edit View History Bockmerks Window Help b E httpe wwed soundslides com apps utilites Slide show URL http soundslides com examples fullscreen This tool exists to help you post your published slide shows to a blog or embed them in other pages Slide shows must be pub shed to a web server before using thes tool If you d just kke to try t out enter Mtp soundslides com examples fuliscreey as the URL For more information on embedding a Soundslides sde show in a blog see our directions for Bloooer and WordPress ae ee code Soundslides Embed Utility oj g File Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help lt gt A http wwed sourdslides comy apps utilities result Q D Embed code lt object classid lt lsid D27CDB6E AZE6D Llief 96B6 4445535490000
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16. 7 15 AM Firefox Document single button mouse on the publish_to_web __ list bet 8 24 2008 7 29PM Text Document folder and select Create Archive of lowerthirds swf 1 9 2009 7 35 AM Shockwave Flash publish_to_web The ZIP file is now ready to __ soundslide txt 12 22 2008 7 15AM Text Document upload to an online converter soundslide xml 12 22 2008 7 15AM XML Document 10 6 Creating a DVD playable in a DVD player Soundslides and Soundslides Plus do not produce DVDs playable in a DVD player but you can still convert your slide show to DVD using the instructions below Note DVDs look good on televisions but not as good on computer monitors Many people do not view them at normal size on a computer and producers cannot set the preferred scaling by default for computers First you will need to convert your slide show to a video file following the instructions here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 132 Once you have your video file you will need to convert it to a DVD playable in a DVD player using DVD authoring software There are several free and paid applications for this purpose and we have recommended two free ones below that were suggested to us by users Note Soundslides LLC is not affiliated with these projects and does not provide support for issues you may encounter while using these applications Mac OS X Users have recommended Burn a free open source application tha
17. Disabling autoload Disabling autoload prevents the slide show from fully loading before the viewer clicks the play button It is 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual 41 of 94 MOONY EMPEU player Sectungs Recent versions of the Soundslides player can be modfied via the embed code BOO Change width Change height 566 Disable avtcload Disabling avicload prevents the side show from fully loading until the viewer hits Play This is recommended when embedding in 4 blog or a page wth multiple side shows Modify http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 recommended that you check this box before embedding in a blog or a page with multiple slide shows to help the page load faster To do this check the Disable autoload box then click the Modify button to get the new code 6 3 The menu tool Creating multiple chapters optional If you want to group together multiple slide shows as chapters in a single presentation you can use the online menu tool http www4 soundslides com apps menu new You can then download the resulting menu and host it on your Web server Before you can use the menu tool your slide shows will need to be published on a Web server It will not work with slide shows on your computer s hard drive For more information on uploading your slide show to a Web server click here Holding up the M
18. MP3s manually For more information about LAME and about MP3 encoding please see http lame sourceforge net http lame sourceforge net This is purely an optional installation Note Soundslides LLC is not affiliated with The LAME Project Installation Immediately after launching Soundslides or Soundslides Plus pull down the Help menu to LAME audio encoder Then click the Load LAME button and locate the LAME application on your computer Soundslides Plus Fie Edit View nline Anrnimenta Wz 11 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 12 of 94 TE TEE Ee ST Fe ee LAME audio Petal 3 Project install LAME encoder Click below to download and basics install LAME from the internet 3 1 Click below if you d rather Quick start use your own existing build of guide the LAME encoder Load LAME N Disclaimer Soundslides does l l not host or maintain builds of Soundslides or Soundslides the Lame encoder For more Plus for people with information see This guide is intended as a basic introduction to using multimedia experience If you http lame sourceforge com are a beginner please proceed to the following chapter To create a project you ll need JPG formatted images and an MP3 formatted audio track if you are using Soundslides Plus you can optionally skip the audio importing step
19. Optional Installs l of 3 selected 83 9 MB avait cme w About Xcode Xcode mpka AOO w Install Optional Installs Custom Install on Macintosh HD Package Name Action Size Introduction Applications i iPod Support D License Destination Select Additional Fonts Installation Type Language Translations aon Printer Support ry G d Space Required 21 9 MB Remaining 233 98 GB 84 of 94 Follow the installer instructions until you get to the Custom Install page Then click the box next to QuickTime 7 Click the Continue button and follow the instructions to finish the installation Installing the latest version of Soundslides or Soundslides Plus To check if you already have the latest version open Soundslides or Soundslides Plus and select About from the Soundslides 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 85 of 94 menu The number should be r1063 or higher The build number is in the red box in the screenshot below If you don t have 1063 or higher here are the 8 00 About This Application download links Soundslides Plus 1 9 3 r1063 Copyright 2005 2009 Soundslides LLC Soundslides Plus http store soundslides com apps downloads PlusMac Soundslides http store soundslides com apps downloads Mac You should now be able to output video files using the video p
20. You can also copy and paste the player into another Web page You can now publish the page or the site via Dreamweaver s built in publishing methods or via your existing publishing procedures For more information on publishing with Dreamweaver see Dreamweaver Help under the Help menu in Dreamweaver 8 2 Embedding 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 your slide show in RapidWeaver 4 To embed your slide show in RapidWeaver 4 you will first need to upload the publish_to_web folder created when you click the EXPORT button in Soundslides or Soundslides Plus For more information on exporting information on uploading to your Web hosting company s server click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 117 You will then use the online embedding tool to create a code to embed in RapidWeaver 4 Generating the embedding code Use your Web browser to open http www4 soundslides com a apps utilities then enter your slide show s URL in the form and click the Continue button Soundslides Embed Utility SLD i y The utility will File Edit View History Bockmerks Window Help a E httpe wwed soundslides com apps utilites Cc Qr D now create the code to embed your slide show Slide show URL http soundslides com examples fullscreen You should see a Continue pre
21. amp id 117 You will then use the online embedding tool to create a code to embed in WordPress Generating the embedding code Use your Web browser to open http www4 soundslides com a apps utilities then enter your slide show s URL in the form and click the Continue button Soundsides Embed Utility The utility will File Edit view Histor Bookmerk Window Help a 9 httpe wwe soundslides comy apps utilities E O A gt a now create SOUNDSLIDES irik embed your slide show Slide show URL http soundslides com examples fullscreen You should See a Continue preview of your slide This tool asts to help you post your published shde shows to 3 blog or embed them in other pages Slide shows must be published to a web server before using thes tool show when If you d just kke to try t out enter http soundslides_com examples fullscreeny as the page the URL Ear mara infarmshan am ernie temas Ceusndichdecs ohn ches im a hiaan can miw 70 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual TV PWC WP RVINoUY Vl OATU Y oO DOVUTO UTO Seve FIV Wie vy Soc Vu directhons for Blogger and WordPress embedding code File Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help q gt A http wwres soundslides com epps utilities result Embed code lt object classid lt lsid D27CDOB E AZE6D licf 96B6 444553540000 widrh s00 height S 6 6 id soundslider gt lt param nane novie value http
22. color Enter a hex color value or use the color selector by clicking on the color box next to the hex value headline font color Enter a hex color value or use the color selector by clicking on the color box next to the hex value headline font embed true false Selects whether an external font is included See information on embedded fonts http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 115 headline font face This is the name of the font used Not every computer has the same fonts For consistency stick to the Web safe fonts Arial Verdana Times New Roman Comic Sans MS and Courier New headline size This number is the size of the font used image spacing This number defines the number of pixels in the buffer around the image between the image and the frame language control Default words in the Soundslides player user interface can be overridden by changing these listener object Name of the ActionScript listener object show caption by default true false inherit show captions true false inherit show controls true false inherit show credits true false inherit show footer true false inherit show headline true false inherit show size choice true false inherit 9 20 10 12 13 PM http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 55 of 94 transiti
23. converter utility ts an experimental service and is subject to change Are there any limitations of the Need help creating a zip Dont know how to find your publish_to_webd folder Click here converter Currently image movement is not Note Slide shows made with demo versions of Soundsiides or Soundslides Pius can not be converted inctuded in the resulling video file 7 Also Wewer comrolled elements File Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help Lale E rttp video soundslides net corwerter 6am cfo3285dBbta85 DPQ Googie D We will email exampleg exampte com afer the conversion is complete remove email File Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help La r E hitp vceo soundslides net converter Ga0bAictb3285d8 bt 085 __ 6 Qr Googie 47 of 94 The converter will then begin uploading your If you entered an e mail address the converter will e mail you when the conversion is complete Otherwise you will need to wait until the converter notifies you that the conversion is complete when you will see a download link re 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 48 of 94 an axpenmental service har S2viceo 3 AmMaronaw MYO ao D3 Sda baba Reade here mps and is subject to chanoe Typically the downoad Enik will prompt you fo Save your file However some browser arent conSgured to allow aulomatc downlo
24. epps utilities result Embed code lt object classid clsid D27CDOB 6E AE6D liecf 96B8 444553540000 widrth s00 height S 6 6 id soundsalider gt lt param nane novie valuer http media soundslides com exan Modify embed player settings Recent versions of the Soundslides player can be modified via the embed code Change width BOD Change height 566 Disable autoload Disabling autoload preverts the side show from fuly loading urtil the viewer hits Play This is recommended when embedding in a biog or a page wth mukiple side shows Modify a blog for example D Copy and paste the embed code into the code for your Web page Changing the size of an embedded slide show You can adjust the width and height of your slide show when you generate the embed code This helps with embedding a slide show in To change the embedded size of your slide show enter a new width and height in the text boxes under the embed code then click the Modify button The embedding tool will then change the code to use the new sizes Soundslides Embed Utility File Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help 4 gt O http wewed soundslides comy epps utilities result Embed code lt object class id lt lsid D2 7COB 6 E AZ6D lief 96B8 444553540000 widrh 800 height S 6 6 id soundalider gt lt param name novie value http media soundslides com exan 40 of 94
25. exporting click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 146 For more information on uploading to your Web hosting company s server click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 117 You will then use the online embedding tool to create a code to embed in tumblr Generating the embedding code Use your Web browser to open 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual rer http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 http www4 soundslides com apps utilities http www4 soundslides com apps utilities then enter your slide show s URL in the form and click the Continue button Soundsides Embed Utility File Edit View History Bookmerks Window Help gt E httpe wowed soundslides comy apps utilities c QO Slide show URL http soundslides com examples fullscreen Continue This tool exists to help you post your published slide shows to a blog or embed them in other pages Slide shows must be pub shed to a web server before using thes tool If you d just kke to try t out enter Mtp soundslides com examples fulisa eey as the URL For more information on embedding a Soundslides sde show in a blog see our directions for Blogger and Word a a a a ene code Soundsiide Embed Utility om Z File Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help lt p A http w soundslides comv epp
26. in the control buttons For example you could replace captions with show captions or you could change all of the text to another language The image below shows the default settings of advanced parameters followed by an explanation of what each does click_to_play Changing this parameter s value from parameter true to false will turn off the ability of click_to_play captionsOnText captions captionsOffT ext hide captions credits Off ext hide credits Changing this parameter s value will smallPromptt ext small change the text of the link to turn captions largePromptText large on users to click on the image area of your slide show to start it playing captionsOffText Changing this parameter s value will change the text of the link to turn captions off creditsOnText Changing this parameter s value will change the text of the link to turn credits on creditsOffText Changing this parameter s value will change the text of the link to turn credits off smallPromptText Changing this parameter s value will change the text of the link to display the small version of the player largePromptText Changing this parameter s value will change the text of the link to display the large version of the player Additional advanced parameters There are also advanced parameters that enable features of the player that have not been included by default To add a new parameter click the add button You can then enter the
27. main project rate circled below appears to be the most consistent 86080 shakensilent_final 9 6 Flash MM Calipl fel ful ulin audio does lee ty 2 2 ea a Default Input Source H not play PP after 30 installing Mono 441 00Hz 32 bit float Mute Solo Audacity Mac OS X only Mono 44100Hz 32 bit float Mute Solo B There is a well documented bug http www adobe com cfusion knowledgebase index cfm id 41f8f08d amp Click and drag to select audio Project rate 44100 SEursor 0 00 000000 min sec Snap To Off Bama S000 Hz 11025 Hz 16000 Hz 22050 Hz 44100 Hz RO0O0 Hz 96000 Hz Other pss rss_flashplayer_41f8f08d with Audacity that affects the Adobe Flash Player on Mac OS X The issue is more common with Intel based computers but can affect any Mac OS X system Audacity resets the Audio rate on some systems to 96000Hz Flash Player versions older than 9 cannot play audio at rates above 44100Hz To fix the problem 1 Open the Mac OS X Applications folder then the Utilities folder then launch Audio MIDI Setup 2 Change the Audio Output setting to 44100 0 Hz 3 Quit Audio MIDI Setup Another fix is to install the latest Adobe Flash Player http www adobe com shockwave download alternates 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual 82 of 94 http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer frien
28. or 256kbps These settings can be changed later by selecting Output sizes under the Modify menu http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 12 You will now see the editing interface 14 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 15 of 94 Creating a slide show without audio Soundslides Plus only Soundslides Plus can create both click through and silent play slide shows After importing your image files click the SLIDE SHOW ONLY SKIP AUDIO button to go straight to the editing interface Setting slide show size before importing optional The output size for the finished slide show can be set before the images are imported Slide show size can also be changed during editing for more information click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 34 Load a folder of jpgs and an optional audio file Soundslides and Soundslides Plus feature three default size options All images done along with an option for custom sizes To choose a size click on the appropriate radio button Audio format Audio files must be an MP3 file have a sample rate of 44 1khz or 22 05khz and be encoded at 32kbps 48kbps 56kbps 64kbps 128kbps 160kbps or Note The Full sorc rrenabled 256kbps _ Small blog embed box only appears in Soundslides _ Standard Plus For more information on Large full scree
29. printer friendly amp id 2 This may require the project to be built in the Shared folder within the Users folder as well depending on the network preferences see the above note on FileVault for more information 2 2 Installing on Windows The most recent release of Soundslides for Windows can be downloaded here http store soundslides com apps downloads Windows http store soundslides com apps downloads Windows The most recent release of Soundslides Plus for Windows can be downloaded here http store soundslides com apps downloads PlusWindows http store soundslides com apps downloads PlusWindows Installing the application for all users 1 Log in with an administrator account and download the installer 2 Run the installer 3 Launch the application and register You have now registered every user on the computer along with any you add later Installing the application for just one user 1 Download the installer 2 Run the installer 3 Launch the application and register Your account is now registered However no other user will be able to use the application without also registering 2 3 Adding the optional LAME audio encoder Soundslides and Soundslides Plus can use the free open source LAME audio application to encode AIFF and WAV files into MP3 files when importing This allows you to work with uncompressed audio formats without using an application such as Switch or iTunes to encode your
30. settings HTML support You can style your captions using HTML tags Supported tags include b i u font br and a see image below SLIDE INFO DETAILS MOVEMENT The UPDATE IMAGE button is also Sin ieee Aa oa gh ila aM ioe kd available on the DETAILS tab For more information on this feature click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 4 In point timing editing is also available on the SLIDE INFO In point 0 00 0 tab For more information on this 23 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 24 of 94 feature click here oR AEN http support soundslides com 0 18 6 index php pg kb page amp id 142 Transition type http support soundslides com Use template default Y index php pg kb page amp id 1 Turning the slide into a link In addition to adding HTML links you can also add code that will turn the slide itself into a link This functionality was added with version 1 9 3 By adding the following to your caption you would make your image link to http soundslides com clickimagelink http soundslides com clickimagelink By adding the following to your caption you would make your image link to http soundslides com and open the link in a new window clickimagelink_new http soundslides com clickimagelink_new For more options for turning the image area into a clickable li
31. show o Subheadline 42 of 94 along with an optional subheadline and the slide show s URL 3 You will then need to select where in the menu you would like the chapter to go by using the Order pull down menu 4 Click the Choose File button to select an image to appear with the headline and optional subheadline in the chapter menu 5 Click the Submit button 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual File http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 By Bob Johnson Optional Uri http Awww example com publish_to_web Order 1 Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help 4 gt es hep wore soundslides com apps menu Ei6e 6 H Qy Googie MA SOUNDSLIDES File Edit this menu s properties Add new slide show Headline First slide show Subheadiine By Bob Johnson Optional Uri http Awww example com publish_to_web Order 1 Thumbnail Choose File cover jpg Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help Gale GEJO mpun soundslides com apps menu l606 amp Q7 Googie De 43 of 94 Edit this menu s properties Test Export Slide shows included in this menu First slide iow edit delete Add new slide show Headline 6 You will now see your menu along with the Add new slide show form show in steps 2 5 Repeat steps 2 5 until you have added all the desired chapters to the menu You c
32. software packages Photoshop and some other image editors will read that data and rotate the display on screen when the image is opened but the image data pixel level is actually still not rotated unless the image is re saved To fix the problem open the images in question in your image editor and re save them then update them in Soundslides or Soundslides Plus for more information click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 4 9 5 Audio plays at the wrong speed or sounds distorted If your audio plays at the wrong speed after importing the most likely problem is an incompatible bit rate If your audio is distorted after importing the most likely problem is an incompatible sample rate Preparing your audio file Adobe Flash Player requires that audio files be 16bit and have a sample rate of 44 1khz Flash Player can handle MP3 files encoded at 32kbps 48kbps 56kbps 64kbps 128kbps 160kbps or 256kbps Audacity issues If you are preparing your audio files with Audacity problems arise when the sample rate is set to either 32khz or 48khz when exporting It should be 44 1khz to play in Flash Player in most Web browsers 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 81 of 94 Audacity does not always save at the default rate so it is a good idea to double check Audacity allows you to set the sample rate in several places but the
33. width s00 height S 6 6 id soundsalider gt lt param name novie value http media soundslides com exam Modify embed player settings Recent versions of the Soundslides player can be modfied via the embed code Change width BOD Change height 566 Disable autoload Disabling autoload prevents the side show from fully loading until the viewer hits Play This is recommended when embedding in a blog or 4 page wth multiple side shows 68 of 94 The utility will now create the code to embed your slide show You should see a preview of your slide show when the page loads Below the preview you ll see a text box containing your embedding Copy the embedding code Inserting the 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 Modify embedding code in iWeb 08 Open iWeb and select the Web page where you want to include the slide show In the example below a new page has been created in iWeb by selecting New Page under the File menu in iWeb 08 iWeb file Edit insem format Arrange View Window Help 209 Mah Select HTML Snippet from the Insert menu This will open the HTML Snippet window e Blank My Slide Show Paste the embedding code you copied from the Soundslides embedding utility into the HTML Snippet window and click the Apply button You should now see your slide show in the Web page Yo
34. 0 6 With Apple s release of Mac OS X 10 6 the QuickTime Player component system was drastically changed Because of this the Soundslides Video Plug in for Mac OS X will not work correctly without re installing the optional QuickTime Player 7 Apple does provide a method for running both the newer QuickTime Player 10 and the older QuickTime Player 7 on the same computer Note We will attempt to support the legacy Mac OS X video plug in released in 2006 through Mac OS X 10 6 but we cannot guarantee that Apple will include the required QuickTime Player 7 functionality in future releases of OS X The online video converter http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 132 which replaced the plug in in early 2009 will continue to be supported for both Mac OS X and Windows What do I need to enable the plug in on Mac OS X 10 6 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 In order for the plug in to work on Mac OS X 10 6 you will need to do two things 1 Install QuickTime Player 7 using the Mac OS X 10 6 installation disk 2 Install Soundslides or Soundslides Plus build number 1063 or higher Installing QuickTime Player 7 Using your Mac OS X 10 6 installation disk open the folder named Optional Installs then double click on the Optional Installs mpkg icon to launch the installer WE install Mac OS X Optional Installs _
35. 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 60 of 94 Linkage Properties identifier Futura Condensed a Click the OK button AS 2 0 Class Cancel Linkage Export for ActionScript 4 Set component font parameters __ Export for runtime sharing Export in first frame Select the component and select Window gt Development Panels gt Component Inspector This URL will open the Component Inspector Now select one of the three font face parameters and change the font face to the name of the auto start false body color 000000 ma font you ve just imported into your library caption bg opacity 50 caption font embeded true Then change the corresponding font ew Futura Condensed embedded value to true caption font size ll control color 333333 B PERE PER FFFFFF C You must change both parameters in order for footer font color 000000 E the font to be exported as an embedded font 7 The component Examples and source code These examples are provided as is and are not part of Soundslides or Soundslides Plus With most examples basic knowledge of Flash and ActionScript are assumed If you re looking for a very basic example start with this simple component example http media soundslides com files simple_component Basic Using caption and credit data http media soundslides com files captions credits Loading projects with A
36. 256kbps Output sizes from the Next click the box next to Full screen enabled and click the 32 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 33 of 94 APPLY button After your images are re processed you can save export and publish as normal Output sizes _ Small blog embed Common questions about full screen mode Standard Is it possible to have slide shows start in full screen mode _ Large _ Custom Adobe s Flash Player will not go into full screen mode without the user s input This is a restriction by Adobe Adobe s reasoning is that full screen mode would be overwhelming to any user who didn t expect it Adobe is also concerned about advertisers taking over Why don t my images completely fill the screen vWFull screen enabled Currently the player takes up the entire screen but the images appear at a maximum of 1000 pixels wide by 800 pixels high Since preserving the proper resolution is critical to maintaining the quality of a still image the player will not scale up images to fill a large monitor You can however increase the maximum image size up to 1280 pixels in either dimension by using two advanced parameters for more information about advanced parameters click here http support soundslides com index php pgq kb page amp id 33 SLIDES SLIDE INFO TEMPLATE PROJECTINFO AUDIO 7 il i Below are steps for incr
37. 9 8 Undefined error in captions Windows only p63 o 9 9 No new features in my_paper shell Windows only p75 o 9 10 Missing image component Windows only p76 o 9 11 Using the legacy video plug in with Mac OS X 10 6 p149 e 10 Additional resources c26 o 10 1 Using Switch to convert an audio file to MP3 p134 o 10 2 Using iTunes to convert an audio file to MP3 p135 o 10 3 Using FileZilla to upload a slide show to a Web server p117 o 10 4 E mailing sending via CD DVD Flash drive or creating a downloadable slide show p45 o 10 5 Creating a file to upload to an online converter p133 o 10 6 Creating a DVD playable in a DVD player p130 o 10 7 Creating a simple audio only player p137 1 Introduction 1 1 F A Q What is Soundslides Soundslides is a rapid production tool for creating Web slide shows synched to an audio track It runs on Mac OS X 10 3 or higher and Windows 2000 XP Vista and 7 What is Soundslides Plus Soundslides Plus is an advanced version of Soundslides In addition to all of the features of the original version Soundslides Plus includes Full screen playback e Image movement pan and zoom Click through slide shows Silent play slide shows Lower thirds 3 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 4 of 94 Who uses Soundslides and Soundslides Plus Though originally created for p
38. Fade in example http media soundslides com examples 259 fade_out_in 22 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 e Straight cut example http media soundslides com examples 259 straight_cut If you set the Transition type pull down menu to something other than Use template default you will also be able to enter a length of time for the transition SLIDE INFO You can set the transition duration DETAILS MOVEMENT anywhere between 0 1 and 9 9 seconds The default is 1 second Caption 100 _0461 jpq html tags a b br i u fort 4 6 Captions Soundslides and Soundslides Plus will import standard IPTC caption information when importing your JPG images If this is not desired you can Oi pa OD 4H bl aie N En kee clear all of the slide show s caption 0 18 8 data by pulling down the Tools Transition type Transition duration menu and selecting Clear all crossa IE 1 0 2 captions To edit captions or create new ones click on the SLIDE INFO tab then File Edit Modify View Help the DETAILS tab You can now edit the caption information in the text box Spread images equally S 0 U D S L Spread remaining images equally Clear all captions Move all images to bin Empty bin You can use the BACK and NEXT buttons to quickly move from image to image Save all settings as default Reset default
39. Filter Use SSL 2 0 ca we SSS Takes effect after you restart Internet Explorer Restore advanced settings Reset Internet Explorer settings Resets Internet Explorer s settings to their default Reset condition You should only use this if your browser is in an unusable state Sn a O 4 Click the OK button and restart Internet Explorer for the changes to take effect 9 8 Undefined error in captions Windows only If your captions display as undefined when the caption field is blank then you have an older version of Soundslides or Soundslides Plus for Windows This problem was corrected in an update Please install the free update below Soundslides Plus for Windows http store soundslides com apps downloads PlusWindows Soundslides for Windows http store soundslides com apps downloads Windows 9 9 No new features in 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 83 of 94 my_paper shell Windows only In some Windows installations image movement lower thirds and HTML captions work in the default and side caption shells but not in the my_paper shell You can correct the issue by deleting the soundslider swf file from your my_paper shell folder The file is located here C Program Files Soundslides shells my_paper soundslider swf Note If you have renamed your my_pap
40. Images trace project totalTime trace project x trace project y trace project width trace project height onlmageChanged Triggered when the image changes returns array ss listen onImageChanged function image trace image caption trace image number onTimer Triggered every frame returns array ss listen onTimer function info trace info remaining 0 30 trace info elapsed 0 30 trace info remaining nonformat 30 trace info elapsed nonformat 30 trace info elapsed percent 50 Formatted strings return as 0 00 nonformatted return as int seconds percent returns as 00 00 2 decimal points onlmageLoaded Triggered every time an image loads returns array rpm rtft Se ee e i ame a a ny aes Hiner ip lt em gt Emm a yc ee es ey em eg ee pc ce i e l SS listen onImageLoaded function array i trace image loaded array image array total F L oo oo onScreenChanged Triggered every time fullscreen state changes returns array 58 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 ss listen onScreenChanged function screen state trace screen state screen state possible values for screen state normal or fullscreen 7 6 The component Embedded fonts
41. Music that contains music you 43 Recently Changed may want to preserve the BP Searches quality by instead selecting db Public 296 r 6 Click the Browse button S a next to the Output folder p menu to select where you File name soundtrack wav Audio Files want the MP3 file saved In Output folds aiisers Jonathan Desktop v items 0 items currently selecteg Output folder C Users Joga eia Output Format mi somone JC N open Output Folder 1 items 0 items current aaiae pause Encoder Bitrate Constant Bitrate CBR St on High quality encoding Sw R er Variable Bitrate VBR Minimum Bitrate kbps 32 Maximum Bitrate kbps 129 Juality 4 Other this case the file will be saved in a folder called audio_final on the desktop 7 Click the Convert button and wait while the software processes your file 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 8 Click the Open Output Folder button to display the folder where Switch saved your MP3 wit Ga You should now see a folder containing your converted audio file pgrade ToolBox Extended Information 10 2 Using iTunes to convert an audio file to MP3 Users Jonathan Codec Microsoft PCM Output folder C Users Jonathan Desktop audia Output Format Encoder Optionsft OO eb gt audio final File Edit View Tool
42. Rain_in_Spain B Documents Filename Filesize A 200_200 d 400_300 600_450 di custom edits Ai i Filetype File Folder File Folder File Folder File Folder File Folder File ate a Last modified 11 18 2008 8 39 01 Uploading your slide show You will now need to simply drag the publish_to_web folder from the lower left box your computer and drop it into the lower right box the Web server FileZilla will take a few moments to copy all of the files and folders and the publish_to_web folder will appear in the box on the right 11 18 2008 8 39 00 11 18 2008 8 39 00 11 18 2008 8 37 59 11 18 2008 8 40 22 11 ARSINAR 2 20 11 You have now successfully uploaded your project to your Web server 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual 91 of 94 http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 ee Vid ee 11 18 2008 8 37 59 J EHM F Vna publish_to_web File Folder Local site C Users Julio Desktop Rain_in_Spain In the example above the URL to view your project in a Web browser would be v Remote site Public HTML blish_to_web Application Data a w 2 logs JB Contacts You can alsa now rename the J Cookies pu lish_to veh tolder ta whatever you Desktop S Public HTML want to call it Rain_in_Spain publish_ta by right B f Documents x clicking on it Filename B _ 200_200 1 400
43. Soundslides manual 52 of 94 http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 To get started launch Flash and create a new ActionScript 2 0 movie Set the movie s frames per second to 20 The default transition speed is 1 20 frames with the component This is not required but is strongly recommended Save this movie as component_example fla in the same folder as an existing Soundslides or Soundslides Plus project Now select Window gt Development Panels gt Components This will open your component_example fla vy sampleol gt 400_300 gt 600_450 audio_hi mp3 audio_lo mp3 index htm small html soundslide txt soundslider swf Se pp Soundslides component b96 Name project folder size audio quality auto start body color caption bg opacity caption font embeded caption font face caption font size control color footer color footer font color footer font embed footer font face footer font size components palette and will display the Soundslides component I SS vh large high false 000000 50 false Arial 11 333333 FFFFFF 000000 false Verdana Parameters Bindings Schema Value Re Data of FLV Playback Player 8 p FLV Playback Custom Ul g Media Player 6 7 Q Soundslides yi Soundslides component b96 i User Interface
44. Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 Soundslides is a rapid production tool for still image and audio web 4 presentations Home hitp soundslides com Support Forums http forums soundslides com Store http store soundslides com products Quick links Submit a help request index php pg request Email us mailto support soundslides com User manual index php pg kb book amp id 2 Latest updates Soundslides Plus 1 9 3 Released Aug 12 2009 Mac download http store soundslides com apps downloads PlusMac Windows download http store soundslides com apps downloads PlusWindows Soundslides Plus 1 9 3 is a free update for all existing Soundslides Plus license holders Soundslides 1 9 3 Released Aug 12 2009 Mac download http store soundslides com apps downloads Mac Windows download http store soundslides com apps downloads Windows Soundslides 1 9 3 is a free update for all existing Soundslides license holders Home index php Soundslides manual index php pg kb book amp id 2 Printer Friendly Version Soundslides manual 1 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 This manual documents the basic operation of Soundslides e 1 Introduction c17 o 1 1 F A Q p46 o 1 2 Version history p60 e 2 Installation c2 o 2 1 Installing on M
45. _300 600_450 a custom o edits fullscreen _ publish_to_web d raw L thumbs SlideShow Filesize Filetype File Folder File Folder File Folder File Folder File Folder File Folder File Folder File Folder File Folder Last modified 11 18 2008 8 39 01 11 18 2008 8 39 00 11 18 2008 8 39 00 11 18 2008 8 37 59 11 18 2008 8 40 22 11 18 2008 8 39 01 11 18 2008 8 37 59 11 18 2008 8 38 59 11 18 2008 8 39 01 Ctrl click on a Filename 7 di publish_to_web single button mouse in the lower right box and selecting Rename Note Some Web server are case sensitive so slideshow mi is not the same as 10 4 E mailing sending via CD DVD Flash drive or creating a downloadable slide show Soundslides and Soundslides Plus are designed for publishing slide shows online but it is also possible to distribute slide shows via e mail or CD After you are done editing your project click the EXPORT button This will create and open a folder called publish_to_web Since you do not need access to the contents of this folder for this tutorial you can simply close it You will then need to locate the publish_to_web folder by opening your main project folder The publish_to_web folder is located directly inside See screenshot below Name 200_200 L 400_300 i 600_450 p custom do edits L thumbs ry audio_hi mp3 ry audio_
46. _web A audio_hi mp3 5 22 2006 7 18 PM MPEG Layer 3 Aud E S E T A audio_lo mp3 5 22 2006 7 18 PM MPEG Layer 3 Aud This wi se bathouse ssproj 12 22 2008 7 15AM Soundslides Plus is will create a ZIP file which will now be ready F data tet 12 22 2008 7 15 AM Text Document to upload to the converter default htm 12 22 2008 7 15 AM _ Firefox Document Mac OS X 10 3 10 4 Right click Ctrl click on a O m A lope OENE single button mouse on the publish_to_web E stod RAGE folder and select Create Archive of _ lowerthirds swf 1 9 2009 7 35 AM Shockwave Flash l a aie es soundslide txt 12 22 2008 7 15AM Text Document ata etd ple ea a soundslide xml 12 22 2008 7 15 AM XML Document ae WE EW OE TRAYA UPO AEE converter Next you will need to open the online video converter http video soundslides net converter select an output size and optionally enter an e mail address for the converter to send a download link to If your slide show includes lower thirds Soundslides Plus only you can check the box to include them in the video Soundslides Labs Uplosd slide show Click the Fie Edit View History Bookmerks Window Help ll A HI lt gt E http video soundslides net converter c Q D Continue button to go ore Video conversion to the upload This converter utility is an experimental service Convert your audio slide show to an mp4 video file page where ends sue you will need change Step 1 to cli
47. ac OS X p8 o 2 2 Installing on Windows p9 o 2 3 Adding the optional LAME audio encoder p12 e 3 Project basics c3 o 3 1 Quick start guide p127 o 3 2 Preparing your image and audio files p136 o 3 3 Creating a project and importing files p25 o 3 4 Using and clearing the recent projects menu p107 o 3 5 Opening a project not in the recent projects menu p27 e 4 Editing a slide show c5 o 4 1 Adjusting timing p142 o 4 2 Editing image order p143 o 4 3 Adding removing and replacing images p4 o 4 4 Pan and zoom Soundslides Plus only p139 o 4 5 Changing individual transitions p140 o 4 6 Captions p141 o 4 7 Headline and credits p14 o 4 8 Lower thirds Soundslides Plus only p49 o 4 9 Replacing the audio track p22 e 5 Working with templates c14 o 5 1 Display options p65 o 5 2 Font options p128 o 5 3 Transition options p30 o 5 4 Understanding shells p129 o 5 5 Adjusting image size p34 o 5 6 Full screen mode Soundslides Plus only p103 o 5 7 Advanced parameters p33 o 5 8 Saving all settings as default p106 e 6 Publishing c25 o 6 1 Exporting a slide show p146 o 6 2 The embedding tool Adding your slide show to another Web page optional p78 o 6 3 The menu tool Creating multiple chapters optional p79 o 6 4 The video converter Making a video file optional p132 e 7 Advanced use c13 o 7 1 Creating and modif
48. ads You can s download the file from Te vdeo downoad page using fhe foloweng mefiods Are there any limitations of the internet Explorer Right click the Gownload link and select Save Target As to download converter Firefox on Windows Right click the download link and select Save Link As lo download Currently image movement ts not inciuded in the resulting video file Firefox on Mac Hold down Te control key and click the download link and select Save Link As to download Miso vewer contfolled elements like captions and credits feds are Satart Hold down Te control key and click the download bnk and select Download Linked File As to downioad not included m video files This link wil only reman active for 1 weet is this service free Uinioac anomier Sice show Advanced use 7 1 Creating and modifying template shells Soundslides and Soundslides Plus can use a custom HTML template and a set of tags to define a project s properties To understand how this works e Download and unzip the basic shell http media soundslides com release shells basic_shell zip and move the resulting folder into the shells folder in the Soundslides application folder You will find the included shells are also in this folder e Launch the application You should now see the basic_shell listed as one of the available shell options e Make changes to the basic_shell files and they will be included when you click TEST or EXPORT
49. an also make changes to the information for any of the slide shows reorder them or remove them by using the edit and delete links 7 When you are done editing your menu click the Export link 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 44 of 94 You will now File Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help be asked to 69 http www soundslides com apps menu 81686 Ar Google iy tr save a ZIP Edit ti WS menu s pi operties eE me sa oe computer Slide shows included in this menu called First slide show edit delete Add new slide show Headline Subheadiine Optional Uri Order 1 v Thumbnail Choose File no file selected _ Submit publish_to_web_menu zip Once you have saved this file expand it and upload the resulting publish_to_web_menu folder to your Web server To open the menu online you will need to point your browser to the index html file inside the publish_to_web_menu folder You can also rename this folder if you wish For more information on uploading files to a Web server click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 117 To go back and make changes to your menu later just follow the link e mailed to you by the online menu tool Embedding You can embed a menu in another Web page using the embedding tool just as you would a standalone slide show For more in
50. and audio files Image files 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 13 of 94 Image files must be JPG files and must have a jpg or jpeg file extension Images must not be progressive JPG files Soundslides and Soundslides Plus can import any image sizes and will resize the images to fit the size of the final slide show automatically After selecting your images copy them into a single folder for import Soundslides and Soundslides Plus can read the IPTC caption information from JPG files Many photographers choose to add their captions before importing the images Your images should be at least as large as your slide show output dimensions For example if you are creating a slide show exported at 800 px by 600 px you would need to import images that equal or exceed those dimensions A word about color profiles If the images in your slide show appear too pale or lacking in contrast or if they appear vastly different than they do in your image editor color profile settings may be the reason Soundslides and Soundslides Plus can handle any color profile though Generic RGB or SRGB is preferred as these most closely match the colors used by the Flash Player in your users Web browsers If you are using Adobe Photoshop select Convert to Profile then select Generic RGB or SRGB Advanced workflow example Here is a workflow that is in use at sev
51. ast_image_link_new This parameter is similar to last_image_link but opens the link in a new window Note You will see an Adobe security warning when previewing these parameter features from your hard drive This warning will not appear when you publish your slide show online Adobe does not allow Flash files on hard drives to link to the Internet without security clearance For information on turning an individual slide into a clickable link see the page on captions http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 141 audio end_url This parameter sets the slide show to automatically go to a new URL when the audio ends The value should be an active URL such as http www example com audio_end_url_new This is similar to audio_end_url but opens the URL in a new window Note You will see an Adobe security warning when previewing these parameter features from your hard drive This warning will not appear when you publish your slide show online Adobe does not allow Flash files on hard drives to link to the Internet without security clearance memory_clear_mode Setting memory_clear_mode to true will improve performance for slide shows with more than 150 images by directing the player to clear images from memory after they are displayed This mode does cause additional buffering if the user skips back in the slide show so memory_clear_mode should not be enabled unless you have a large number of images control_
52. ck Are there amy imitathons of the Choose your output format the Select file button Currenty image movement is not mctuGec in the resufing video file to upload 4Jso Wewer comtrofied elements your uke captions and credits fieids are not induded in video files optional is this service free Ht you d like you can enter your email address and we ll send you a download link for your ideo afer it is converted During the testing period the Continue conversion is fee for registered Souncshdes users 46 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 publish_to_web zip file File Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help a http video soundslides net converter v056296e2210823222116 Ar Google D S Notice Beta software This Converter utility is an experimental service and is subject to change Are there any imnitabons of the Need help creating a zip Dont know how to find your publish_to_web folder Click here converter Curren y image movement is not Note Slide shows made with demo versions of Soundslides or Soundslides Plus can not be converted included in the resulting video file publish_to_web zip file ts Soundskdes Labs Uploed slide show File Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help 4 gt E hitp video soundslides net comverter v abOcfb3ZBSdBbta85 C Q7 Googie Notice Beta software This
53. ck the Account link on the Dashboard and then click Preferences This activates the HTML editor in tumblr and will allow you to paste in your embedding code A Tomil Mozila Fireton o Ele Edt View Higtory Beotmams Toots bielp as gt e a t hap new burl com new test Oo pita P o Sat o Money RestEmte Mie RHL Soundilides Trowel T Todentcom Google Voice 14 Googke 4 Google Finance ponio O lemtir tumbir Add a Text Post vV Create post TEE W Cancel r P y HTML Source Editor Mozilla Firefox p i hittpe www tuenbir comy javascnpt tiny_mce_3_2 6 themes advanced source_editor htm object height 400 width 500 datae http media soundslides com examples fullscreen soundslider swf size 2samp format xml amp embed width 500cemp embed height lt 00samp autoloed false ype application x shockwave flash id soundslider gt paran name allowScriptAccess value always gt param name quality value high gt paran name allowFullScreen value true gt param name menu value false gt paran name bgcolor value 000000 gt paran name src valve http media soundslides com examples fullacreen soundslider swif size 2s mp formatexml amp embed width 500samp embed height 400samp autoloadefalse gt param nanme allowfullacreen value true gt jobject Now paste the embedding code into the form Click the Update bu
54. ctionScript http media soundslides com files as_load Simple MovieClip preloader http media soundslides com files onpreload AS3 loader clip example http media soundslides com files simple_as3_loader Intermediate Advanced Scrubber navigation api play sto ause caption credit volume scrubber http media soundslides com files nav_api_example 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 61 of 94 7 8 The component Embed variables for default player Several query string i e FlashVar flashvars variables are available for the default SWF player embed_width This number dynamically changes the width of the player embed_height This number dynamically changes the height of the player autoload true false Controls whether the audio and images are preloaded when the SWF file is loaded If set to false only the player and the first image preload It is recommended that autoload is set to false if you have multiple slide shows on a single page pathToControlFile Full or relative path to the XML file In most cases you should use a relative path whenever possible to avoid cross domain security restrictions in Adobe Flash Player pathTolmages Full or relative path to the images folder In most cases you should use a relative path whenever possible to avoid cross domain security restrictions in Adobe Flash Player
55. d 22 4 2 Editing image order Images can be re ordered by clicking and dragging the thumbnails under the SLIDES tab 4 3 Adding removing and replacing images Adding images To add images to an existing slide show select the SLIDES tab and click ADD IMAGE The images you select will then be placed at the end of the timeline Removing images To remove images from the thumbnail area of the SLIDES tab click and drag the thumbnails to the Bin To re insert images you have moved to the Bin click the Bin to open it and drag the images back to the thumbnail area Alternately you can click the Bin to open it and then click the RE INSERT ALL button to return all the images in the Bin to the thumbnail area 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual ADD IMAGE Drag thumbnails above to re order ee SLIDE INFO Filename img_1320 jpg Caption 20 of 94 oe p e RE INSERT ALL EMPTY BIN http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 Replacing an image To replace or update an image without affecting the image s timing select the SLIDE INFO tab click on the UPDATE IMAGE button and select the new JPG file The new image will then be imported and placed in the same position as the old one 4 4 Pan and zoom Soundslides Plus only When creating an audio slide show with Soundslides Plus you can add pan and zoom movement to the individual imag
56. d when Soundslides Plus was used in conjunction with Photo Mechanic s Export to Soundslides function e Fixed an issue where custom image size could not be used if the project was created using Photo Mechanic s Export to Soundslides function e Fixed javascript call so that it correctly escapes all newline and line breaks r n r n with jsFunction advanced parameter e Fixed issue where several buttons could be actively triggered under the registration menu or other cover screens e Fixed problem with color preview in Template gt Display area Changes in Versions 1 9 2 Oct 29 2008 Soundslides Plus and Soundslides 1 9 2 are free updates for all registered users This is a minor compatibility update Bug fixes e Corrected an issue where the Show sizes function did not work correctly in conjuction with full screen mode e Added compatibility improvements for Adobe Flash Player 10 6 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual 7 of 94 http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 Changes in Versions 1 9 1 Sept 15 2008 Soundslides Plus and Soundslides 1 9 1 are free updates for all registered users Functionality changed or added OUT folder has been completely redesigned and renamed Bin Added command for permanently clearing the Bin Added command for moving all images to the Bin Added advanced parameters to define the full screen image size max_fullscreen_width max_fullscreen_
57. de shows but beyond that you d better learn what __root getNextHighestDepth _ means 1 2 Version history Current releases Soundslides Plus Mac OS X version hittp store soundslides com apps downloads PlusMac Windows version http store soundslides com apps downloads PlusWindows Soundslides Mac OS X version http store soundslides com apps downloads Mac Windows version http store soundslides com apps downloads Windows Changes in Versions 1 9 3 Aug 12 2009 Soundslides Plus and Soundslides 1 9 3 are free updates for all registered users 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 Functionality changed or added e Added transition options to the Slide Info pane for audio slide shows e Added looping for click through non audio slide show e Added color selector to all items in the Template gt Fonts pane caption caption background headline control font e Added memory_clear_mode advanced parameter Improves performance with slide shows with more than 120 images e Added a wider version of the side caption shell See sidecaption_wider under the shell list e Player controls can now be hidden via checkbox under the Template gt Display options This option should only be used in conjunction with the Play automatically option e Added ability to parse clickimagelink and clickimagelink_new tags from the captions Thi
58. dly amp id 2 9 7 Active Content warning during testing Internet Explorer only Note These instructions are not intended for viewers They are only recommended for producers during testing Recent versions of Internet Explorer display a warning when loading Adobe Flash files from your local hard drive If you use Internet Explorer as your default browser you may have experienced this warning while testing your slide shows Here s how to disable the warning 1 In Internet Explorer select the Tools menu then select Internet Options 2 In the Internet Options window select the Advanced tab 3 Scroll down until you see the Security options Check the box for Allow active content to run in files on My Computer Internet Options General Security Privacy Content Connections Programs Advanced Settings Allow active content from CDs to run on My Computer a J Allow active content to run in files on My Computer WsAllow software to run or install even if the signature is inv Check for publisher s certificate revocation 4 Check for server certificate revocation 7 Check for signatures on downloaded programs Do not save encrypted pages to disk Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is cic Enable DOM Storage Enable Integrated Windows Authentication Enable memory protection to help mitigate online attacks Enable native XMLHTTP support Enable SmartScreen
59. ds The default is 1 second 5 4 Understanding shells Once you have selected the TEMPLATE tab selecting the SHELL tab will allow you to further customize both the player and the Web page that contains it TEMPLATE l l The shell is chosen via a drop down DISPLAY FONTS TRANSITION SHELL menu Shells are collections of html templates files and settings which are used to There are seven default shells customize the slide show template included with Soundslides and Shell Soundslides Plus for more CS information about creating your own asmia shells click ALLL DOTT indslides m Following are descriptions 30 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 31 of 94 default This is the classic player and uses the standard Flash object embed code js_embed This is similar to the default player but it uses Adobe recommended javascript code instead of standard embed object HTML tags my_paper This is an example of a simple Web page template for a newspaper See example http media soundslides com examples 259 my_paper sidecaptions This is similar to the default player but the captions and credits are outside the player on the right hand side see example http media soundslides com examples 259 sidecaptions sidecaptions_wider This is a wider version of the sidecaptions shell above swfobject This
60. e valuer http media soundslides com exan Modify embed player settings Recent versions of the Soundslides player can be modfied via the embed code Change width BOD Change height 566 Disable autoload Disabling autoload prevents the side show from fully loading until the viewer hits Play This is recommended when embedding in a blog or 4 page wth multiple side shows Modify embedding code in Blogger Go to your Blogger Create page and click the Edit Html tab above the post window see below 73 of 94 now create the code to embed your slide show You should see a preview of your slide show when the page loads Below the preview you ll see a text box containing your Note If the text column of your blog page layout is narrower than the size you selected when creating your slide show you can modify settings from this page then click the Modify button Inserting the 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 This activates the HTML editor in Blogger and will allow you to paste in your embedding code ane Blogger soundslides Create Post er ra Ea lO rup www blogger com post create g blogID 1536642 r Q GOOG Create Edit Posts Moderate Comments Title My new post fm OTe b GA Esam Eray i ae b Post Options is Eo Return to list of posts Labels for this post
61. e default for all new 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual 29 of 94 more information projects cli 5 2 Font options TEMPLATE DISPLAY FONTS TRANSITION SHELL Headline font Headline color Headline size Cortrol fort Cortrol font color C iy Cortrol font size Caption font Caption font color Caption fort size 50 Caption background color TEMPLATE DISPLAY FONTS TRANSITION SHELL Headline font Headline color Headline siz ak k eo on Control font oe oo ay Control font si EEG ZEEE cSunn E ee eee eect Caption font Caption font color Caption background color Caption font size 50 options using HTML More options using Flash Caption background opacity Caption background opacity http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 Once you have selected the TEMPLATE tab selecting the FONTS tab will allow you to customize the display fonts for the headline player controls and captions Use the pull down menus to select which fonts you wish to use Web safe font options included with Soundslides and Soundslides Plus include Arial Verdana Times New Roman Georgia Courier New Font sizes in pixels can be typed in the text boxes To change the color of a font click on the color selector box beside the font you wish to change For more font options see the sections on HTML and Flash below Capti
62. e to audio editing with Audacity http www jtoolkit com audio Audacity_Guide pdf http www jtoolkit com audio Audacity_Guide pd 3 3 Creating a project and importing files To create a project you ll need to have your images and audio track ready to import for information on how to do this ort soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 136 Your images should be located together in a folder To create a new project open Soundslides or Soundslides Plus click the NEW button and select where to save the project After creating a project you will be presented with the media import screen Create a project Importing images Click the JPG button and select your folder of JPG images be sure to select the folder and not the images inside All the images in the folder will be imported Load a project Importing audio Click the SND button and load your MP3 file If you are using the Output sizes _ Small blog embed Standard optional external LAME Large audio encoder you can Custom also import an AIFF or Load a folder of jpgs and an optional audio file WAV file For more wv Full screen enabled information click here Image format Your image files must be RGB non progressive jpeg files and must have a jpg file extension Audio format Audio files must be an MP3 file have a sample rate of 44 1khz or 22 05khz and be encoded at 32kbps 48kbps 56kbps 64kbps 128kbps 160kbps
63. easing parameter undefined captionsOnText j With your project open in Soundslides captionsOffText Plus select Advanced parameters creditsOnText credits from the Modify menu creditsOffText Click the add button to add a new smallPromptText small parameter argePromptText arge Click on the word name and change it max_fullscreen_width 12800 to max_fullscreen_width Click on the word value and change it to the desired number Again click the add button to add a new parameter Click on the word name and change it add to max_fullscreen_height Click on the word value and change it to the desired number maximum image size 8 Select Output sizes from the Modify menu 9 Make sure the Full screen enabled box is checked and click the APPLY button Soundslides Plus will now reprocess your images After it reprocesses click the TEST button to confirm that your slide show s full screen mode now features larger images _ Small blog embed Standard 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 34 of 94 _yarge Custom 5 7 Advanced parameters vi Full screen enabled To set advanced parameters select Advanced parameters from the Modify menu CANCEL APPLY Modifying advanced parameters allows you to alter some of the default settings in the player The most common use is to override the default text used
64. embedding tool your slide show will need to be published on a Web server It will not work with slide shows on your computer s hard drive For more information on uploading your slide show to a Web server click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 117 To use the embedding tool you will first need to enter your slide show s URL in the form then click the Continue button Soundsides Embed Utility The utility will File Edit View History Bookmerks Window Help 4 A hittpe wwws soundslides comy apps utilities Cc Qs kh Now create SOUNDSLIDES the code to embed your slide show Slide show URL http soundslides com examples fullscreen You should see a Continue preview of This tool sts to help you post your published shde shows to a blog or embed your slide them in other pages Slide shows must be published to a web server before using thes tool show when If you d just kke to try t out enter hittp soundslides com examples fuliscreen as the page the URL For more information on embedding 2 Soundslides sde show in a blog see our loads Below directions for and v i the preview you ll see a text box J containing your new embed code 39 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 D Z File Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help q gt A http wwed sourdslides com
65. emories To try using the above menu click here by Jonathan http media soundslides com files menu_test export ioc Marching Making a menu together by Megan Lovett To make a chaptered menu follow the steps below 1 Open the online menu tool menu Click the Continue button Soundslides Menu Tool File Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help lt gt A http www4 soundslides com apps menu new Qr SOUNDSLIDES Create a chaptered Soundslides menu http www4 soundslides com apps menu new then enter your e mail address and a headline for the menu see image below The tool needs your e mail address to send you a link to make future changes or download the 2 You will now see a page where you will need to enter the headline of the first chapter 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 e This field is required Headline for Menu Bob s slide shows Continue gt File Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help aj http www soundslides com apps menu 816e96 De Ee DA SOUNDSLIDES Add new slide show Headline First slide show Subheadline By Bob Johnson Uri http www example com publish_to_web Order 1 Thumbnail 4 cover jpg File Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help a gt CHTO mp onde converte aco __ Or S SOUNDSLIDES Add new slide show Headline First slide
66. er shell folder you will need to adjust the directions accordingly You may also need to delete the soundslider swf files from your project folder and your project s publish_to_web folder then test and export the project again 9 10 Missing image component Windows only Some Windows installations will display an Error 21 message meaning a critical image processing component is missing and the application will not be able to import image files As a test try logging into your computer as an administrator and launching Soundslides or Soundslides Plus In the administrator account the helper utilities may reset themselves If you don t get an Error 21 message in the administrator account you should be able to log back into your normal account and proceed If this does not solve the problem here are the manual installation instructions for the Windows helper utilities 1 Download and open this zip file http media soundslides com release utilities helpers zip containing the missing image processor 2 Copy the helpers folder into the program folder located here C Program Files Soundslides After copying the folder you should have the shells folder the helpers folder and Soundslides exe or Soundslides Plus exe all in the same place 3 Double click on Soundslides exe or Soundslides Plus exe and confirm the application will successfully import images 9 11 Using the legacy video plug in with Mac OS X 1
67. eral media organizations 1 Tone crop and caption in Adobe Photoshop 2 Set color profile to SRGB 3 Size images to 1000px longest dimension If outputting to maximum size full screen use 1280 or higher 4 Sharpen lightly if necessary 5 Save as JPG at quality of 12 or Maximum in single folder 6 Import folder into Soundslides or Soundslides Plus Audio files Audio files must be 16bit and have a sample rate of 44 1khz Soundslides and Soundslides Plus can import MP3 files encoded at 32kbps 48kbps 56kbps 64kbps 128kbps 160kbps 256kbps or 320kbps For optimal audio streaming over a wide range of broadband connection speeds we recommend a bitrate of 128kbps If LAME is installed Soundslides and Soundslides Plus can import uncompressed AIFF or WAV audio formats There are several advantages to this method and it is highly recommended For more information click here Combining or editing audio files Soundslides and Soundslides Plus do not edit audio so you ll need to edit the audio in another application and create a single file before importing This is fairly simple to do If you don t have an audio editor Audacity is a free open source editor for Mac OS X and Windows 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 Audacity can be download here http audacity sourceforge net http audacity sourceforge net and here s a quick guid
68. ere you want to include the slide show In the example below a new page has been created in RapidWeaver by selecting Add Page under the File menu in RapidWeaver The example below shows the blog page type RapidWeaver File kadit Farmar Site View Wintca Help anno rapid weaver test P 5e os u Adi far Preview Trerree Sapere Neria mececise Sern Punieh Page rrio wemrace he Laleputtce gt 11 77 08 946 AN Fs Teal paye 11 17 700 46 SO AM a CH Summary Wy main wa cage Add Podcast P B f I gt RapidWeaver File Edit Format Site View Window Help rapid weaver test Z BE Themes Snippets Media Inspector Title Categories Wi Test page Aad Edit Preview T WEBPAGES 11 17 08 9 46 AM 66 of 94 Paste the embedding code into the body of the blog post You can type text above and below the embedding code if desired You can now publish your page to your Web site You are not limited to embedding the slide show in blog pages in RapidWeaver You can also embed in page types which have text fields For instance below is the Styled text page type The embedding code has been added in the text area 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual LeSL page Lf llfos OU 4s Ny men tes mage Blog test RapidWeaver File Edit Format RapidWeaver File Fait Format Site My Website Changing the world one site at a time Test page Blog tes
69. es These features are not available for non audio slide shows since both features require timing tied to an audio track To add movement to an image click on the SLIDE INFO tab then the MOVEMENT tab You can then set the start and end positions by clicking and dragging the two thumbnail images To zoom on images use the scale sliders below the images 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual 21 of 94 Click and drag images to adjust start and end position SLIDE INFO DETAILS MOVEMENT Click and drag images to adjust start and end position SLIDE INFO DETAILS MOVEMENT Click and drag images to adjust start and end position SLIDE INFO DETAILS MOVEMENT http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 To move a panned and or zoomed image from the start position to the end position or vice versa click one of the arrows between the thumbnails To reset the image movement click the RESET MOVEMENT button below the images 4 5 Changing individual transitions Individual transitions can be set either through the timeline or through the SLIDE INFO tab This feature is only available for audio slide shows For more information on setting a default transition for you template From the timeline To change the transition of an individual image click on the transition connector The transition connector is below the timing mark for a particular transition Afte
70. formation on using the embedding tool click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 78 Advanced use You can change the way your menu looks by clicking the Edit this menu s properties link Bob s slide shows us This will File Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help open the 4 http www soundslides com apps menu 8166 Ar Google Page wee where you can edit Slide shows included in this menu values of 7 display First slide show edit delete oo a toe properties if Add new slide show you have Lin adlimna 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 45 of 94 ngu i some coding knowledge Subheadline Optional 6 4 The Thumbnail Choose File no file selected video Uri Order 1 v Submit Soundslides Online Apps File Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help lt gt 69 http www4 soundslides com apps menu 816e96 Cc SOUNDSLIDES Headline Bob s slide shows Width 605 Height 346 Bgcolor FFFFFF Menustyle display halign left autoStart inhent autoAdvance true loopAll false width 180 height 346 hig Headiinestyle display color FFFFFF fontW eight bold fontFamily Anal fontSize 12 Summarystyle display color CCCCCC fontW eight normal fontF amily Lucida Grande fontSize 11 Submit converter Making a video file o
71. height Default is 1000 x 665 Added advanced parameter to control the initial volume initial_volume 0 100 Added the ability to clone image movement settings from start and end positions Added a template shell using the W3C valid SWFObject embed method Template gt Shell gt swfobject Added a template shell which places the captions below the slide show presentation Template gt Shell gt undercaptions Added override for full screen captions You can now force full screen captions using the fullscreen_caption advanced parameter Added autoplay to the query string variables available Added pathToFullScreenlmages as a query variable Increased the available width for lower third name and title fields Fullscreen changed to Full screen in application per industry standard Bug Fixes Improved accuracy of the image movement dialog with non standard aspect ratios Corrected an issue where the Spread images Commands were missing from Soundslides on Windows Captions now appear properly on full screen mode with side caption and under caption shells Improved timing accuracy in player Improved timing accuracy in application Fixed error in Windows versions where alert messages would appear with undefined messages Preset shells and default setting sizes could not be changed before initial import into application Corrected issue where custom size s aspect ratio was not being respected in the preview window on i
72. hotojournalists they are now also used in the corporate public relations and academic worlds Individuals have also found them useful for adding multimedia content to personal blogs What do I need to know about Internet publishing to use Soundslides or Soundslides Plus Not much See our publishing instructions http support soundslides com index php pg kb chapter amp id 25 for detailed information for a variety of knowledge levels What formats do Soundslides and Soundslides Plus export Both export a folder you can upload to your Web server then view the slide show online without any additional work The slide show player and Web page are made up of Adobe Flash SWF and HTML files advanced users can further customize after export Images are exported as JPG files and audio as MP3 Does Soundslides or Soundslides Plus export to a DVD format that can be viewed on a television Soundslides and Soundslides Plus do not do this because they are designed for Web publishing It is however possible to convert a slide show to a DVD playable in a DVD player using third party software http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 130 Is Web space included with Soundslides or Soundslides Plus Web hosting is not included The software only creates the files you will need to upload to your Web server What version of the Flash plug in will the end user need to have installed in order to view a Soundslides or Soundslide
73. hould look something like this 93 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 Search the user manual Search for Search Copyright 2005 2008 Soundslides LLC 94 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM
74. ight side of the FileZilla window The folder you have open is listed in the box on top In the box below that you will see the folder s contents In the example below the folder Public HTML is open This is the main Web publication folder for this particular server and any file placed in this folder will appear online Your Web hosting company will be able to provide you with the name of your main publication folder It will often be named webroot www Public HTML public_html or HTML A dh files_go_in_here Filename 7 a after uploading thx Filesize Filetype lt Empty directory listing gt You will also notice a folder called displayed in virtually all of the folders on your Web server Clicking this allows you to go up one level to the parent folder of the one you currently have open Navigating your computer Navigating your computer is similar to navigating the server A list of files and folders will appear on the left side of the FileZilla window The folder you have open is listed in the box on top In the box below that you will see the folder s contents In the example below a Soundslides or Soundslides Plus project folder called Rain_in_Spain is open and you can see the publish_to_web folder created by Soundslides or Soundslides Plus inside it Local site C Users Julio Desktop Rain_in_Spain Application Data i Contacts ao Cookies S E Desktop w d
75. iled to replace the project folder as expected when a new project was deliberately saved with the same name and location Application no longer equals out the timing points when importing an audio file with a shorter duration The application now moves any images outside the new audio file s duration into the OUT folder Application warns 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 before moving images to OUT and action can be canceled Application restores previous audio when canceling If audio re import fails application now correctly restores the previous audio Application would try to update an image even if the user clicked Cancel in the ADD IMAGE dialog Application would not always align thumbnails in timeline properly when adding an image or returning an image from the OUT folder Fixed condition where Macbook Pros would crash when using the video plug in Corrected issue where recent projects would not correctly display high ascii characters in headlines Unsaved changes dialog failed to display when making edits via Slide info pane Corrected issue in application where the editing window could occasionally render as black if the currently previewed image was dragged to the OUT folder Under certain conditions application would allow selection of unsupported formats when adding new audio via the Audio tab Corrected issue where shell folder name wa
76. in the application You control the template this way and you can add your metrics code or ad calls The application can use four files in a shell folder e index html e small html e soundslider swf e ss_settings xml Including other files in a shell If you want to include a file such as an image or a javascript file automatically in your project you can copy the file into the shell s _file folder Any file included in that folder will be exported by the application Files in the _file folder should be named with web safe file names with no spaces For a working example of the _files folder see the js embed shell included with the application Template tags Template tags are used in the index html and small html files and allow the application to publish inside of your own HTML templates The swf tag contains the entire object embed containing the SWF object 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 49 of 94 e swf The following tags can be used to return information about the SWF object itself e swf height e swf width e swf movie e swf bgcolor The following tags can be used to return information about the project e project headline e project credits e project bgcolor e project images e project length Replacing the standard SWF player If you ve created your own SWF player with the Sound
77. ing on the color box next to the hex value caption bg opacity This percentage number defines the opacity of the caption text background caption font embeded true false Selects whether an external font is included See information on embedded fonts http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 115 caption font face This is the name of the font used Not every computer has the same fonts For consistency stick to the Web safe fonts Arial Verdana Times New Roman Comic Sans MS and Courier New caption font size This number is the size of the font used control color Enter a hex color value or use the color selector by clicking on the color box next to the hex value footer color Enter a hex color value or use the color selector by clicking on the color box next to the hex value footer font embed true false Selects whether an external font is included See information on embedded fonts http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 115 footer font color Enter a hex color value or use the color selector by clicking on the color box next to the hex value 53 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual 54 of 94 footer font face This is the name of the font used Not every computer has the same fonts For consistency stick to the Web safe fonts Arial Verdana Times New Roman Comic Sans MS and Courier New footer font size This number is the size of the font used header
78. interior _hex control_exterior_hex control_loading_hex By default colors of all the elements in the player s control bar are defined by a single color in the DISPLAY tab These parameters allow you to set different colors Enter the values as six character HEX strings Such as 333333 A list of hex codes can be found here http www webmonkey com reference Color_Charts 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual extra_link This parameter allows you to include a hyperlink such as http www example com with the credits captions links at the bottom of the player see below extra_link_text Used with extra_link this parameter s value will set the text of the extra link in the player see below Note You will see an Adobe security warning when previewing these parameter features from your hard drive This warning will not appear when you publish your slide show online Adobe does not allow Flash files on hard drives to link to the Internet without security clearance 36 of 94 parameter cap tionsOnText cap tionsOffText creditsOnText creditsOffText smallPromptText argePromptText extra_link extra_link_text asd eco http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 captions credits small arc e http soundslides com com revert Drag to adjust timing Sr i 0 15 ss captions credits Back to menu http www webmonkey com reference Color Charts pa
79. irds voiceof publish to web Here is an alternate version that uses smaller fonts http forums soundslides com viewtopic php pid 8816 p8816 http forums soundslides com viewtopic php pid 8816 p8816 Here is an alternate version that autosizes and centers which can be used for subtitles http media soundslides com files It language subtitles http media soundslides com files It_language_ subtitles 4 9 Replacing the audio track If your new audio track is shorter than the one it is replacing any images beyond the new audio file s duration are moved to the Bin The application will warn you before doing this and you can cancel the move To replace the audio track select the AUDIO tab then the TRACK tab and click the IMPORT AUDIO button 5 Working with templates You can reimport your audio track 5 1 Display However if your new audio track is SHORTER than your current audio O pti O ns track the application will adjust your timing points in order to fit them all on the timeline The DISPLAY tab found under the TEMPLATE tab controls many of the visual and navigational features You will need to reset the transition points of the player Colors Soundslides and Soundslides Plus allow you to adjust the colors of the player elements One option is to choose one of several color presets or themes TEMPLATE You can also change the color of DISPLAY FONTS TRANSITION SHELL each
80. is similar to the default player but it uses the W3C valid SWFObject http code google com p swfobject embed method undercaptions This is similar to the default player but the captions and credits appear under the player Captions are limited to 4 lines of text 5 5 Adjusting image size To change image size during editing 1 Click on Modify in the menu bar and pull down to Output sizes 2 Click on the radio button for your desired size see below 3 Click the APPLY button Note The Full screen enabled check box only appears in Soundslides Plus For more details click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 103 _ Small blog embed The application features three default size options Standard _ Large Small blog embed Custom 425 x 283 images Opx image padding WFull screen enabled Standard CANCEL APPLY 600 x 450 images 20px image padding Large 800 x 533 images Opx image padding 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 Custom sizes You can also define a custom width and height up to 1280 pixels To change to a custom size Click on Modify in the menu bar and pull down to Output sizes Click on the Custom radio button see below Change the image width height and padding to your desired dimensions in the text boxes Click the APPLY button a oe a _ Small blog embed
81. lo mp eee ME eae Sn SS ise Date modified 8 24 2008 6 27 PM 8 24 2008 6 27 PM 24 2008 6 27 PM 24 2008 6 27 PM 8 24 2008 7 49 PM 8 24 2008 6 27 PM 9 15 2008 2 59 PM 8 24 2008 6 27 PM 8 24 2008 6 27 PM 5 22 2006 7 18 PM 5 22 2006 7 18 PM 27 MAMAA VAP ALS Type File Folder File Folder File Folder File Folder File Folder File Folder File Folder File Folder File Folder CD DVD Flash drive To send the slide show on removable media such as a CD DVD or Flash drive just copy the publish_to_web folder to the disc or drive You ll need to instruct the recipient of the files to open the folder s index html file in a Web browser E mail MPEG Layer 3 Aud MPEG Layer 3 Aud Patrizi ee Windows Right click on the publish_to_web 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 92 of 94 ee NRCS a n ii ieg folder and select Send To then Compressed F SANN ees ae Liane zipped Folder This will create a ZIP file which Oy 12 22 2008 7 15 AM Firefox Document can be e mailed easily You ll need to instruct the list bdt 8 24 2008 7 29PM Text Document recipient to expand unzip the file and open the it 1 9 20097 35AM_ ShockwaveFlash fOlder s index html file in a Web browser eee iad MERE RENEE Mac OS X 10 5 10 6 Right click Ctrl click on a soundslide xml 12 22 2008 7 15AM XML Document single button mouse on the p
82. lo mp3 gt custom data txt index html Jist txt gt publish_to_web gt D raw small htmi soundsiide txt soundslider swf 17 of 94 m ES Share http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 a burn Date taken project_raw ssproj Date modified 4 20 2009 4 15 PM Date created 5 12 2009 5 39 PM Q search Date Modified 9 11 06 5 06 PM 9 11 06 5 06 PM 9 11 06 5 06 PM 9 11 06 5 06 PM 9 11 06 5 06 PM 9 11 06 5 05 PM 9 11 06 5 06 PM 9 11 06 5 06 PM 9 11 06 5 06 PM 9 11 06 5 05 PM 9 11 06 5 06 PM 9 11 06 5 06 PM 9 11 06 5 06 PM 8 31 06 12 45 PM following these steps Launch the application Click the OLD button Select the project folder Below are specific instructions for selecting the folder in Mac OS X or Windows Mac OS X Below is an example of what a project folder named project_raw would look like in the Choose Project folder window you would see after clicking the OLD button in Mac OS X Make sure to select the entire project folder and not individual files Click the Open button to load the project Windows Below is an example of what a project folder named project_raw would look like in the Browse For Folder window you would see after clicking the OLD button in Windows Make sure to select the entire project folder and not individual files Click the OK button to load the p
83. lug in 10 Additional resources 10 1 Using Switch to convert an audio file to MP3 Note Soundslides LLC is not affiliated with NCH Software the maker of Switch Technical support for Switch is available here http www nch com au switch support html Switch audio conversion software for Mac OS X and Windows is an easy to use tool for converting nearly any audio format to an MP3 for use with Soundslides or Soundslides Plus Below are links to download the free version Windows http www nch com au switch switchsetup exe http www nch com au switch switchsetup exe To convert a file to MP3 format 1 Click the Add file s button to select the audio file you want to convert to MP3 This will open a new window where you can browse your hard drive or network for the file 2 Select the file you want to convert K Switch Sound File Converter Help 3 Pull down the Output Format vr menu to mp3 C8 Remove All Options Format Size Conti soundtrack wav 28 503 C Us 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual 86 of 94 http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 Click the Encoder Options Favorite Links Lt EE oe ze button to open the Encoder My Desktop acka Options window ee mas en i 5 Pull down the Bitrate kbps P Documents Taar sere mara menu to 56 If you are working Pictures with high quality audio or audio A
84. n mode click here SLIDE SHOW ONLY SKIP AUDIO http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 103 Custom VFull screen enabled The default sizes are as follows These settings can be changed later by selecting Output sizes Small blog embed under the Modify menu 425 x 283 images Opx image padding Standard 600 x 450 images 20px image padding Large 800 x 533 images Opx image padding To define a custom width and height up to 1280 pixels click the Custom radio button then change the image width height and padding to the desired dimensions _ Small blog embed 3 4 Using and clearing the recent Standard Large projects menu Custom Soundslides and Soundslides Plus display the four most recent projects in the idth iei i icati ays a Recent projects menu visible when you first open the application To open a recent Imana hainhb c22 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 HAYS WY OOO project click on the slide show s name or icon Image padding 0 If your project folder has been moved since last being edited the application will not be able to find your project and will prompt you to locate it vFull screen enabled These settings can be changed later by selecting Output sizes To clear the Recent projects list select Clear recent menu from the File menu under the Modify menu after y
85. name and value of the parameter Here are examples of additional advanced parameters autoload By default the player attempts to preload the entire slide show This behavior may not always be desirable as when 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 35 of 94 displaying multiple slide shows on a single page such as a blog If this parameter s value is set to false only the first image loads automatically Other media files begin loading when the viewer clicks the play button preload_images This overrides the default preloading of the entire slide show and sets the number of images loaded before the play button appears initial_ volume This parameter controls the initial volume of the slide show Values from O to 100 are accepted return_to_start Setting this parameter to true will cause the slide show to return to the first slide after the slide show completes playing but the slide show will not continue playing this is similar to looping which will play the slide show again after returning to the first slide image_link This parameter makes the image area into a hyperlink The value should be a URL such as http www example com image_link_new This parameter is similar to image_link but opens the link in a new window last_image_link This parameter is similar to image_link but makes only the last image in a slide show into a Web link l
86. ng click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 146 For more information on uploading to your Web hosting company s server click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 117 You will then use the online embedding tool to create a code to embed in Blogger Generating the embedding code Use your Web browser to open http www4 soundslides com apps utilities http www4 soundslides com apps utilities then enter your slide show s URL in the form and click the Continue button The utility will Dy 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual ee ee eT http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 Slide show URL http soundslides com examples fullscreen This tool exists to help you post your published slide shows to a blog or embed them in other pages Slide shows must be pub shed to a web server before using thes tool If you d just kke to try t out enter Mtp soundslides com examples fullscreery as the URL For more information on embedding a Soundslides sde show in a blog see our directions for Blogger and WordPress embedding code File E Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help A http werrs soundslides com epps utilities result Embed code lt object classid lt lsid D27CDBE6E AEZE6D lief 96B6 444553540000 widrch 8s00 height S 6 6 id scundalider gt lt param nane novi
87. nitial import into application Corrected issue in Windows versions where some hi ascii non English characters in HTML titles were not being displayed correctly Corrected an issue where the orientation property was potentially not honored if changing the custom slide show size Fixed issue with Fade out Fade in individual transition timing accuracy Fixed problem where autoload override failed to delay the loading of audio if there was only one image Slide thumbnails are no longer active under the Bin window when it is open Fixed an issue where the README information for a shell was not being displayed when the shell preference was changed under the Template tab Changes in Versions 1 9 July 16 2008 To avoid confusion Soundslides Plus version numbers 1 3 through 1 8 have been skipped This brings both applications to version 1 9 Soundslides Plus and Soundslides 1 9 are free updates for all registered users Functionality changed or added 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 Soundslides Plus now features a full screen mode in the published player Soundslides keys are now cross platform Soundslides Plus keys have always been cross platform Application now saves a ssproj project file this file will launch the associated project in Soundslides or Soundslides Plus when double clicked or dragged to the application icon Application now correctl
88. nk see the page on advanced parameters http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 33 4 7 Headline and credits There are two metadata options available headline and credits To edit the headline or credits select the PROJECT INFO tab and type in the text boxes You can style your credits using HTML tags Supported tags include b i u font br and a PROJECT INFO 4 8 Lower thirds fined Soundslides Plus only Credits accepted html tags a b br i u font credits here Wikipedia defines lower thirds this way In the television industry especially in North America lower thirds refers to graphics that take up the lower area of the screen though not necessarily the entire lower third portion of the screen as the name suggests Lower thirds are often called supers in the U S and name straps in the U K Typically lower thirds in audio slide 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 shows are used to quickly identify the person speaking in the audio Creating a lower third To create a lower third click on the AUDIO tab then click the LOWER THIRDS tab 606 SOUNDSLIDES plus SLIDES suoewro TEMPLATE Paosecrwro ET TRACK LOWER THIRDS ingolre curation occas ov P ow quick koys disabled TRACK LOWER THIRDS In point duration Click the ADD button to create a new lower
89. ntervi E Pictures More Folders mr Gene Simmons interviewed by Terry Gr mp3 MPEG Layer 3 Audio Soundtrack from Originally broad Wanksta 3 39 50 Cent M Gene Simmons interviewed by 26 55 http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 146 Connecting to an FTP server To connect to an FIP server enter the address of the server in the Host box of the Quickconnect bar Your Web hosting company should provide this information to you If your Web server requires a username and password enter them in the corresponding boxes You do not need to enter a port number unless your web hosting company specifies a particular port Click on the Quickconnect 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual 90 of 94 button to connect to the server File bef ot Ta anster Serve Hej T ERI 2 Oa R E http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 Navigating Host mysite com Username user Password eeeeeeee Port the Web 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list server Response 226 Transfer complete Status Calculating timezone offset of server oe Command MDT passwd After FileZilla Response 213 200806 15150238 tst Status Timezone offsets Server 25200 seconds Local 18000 seconds Difference 7200 seconds connects to Status Directory listing successful the Web server a list of files and folders will appear on the r
90. oad the application 2 Open the DMG file and drag the Soundslides folder to the computer s Applications folder it is important to copy the entire folder and not just the application within 3 Launch the application and register You ve now registered every user on the computer along with any you add later Installing the application for just one user 1 Open the DMG file and drag the Soundslides folder to the computer s Applications folder it is important to copy the entire folder and not just the application within 2 Launch the application and register Your account is now registered However no other user will be able to use the application without also registering Special considerations Installation with FileVault enabled FileVault is a Mac OS X feature that secures the user s entire Home folder by encrypting its contents Unfortunately it also causes a problem with the way Soundslides and Soundslides Plus encode audio Here s the workaround In the Mac OS X Users folder there is a folder named Shared This folder is outside FileVault protection and accessible to every user on the computer You will have to save projects there and likewise import your image and audio files from there In other words all your files must be outside the FileVault protected area Installation with a network boot system or networked user folders 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb
91. om index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 50 of 94 In this example ss_track is the name of the function that you wish to call in parameter value doneOnText io your HTML page each time an image cap nTe captions captionsOffText hide captions creditsOnText credits creditsOffText hide credits Note Due to security settings in the smallPromptText small Adobe Flash Player the SWF to largePromptText large JavaScript call will not work when the shell tolde Basie SNe ll HTML file is hosted on your hard drive efon ss tk O You will need to host your files online in order for the SWF file to communicate with JavaScript changes You can call any function name you wish Passed JavaScript values The SWF function call passes the following arguments to a JavaScript function function ss_track slideshow_image image_number image_name image_caption path_to_assets ss_type slideshow_image This is a formatted string which can be used for reporting in Google Analytics or Omniture For example http example com pathtoslideshow 1 http example com pathtoslideshow 2 image_number This is the number of the image image_name This is the name of the image Such as image1 jpg image_caption This is the image s caption path_to_assets This is the full http path to the slide show s SWF file ss_type Possible values click passive Distinguishes between image views from click through slide shows
92. on backgrounds The FONTS tab also includes a color selector for the captions background color and a box where you can enter the opacity as a percentage Caption background color d More Caption background opacity By adding HTML coding to credits and paa text iyon can increase your control over the appearance of the text For 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 You can embed other fonts in the player using the Flash component in conjunction with the Adobe Flash application MX2004 or later For more information click here htt upport des co dex php 5 5 3 Transition options You have the option of setting transitions for all slides as part of your template For more information on changing individual transitions click here htt pport sou om in php p page amp id Setting the template default Once you have selected the TEMPLATE tab selecting the TRANSITION tab will allow you to set the default type of transition as well as the default length of time for every slide in the slide show There are three transition types TEMPLATE e Crossfade DISPLAY FONTS TRANSITION SHELL e Fade out Fade in exan Transitions apply to all transitions in the slide show penne fade_out in e Straight cut le Transition ten ry o ut Transition time secs You can set the length for the transition anywhere between 0 1 and 9 9 secon
93. on time A value of 1 refers to 20 frames since this is the optimal number of frames per second for Soundslides projects Hence 1 is a one second transition at 20 fps However you can use any number you like transistion type crossfade fade out fade in straight cut inherit Using crossfade is the Soundslides default Using fade out fade in will result in an image fading out then a new image fading in Using straight cut will result in no transition at all Show thumbnails full true false Setting to true will display the thumbnail menu at the full width and height of the image area 7 5 The component Using ActionScript External ActionScript API If the component has an instance name of soundslides you can use the following functions 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual 56 of 94 soundslides ss play plays from the beginning soundslides ss stop goes to the beginning and stops soundslides ss pause toggles between pause and resume soundslides ss caption toggles between show and hide caption ss_caption was added with v140 of the component soundslides ss credit toggles between show and hide credits ss_credit was added with v140 of the component soundslides ss thumbnails toggles between show and hide thumbnails ss_thumbnails was added with v540 of the component soundslides ss setVolume 0 volume can be set from 0 100 quiet loud trace s
94. ou launch the application aim Edit Help amp Create Project N Load Project 0 Import Project Clear recent menu A Create a project Load a project Recent projects eee A Change at the Top pee A Night of Terror Sy gt a wyi Pandas of Knight Drive alll pagers VVhen Harry Met Lucy ec 3 5 Opening a project not in the recent projects menu Projects can be opened by opening the project folder in Finder Mac OS X or Windows Explorer Windows and double clicking the file ending with a ssproj extension A project can also be opened from within we te di project Search Soundslides or Soundslides Plus by File Edit View To Li Encrypt File amp Decrypt File as Open Close PSD 16 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual Organize v Open gt a E mail vorite Links di edits i fullscreen publish_to_web d raw r thumbs A audio_hi mp3 A audio_lo mp3 __ data txt default htm index html list txt Documents Pictures Music More Folders project_raw 200_200 d 400_300 d 600_450 p custom di edits d fullscreen d publish_to_web p raw di thumbs 14 9 a project_raw ssproj lt gt soundslide xml Soundslides Plus Size 56 bytes 20 e Choose Project folder fein m J project_raw gt 200 200 gt 3 400_300 gt 600_450 i audio_hi mp3 F audio_
95. oundslides ss_ getVolume returns volume as a number 0 100 quiet loud soundslides ss gotoAndPlayImage imgNumber _ plays from a specific image soundslides ss gotoAndStopImage imgNumber advances the timeline to a specific image soundslides ss gotoAndPlaySec second plays from from an audio position soundslides ss_ gotoAndStopSec second fadvances the timeline and stops soundslides ss gotoAndPlayPercent percentage _ plays from a percentage of the timeline soundslides ss gotoAndStopPercent percentage fadvances the timeline and stops soundslides ss nextImage advances and stops on the next image soundslides ss previmage rewinds and stops on the previous image soundslides ss loadNew project loads a new project into the component may be relative relative project or full url full path to project Ls cat eel ao jem cams a Primal ems vm Uae seca Str a aa ee Gees pm ts ee St I Note The above functions cannot be used until after the component has loaded the Soundslides project To define the initial project before the component initializes use this variable r e e e m I soundslides project project may be relative
96. player element individually by clicking the element and using the j l lector Headline color selector More options 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 Below is a default view of the DISPLAY tab for an audio slide show followed by an explanation of each option For options available in captions credits silent play or click through slide shows see the next section Mi Show captions by default E Thumbnails menu MH Play automatically RY Scrubber preview TEMPLATE DISPLAY FONTS TRANSITION SHELL Show header Unchecking this box will hide the Linnellina headline 00FF00 x Center in html Unchecking this box will align the player with the left side of the Web page Show hea Center in TT eo Le SESEESES y TLL ee SHEEE0ee0 SESEEEeees TTL ae a Show controls Unchecking this box will hide all ME Show captions by default controls for the player This should E Thumbnails menu B Play automatically Me Scrubber preview ME Show volume Click on ternplate areas above to change color below captions credits only be used if the play automatically box is checked see ka Loop slide show Show footer Unchecking this box will hide the footer where sizes captions and TEMPLATE credits links can be displayed DISPLAY FONTS TRANSITION SHELL Show sizes Checking this box will display small large
97. player size options in the footer Color presets Headline Show header Show captions Unchecking this box will hide the captions link in the footer Center in html Show controls EAA rE Show credits vV Show credits Unchecking this box will hide the Mi Show captions by default credits link in the footer E Thumbnails menu B Pla automatically PapionE Las Show captions by default W Scrubber preview Checking this box causes the captions to display by default E Loop slide show ing without the user having to click the Mi show volume Click on ternplate areas above to change color captions link Thumbnails menu Unchecking this box will hide the control that loads a menu of image thumbnails in the player See image below 27 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 28 of 94 te Play automatically Checking this box will cause the player to start playing the slide show as soon as it loads enough of the images and audio to allow it Scrubber preview Checking this box will display scrubber thumbnail previews See example below Show volume Checking this box will display the volume control in the player see below Loop slide show Checking this box will set the slide show to play in a loop Options for non audio slide shows Soundslides Plus only Below is a default view of the DISPLAY tab for a non audio
98. ptional Our online video converter http video soundslides net converter works with slide shows created with registered copies of Soundslides or Soundslides Plus on Windows or Mac OS X The converter will convert your slide show to an MP4 file that can be viewed with Apple Quicktime and other video players or uploaded to YouTube Vimeo or other video hosting sites After you are done editing your project click the EXPORT button This will create and open a folder called publish_to_web 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 Since you do not need access to the contents of this folder when using the video converter you can simply close it You will then need to locate the publish_to_web folder by opening your main project folder The publish_to_web folder is located directly inside see screenshot below Name Date modified Type Ji 200_200 8 24 2008 6 27 PM __File Folder Tne Hex a o J 400_300 8 24 2008 6 27PM File Folder system lt a Sa a iy ee Windows Right click on the publish_to_ web i edits 8 24 2008 7 49PM File Folder folder and select Send To then Compressed re 8 24 2008 6 27 PM File Folder zipped Folder This will create a ZIP file which d 9 15 2008 2 59 PM File Folder will now be ready to upload to the converter eee ee Mac OS X 10 5 10 6 Right click Ctrl click on a b as ATEA E EA single button mouse on the publish_to
99. r However in the example below the user name for the MobileMe account is soundslides and the new folder is named slideshow01 so the URL to view this slide show online would be http nomepage mac com soundslides slideshow01 Note This URL is case sensitive So Slideshow01 is not the same Once you get your slide show online you will be able to link to it from your MobileMe Web site or embed it in your pages using the embedding tool For more information on embedding click here 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 79 of 94 Movies Music Pictures http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 78 _ ae Public Sites Software Q ANDO Sites p slideshow01 Troubleshooting 9 1 Lost registration key Didn t receive it Enter the e mail address used when you purchased Soundslides or Soundslides Plus and we ll e mail the registration information If you no longer have access to your original e mail account or the retrieval form fails to find your address in the i i and try to provide as much info database submit a hel as possible about your purchase 9 2 Upgrading from Soundslides to Soundslides Plus Soundslides Plus is an advanced version of Soundslides In addition to all of the features of the original version Soundslides Plus includes Full screen playback e Image movement pan and zoom
100. r clicking on the connector a small Transition window with a drop down menu will appear Sa a ae ee change f 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 I Fade out Fade In Straight Cut individual transition click on the drop down menu and select a new transition type and transition time There are three transition types e Crossfade e Fade out Fade in example http media soundslides com examples 259 fade_out_in e Straight cut example http media soundslides com examples 259 straight_cut If you set the pull down menu to something other than Use template default you will also be able to enter a length of time for the transition Transition You can set the length for the transition anywhere between 0 1 and 9 9 seconds The default is 1 second Crossfade Click the Apply button to finish changing the transition From the SLIDE INFO tab Duration 1 0 S You can also change the type of transition for a single slide from the DETAILS tab under the SLIDE INFO tab Changing the transition here will effect the transition immediately before the selected slide SLIDE INFO DETAILS MOVEMENT Caption 100 _O0461 jpg html tags a b br i u font In point 0 00 0 Transition type Use template default hg There are three transition types e Crossfade e Fade out
101. rameter captionsOnText captionsOfffext creditsOnText creditsOfffext smallPromptText largePromptText value captions hide captions credits hide credits small large Here is an example of what an extra link will look like in a finished slide show menu_top_hex menu_bottom_hex menu_text_hex These allow you to override the color of the elements in the thumbnail menu display Enter the values as six character HEX strings Such as 333333 A list of hex codes can be found here 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 37 of 94 FFFFFF 999999 menu_top_hex menu_bottom_hex menu_text_hex show_thumbnails_ full Setting this value to true will cause the thumbnail menu to take up the entire image area in the player menu_width menu_height These parameters allow you to define the size of the thumbnail menu in pixels menu_columns menu_rows These parameters allow you to control the number of images in a column in the thumbnail menu and the number of rows in the menu By default the thumbnail menu displays as 3 columns wide and 2 rows high The following advanced parameters apply to full screen mode and are only available in Soundslides Plus max_fullscreen_width max_fullscreen_height By default images in full screen mode are displayed at a maximum size of 1000 pixels wide by 800 pixels high You can ove
102. relative project or full url full path to project L http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual 57 of 94 Listener object http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 The Soundslides component uses a listener object to communicate data from the component to the rest of your ActionScript The listener object must be defined in the component parameter listener object Here s an example of the ActionScript for onAudioEnd and onSoundslideData Ss _listen onSoundslideData function project trace project headline f trace project credits trace project totalImages trace project totalTime ss_listen onAudioEnd function trace audio end ss_listen new Object create an object for listening You can also use dot syntax on the array returns like this pm ss _listen onSoundslideData function project i trace project headline trace project credits i Listener object functions All code assumes the component listener is named ss_listen You must create an object before assigning functions to it ss_listen new Object onStartUp Triggered on initial start returns nothing fFs
103. rned on in non full screen mode they ll also be turned on in full screen mode You can turn off captions for full screen mode by setting this parameter s value to false 5 8 Saving all settings as default You can save your slide show s settings as the application s default settings for all new projects Open any slide show then select Save all settings as default from the Tools menu All new projects will now have the same settings as that slide show To change your settings back to the original application defaults select Reset default settings from the sample_project Tools menu File Edit Modify View Help SOUNDSLI Spread images equally 6 Publishing Spread remaining images equally Clear all captions Move al images to bin 6 1 Exporting a slide show Soundslides and Soundslides Plus export a folder containing all the files you will need to upload to your Web server to publish your slide show online When you click the EXPORT button a folder called sample_project oublish_to_web is created inside your main project File Edit Modify View Help folder This folder should then open on your screen Spread images equally SOUN DSLI Spread remaining images equally Your folder may look different from the one above Clear all captions depending on your operating system and your settings However inside you should see Move all images to bin Empty bin 400_300 FOLDER absent if u
104. roject 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 18 of 94 Browse For Folder 4 Ed iting a Choose Project folder s id es h OW project_raw J 200_200 4 1 Adjusting Ji 400_300 J 600_450 timing a custom gt edits There are three main methods for di fullscreen B adjusting the timing of your gt publish_to_web images slider timing in point amp raw timing and drag and drop timing ry thumbs To view subfolders click the symbol next to a folder Slider timing ox Slider editing is the most common method Simply click and drag the slide markers between images to adjust the duration of the images on either side moving the slider will cause one image to display for a longer length of time while the other will display for a shorter length of time Drag and drop timing Drag and drop timing only affects one image at a time and is extremely useful when adding an image to an existing slide show With the SLIDES tab selected click and drag the image from the thumbnail area to the timeline and drop it into place Here s a small screencast demo of drag and drop timing http media soundslides com files drag_dro In point timing You can also enter the point in time in seconds that you would like an image to appear To do this click the SLIDE INFO tab then the DETAILS tab Then type the time into the In poin
105. rol s Save button changed to Apply Apply is more accurate as the button does not save anything Recent projects list will now only appear if there are recent projects available Output now in Flash 9 format to enable full screen capability and benefit from Flash 9 s smoother playback Improved error message when trying to load a missing project from the Recent projects list Visual cue question mark now appears on missing recent projects Improved instructions for shell templates containing settings XML files Improved the reliability of the autoplay feature when playing locally from Windows PCs To prevent confusion slide movement and lower thirds items are now listed with non audio slide shows though they are grayed out with a warning Bug fixes 8 of 94 Fixed issue with mapped drives in Windows Corrected issue where high res images where not sizing correctly in player if replaced outside of application Application now correctly displays the saved color preset name in the Template tab Custom image folder failed to update in some situations if custom size was changed Timing data could become corrupt if either of the Spread images evenly options was used on a non audio slide show Application would incorrectly attempt to process an empty image folder without displaying an error message Edit change warning now appears on all changes Improved error handling when importing images and audio In Mac OS X application fa
106. rride this by setting these parameters to different values up to 1280 After setting these parameters you must re apply the output sizes by selecting Output sizes from the Modify menu then clicking the APPLY button fullscreen_bg_ hex By default the color of the background in full screen mode is set to black You can override this by changing the value of this parameter Enter the value as a six character HEX string Such as 333333 A list of hex codes can be found here http www webmonkey com reference Color_Charts fullscreen_nav_width By default the width of the control bar in the full screen mode is set to 800 pixels You can override this by setting this parameter s value to a different number fullscreen_nav_full By default the width of the control bar in the full screen mode is set to 800 pixels You can force this to cover the full width of the monitor by setting this parameter s value to true fullscreen_caption_size By default full screen mode s caption display inherits the caption font size entered in the FONTS tab http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 128 You can override this font size by setting this parameter s value to a different number 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 fullscreen_caption By default full screen mode inherits the caption settings in non full screen mode So if captions are tu
107. s Help A Encry B Organize Views Play Playall E Sh Fo Fa orite inks Name F OO Fj soundtrack mp3 N E Pictures 1A Music More A soundtrack wav Folders ne d Public a J amp E Computer J amp Network E Control Panel r dii soundtrack mp3 Artists Specify contributing art L MPEG Layer 3 Audio Album Specify album MP3 Genre Specify the genre of mu Seg gse Open Output Folder Y ar J songs it sells and does not allow these Switch Sound File Converter v 2 01 NCH swede Notes These directions do not apply to audio purchased via Apple s iTunes Music Store Apple protects the format of the songs to be converted Soundslides LLC is not affiliated with Apple Inc Apple s iTunes can be used to convert an audio file to MP3 format for use with Soundslides or Soundslides Plus by following these steps 1 Pull down iTunes Edit menu to Preferences This will open the Preferences window 2 Click on the General tab then click the Import Settings button This will open the Import Settings window 3 In the Import Settings window pull down the Import Using menu to MP3 Encoder and pull down the Setting menu to Custom This will open the MP3 Encoder window 4 In the MP3 Encoder window pull down the Stereo Bit Rate menu to 56 kbps If you are working with high quality audio or audio that contains music you may want to pre
108. s Plus slide show Both require the Flash 9 plug in or higher Recent stats http www adobe com products player_census flashplayer version_penetration html put the Flash 9 plug in s penetration at 98 8 percent worldwide What kind of media can Soundslides and Soundslides Plus import Both can import images in the JPG format and audio in the MP3 format Optionally both can import AIFF or WAV audio files if you have the free open source LAME application installed for more information click here ort soundslides com index php How many images can Soundslides and Soundslides Plus import There is no limit to how many images can be loaded but both are optimized to work with 200 or fewer images How do I control the length of an audio slide show The length depends on the length of the audio track which also serves as the timing track If you have a 30 second audio track you will have a 30 second audio slide show Can Soundslides or Soundslides Plus edit audio No You ll need to create a single audio track then import it This is easy to do with audio editing software such 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 5 of 94 as Audacity http audacity sourceforge net a free open source editor for Mac OS X and Windows Here s a simple uide to audio editing http www jtoolkit com audio Audacity_Guide pdf with Audacity Will Soundslides and Sound
109. s allows you to create external links for specific images e New component listener onScreenChanged e New component parameter Show thumbnails full e New adv parameters menu_width menu_height show_thumbnails_full e New query variable added for fullscreen images pathToFullscreenlmages e Added all buttons to onControlButton return listener function in the component e Added return_to_start advanced parameter The slide show will STOP on the first slide after the slide show completes playing note the difference between this feature and looping Looping will play after returning to the start return_to_start will stop after returning to the start Bug fixes e Fixed a problem where non fullscreen images may not all load properly after switching back from fullscreen mode e Corrected issue where the initial_volume parameter failed to work if Play automatically was enabled e allowScriptAccess parameter in swfoject shell s index html file changed to always e Corrected issue where out images were included in the fullscreen folder in exported publish_to_web folder e Corrected an issue where the update image function did not always update the fullscreen image in the exported publish_to_web folder e Corrected an issue where files with the jpeg extension may not be imported e Corrected an issue where any file with the string jog or joeg was added to the image import list e Fixed an errant error message that displaye
110. s not being properly re populated if shell change was canceled Corrected issue where BACK and NEXT buttons would not work correctly under the Slide Movement tab in Soundslides Plus Corrected issue where the player would not scrub the timeline correctly if the scrubber was dragged more than 50 pixels off the player Changes in Soundslides Plus 1 2 Soundslides 1 8 Jan 1 2008 Minor update 658 Jan 8 2008 Minor update 681 Feb 11 2008 Mac OS X only Functionality changed or added Added ability to create a self running slide show without audio Plus only Improvement of buffering for click through images Plus only Added loop option Caption tab renamed Details as tab contains more than just caption info HTML tags in captions are now supported Added ability to type in exact time for in point on a slide Added advanced parameters for JavaScript tracking footer links menu customization and control colors Added embed_width and embed_height variable control to SWF query string Updated all shells to include new export features XML control file format now outputs as default older TXT format still produced for legacy components and players Bugs fixed Mac OS X Fixed an issue with the video plug in where the plug in would launch a Where is error after export Mac OS X Fixed an issue where the Slide movement menu item was displayed even when that feature was not available Plus only Fixed player issue
111. s utilities result Q Embed code lt object clas eid lt lsid D27CDBE E AEZE6D Llief 96BE 444553540000 widrh 8s00 height S 66 id soundalider gt lt param nane novie valuer http media soundslides com exan Modify embed player settings Recent versions of the Soundslides player can be modified via the embed code Change width BOD Change height 566 Disable autoload Disabling autoload prevents the side show from fuly loading until the viewer hits Play This is recommended when embedding m a blog or 4 page wth multiple aide shows 75 of 94 The utility will now create the code to embed your slide show You should see a preview of your slide show when the page loads Below the preview you ll see a text box containing your embedding Note If the text column of your blog page layout is narrower than the size you selected when creating your slide show you can modify settings from this page then click the Modify button Inserting the 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual 76 of 94 embedding code in tumbir http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 Go to your tumbir new Add a Text Post page and click the HTML button above the post window see below You may need to use the Plain Text Editor in tumblr to create or edit advanced post embeds or to control element formatting via HTML To switch to the Plain Text Editor in tumblr cli
112. serve the quality by instead selecting 256kbps General Playback Sharing Store Parental Control Apple TV Devices Advanced Library Name Jonathan s Library Show V Movies Applications J TV Shows V Radio Z Podcasts Vl iTunes DJ 87 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 80 kbps mono 160 kbps stereo joint stereo Sample Rate menu optimized for MMX SSE using MP i i ai 6 Click the OK _ Use eror correction when reading Audio CDs button to close the Use this option if you experience problems with the audio rT ay ST 1 aaier a Ran Cita Ta ee a A ok MP3 Encoder window click OK again to close the importing Import Settings window then click OK a third time Note These settings do not apply to songs downloaded to close the Preferences window from the iTunes Store Cancel 7 Select the audio file you want to convert from your iTunes library Right click Ctri click with a single button mouse and select Create MP3 Version from the pop up menu A converted version of the file Stereo Bit Rate will then appear below the original in your iTunes Use Variable Bit Rate Encoding VBR Up rery G Medium 8 After iTunes converts the file right click With VBR enabled bit rate settings are used for a guaranteed minimum bit rate Ctrl click with a single button mouse on the file
113. sing a custom size 600_450 FOLDER absent if using a custom size fullscreen FOLDER present only if using the Save all settings as default Reset default settings full screen option Soundslides Plus only custom FOLDER present only if using a standard size e audio_hi mp3 FILE e audio_lo mp3 Bed Eom FILE File Edit View Tools Help A Encrypt File A Decrypt File e Open Close PSD e index html a Organize v FILE i e small html FILE absent er jr dh gt sample project gt publish_to_web Name Date modified Type 400_300 6 23 2009 7 44 PM File Folder F Documents 38 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 S publish_to_web if using a raw d thumbs gt a custom size 10 items e soundslide txt FILE e soundslides xml FILE e soundslider swf FILE For more information on uploading your slide show to a Web server click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 117 6 2 The embedding tool Adding your slide show to another Web page optional The online embedding tool works with slide shows made with Soundslides or Soundslides Plus as well as menus made with the Soundslides menu tool http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 79 The embedding tool is available here http tools soundslides com embed Before you can use the
114. slide show The first several options are the same as for an audio slide show By default a project without an audio track will create a click through slide show However you can create a silent play slide show by checking the Enable silent play box which will give you additional options TEMPLATE Once enable silent play is checked DISPLAY FONTS TRANSITION SHELL you can adjust the number of seconds each image is displayed by Color presets changing the number in the Sec per co Op OP RM Show header E4 Center in html show controls I Show footer as soon as it loads enough of the image text box Checking the play automatically box will set the player to start playing images and audio to allow it VBR ee By Show credits Checking the scrubber preview box I Show captions by default will display scrubber thumbnail EE i aan side shaw previews see example in the audio captions credits i RY Enable silent play slide show section above Sec per image peat E ERRE Click on ternplate areas above to change color Saving settings W scrubber preview l If you would like the save settings for use in later slide shows you can use the Save settings button below the player mockup to save an XML file on your hard drive or network When you need the settings later use the Load settings button and locate the file Click on ternplate areas above to change color For information on making your custom settings th
115. slides Flash component you can use it in a shell by following the steps below For more information on the component click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 17 1 Leave the project parameter blank in the Flash component 2 Export your SWF player naming it soundslider swf 3 Copy it to your shell folder The application will now include your SWF player when reading the shell template files Making your shell the default Once you get your shell the way you want it you can rename your shell folder preset and it will be the new default for the application The preset folder will also need to have a settings XML file named ss_settings xml You can create the settings file by opening the application clicking the TEMPLATE tab then the DISPLAY tab and finally the Save settings button 7 2 Tracking image views via JavaScript The Soundslides player SWF file can call a JavaScript function each time an image appears You can use this function to make your slide show register each image view in a JavaScript based tracking system In order to enable tracking you ll need to add an Advanced Parameter by clicking Modify in the menu bar and pulling down to Advanced parameters Click the add button and the following parameter value pair parameter jsFunction Note sFunction is case sensitive value ss_track 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides c
116. slides Plus read the caption info in a JPG file Yes They also allow you to edit captions once the images are imported Can Soundslides or Soundslides Plus import video Not at this time Are there plans to add this functionality We are constantly improving Soundslides and Soundslides Plus and adapting them to customer requests What are the benefits of registering Registration removes the Made with Soundslides DEMO message from your finished slide shows A lot of work has gone into Soundslides and Soundslides Plus and your support helps fund further development You also get free updates for all Soundslides or Soundslides Plus 1 x application releases for a year Will get an installation CD when I purchase a license No Soundslides and Soundslides Plus are only available via Internet download Feel free to make a copy as a backup How much can I customize within a slide show You can control many aspects of the final slide show including most elements of the player If you have access to the Flash application you can load the Soundslides or Soundslides Plus SWF file into another Flash file with ActionScript or use our Flash component http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 17 I m a multimedia producer and just learning Flash If can use Soundslides or Soundslides Plus to make Flash presentations why do I need to learn Flash Soundslides and Soundslides Plus are really good for making audio sli
117. ss faje Lej Fa i A http soundslides org blog wp admin post new php OB new post PET Post Separate multiple categories Visual Code with commas b link b qu i code more Uncategorized close tags lt object width 380 height 348 id soundslider gt lt param name movie fl value http soundslides com files embed soundslider s wf size 28format xmi gt lt param name quality value high gt lt param name menu value false gt lt param name bgcolor value FFFFFF gt lt param name wmode value transparent gt lt embed Tags separate multiple tags with commas cats pet food dogs Discussion Post Password e Editing Save Publish ann My blog Blog Archive new post A tp soundsides org Biog p 5 new post Blog test Were Ya ae po y NSS J D ewe 6 pa OF TOLDA Yor y Leave a Reply Soundslides Embed Utility File Edit View History Bookmerks Window Help a gt A http wwed soundslides com apps utilities C iQ G 72 of 94 http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 show displayed in your WordPress blog 8 5 Embedding your slide show in Blogger To embed your slide show in Blogger you will first need to upload the publish_to_web folder created when you click the EXPORT button in Soundslides or Soundslides Plus For more information on exporti
118. t 67 of 94 View Window Help _ rapid weaver test ia pe lt object classide cisid D27COBGE AESD 1cf G656 444553540000 witne ST haight 348 id soundslidar gt lt paran namna movis vaike hna medis sounds des comfilesembecsaundal derew Sre 2hlormalexm S lt param name ullowSorolAccess value always S lt param name qualily value tigh poam name alowFullScreem valucetuc param name menu valuce alse lt param names boccior valia FEFFFF cenbed src pp imedia souncdsiidas comtlasermadsounvdsidar saf s zaznam quality high bgcolor 4FFFFFF width 380 height 348 menu Talee alowScriptAccess samenDomain allowFullScreen Tue ype epoicalonk shocawave fash Selemped ubject4 Hore Arpit http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 The styled text page can be previewed in RapidWeaver then published For more information about publishing in RapidWeaver select RapidWeaver manual from the Help menu in RapidWeaver You can also contact RapidWeaver s support team via its publisher s support forums http www realmacsoftware com forums index php forums 8 3 Embedding your slide show in iWeb 08 To embed your slide show in iWeb 08 you will first need to upload the publish_to_web folder created when you click the EXPORT button in Soundslides or Soundslides Plus For more information on exporting click here http
119. t text box After entering your new in point an APPLY button will appear Click the APPLY button to set the new timing for the image SLIDE INFO TEMPLATE PROJECT INFO AUDIO DETAILS MOVEMENT Other timing options If you d like to spread some or all of Caption img_1320 jpg html tags a b br i u font the images evenly across the timeline Hundreds of species of mammals birds fish and reptiles have been 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual 19 of 94 documented including several that are either endangered or threatened The vast forests and grasslands also include unique species of plants Grizzlies wolves and free ranging herds of bison and elk live in the park In point 0 00 0 feo i amp sample_project File Edit Modify Vict bale _ Spread images equally m MONDES Citar I ee Move all images to bin Empty bin Save all settings as default Reset default settings SLIDES ADD IMAGE Drag thumbnails above to re order SLIDES Spread remaining images equally http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 you can also choose Spread images evenly or Spread remaining images evenly from the Tools menu Length of slide show The length of a slide show is determined by the length of the audio track For information on replacing the audio track click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp i
120. t can create a wide range of video discs including DVD Video VideoCD and DivX formats To learn more and download Burn click here http burn osx sourceforge net Pages English home html Windows Users have recommended DVD Flick a free open source application that can create a wide range of video discs including DVD Video VideoCD and DivX formats To learn more and download DVD Flick click here http www dvdflick net 10 7 Creating a simple audio only player Here s how to create a simple audio only player using Soundslides or Soundslides Plus 1 Copy a JPG image into a folder this will be a dummy image it will not be seen by viewers 2 Create a new project for more information click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 25 3 Before importing set the output size to Custom It s crucial that you set the height to 10 pixels but the width can be any number 150 pixels or greater 4 Import your image folder from step 1 along with your audio track 5 When the editing interface opens under the Modify menu select Output sizes Then click Custom and change the width to whatever number you used in step 3 and the height to 0 Click the APPLY buttton 6 Under the TEMPLATE tab uncheck the boxes for show header show footer and thumbnails menu You can optionally check the show volume box if you want the volume controller 7 Click the TEST button Your player s
121. third You can then click in the text boxes under name and title to edit the text The in point text box is the timeline position in seconds when the lower third first appears The duration text box is the amount of time in seconds that the lower third will appear You can click in either text box to change when and for how long a lower third appears To add another lower third just click the ADD button again Video tutorial of lower third editing For a video demonstration of lower third editing click here http media soundslides com screencasts lowerthirds Deleting a lower third To remove a lower third click it in the list to highlight then click the DELETE button Using an alternate lower third design Since the design of the lower thirds is contained within the lowerthirds swf file you can replace it with alternate versions To use an alternate design replace the lowerthirds swf file with the version below You ll need to switch the files in the publish_to_web folder after exporting from Soundslides Plus 25 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 26 of 94 Here is an alternate version that adds the voice of text in a line over the name Download http media soundslides com release other lowerthirds voiceof lowerthirds swf zip Example http media soundslides com release other lowerth
122. tton You should now see an Adobe Flash f preview box where your slide show would be To preview the post click the Preview button To publish the post click the Create post button You should now see your slide show displayed in your tumblr blog 8 7 Uploading a slide show to a MobileMe account Note Soundslides LLC is not affiliated with Apple Inc and does not provide direct MobileMe support This tutorial is for educational purposes only Before you can upload a slide 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual Sead medi counddites com Finder File Edit View Window Help Computer T Home Network A Applications DXA Utilities U Recent Folders e Go to Folder OXG Connect to Server 3K soundslides http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 Other User s iDisk Other User s Public Folder Backup Movies Public 77 of 94 Documents Music Sites aOoO Library Pictures Software __j Sites show to Apple s MobileMe service you will need to export your project in Soundslides or Soundslides Plus for more information Below are the steps for copying the files in your project s publish_to_web folder to a folder in your iDisk s Sites folder 1 Open your iDisk From the Finder pull down the Go menu to iDisk then select My iDisk 2 Open your Sites folder In the example belo
123. u can click and drag the slide show to move it on your Web page a iWeb ann Pa Site My Slide Show HTMA Snippet Paste or type HTML to embed on your page Mote Be sure bo vest pour published page to verify that the widget behaves as expected Len More 0 69 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 iWeb file Edit insent format Arrange View Window Help ann iWeb Site Mi me Blank Wrlcome At this point you can publish the page or the site via iWeb s built in publishing methods For My Slide Show more information on publishing with iWeb see iWeb Help under the Help menu in iWeb 8 4 Embedding your slide show in oT 6 neo Note At this time blogs hosted at WordPress com are not allowed to insert embedding code http support wordpress com code flash and other embeds The directions below are therefore only applicable to privately hosted WordPress blogs To embed your slide show in WordPress you will first need to upload the publish_to_web folder created when you click the EXPORT button in Soundslides or Soundslides Plus For more information on exporting click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page amp id 146 For more information on uploading to your Web hosting company s server click here http support soundslides com index php pg kb page
124. ublish_to_web folder and select Compress publish_to_web This will create a ZIP file which can be e mailed easily You ll need to instruct the recipient to expand unzip the file and open the folder s index html file in a Web browser Mac OS X 10 3 10 4 Right click Ctrl click on a single button mouse on the publish_to_web folder and select Create Archive of publish_to_web This will create a ZIP file which can be e mailed easily You ll need to instruct the recipient to expand unzip the file and open the folder s index html file in a Web browser Creating a downloadable slide show Follow the instructions above for e mail then upload the ZIP file to your Web server for more information on uploading files click here http su kb page amp id 117 You ll need to include a link to the ZIP file on your Web site and instruct users to expand unzip the file and open the folder s index html file in a Web browser 10 5 Creating a file to upload to an online converter Some Web hosting services require you to create a ZIP file of your slide show as does the Soundslides video converter for more information on the converter click here http support soundslides com index php After you are done editing your project click the EXPORT button This will create and open a folder called publish_to_web Since you do not need access to the contents of this folder for this tutorial you can simply close it You
125. undslides or Soundslides Plus but the Soundslides component eliminates the need for most ActionScript when loading a slide show into a larger Flash project The component requires Flash CS3 Flash 9 or higher Note The component will not work in Flash CS3 when creating projects in the ActionScript 3 0 environment If you have Flash CS3 create projects in the ActionScript 2 0 environment in order to use the component The current component release is 1012 released June 24 2009 The Soundslides Flash extension is installed via Adobe s Extension Manager If you don t have Adobe s Extension Manager it s a free download http www adobe com exchange em_download Installing the component 1 Download the latest version of the component http store soundslides com apps downloads component and unzip 2 Quit the Flash authoring application 3 Double click on soundslides mxp You should now see the Soundslides extension listed in the Extension Manager Now you re ready to launch Flash and work with the component Notes If you are upgrading from an older version of the component and the extension version does not update you will need to delete the extension and re install If you are using an older version of the component in an existing FLA file you ll need to delete the component from the FLA file s library and add the new component from the component palette 7 4 The component Basics 9 20 10 12 13 PM
126. vided for informational purposes only Soundslides LLC is not affiliated with the FileZilla project and does not provide support for issues you may encounter while using FileZilla or To upload your slide show to your Web server you Reset Skip Count Run to You other FTP applications I m a Christmas Tree Play in iTunes DJ The Purple People Eate Play Next in iT DJ g Spit Shine ay Next in l unes I Yust Go Nuts at Chris Add to iTunes DJ W Thats_My_Nigga Fo_R will need an FTP client which is the software on your computer that connects to the server and copies the FileZilla is a free open source FTP client for Mac OS X and Windows It can be downloaded here http filezilla project org download php7 type client Most of the instructions here can be applied to other Woke up With Wood Uncheck Selection files oa hearse Add to Playlist gt Velcro Fly W Delirious Show in Playlist t Trouble Me Co W These Are Days PY sil acme ects apt FTP clients as well Candy Everybody War l ew 7 Get Album Artwork Cruella De Vil W Places to Go Get CD Track Names Before you upload Wanksta Apply Sort Field Gene Simmons intervie WEL iiy s s Before you can upload a slide show using FileZilla you will need to export your project from Soundslides or Soundslides Plus for more information click here aa ine a p gt 4 AN ep Play w Play all E Documen LA Gene Simmons i
127. view of your slide This tool exists to help you post your published slide shows to a blog or embed them in other pages Slide shows must be pub shed to a web server before using thes tool show when If you d just kke to try t out enter Mtp soundslides com examples fullsc eey as the page the URL For more information on preter wee 3 Soundslides sde show in a blog see our loads Below directions for Blogger and W the preview you ll see a text box OO containing your embedding code Soundslides Embed Utility Copy the File Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help 4 A http wwred soundslides comy epps utilities result Q D embedding code Inserting the 65 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 i Embed code lt object clas id lt lsid D27CDB E AEZ6D Lief 96B6 4445539540000 width s00 height S 6 6 id socundalider gt lt param namer novie valuer http media soundslides com exan Modify embed player settings Recent versions of the Soundslides player can be modfied via the embed code Change width BOD Change height 566 Disable avtoload Disabling autoload prevents the side show from fully loading until the viewer hits Play This is recommended when embedding in 4 blog of 4 page with mukiple side shows Modify embedding code in RapidWeaver 4 Open RapidWeaver and select the Web page wh
128. w the name of the iDisk is soundslides 3 Create a new folder in your Sites folder by pulling down the File menu to New Folder This folder name will be in the URL of your published project so name it something appropriate like slideshow01 4 Now copy the contents of your project s publish_to_web folder to the new folder on the iDisk in this example the folder named slideshow01 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 slideshow01 slideshow0l _jslideshow01 7 items 10 GB available a audio_hi mp3 fullscreen oN were z Tat XML index hom soundslide txt soundslide xml soundslider swf as slideshow01 with MobileMe soundsiides Documents 78 of 94 5 Check the slide show online In order to see your slide show in a browser you will need the to enter the correct URL in the browser s address bar Apple has created some naming confusion with the transition from Mac to MobileMe Even though Homepage and Mac no longer exist the URL homepage mac com is still correct for your iDisk s Sites folder The URL for your slideshow will not be the same as the Web site MobileMe s Web site building tool created For instance if your user name was soundslides you may have created a MobileMe Web site you could view by entering http web me com soundslides in a Web browse
129. will then need to locate the publish_to_web folder by opening your main project folder The publish_to_web folder is located directly inside See screenshot below The next step will depend on your operating Name Date modified Type system 200_200 8 24 2008 6 27PM File Folder J 400 300 8 24 2008 6 27 PM File Folder Windows Right click on the publish_to_web J 600 450 8 24 2008 6 27PM __ File Folder folder and select Send To then Compressed J custom 8 24 2008 6 27PM File Folder zipped Folder This will create a ZIP file which I edits 8 24 2008 7 49PM File Folder can be e mailed easily The ZIP file is now ready 8 24 2008 6 27 PM File Folder to upload to an online converter E publish to web gt 9 15 2008 2 59PM File Folder 8 24 2008 6 27PM __ File Folder Mac OS X 10 5 10 6 Right click Ctrl click on a I thumbs 8 24 2008 6 27 PM Kifaa single button mouse on the publish_to_web A audio_hi mp3 5 22 2006 7 18 PM MPEG Layer 3 Aud folder and select Compress publish_to_web 8 audio_lo mp3 5 22 2006 7 18PM MPEG Layer 3 Aud The ZIP file is now ready to upload to an online bathouse ssproj 12 22 2008 7 15 AM Soundslides Plus converter data txt 12 22 2008 7 15 AM Text Document default html 12 22 2008 7 15 AM Firefox Document Mac OS ANOS TOES IONE CUG CMEC ICTs 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 index html 12 22 2008
130. with volume control when dragging the scrubber Corrected an issue in the player where it was possible for the volume control to display on non audio slide shows if a shell or settings file was used release 658 Jan 8 2008 Fixed a bug seen with image widths above 1000 pixels release 658 Jan 8 2008 Fixed an issue with Scandinavian languages in captions on Mac OS X release 687 Feb 11 2008 Changes in Soundslides Plus 1 1 and Soundslides 1 7 Sept 13 2007 Functionality changed or added 9 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 10 of 94 Added quick keys e g Cmnd S now saves Mac OS X only e Max image size increased to 1280 pixels e Application now checks for updates automatically when possible e Application now remembers the last import directory Previous versions had defaulted to the Desktop in every case Bugs fixed e Fixed import error when re importing audio if an external audio encoder was not installed Windows only 2 Installation 2 1 Installing on Mac OS X The most recent release of Soundslides for Mac OS X can be downloaded here The most recent release of Soundslides Plus for Mac OS X can be downloaded here http store soundslides com apps downloads PlusMac http store soundslides com apps downloads PlusMac Installing the application for all users 1 Log in with an administrator account and downl
131. y reads the EXIF image rotation data from imported JPG files and rotates accordingly Application displays a warning dialog if quit with unsaved changes Added a Clear all captions option under the Tools menu This will clear image captions for the entire slide show Added functionality to save all slide show settings as default Re importing shorter duration audio no longer resets timing points All timings are preserved now Multiple JPG image import now available with the Slides tab s Add image button Clear recent menu item added to the File menu Project folder name now appears in title bar In the application right arrow and left arrow keys can now be used to navigate between images Multiple advanced parameters Improvements to JavaScript reporting system Windows versions now provide warning and troubleshooting information if Windows image processor not available Flash variables allowFullScreen and allowScriptAccess changed to allow full screen functions Plus only Advanced parameter added to control the full screen background color Plus only Advanced parameter added to control some full screen navigation bar properties Plus only Advanced parameter added to prevent auto loading of images and audio with the exception of the first image Media files will load normally once the user clicks the play button autoload false true Timeline pauses if playing when clicking TEST or EXPORT buttons Output size cont
132. ying template shells p15 o 7 2 Tracking image views via JavaScript p68 o 7 3 The component Using Soundslides or Soundslides Plus with Adobe Flash p17 o 7 4 The component Basics p112 o 7 5 The component Using ActionScript p113 o 7 6 The component Embedded fonts p115 o 7 7 The component Examples and source code p114 o 7 8 The component Embed variables for default player p55 e 8 Integrating with third party software and services c27 2 of 94 9 20 10 12 13 PM Soundslides manual http support soundslides com index php pg kb printer friendly amp id 2 o 8 1 Embedding your slide show in Dreamweaver CS3 p77 o 8 2 Embedding your slide show in RapidWeaver 4 p116 o 8 3 Embedding your slide show in iWeb 08 p74 o 8 4 Embedding your slide show in WordPress p71 o 8 5 Embedding your slide show in Blogger p70 o 8 6 Embedding your slide show in tumblr p150 o 8 7 Uploading a slide show to a MobileMe account p144 e 9 Troubleshooting c15 o 9 1 Lost registration key Didn t receive it p40 o 9 2 Upgrading from Soundslides to Soundslides Plus p148 o 9 3 Images are bunched at the end of the timeline p50 o 9 4 Images are rotated after importing p147 o 9 5 Audio plays at the wrong speed or sounds distorted p44 o 9 6 Flash audio does not play after installing Audacity Mac OS X only p37 o 9 7 Active Content warning during testing Internet Explorer only p67 o

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