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Chapter 14: Creating Slideshows
Create Slideshow is a built-in Flash command that gives you the ability to generate Flash or HTML/SPRY-based
slideshows by simply selecting a folder with images, and adding slideshow options.
This chapter contains the following topics:
• “The Create Slideshow command” on page 250
• “Building or editing a slideshow” on page 250
• “Slideshow properties” on page 252
• “Creating a custom Fireworks album player” on page 254
The Create Slideshow command
Use the Create Slideshow command to carry out the following tasks:
• Export full-sized and thumbnail images at the same time
• Automatically generate an XML file with multiple albums or export an XML file without a slideshow by specifying
a directory of images
• Export full-sized and thumbnail images without creating a slideshow
• Edit an existing slideshow’s properties and add multiple albums to a slideshow
• Add additional images to an existing album
• View and rotate images in the Create Slideshow preview window
• Sort images within an album
• Remove unwanted images and/or albums
• Apply image intervals (how long the image stays on screen) in seconds for a specific album or for all albums
• Apply slide transitions to images in the album
• Export the slideshow to a specific folder
• Use a default Fireworks album player for your slideshow, or find more players on the Fireworks Adobe Exchange
site
The Create Slideshow output is built so that any Flash designer/developer can build a Fireworks Album Player in
Flash that uses the generated XML output.
Building or editing a slideshow
The Create Slideshow command allows you to create a Flash-based (or non-Flash) slideshow by selecting a folder
with images, adding slideshow options, and then generating a slideshow for use on the web. You can edit existing
slideshows by adding or deleting images, or by adding multiple albums to a single slideshow.
