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Part IV
An Overview of Slideshows
Aperture makes it easy to create slideshows to present your images. You can select a
project in the Projects inspector or any number of images in the Browser and
immediately display the images in a slideshow on your computer screen. You can
determine the number of images that appear onscreen at one time, set the timing of
the display, add music, and more. Your slideshows can play automatically or you can
control them using keyboard shortcuts, displaying images one by one as you review
them with a client.
To create a slideshow, you select a project or the individual images you want to display
and then choose File > Slideshow.
When the Run Slideshow dialog appears, you can specify how you want images
displayed by choosing a slideshow preset.
Slideshow presets are groups of predefined settings for playing a slideshow. For
example, you can choose a slideshow preset to quickly set up a slideshow as a series of
images that appear four at a time, with a specific display duration and type of transition
between images.
Aperture provides several slideshow presets that you can choose:
 Dissolve: Displays each image for 3 seconds, with a 2-second cross fade.
 Fade through Black: Displays each image on a black background for 3 seconds, with a
2-second cross fade.
 Manual: You control this slideshow’s progression with the Right Arrow and Left
Arrow keys.
 Slow Dissolve: Displays each image for 5.1 seconds, with a 5-second cross fade.
 4-Up Slow: Successively displays four images one at a time, showing each image for
3 seconds and then transitioning with a 2-second cross fade. The first image is
replaced with the fifth, and so on.
 4-Up Fast: Successively displays four images one at a time, showing each image for
1 second. The first image is replaced with the fifth, and so on.
Important:
To display slideshows at the best quality, you should set Aperture to create
high-resolution previews. You can also display slideshows with good-quality images
without creating high-resolution previews. For more information about creating
high-resolution previews, see “