SLIDESHOW time duration

Old Hippie

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Jul 17, 2011 18:27

I have a SLIDESHOW with 10 photos.
How do I change the duration of the SLIDESHOW from X seconds to Y seconds?
Dragging each end don't work: <->
Changing the duration of each photo, then putting them in a SLIDESHOW don't work.

ClancM

Senior Member Location: New York Joined: May 26, 2011 22:19 Messages: 175 Offline

Jul 17, 2011 18:34

If you add more photos it will extend the duration, you could also reduce the speed with PD's power tools.

Bubba in TX

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Jul 17, 2011 19:49

You using the slide show wizard? If so it makes it the length it "thinks" it should be, that's why not many people ever use it, besides all the other things it does wrong...

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ynotfish

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Jul 17, 2011 23:35

Hi Old Hippie -

As stated above, using the templates means your slideshow is subject to PD's "thinking". If you produce the slideshow as a video file, THEN you can slow it down with Power Tools > Video Speed.

Here's Cap'n Kevin's toot about that... http://www.youtube.com/user/PDtoots#p/u/29/dMqUCY2rjJA

If you build it manually, as Bubba prefers, you can make the durations whatever you want.

Here's another toot with a few ideas about using & customising slideshows in PD... http://www.youtube.com/user/PDtoots#p/u/0/J6PDeatLY1Q

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Old Hippie

Newbie Joined: Feb 16, 2008 18:25 Messages: 41 Offline

Jul 21, 2011 08:44

Quote: If you add more photos it will extend the duration, you could also reduce the speed with PD's power tools.

NOTE: 10 photos, not 11.
Power Tools is grayed out when selecting the photos.

BarryTheCrab

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Jul 21, 2011 08:52

Make your slideshow, produce it, and then take that new file and slow it down in powertools.
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