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This tutorial is also included in FxFoto's Help documentation.

Following are typical step-by-step instructions for creating and saving an FxFoto slide show.  In many cases, there are multiple ways of accomplishing a task, though we only present one way here. And of course there are a number of advanced capabilities that are discussed only in other topics detailing individual dialogs and commands.  Creating and saving slide shows requires the FxFoto Deluxe or Creative Editions.

Note: FxFoto Slide Shows and Collages are very similar.  A multi-photo collage is just a single slide with more than one image and the term "Collage" is used in FxFoto for both single and multi-slide presentations.

1. The toolbar button provides a quick way to create common types of new collages, including non-web slide shows.  You can use and press the Slide Show button.  Then just continue with step 4 below.

Otherwise, choose New Collage Wizard and continue with step 2.

2. If you intend to publish the show for on-screen viewing in the FxFoto Viewer or send it over the Internet via email or from a web site, choose Web Slide Show Collage.  This de-resolves photos to so that they look fine on screen but would be fuzzy if printed.  Or choose Slide Show Collage and then uncheck Keep Maximum Photo Resolution in the next step.


To keep maximum photo resolution in the show for future printing or editing of encapsulated images, choose Slide Show Collage.  But this will result in a much larger collage file that is possibly slower in the FxFoto Viewer.

Note that the Files Collage type is normally used for browsing and editing individual photos rather than slide shows.  If you do not use New Collage first, Files Collage is the default.  However, Files Collage is normally limited to only 32 open photos and so cannot have more than 32 slides.  You can increase the Maximum Temp Browsed Pictures setting in Options, but it is best to start with the Slide Show Collage or Web Slide Show Collage types, which do not limit the number of open photos.

After choosing the collage type, press .

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