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[Horace]

i have dvd project which has slideshow (including audio).
i went into the slideshow ("edit movies") to add text to each slide.
let's say i have 15 slides.  if i add text to first 10 slides and save, and i then try later to edit the remaining 5 slides, i lose everything i did to the first 10.  how do i save and have changes cumulatively saved, please?

[sknis]

Assuming that you have Creator 8 and not just MyDVD, create your slide show in Video Wave.  Add the text to the internal track for that image so it does not spill over to the next (unless you want it to).  Make sure the image duration is long enough to show the text and any effects you added to it.

Horace, on Jul 24 2006, 09:51 AM, said:

i have dvd project which has slideshow (including audio).
i went into the slideshow ("edit movies") to add text to each slide.
let's say i have 15 slides. if i add text to first 10 slides and save, and i then try later to edit the remaining 5 slides, i lose everything i did to the first 10. how do i save and have changes cumulatively saved, please?

[Horace]

sknis, on Jul 24 2006, 07:17 AM, said:

Assuming that you have Creator 8 and not just MyDVD, create your slide show in Video Wave.  Add the text to the internal track for that image so it does not spill over to the next (unless you want it to).  Make sure the image duration is long enough to show the text and any effects you added to it.

sknis, thanks for tip.  i went into video wave to create my slideshow.  i added text.  problem is every time i add text (say "Slide 1 -- Start"), that same text appears in the next 3 slides.  how do i limit my text to one slide only (i want different text for each slide).  thanks.

[ggrussell]

Swtich to Timeline. Select the text overlay. it should have a faint yellow line around it. To grab the right edge, move the mouse pointer over the yellow on the right edge and the mouse will change to <--->.   Click and drag inward until it matches the slide edge.

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Edited by ggrussell, 25 July 2006 - 06:16 AM.

[T.O.T.G.]

ggrussell, on Jul 25 2006, 06:15 AM, said:

Swtich to Timeline. Select the text overlay. it should have a faint yellow line around it. To grab the right edge, move the mouse pointer over the yellow on the right edge and the mouse will change to <--->.   Click and drag inward until it matches the slide edge.

Or, you could take sknis' advice and:

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Add the text to the internal track for that image so it does not spill over to the next

Edited by TOTG, 25 July 2006 - 06:34 AM.

[Horace]

ggrussell, on Jul 25 2006, 06:15 AM, said:

Swtich to Timeline. Select the text overlay. it should have a faint yellow line around it. To grab the right edge, move the mouse pointer over the yellow on the right edge and the mouse will change to <--->.   Click and drag inward until it matches the slide edge.

ggrussell, thank you!  it works.  using the timeline method, i see that my default has been set at 3 slides-length.  instead of changing each text length, how do i change the default setting to make the length 1 slide long?

[sknis]

ggrussell, on Jul 25 2006, 09:15 AM, said:

Swtich to Timeline. Select the text overlay. it should have a faint yellow line around it. To grab the right edge, move the mouse pointer over the yellow on the right edge and the mouse will change to <--->. Click and drag inward until it matches the slide edge.

... or add the text to the internal track for each image.  In Storyline, click on the slide you want to edit and then on the first icon just above the images and just to the left of the word "Storyline".  You will notice that that image remains highlighted while the rest fade out.  Add the text just as you did before.  Again the text will display only for as long as the duration for that image.