<table border="0" cellpadding="20px" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td><div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="1_6_4_3.html" title="Overlaying clips in a movie">Previous</a> | <a href="1_6_4_5.html" title="Create Slideshow options">Next</a> | <a href="1_6_0_0.html">Editing Movies</a> > <a href="1_6_4_0.html">Adding clips to a movie</a></div><h4 class="head2">Creating a slideshow or movie automatically</h4><hr /><ol><p class="paragraph">You can create a slideshow or assemble a rough cut of a movie automatically by using the Create Slideshow command. This command places still images, video, or audio from the Media window into the Timeline window on either the Video 1 or Audio 1 track. If you set the Media window to its Icon view, you can use it like a storyboard and arrange the images or clips in the order you want them to appear in the slideshow or movie. The Create Slideshow command can add them either as you arranged them or in the order you select them. </p><p class="paragraph">To control the placement of the slides or clips, you can add unnumbered markers to the Timeline window and choose the option to place the media at those points. This feature is especially useful for matching slides to the beats of a music track.</p><div class="anchorc"><img src="images/em_06.gif" alt="In the Media window, arrange images or clips as you want them to appear in the slideshow or movie. " height="317" width="480" /></div><div class="caption">In the Media window, arrange images or clips as you want them to appear in the slideshow or movie. </div><p class="paragraph">This command can automatically apply the default transition to the cut between clips. Initially, the default transitions are Cross Dissolve for video and Constant Power for audio. You can set the default to any transition you want in the Effects window. </p><p class="paragraph">To change the default transition, see <a href="1_6_4_6.html">Changing the default transition used for Create Slideshow command</a>. </p><p class="note"><span class="bold">Note:</span> The Create Slideshow command can add clips only at the same level in the Media window; it can't add clips within different folders at the same time.</p></ol><p class="headstep">To add clips using Create Slideshow: </p><ol><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="1">(Optional) If you want the media placed at specific points in the movie, add unnumbered markers to the Timeline window.</li><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="2">(Optional) In the Media window, open the folder containing the clips or images, click the Icon button <img src="images/P_IconView_Wi_N.gif" alt="Icon View " height="12" width="12" /> at the bottom of the Media window, and then arrange the media in the order you want it to appear in the movie or slideshow.</li><p class="tip"><img src="images/tip.gif" alt="Tip" height="20" width="20" />For a slideshow with numerous clips, isolate the clips in their own folder in the Media window before arranging or selecting them. (See <a href="1_4_6_3.html">Organizing clips in folders</a>.)</p><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="3">Select the clips you want to add to the movie either by Ctrl-clicking them or by dragging a selection marquee around them. If you didn't arrange the clips in order in step 1, select them in the order you want them placed.</li><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="4">In the Media window, click the Create Slideshow button <img src="images/P_AutomateTimeline_Wi_N.gif" alt="Create Slideshow button " height="10" width="16" /> at the bottom of the window.</li><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="5">In the Create Slideshow dialog box, choose the Ordering option, which determines how to place the slides or clips:</li><ul><li class="bullet" type="disc">Sort Order adds clips in the order they're arranged in the Media window: from top to bottom in the List view or from left to right, top to bottom in the Icon view. </li><li class="bullet" type="disc">Selection Order adds clips according to the order in which you selected them in the Media window. </li></ul><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="6">(Video clips only) For Media, choose how you want to place the clips: with both the video and audio, the video only, or the audio only. </li><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="7">(Optional) If you've used unnumbered markers to indicate where you want the media placed, select Place Images/Clips At Unnumbered Markers.</li><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="8">Choose the other options in the Create Slideshow dialog box as appropriate, and then click OK.</li><p class="paragraph">For information on arranging clips in the Media window, see <a href="1_4_6_4.html">Viewing lists or icons in the Media window</a><span class="jump">. </span>For information on Create Slideshow options, see <a href="1_6_4_5.html">Create Slideshow options</a>.</p></ol><hr /><div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="1_6_4_3.html" title="Overlaying clips in a movie">Previous</a> | <a href="1_6_4_5.html" title="Create Slideshow options">Next</a> | <a href="#top">Top</a> | <a href="1_6_0_0.html">Editing Movies</a> > <a href="1_6_4_0.html">Adding clips to a movie</a></div></td></tr></table>
