PRESENTING AND ASSESSING YOUR WORK
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Disc types explained Most CD and DVD writing software including the recording utilities built into Photoshop Elements can burn slide shows in a variety of disc formats. The most common formats are VCD, SVCD and DVD. The VCD or Video Compact Disc stores shows with the lowest resolution of the three. SVCD or Super Video Compact Disc is next with DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) storing the highest quality presentation. Step 4: Produce the show Produce the slide show by selecting File > Output Slide Show and picking the type of presentation to produce from the Slide Show output dialog. The option to send the presentation to Premiere Elements is only available if this extra program is installed.
Most DVD players can read and display the content of any of these formats, but to be sure that your machine is compatible, check the equipment’s manual.
Figure 46.4 Clicking the photo in the Preview area of the editor switches the contents of the Properties palette to contain simple editing tools. These include rotate left and right, Scale and Crop options, Auto Smart Fix, convert to black and white or sepia and Auto Red Eye Fix. For more advanced editing tasks click the More Editing button to transfer the photo to the Full Edit workspace.
E-mail photocards (see Figure 46.5) Sending e-mails is nothing new, but adding your favorite pictures as attachments is a great way to share your photographs. Add some true spice to your next e-mail message by adding a picture postcard featuring images of a recent party or sites from your latest holiday. Or why not combine your love of photography with the speed and convenience of e-mail to produce the twenty-first century equivalent of the ‘carte de visite’ showcasing the latest family portrait. Many software packages now make the process of making the photograph suitable for the task by playing around with pixel dimensions, compression settings and special web file formats a simple affair. Operating systems like Windows XP allow you to e-mail pictures (as attachments) directly from the folder they are stored in. If you want a little more control, then many of the image editing packages provide this level of flexibility too.
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