# PictureLive DVD

The PictureLive DVD lets you enjoy a slide show on your TV.
Insert the DVD into the DVD player attached to your TV, or into your computer’s DVD drive and play the DVD just like a video DVD. The slide show is comparable with a video movie and it is controlled in the same way (Play, Pause, Fast Forward, ...).

Start by pasting the required images into the product editor.

## The Object Toolbar for the PictureLive DVD

The PictureLive DVD has its own object toolbar which differs from other product editors.

You will find the following settings in the toolbar:

#### DVD Title

This is where you type the name for the DVD title. The title is displayed as the movie title in the front credits of the DVD.

#### Music/Effects

The slide show starts with front credits (frequently a 3D animation) with the title, title image, and background music. All other images are faded in using transition effects.
The introduction, transition effects and background music together comprise a theme, which you can select here.
Clicking on the small question mark icon behind the selection box opens a Web page in your browser where you can view themes in sample movies.
(Users with the "Firefox" browser will need to install a plugin for this; the web page automatically offers to download the plugin for you.)

#### Display duration of individual slides

Use this to set how long you want to view each image.
The duration range is between 1 and 60 seconds.
A duration of at least 5 seconds should be sufficient to view the image fairly closely on your TV screen.
The number of images multiplied by the display duration is approximately equal to your PictureLive DVD’s playing time.

#### "Sort"

You can sort the images either chronologically by date of creation, or alphabetically by filename. Chronological is the right choice for images that you want to view in the order in which they were taken. If you renamed the images previously by topic to achieve a specific order, alphabetic sorting makes more sense.

You can manually change the image order in the editor by dragging and dropping the images.

#### Rotate image

The two icons rotate the selected image (or multiple selected images) clockwise or counter-clockwise (CW), making sure that the image is the right way up on screen.

#### Select cover image

The selected image is used as your title image in the opening credits, assuming you have made a selection in Music/Effects.
It is not printed on the DVD case inlet or the DVD itself.

#### Delete images

This removes the selected image or the selected images from your DVD.

## The PictureLive DVD Product Editor

Each photo inserted into the product editor is listed with a thumbnail preview in the product editor.

The photo that you select as the title image for your DVD is highlighted with a frame.

If you hover the mouse over a thumbnail, the following information for this image is shown as a tooltip: the size, the filename, and the date and time the picture was taken.

You can move images to change the display order on the DVD.

Double clicking a thumbnail opens the image for editing in the photo viewer. (See the Chapter "Editing Images").