insert images into the Digital PixMaster™ template, or select images from any application, directory, CD, DVD, etc. to import via “drag and drop” or “copy/paste” into the template. When images are transferred into the Digital PixMaster template the image is automatically resized accordingly. The original source image is left unaltered.
Repeat this process until all of the desired images are in the template. The figure below shows an example of a Digital PixMaster™ slideshow after images have been imported via “drag and drop” from other applications and directories.
Below each image is the slide number, the time duration the image will be displayed, and whether or not a transition effect has been selected for that image.
6.6Pull-Down Menus, Controls, Commands
Across the top of the Digital PixMaster application are the
File |
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| Digital Frame | |
New |
| Undo |
| Preview Slideshow |
| Send Slideshow | |||
Open… |
| Redo |
| Status Bar |
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Close |
| Cut |
| Toolbar |
| Update Firmware | |||
Save |
| Copy |
| Slide Properties |
| Properties | |||
Save As… |
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| Paste |
| Switch View |
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Preferences… |
| Delete | Del |
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Recent Files |
| Select All |
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Exit |
| Insert |
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Insert Empty Slide
Table 1 – Application Commands: File, Edit, View, Digital Frame
6.7Naming and Saving Slideshows
Create, name, and save different slideshows using naming conventions of your choice. To save a slideshow, click on File then select “Save” or “Save As” to save the slideshow. The file extension for MemoryFrame slideshows created with Digital PixMaster is “.pd2” extension. Digital PixMaster can have only one slideshow open at one time. If you choose to open a new blank slideshow while another is already open, the program will close the first one (asking you if you want to save first) before opening the new blank one.
•Image Decompression takes about 5 seconds
•Scaling an image can take another 10 seconds
•Rotating images takes the same time as scaling images. Even if 600x800 to begin with, preparing a portrait image adds another 10 seconds
•Background tasks that occur immediately after
To help homogenize the performance of the MemoryFrame, images are cached for display. If an imager is available in the cache, it can be displayed immediately. The key to a fast slideshow is understanding how to keep the cache full.
With a best case of 5 seconds per image to decompress, it becomes clear than it is nearly impossible to achieve the 1 second minimal duration that is allowed. However, strategically placing "pause" slides will allow the cache to become populated.
Here are some tips on how to optimize performance:
•Do not have more than
•Avoid long stretches of slides with durations of 5 or fewer seconds
•Throw in "pause" slides with content that the viewer will need time to study
•If using
•Make sure that images are no larger than 800 pixels wide and 600 pixels tall or, if using Portrait Mode, 600 pixels wide and 800 pixels tall
•Use transition effects between slides
12.2Steps to Create 16:9 Content for MemoryFrame (Landscape)
The MemoryFrame is designed to show 4:3 aspect on the internal display. The VGA Out interface of the MemoryFrame allows simultaneous display to large format monitors. These may be a large 16:9 aspect display such as a plasma monitor or HDTV monitor. By following the steps below, images can be composed so that they appear correctly on a 16:9 display.
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