Creative Tips and Tricks

Tips for adding and using content in your shows.

ProShow Standard, Gold and Producer

	ProShow has over 280 transition effects to choose from.
	Click the Transition icon between two slides to access the Transition Chooser.

	Turn the composition lines on and off in Slide Options or Show Options.
	Right-click in the preview window in Slide Options and click < Show Composition Lines >.

	Add a custom background to your entire show.
	Go to Show Options and click the Background icon. Configure the Show Background as desired.

	Remove red-eye in Proshow.
	Double-click on the slide containing the image with red-eye and click the Editing icon. Click < Red-Eye > and make changes as desired.

ProShow Gold and Producer

	Add motion effects to your slide show.
	Double-click on the slide you would like to add motion to and click the Motion icon in Slide Options.

	Use built-in text effects to add interest to you captions.
	In Slide Options, click < Captions >. Select Text Effects to apply to captions from the drop-down lists. Click < Select > to preview the effects.

	Make basic image adjustments in ProShow.
	Double-click on the slide to make adjustments to and click the Editing icon. Make changes as desired.

	Trim video clips to exactly the portion you want to use in ProShow.
	Double-click on the slide containing the video that you want to trim. With the video layer selected, click < Trim Video > in the Layers section of Slide Options.