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A well-done slideshow has the power to emotionally engage<br />
your audience beyond what’s possible by viewing static still<br />
photos alone. While Lightroom’s Slideshow module is by no<br />
means the most full-featured product for creating a slideshow,<br />
the fact that it’s integrated into the Lightroom workflow does<br />
give it a major advantage over competing products. With the<br />
introduction of Lightroom CC/6 we gained the ability to add<br />
multiple music tracks, a way to sync slideshow transitions to<br />
the beats in the music, a method to preview the slideshow at<br />
different aspect ratios, an automated pan-and-zoom effect to<br />
liven up the display of still photos, and a number of smaller<br />
tweaks to improve the experience.<br />
My family recently said a sad farewell to our beloved dog of<br />
(almost) 16 years. Sixteen years that spanned a significant part<br />
of my marriage and the entirety of my 14-year-old son’s life to<br />
date. As you can guess, our dog’s life was well documented,<br />
and these photos told not only his story, but the story of our<br />
growing family from our first home to our first move, to our<br />
son’s arrival, to his growth as a young man, and every trip,<br />
snowstorm, naptime, and playtime along the way. I gathered<br />
up a collection of these photos and decided to create a slideshow<br />
to share with family and friends who knew and loved<br />
him, and in so doing gained a new appreciation for this part<br />
of Lightroom. If you’ve written off the Slideshow module or<br />
simply not used it at all, you might want to give it another<br />
chance. Here are some tips to help you get the most out of<br />
the experience.<br />
start with a collection<br />
While not required, it can make the start of the process a<br />
lot simpler. I created a collection for this project and then<br />
set it as the Target Collection by Right-clicking the collection<br />
and choosing that option from the contextual menu.<br />
From there, you can go through your Library and add photos<br />
(and videos) to the collection by selecting them and<br />
pressing the B key (shortcut to add to Target Collection).<br />
I set the sort order of this collection to Capture Time, which<br />
made sense for this project, but you can change the sort<br />
order via the View>Sort menu (or use the Sort menu in the<br />
Library Toolbar). You can even drag-and-drop photos while<br />
in Grid view or the Filmstrip to create a custom sort. This<br />
can always be changed later, if needed. From there, click<br />
the Slideshow button in the Module picker to start creating<br />
the slideshow.<br />
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