https://manual.fotomagi.co/ 2026-04-27T14:15:18+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/ https://manual.fotomagi.co/lib/tpl/codowik/images/favicon.ico text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:adjusting_timing_in_the_timeline?rev=1763301242&do=diff Adjusting Timing in the Timeline This section describes how to adjust slide durations, audio fade-ins/fade-outs, audio volume and sync images to audio. First switch to Timeline view by clicking on the Timeline button. Then select an appropriate timescale by using the slider at the bottom left of the window. By dragging the slider to the right, you zoom in horizontally, and any adjustments you make to the timing will be more precise. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:animation_assistant?rev=1763301242&do=diff Animation Assistant Select one or more visual items in the Storyboard or Timeline. Then choose from the to open the assistant. The assistant lets you apply animations to the selected visual items by choosing from several options. You can choose animation options for different types of images, movies, and titles separately, because for each type slightly different settings are most useful. Usually you choose your settings in this assistant once (according to your personal likes), and then you … text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:audio-options?rev=1763301242&do=diff Audio Options The Audio Options inspector lets you change parameters of selected audio in the Storyboard/Timeline. You can make changes to multiple audio items at once by selecting several items in the Storyboard/Timeline before adjusting settings in the Audio Options inspector. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:audio_browser?rev=1763301242&do=diff Audio Browser Click the Audio icon in the toolbar to reveal the Audio Browser in the sidebar. The Audio Browser lets you browse the songs from your iTunes music library, audio files from iLife Sound Effects, and audio files from any Finder folder you choose to add. Drag any folder that contains movies to the list to permanently add this folder to the list. Optionally you can right-click on the list background to show a context menu and select the text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:audio_marker_assistant?rev=1763301242&do=diff Audio Marker Assistant Audio markers are used to synchronize slides with audio, usually the beat of music. Audio markers can be added directly in the Timeline. However, using the Audio Marker Assistant is much more powerful and convenient, so it is the recommended method to create markers. Select text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:controlling_audio_volume?rev=1763301242&do=diff Controlling Audio Volume FotoMagico offers various ways to control the volume of individual audio items. In addition, there is a master volume slider at the bottom right of the document window. Audio Volume The simplest method to control volume for a single audio item is to select it in the Storyboard or Timeline, and then use the volume slider in the text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:creating_a_custom_quicktime_movie?rev=1763301242&do=diff Creating a Custom Video Should none of the other sharing options be sufficient for your needs, you may want to consider exporting your slideshow to a custom video file. Please note, that this is not for the faint of heart, as quite a bit of QuickTime knowledge may be required to obtain good results. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:creating_a_dvd?rev=1763301242&do=diff Creating a DVD Many users wish to present slideshows in the comfort of their living room, using their TV set and a DVD player. While this does no justice to the quality of FotoMagico slideshows, FotoMagico helps you create a DVD of your slideshow. FotoMagico does not burn a DVD directly. Instead it creates a QuickTime movie file and relies on third party software like Roxio Toast Titanium or Apple iDVD to burn the DVD. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:creating_a_standalone_player?rev=1763301242&do=diff Creating a Standalone Player Once your slideshow is finished you may want to share it with other people who do not have FotoMagico installed on their computer. Creating a standalone player is the best option, because it displays the slideshow with the original FotoMagico playback engine, thus retaining the full quality of your slideshow. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:creating_a_template_slideshow?rev=1763301242&do=diff Creating Snippets If you are a professional photographer that has to create very similar slideshows over and over again, then creating a Snippet slideshow may be for you. An example is a wedding slideshow. The overall story and structure of the slideshow is always always the same, only the faces change. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:creating_for_youtube?rev=1763301242&do=diff Creating a YouTube Video Once your slideshow is finished you may want to share it with others as a YouTube video. In order to do this, you will need a YouTube or Google account. If you do not have an account, you need to set one up on YouTube. Select text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:fine_tuning_animation?rev=1763301242&do=diff Fine Tuning Animations This section shows you how to fine tune animation (for images, movies and titles). First you need to turn on animation with the Enabled checkbox in the Slide Options inspector. The Stage displays the currently selected slide twice - the start position on the left side, and the finish position on the right side. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:fotomagico_preferences?rev=1763301242&do=diff FIXME Diese Seite wurde noch nicht vollständig übersetzt. Bitte helfen Sie bei der Übersetzung. (diesen Absatz entfernen, wenn die Übersetzung abgeschlossen wurde) FotoMagico Preferences This is where you apply settings that affect the application's behavior globally. To open the preferences pane, select text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:fotomagico_terminology?rev=1763301242&do=diff FotoMagico Terminology In order to understand the following chapters in this manual you may want to familiarize yourself with the terminology used by FotoMagico: * Slideshow - Your entire project, which is made up of images, movies, titles, transitions and audio. Your end product. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:getting_started?rev=1763301242&do=diff Getting Started The following tutorial video explains how to create your first slideshow. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:image-options?rev=1763301242&do=diff Image Options The Image Options inspector lets you change settings of selected images in the Storyboard/Timeline. You can make changes to multiple images at once by selecting several images in the Storyboard/Timeline before adjusting settings in the Image Options inspector. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:image_browser?rev=1763301242&do=diff Image Browser Click the Images icon in the toolbar to reveal the Image Browser in the sidebar. The list at the top shows your Photos, iPhoto, Aperture, and Adobe Lightroom libraries, or any Finder folder containing image files. You can exclude some of these libraries or folders by unchecking the corresponding items in the text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:introducing_the_user_interface?rev=1763301242&do=diff Introducing the User Interface The FotoMagico user interface consists of the document window and a few other windows you may access occasionally. You will spend most of your time in the document window, which is divided into four main areas: 1. Storyboard & Timeline text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:layer-options?rev=1763301242&do=diff Layer Options The Layer Options inspector lets you change parameters of selected layers (images, movies or titles) in the Storyboard/Timeline. You can make changes to multiple layers at once by selecting them in the Storyboard/Timeline before adjusting parameters in the Layer Options inspector. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:movie-options?rev=1763301242&do=diff Movie Options The Movie Options inspector lets you change settings of selected movies in the Storyboard/Timeline. You can make changes to multiple movies at once by selecting several movies in the Storyboard/Timeline before adjusting settings in the Movie Options inspector. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:movie_browser?rev=1763301242&do=diff Movie Browser Click the Movies icon in the toolbar to reveal the Movie Browser in the sidebar. The list at the top shows your Aperture, and Adobe Lightroom libraries, or any Finder folder containing movie files. You can exclude some of these libraries or folders by unchecking the corresponding items in the text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:new_in_fotomagico?rev=1763301242&do=diff New in FotoMagico 5 Slideshow Snippets Snippets provide a whole new way to create complex slideshows with pre-built reusable components. Using these components saves a lot of time over manually composing the same slideshow. Snippets come in a variety of categories, like Intros, Titles, Credits, Splitscreens, Stories, Music, and more. Simply drag snippet from the new Snippets Browser to the Storyboard or the Stage. If a snippet contains placeholder images, then simply replace those placeholders… text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:playing_slideshows?rev=1763301242&do=diff Playing Slideshows There are two options for playing a slideshow: previewing in the document window and playing in full-screen mode. If you have multiple displays connected to your computer, or if you have a projector connected to your Mac, you can choose any of those displays or the projector for a full-screen presentation. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:record_narration?rev=1763301242&do=diff Record Narration In FotoMagico you can record audio directly to the Narration track. Select from the menu to reveal the Record Narration panel. First select the desired workflow and input source (microphone). You may also want to adjust the input level of the selected microphone. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:sharing_slideshows?rev=1763301242&do=diff Sharing Slideshows After you have created and played a slideshow in Boinx FotoMagico, you may want to share your slideshow with others who do not have FotoMagico or even a Mac computer. FotoMagico offers a variety of options to share your slideshows. You can choose these options from the text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:slide-options?rev=1763301242&do=diff Slide Options The Slide Options inspector lets you change settings of selected slides in the Storyboard/Timeline. You can make changes to multiple slides at once by selecting several slides in the Storyboard/Timeline before adjusting settings in the Slide Options inspector. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:slideshow_settings?rev=1763301242&do=diff Slideshow Settings Select from the menu to open the Settings sheet. It is divided into four seperate panes: Stage, Info, Options, and Advanced. Stage This pane contains the visual settings for a slideshow. Stage Size The stage Size determines the aspect ratio of your slideshow (16:9, 3:2, 4:3 or custom). For best results, choose a stage size that matches the resolution of your intended display device, like a Cinema Display or a Full HD projector. If your slideshow is likely to be presen… text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:snippets_browser?rev=1763301242&do=diff Snippets Browser Click the Snippets icon in the toolbar to reveal the Snippets Browser in the sidebar. The list at the top shows folders with different categories of snippets. Drag any folder that contains FotoMagico snippet files to the list to permanently add this folder to the list. Optionally you can right-click on the list background to show a context menu and select the text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:start?rev=1763301242&do=diff text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:storyboard_and_timeline?rev=1763301242&do=diff Storyboard & Timeline The Storyboard and Timeline view at the bottom of the document window is the main area for authoring your slideshow. The Storyboard and Timeline view have a header, one or more visual tracks, and up to 3 audio tracks. They both allow you to create and edit your slideshow. You can use both views to perform most of the same functions, however, some tasks are easier to achieve in one view than the other. You can only display one view at a time. Use the Storyboard button or t… text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:text_editing?rev=1763301242&do=diff Text Editing To add a new title, first make sure that a single slide is selected. Then click on the “Add Title” button in the toolbar. A new title appears, already in editing mode. Editing mode is visualised with a yellow frame. Since the whole text of the title is selected, you can start typing. Once you are done, press Enter or click anywhere on the Stage outside the yellow frame. The frame turns white again, indicating that you are no longer in editing mode. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:the_stage?rev=1763301242&do=diff work-in-progress The Stage The Stage displays the layers of the currently selected slide. The layers can be freely zoomed, positioned, and rotated on the Stage. In addition to the slide layers, there may also be an optional background layer and an optional foreground layer (watermark). Both can be set by selecting the text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:title-options?rev=1763301242&do=diff Title Options The Title Options inspector lets you change the attributes of selected titles in the Storyboard/Timeline. You can make changes to multiple titles at once by selecting several titles in the Storyboard/Timeline, and then making the desired modifications in the Title Options inspector. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:toc?rev=1763301242&do=diff Introduction * What is FotoMagico? * New in FotoMagico 5 * Introducing the User Interface * FotoMagico Terminology Guides * Getting Started * Working with the Storyboard/Timeline * Working with the Stage * Working with Snippets * Working with Layers * Adjusting Timing in the Timeline * Controlling Audio Volume * Text Editing * Working with Masks * Working with Chapters * Creating Snippets * Playing Slideshows * Sharing Slideshows * Creating a Standalone Pl… text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:transition-options?rev=1763301242&do=diff Transition Options The Transition Options inspector lets you select type, duration, and other parameters for the transitions between slides. To change the transition for multiple slides at once, select the slides in the Storyboard/Timeline and choose the desired transition type in the Transition Options inspector. Depending on the type, additional parameters are shown as appropriate. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:what_is_fotomagico?rev=1763301242&do=diff What is FotoMagico? FotoMagico is an application for creating and presenting live multimedia slideshows. The primary goal is to present your pictures with the best possible image quality that your display device offers. Typical display devices are your computer's screen, a digital projector, or a television. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:working_with_chapters?rev=1763301242&do=diff Working with Chapters If your slideshow is very long, chapters can help to structure your slideshow into logical parts. Chapters offer several benefits during authoring and playback, they include: * Chapters can be collapsed or expanded in the Storyboard. Collapsing chapters that you are not currently working on saves a lot of horizontal space and thus less horizontal scrolling is required. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:working_with_layers?rev=1763301242&do=diff Working with Layers Layers are a way to add multiple images, movies, or titles to a slide. For example: you can have a slide with one image and multiple titles, a splitscreen slide with multiple images, or a picture-in-picture slide. There are a lot of creative ways to use layers. Each layer can be animated and faded independently. A slide can have a up to six layers, regardless of the layer type (image, movie, or title). text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:working_with_masks?rev=1763301242&do=diff Working with Masks With mask you can restrict the visible part or any layer (image, movie, or title) to a defined region. There are two types of masks: rectangular and oval. In addition a mask can have a soft edge to achieve certain special effects. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:working_with_snippets?rev=1763301242&do=diff Working with Snippets Snippets provide a whole new way to create complex slideshows with pre-built reusable components. Using these components saves a lot of time over manually composing the same slideshow. Snippets come in a variety of categories: text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:working_with_the_stage?rev=1763301242&do=diff Working with the Stage The Stage takes up the largest part of the document window. It displays the visual items (layers) of the currently selected slide. A visual item may be an image, a movie, or a title. These visual items can be freely moved, sized, and rotated on the Stage. text/html 2025-11-16T13:54:02+00:00 https://manual.fotomagi.co/en:working_with_the_storyboard_timeline?rev=1763301242&do=diff Working with the Storyboard/Timeline At the bottom of a FotoMagico document window you can see the Storyboard or the Timeline. The Storyboard and Timeline display your slideshow data. They allow you to create and edit your slideshow. You can use both views to perform most of the same functions, however, some tasks are easier to achieve in one view than the other. You can only display one view at a time. Use the Storyboard button or the Timeline button to toggle between the two views. You can al…