Description of the timeline
The timeline lists the slides
which compose the project: it is constituted by 3 tracks:

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The background track:
slides are listed by the left towards the right. For
every slide are shown:
- An icon corresponding to the transition selected
to pass of the previous background to this slide (if
a new background is defined).
- A thumbnail representing the background associated
with this slide.
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The mounting track:
slides are listed by the left towards the right. Every
slide is represented by:
- An icon corresponding to the transition selected
to pass of the previous slide to this slide under
which is indicated the duration in second of the
transition.
- A thumbnail is in the shape of photo for slides
consisted of title or photo or in the shape of movie
(under which is placed a soundtrack).
- Possibly an icon
seems lower left if
the slide is livened up (that is consisted of more
than a shot).
- Thumbnail represent the first image of the
slide.
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The music track:
- Every playlist is shown by alternation of color.
- The track is more or less filled according to the
sound volume selected with display of the variations
of volume.
- The musical transitions (fade in/out) are shown in
the form of crossing.
- The possible pause are symbolized by a passage in
the volume 0 and of the icon
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The timeline has 2 different modes of display:
Using preview mode, the priority
is given to the multimedia player who occupies the main part
of the available surface.
The timeline is reduced to only one line
Using sheet mode, the priority
is given to the slide thumbnails who occupies the main part of
the available surface.
The multimedia player is reduced to a small space located near
the toolbar.
Slide thumbnails are shown on several lines like a sheet
musical.
To modify an element:
To reorder the slide in the timeline
- Simply drag slide to a new position using mouse (Drag
& drop)
To modify the display of the timeline:
The timele settings commands are
located in the status bar, to the right, at the bottom of the
main window.

Allows to increase the size of thumbnails but reduces the
number of thumbnails shown in the timeline.

Allows to reduce the size of thumbnails but increases the
number of thumbnails shown in the timeline.

Switch the display to the
preview mode

Switch the display to the sheet mode
See also
ffDiaporama 1.0 - July 2011