Template creation question

[nut4nascar2 Profile Private message]

I would like to know how to create templates so I can post them for the group to use. Do you create the blank images in Photoshop? Is there any posts explaining how to do this?

Thanks

Sandy

[okbirdman]

Hello Sandy

You may use Photoshop to create frames which can be placed/sized (with transparent centers) in slides in Producer. When you create slides in Producer there is an option to make a layer replaceable (or not if you want to keep the image in the new slideshow based on the template). Very easy to modify/change a slideshow based on a template. The transitions, transparency, size of images, panning, zooming, etc., are all kept with the template so you don't need to change these settings once you tweak your slide. Not sure this explanation is thorough enough, but I'm just getting into this, myself.

Feel free to send me e-mails, if desired:

okbirdman@myway.com

Glad to assist in any manner I can.
Ken

[dlhbrantley]

I am not sure if this is what you are asking but you can make any one of your shows a template . When your show is open go to show- show templates- save as template. As far as how to share I don't know how to do that yet. I am just learning. [/b]

[gpsmikey Profile Private message]

You might want to test it with a test show first - I sort of remember reading
the comment that when it strips all the "extra" stuff out to make it a template,
that the show you have open now is missing that info (if you haven't saved it,
it would be a problem). Try doing that with a copy of a show - make a copy,
open it then "save as template". I may be wrong, but better safe than sorry.

mikey

[nannybear Profile Private messageWebsite]

No you are right Mikey. The trick is also to pay attention to the little box for the layer that asks you if you want this image replaced or not. That way if you have masks as layers they will stay and just the images get replaced by a marker. Hope that makes sense! Cheers Jan