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Timeline
adds a Timeline view to the existing Storyboard view. While Storyboard view is more suited to add and arrange slides, the Timeline view is better when you need to fine-tune the timing of your slideshow.
For more information, see Working with the Storyboard/Timeline and Adjusting Timing in the Timeline.
Audio Waveforms and Audio Markers
Syncing audio with the audio in your slideshow has become much easier with the addition of the audio waveform display. Authoring of audio markers, a feature that has existed for a long time in FotoMagico has also become much easier to use, now that editing them has been moved to the Timeline.
For more information, see Adjusting Timing in the Timeline.
Multiple Layers
Multiple layers of images, movies, or titles now lets you create effects that weren’t possible before. Each layer can be animated independently. For example: image slides with multiple titles which are faded and animated independently, picture-in-picture effects, movies on top of image layers, or pseudo 3D effects.
For more information, see Working with Layers.
Collapsible Tracks
The Storyboard/Timeline lets you collapse audio or visual (images, titles, movies) tracks to save vertical screen real-estate, which is especially convenient for small Notebook screens. When visual tracks are collapsed, you can hover the mouse over a collapsed stack of slides, to automatically expand that stack. This is a quick and convenient way to see all layers, while still conserving vertical screen real-estate.
For more information, see Working with the Storyboard/Timeline.
Inline Authoring Help
Both the Storyboard and the Timeline offer inline help by displaying popover alerts for common authoring errors. These alerts also offer simple one-click solutions to these problems.
For more information, see Working with the Storyboard/Timeline.
Custom Audio Fade-ins and Fade-outs
In previous version of Fotomagico audio fades were dependant on the chosen visual transition between slides. The new version gives you the option to change fade-ins or fade-outs by dragging the left or right edges of audio in the Timeline view to change fade-in or fade-out offsets, in addition to adjusting volume.
For more information, see Adjusting Timing in the Timeline.
Many User Interface Improvements
Fotomagico 4 offers many small improvements to the user interface, including an improved menu layout. This should help to make your authoring workflow more productive.
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