FotoMagico Preferences
This is where you apply settings that affect the application's behavior globally. To open the preferences pane, select Preferences from the
menu or press ⌘;. Preferences are grouped into five different areas, each of which is represented by a tab in the preferences window:General
- Create new document at application launch - when checked, this will create an empty document after launching the application.
- Show assistant when creating new document - opens an assistant that guides you through the process of setting up a document.
- External editors - lets you choose applications for editing images, movies, and audio files.
- Number of undo steps - enter the number of undo steps you can perform, default is 10.
Libraries
- Media libraries - lets you choose whether iPhoto, Aperture, Lightroom, iTunes and Flickr libraries should be loaded. Excluding some libraries reduces the memory footprint and loading times.
- Browser appearance - determines how image and movie thumbnails are being displayed in the Image Browser and Movie Browser. Choose whether thumbnails should be displayed with a border, shadow, and name. The background color for the Image browser can also be selected.
Authoring
The When inserting images section determines which default animation is applied to images that are added to a slideshow.
- Apply automatic animation - When checked a slow animation with alternating zoom in and zoom out is applied to inserted slides.
- Keep landscape images completely visible - When checked a small zoom level is applied, so that horizontal images are completely visible on the stage. If unchecked, a higher zoom level makes sure that the image covers the stage and no background is visible.
- Keep portrait images completely visible - When checked a small zoom level is applied, so that vertical images are completely visible on the stage. If unchecked, a higher zoom level makes sure that the image covers the stage and no background is visible.
If you want more control over the animation, then use the
assistant from the menu, or change the settings in the Options Inspector at a later time.- The When adding audio section determines if newly added audio is initially linked to slides. The audio can either stay where it is, or it can move along with the slides above it as you rearrange slides. This behavior can be decided for each audio item and can be changed in the Audio Options Inspector later.
- Always link audio to slides - When checked, the audio will always stay with the slides when you move them.
- Never link audio to slides - When checked, the audio will stay where it is. If you move slides, the audio will not move.
- Let Fotomagico choose (depending on situation) - When checked, FotoMagico will decide if the audio should be linked if dropped below the existing slides, or unlinked if dropped into an empty section in the Storyboard/Timeline.
Playing
Options that apply when playing your slideshow:
- Spacebar preview behaviour - Defines whether pressing the Spacebar key to preview a slideshow starts/stops playback, or whether it starts/pauses playback.
- De-interlace - When checked video files are displayed with a de-interlacing algorithm. This leads to much nicer video playback, but this option requires more processing power. If video playback stutters on your computer, you may want to turn off this feature.
- iPhone Remote - When enabled the iPhone remote application for FotoMagico (separately available on the iTunes app store) can be used for interactively controlling a live presentation. Enter a PIN code to protect your Macintosh from unauthorized access to FotoMagico.
Software Update
Determines whether and how often FotoMagico will look for updates. In addition to that, you always click the Check Now to find out whether a new version is available. You can also decide to send us information about your system configuration, which allows us to improve support for future releases.
- Never - Never look for new versions of FotoMagico.
- Monthly - Check monthly whether a new version is available.
- Weekly - Check weekly whether a new version is available.
- Daily - Check daily whether a new version is available.