Slideshow settings include all properties that are exclusively related to the program’s slideshow feature. As already mentioned in section Context Menu of the Slideshow, some of the settings explained in this section can also be changed directly via the slideshow’s context menu. But beforehand take a closer look at figure below to get an overall impression about all possible settings.
As shown in figure above, the slideshow settings do not use special groups to arrange its values. However, it shouldn’t be waived to reflect each parameter in detail. Right here is seems to be reasonable to point out again that the slideshow is only able to handle picture inside one single directory. Technically it wouldn’t be a problem to show all picture under one of the main nodes. But this might cause under circumstance an unnecessary delay while switching from one picture to another because the “next” picture could be located in the “last” folder.
Repeat slideshow
This checkbox allows users to define whether the slideshow is executed in an endless loop or it is automatically stopped after displaying the last picture. This parameter corresponds to menu item Repeated of the slideshow’s context menu. This settings parameter is deactivated by default.
Start slideshow suspended
This checkbox allows users to define whether the slideshow is suspended as soon as the first picture is shown. This parameter corresponds to menu item Pause of the slideshow’s context menu. This settings parameter is deactivated by default.
Interpolation
This checkbox allows users to define if the pictures of the slideshow should be painted “smoothly” or not. Interpolation means in detail that all pixels are displayed blurry as soon as a high magnification is used. This in turn allows a better overall impression of a shown picture. On the other hand, if interpolation mode is deactivated than all pixels are shown “sharply”. This settings parameter is activated by default.
Interval
This control allows users to define the delay in seconds to wait until switching to the next picture. The value provided here affects for example the behavior of menu items Faster and Slower of the slideshow’s context menu. For instance, if a user defines here a delay of four seconds and if menu item Faster is called later on then the slideshow switches to next picture after two seconds. Vice versa, if menu item Slower is used instead then the next picture is shown after eight seconds. This means in last consequence the program’s slideshow provides all in all three different speed levels. These speed levels are slow, normal and fast. The interval’s default value is set to 5 seconds.
Border width
This control allows users to setup the minimum width of the sounding border. The border width value is provides as number of pixels and can vary in a range of 0 up to 100. The border width’s default value is set to 10 pixels.
Background
This button allows users to change the background color. But this color value only affects the slideshow’s background. Other color settings remain untouched. Further, clicking this button opens the standard color dialog box of Windows. The background’s default value is black.
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