INTRODUCTION
Photodex has created one of the most flexible and useful slideshow programs available. It strives hard to ensure that the program's power is within a novice's reach. However, by overlooking the advanced user, Photodex has obscured some of ProShow's power.
For instance, modifiers and rotate center were introduced in Producer 4 (December 2008). As of version 6 (December 2013), both powerful features remain almost completely undocumented. Further, the manual's rotate center entry actually contains incorrect information.
Photodex would have you believe that modifiers are only for the advanced user. Perhaps so. By not documenting them, however, Photodex guarantees that only the advanced user or the really determined will try them. As for Rotate Center, it's quite easy to use. Nonetheless, there are hidden relationships that, if known, allow you to create truly interesting effects.
The lack of documentation hides some of the program's flexibility and capability. This book aims to remedy that by telling secrets Photodex has kept to itself; secrets that can help make the program jump through hoops.
I hope this resource proves useful to you.
Dale
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I entered the US Air Force immediately after graduating from a small Southwest Washington High School in a town called LaCenter. I retired from the Air Force after more than 25 years of service. I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Mental Health Counseling. I am peer review published in Solid State Physics. I was a Financial Advisor. I have been a seasonal tax preparer for over 10 years and am an Enrolled Agent. As you can tell from this, I have a wide range of experience and interests.
I began using ProShow Gold v2.6 in May 2006 to create a memorial. Within two weeks I upgraded to Producer for its additional features and control. My next video slide show was for a family reunion video composed of 14 different shows. That hooked me on the program.
With the release of version 3, I wanted to see what I could do with the program without resorting to 3rd party programs. I created the first lensing effect shortly thereafter and the first in-slide page peel-like effect using the new mask feature. I was an early adopter of the new modifier feature introduced in Version 4. Within six months I figured out how to exactly follow the zoom of another layer, something considered a broken capability until then. These were some of the things that led me to dig in and learn more about the program and its features. It seems that just when you think you know everything there is to know about the program, something new appears.
