The timeline
Author: ffDiaporama Team

The timeline lists the slides which compose the project. The slides are listed from left to right.
Each slide is represented by the 3 tracks:

#### The background track:

- An icon corresponding to the transition selected to pass from the previous background to this slide (if a new background is defined). .
- A thumbnail representing the background associated with this slide.
- The slide number.
- Possibly this icon may appear at the upper left if the slide is used as chapter start

#### The mounting track:

- An icon corresponding to the transition selected to pass from the previous slide to this slide, under which is indicated the duration of the transition in seconds.
- A thumbnail in the form of a static image for slides consisting of title or photo, or in the form of a video (under which is placed a soundtrack).
- Possibly this icon may appear at the upper left if the slide is composed of several blocks.
- Possibly this icon may appear at the upper right if the slide is animated (that is consisting of more than one shot).
- Possibly this icon may appear at the bottom right if the slide contains at least an image for which you defined a transformation.
- Possibly this icon may appear at the bottom left if the slide is an automatic predefined slide.
- Possibly this icon may appear at the bottom right if the predefined slide is a project title slide.
- Possibly this icon may appear at the bottom right if the predefined slide is a chapter title slide.
- Possibly this icon may appear at the bottom right if the predefined slide is a generic title slide.

Remark: The thumbnail represents the first image on the slide.

#### The music track:

- Every play-list is shown by a change of color.
- The track is more or less filled according to the sound volume selected, displaying the variation in volume.
- The musical transitions (fade in/out) are shown as crossings.
- On slide associated with the music, the cover, artist and song title are displayed

Remark: Possible pauses are symbolized by a change in the volume to zero and the display of this icon:

## To select the current slide:

- Click on a slide to define it as current slide.
- Use the mouse wheel to change the current slide.

Note: When previewing the selected slide is automatically defined on the current slide preview.

## To modify an element:

- To modify the background, double-click the thumbnail of the background. This action opens the Define background dialog.
- To modify the entering slide transition, double-click the slide transition. This action opens the Define the entering slides transitions dialog.
- To modify the slide (framing, filter, animation, etc.) double-click the thumbnail. This action opens the slides properties dialog if it's a standard slide or open the predefined title slide properties dialog if it's a predefined title slide.
- To modify the music associated with the slide, double-click the zone corresponding to the slide musical track. This action opens the Define the music track dialog.

You can also call a contextual menu by doing a right click ahead the thumbnail or click on the Edit button. This contextual menu allows you to select an action.

## To modify several elements at one time:

You can select several slides by using the mouse and the CTRL and SHIFT:

- CTRL + click on a slide: add or removes the slide of the selection
- SHIFT + click on a slide: add all the slides understood between the last one selected and the slide which you have just clicked

Then, by making a right click on one of the slides of the selection, a contextual menu appears.
This menu suggests various actions making on all the slides of the selection such as:

- Copy/Cut/Paste/Remove all slide of the selection
- Modify the duration of the 1st shot for all the slides of the selection
- Modify the transition for all the slides of the selection
- Modify the music for all the slides of the selection
- etc...

## To reorder the slide in the timeline:

Simply drag the slide to a new position with the mouse (drag & drop)

## To move the music or the background associated to a slide to another slide:

Simply drag the music or background to a new position with the mouse (drag & drop)

## To modify the display of the timeline:

The timeline settings commands are in the status bar, to the right, at the bottom of the main window.
Increases the size of the thumbnails but reduces the number of thumbnails shown in the timeline.
Reduces the size of the thumbnails and increases the number of thumbnails shown in the timeline.