Creating DVD Cinema

Once you have enabled DVD Cinema in the Setup Wizard, the APM software will display options for customers to select the DVD Cinema option when placing an order. There are two ways to create a DVD slideshow in the APM software:

1. Select the DVD Cinema button on the Product Selection screen, and then choose from the available fulfillment options, as described in Chapter 2.
2. Select Order a DVD Cinema on the up-sell screens, after placing an order in the prints workflow. After all options in the up-sell screens are selected, you will be taken to the DVD Cinema workflow.

Once you have selected an option, you will be taken to the Image Multi-Select screen.

Use the Image Multi-Select screen to indicate which photos you would like to include when creating your EQ Pro product.

Description of Features:

1. Touch a thumbnail to select it. Selected images will have a green checkmark over them.
2. Use the rotate button in the right corner of each thumbnail to rotate the image in 90-degree increments.
3. This area reports the numbers of photos you have selected. You can select up to 200 images for a DVD slideshow.
4. Use these buttons to scroll through your list of images. If a scroll button is disabled (faded), either the end or the beginning of the image set has been reached.
5. Press the Select All button to select all the photos on the screen.
6. Use the options in the Sort By tabs to order the thumbnails by the method indicated:

• Name orders the thumbnails alphabetically, from A-Z (ascending), based upon the filename of the images. This is the default selection.
• Oldest sorts the thumbnails from oldest to newest, based upon the file creation date and time of the image.
• Newest sorts the thumbnails from newest to oldest, based upon the file creation date and time of the image.

**Note: The Oldest and Newest tabs use the actual file creation date/time of the image file to determine the sort order. On some cameras, this may differ from the date/time that the image was actually taken.

7. Use the options in the Show tabs to filter which thumbnails are displayed based upon the chosen method:

• All Photos shows all images that have been loaded into the APM software. This is the default selection.
• By Date Range filters the images that are shown based upon a specified date range. When selecting this tab, a window will display options to specify the date range. Use the + and – buttons to change the dates. When finished, press Filter.
• Folder filters the thumbnails based upon certain subdirectories on the inserted media. When selecting this tab, a window will display a list of the subdirectories of all the media inserted. To filter by a particular subdirectory, select it and press Filter.

8. Press the Continue button once all the images you wish to add to the DVD slideshow product have been selected.

Next, on the DVD Frame Selection Screen you can select from various frames to give your slideshow a theme, or press the No Frame button if you don’t want to include a frame. The frame will appear as a border around the images when the slideshow is played. There are a number of frames available for multiple occasions.

Once you have chosen a frame, press the Continue button. Otherwise, hit Back to return to the Image Multi-Select screen.

You will then be presented with the DVD Options screen. The screen offers several options that can be selected to create a customized DVD slideshow product. These options include:

• Menu Background: The background to use for the main DVD menu.
• Show Style: Select from a variety of photo transition styles to use for the slideshow.
• Music: Choose from various music tracks to be played on the DVD. If sound is enabled, a preview of each track will play.
• Show Speed: This determines how long each photo appears in the slideshow.

Use the Back button to return to the Frame Selection screen. When the options have been set, use the + or – buttons to increase or decrease the number of DVD slideshow discs you wish to order. When satisfied, hit Continue.

The last screen allows you to enter a title for the DVD slideshow. Use the keypad to enter the desired text. Select Back to return to the DVD Options screen.

When finished, press the Continue button to view a summary of the order on the Shopping Cart screen.

Use the Continue Shopping button to add more products to the order, or click on Check Out to review the order on the Order Summary screen. Press the Continue button to finalize the order.