Quick start via Drag & Drop

Those who expect to see quick results should try the "quick start". Media, such as Images, music and videos can just be dragged from the Windows Explorer or image browser to be "dropped" into Wings Vioso RX and immediately be presented there.

We will show you at the example of a simple slide show:

Note: The screenshots are based on Wings Vioso but it shouldn’t be any problem to follow and work through the workshop.

  1. Open Wings Vioso RX  and close any dialog boxes that may possibly appear, such as Tips and Tricks, etc..

  2. Now open the Window Explorer or your image browser and drag the first image into the large empty space. If your pictures are not displayed in the Explorer, click on button Views and select Thumbnails show.

  1. Following this, a dialog box for creation of a slide show will appear. It offers various options for adding pictures. Use the drag & drop method and drag your pictures into the dialog field (A) in the order you want them to appear in the slide show. The Wings Vioso RX Media Pool will then show the added pictures (C). The Number of pictures added can be seen in the dialog box next to Number of pictures (B).

  1. After adding all the required pictures you can define some other properties for your show. The default settings are suitable for a show that is to run automatically. The preset value for the display time of a picture is 5 seconds, that for the fade time is one second (D). These values can be adjusted in accordance with your requirements.

 

A tip for later on: For Playback you can also choose Enter key advances to next picture. This allows you to determine the point of time the slide is to change individually for every slide during the presentation. In this case the Wizard places pause markers at the beginning of every new picture. The Display time should be kept rather short, e.g. 2 seconds; this is considered the minimum display time.

  1. Now click Finish, for all the pictures to be displayed in the timeline as a show (E). If the pictures or picture icons are not yet visible, the display data are just being completed automatically in the background. If the Media Pool is still in list view click Lightbox View (F). This view is better suited if you need to sort and search images later on.

  1. When you start playback by pressing the space bar, the Locator (H) starts moving across the picture objects and the fades appear in the screen window (G). Stop playback by pressing the Esc key. The Locator stands for the current point of time within a show.  In Stop Mode you can grab the Locator and move it. Try grabbing it in the empty track area (H), where there is no object below the mouse pointer.

Tip: Press key Home to make the Locator jump to the first object. If this does not work, click some empty space in the timeline to activate the window.

  1. Full screen mode at maximal quality is started by pressing the F5 key. The picture is displayed in full screen size and Wings Vioso RX changes to Pause Mode. When you press the Enter key, playback is started. Press the Esc key once to stop; Fullscreen Mode is maintained. Press Esc a second time for the user interface to reappear.

  2. Any image you don't like can be replaced by another one. Just drag the new image from the Explorer or Media Pool onto the object in the timeline whose image you want to replace. In the illustration below the cars were replaced by the Brandenburger Tor. Note: If the Media Pool is in List View you need the grab the images at the symbol. Grabbing is easier if you change over to Lightbox View.

  1. Sound tracking is just as easy. Click some empty space in the timeline for the window to be topmost and press the Home key. The Locator will jump back to the beginning.

  2. In Windows Explorer find an audio file in wave or MP3 format and drag and drop it into the timeline below the picture track. Drop it as closely as possible to the beginning of the first picture object so that the music starts when the first image fades in. If you don’t succeed at once you can grab the sound object at the info line below the audio graphics with the mouse and move it.

  1. When you place the Locator to a location before the music and start playback picture and music should start at the same time.

  2. Don't forget to save your slide show. You will be prompted to do so when exiting Wings Vioso RX. A Wings Vioso RX project file requires only little storage space. It does not contain any media files but only the references to them.

Information on how to create new media files, e.g. copy music from an audio CD, edit objects, i.e. change dissolve times or create motion effects can be found in a number of workshops. There you will also be provided with information about the concept of Wings Vioso RX. See A successful start.