Create a SlideShow Tutorial
RealSlideShow Basic
Objective: To create a slideshow using RealSlideshow Basic
Introduction: RealSlideshow Basic is a timeline-based, easy-to-use, multimedia software program for producing "web-ready" slideshows. It utilizes timing "tracks" for the incorporation of images, voice, and music into a slideshow.
Slideshow production is initiated by selecting project properties, including target resolution and data rates, followed by the addition of images.
Images can be cropped and adjusted, as desired, to fit "perfectly" into a slideshow. Timeline duration for each image is set via a "slider bar", which encodes the image in "real time".
Slide transitions, such as transition time between each image, can also be controlled by the producer.
Skill Practice: Create a slideshow using RealSlideshow Basic 
Step 1: Open Real Slideshow Basic and go to File > New Project. Choose File > Save Project As - Enter a name for your project, and a directory where you want to save it. Make sure you use the ".rpj" extension.
Step 2: In the main window, choose File > Add Images. Select the image file, or press CTRL and select more than one image file.
Click the Open button - The image(s) will be added to the storyboard. *Note* - You can also simply "drag and drop" image files from a folder directly onto the storyboard.
Step 3: Crop/Adjust Image - In the Image storyboard, click on an image. Go to Edit > Image Properties.
The "Image Properties" window appears. Click the "Edit" tab to use cropping/editing options to adjust image.
Step 4: Adjust Download Time - Go to Edit > Image Properties. In the Compression section of the dialog, choose the type of image you are adding: "Photograph" or "Graphic".
Move the Compression slider towards "Fast Download" if you want to decrease download time. Click "OK" to apply the changes to the project.
Step 5: Adjust Transition of Slides - Go to Edit > Image Properties. Click on the "Transition" tab, and choose the "type" and "duration" of transition you want to use with each slide. To preview, click on "Play". Click on "Next Image" to edit next image.
Step 6: Add Background Music From CD - Go to File > Add Background Music. Place a music CD in your computer's CD-ROM drive. Select a track number from the list. Click the Start Recording button. When finished, Click the Stop Recording button. At the prompt, click "OK" to save your audio recording. Click "OK" to return to the main window. Select View > Music Track to see the music represented on the storyboard.
Step 7: Add Background Music from file - Go to File > Add Background Music. Click the "Browse" button to find a "WAV" or "MP3" file.
Select the desired file, and click "Open". Follow the same sequence of commands in Step 8 to record music to storyboard.
Step 8: Add a narration to an audio file - Go to File > Add Caption from the main menu. Enter the directory and file name for the file you want to use, or click the "Browse button to locate one.
Follow sequence of commands in Step 8 to record and save the narration. When finished, click "OK" to return to the main window.
Select View > Voice Track to see the narration represented on the storyboard.
Step 9: Insert Author Information - Go to Edit > Project Properties from the main menu. Click the "Info tab", and then enter the following information: title, author, copyright, keywords, description, and select the target audience.
If you don't want your presentation to be accessible to the public, click on Files Should not be Indexed by Search Engines. When finished, click on "OK".
Step 10: Final Review - In the main window, click the "Play" button. Review the slideshow and note "if" and "where" you want to make changes. Return to the RealSlideshow main window and make any necessary adjustments to your project.
Step 11: Finish Production - Click the "Generate" button. Enter a filename for the SMIL file. Click Save. Your RealSlideShow file is now completed.