iDVD Icon

Creating a slideshow in a drop zone

You can add movies, single images, and folders of images to a drop zone. When you add a folder of images, iDVD automatically creates a slideshow in that drop zone, which you can edit using the drop zone slideshow editor. Note that a drop zone slideshow can contain no more than 99 images.

To create a drop zone slideshow:

Step 1

Make sure the menu that contains the drop zone you are adding a slideshow to is showing in the iDVD window.

Step 2

Click the Media button, and then click the Photos button to access your photos.

Step 3

Drag a photo album or folder onto a drop zone.

This automatically creates a drop zone slideshow. The first photo in the folder shows in the drop zone. If you do nothing else at this point, the slideshow “plays” the photos in the drop zone in the order they appear in the folder.

Step 4

Click the drop zone.

The Photos pane (shown below) appears above the image.

Image of the drop zone photos pane
Step 5

Drag the slider in the Photos pane to change which image shows first in the drop zone.

Step 6

Click the Edit Order button to change the order of images in the slideshow.

This opens the drop zone photo editor, which is similar to the slideshow editor but has fewer controls. You can drag the images into any order you want. You can also delete images by selecting them and pressing Delete. When you are done, click the Return button to go back to the drop zone editor.

The drop zone slideshow editor doesn’t include the same controls as the iDVD slideshow editor. You can’t change slide duration, add transitions between slides, and add audio to drop zone slideshows.

Related Topics

About drop zones

Adding images and movies to drop zones

Adding images and movies to dynamic drop zones

Was this page helpful? Send feedback.