Gallery on DVD

ZoomTopic Manual - EDIT

copy and edit the template gallery which is supplied with the software you have downloaded

Run the Star Gallery Template world
- Find the ROOMS Setup and Start dialog from the Windows Start button
- Select the second tab in the dialog which is called "Worlds"
- Browse for and Open the "the_star_gallery_460" world
- Select the Start / Stop tab in the main dialog
- After a few seconds the Start ROOMS button will be enabled
- Click the Start ROOMS button
- The Star Gallery will load and be displayed as your PC wallpaper

Save the Star Gallery Template to a new file
- Right click on the ROOMS background
- Select the "World" menu option and then the "Save As..." option
- Create a new subfolder from the Save As dialog and change to that folder
- Save this Star Gallery world to a new filename in your new folder
- If you don't do this you will end up changing your master template
- [If you need to recover the template, re-install ROOMS/ZoomTopic]

Changing the pictures on the walls
- Your presentation is going to appear in the pictures on the walls
- [It doesn't have to. This is just the easiest to start with]
- Use the arrow keys to move in the world. Use the mouse to select items.
- Right click on the first picture on the wall.
- Select the "Quick Edit..." menu option
- The Quick edit menu is displayed.

Adding Images to a frame on the wall
- If you want to display an image in the picture frame you just clicked on, browse for the picture you want and then just click apply.
NB (i) Your picture must be in bitmap format, (ii) Either your picture must match the aspect ratio of the frame you use, or you need to add blocking to your picture on disk, otherwise it will be stretched when displayed.
- Once you have the image you want, click the Apply button in the Quick Edit Dialog

Adding Text to a frame on the wall
- If you want to display text in the picture frame, Type your text in the "Text as Picture" field. This will contain your bullet points. RETURN and SPACE are allowed.
- Now select a font and a background colour for your text using the buttons in the Quick Edit dialog
- Next generate an image file from your text, by clicking the "Make picture from Text" button
- Finally, check what you have generated, by clicking the "Preview and modify picture" button.
NB (i) you can repeat this process until your text appears as you wish (ii) you can cut and paste and drag portions of the text-image in the image editor, (iii) you can even generate your own text in the image editor (and ignore what Quick Edit generates for you)
- Once you have the text-image you want, click the Apply button in the Quick Edit Dialog

Repeat the process for all the frames you need.

Save your gallery world regularly, and you may want to save it to a progression of different file names so that you can recover an earlier version if you find you want to change something later (or in case your computer crashes).