Preparations

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Windows 10 with activated Ransomware protection

Hint

Microsoft has built a so-called ransomware protection into Windows 10. If this is activated, Microsoft blocks some folders from being accessed by almost any program. By default, the Public and My Documents, Pictures, Music, and Videos and My Favorites folders are protected. These cannot be removed from protection without disabling it completely. However, you can even include folders that you want to protect.
The Temp folder and the Application data must not be protected, because programs store data necessary for the process and user-specific data there.

If ransomware protection is active, <%PROGNAME_3%> must be enabled for access to protected folders to function properly.

Number of images

If the presentation is varied and exciting, friends or family will agree with you, that time is relative. In the same way, the number of pictures is a very subjective decision. The better you “write your script”, the better you will know, how many pictures you should show.
With reference to the question about “optimal number of pictures” there is no single answer.

Before you design a presentation, ask yourself the following questions:

Is there sufficient variety among your pictures, videos and music?

Are the pictures and the videos of adequate quality?

Have I designed the presentation so that the audience will experience moments of tension and surprise?

As a result of thorough preparation you have already selected images, and within that selection motifs are not repeated and the images are interesting and varied.
Through the use of appropriately emotional music you can accent particular moments.

Sort pictures

To quickly and effectively achieve a good result you can make advance preparations. It is sensible to create a directory, which may then be divided into sub-directories. Into these you can drop your pictures, sorted by your own criteria.

Additionally, if you would like to rename the images, you should do so now. If the images are only inserted and then renamed or moved, they will no longer appear in the project.

Hint

Organize your pictures before you start creating your project. If you insert the images, these will once again not be stored. Only the reference is saved to the location where the images are. When the images are moved or renamed in a different folder, you can no longer be accessed via the link.

File types

The AquaSoft Stagessupports the following file types (among others):

Image formats

Video formats

Alias ​​/ Wavefront images (*.rla; *.RPF)
AquaSoft image Container (*.asimage)
Arts & Letters thumbnail images (*.ged)
Autodesk images (*.cel; *.Pic)
CompuServe images (*.gif)
Dr. Halo images (*.cut)
Encapsulated PostScript images (*.eps)
Device-independent Windows bitmaps (*.dib)
JPEG 2000 (*.jp2)
JPEG 2000 code stream (*.jpc)
JPEG images (*.jpg; *.Jfif; *.Jpe; *.jpeg.)
Kodak Photo CD images (*.pcd)
LuraWave (*.lwf)
Paint Shop Pro images (*.psp)
Paint Shop Pro frames (*.pfr)
Paint Shop Pro Tubes (*.tub)
Photo shop images (*.pdd; *.psd.)
Portable Bitmap Images (*.pbm)
Portable Gray Map Images (*.pgm)
Portable Network Graphic Images (*.png)
Portable Pixel Map Images (*.ppm)
Yardage Encoded Windows bitmaps (*.rle)
SGI black / white images (*.bw)
SGI TrueColor images (*.rgb; *.sgi.)
SGI TrueColor images with transparency (*.rgba)
TIFF images (*.tif; *.Tiff)
TrueVision images (*.icb; *.Tga; *.Vda; *.Vst; *.win.)
Windows bitmaps (*.bmp; *.Msk)
Windows Extended Metafile (*.emf)
Windows icons (*.ico)
Windows Metafile (*.wmf)
Word 5.x Snapshot images (*.scr)
ZSoft Paintbrush images (*.pcc; *.Pcx)

DVD-Video (*.vob)
Flash Video (*.flv)
OGG Theora video (*.ogv)
Animated GIF (*.gif)
MPEG (*.mpg; *..mpeg)
MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4; *.M4v)
Digital Video (*.dv; *.Dif)
Windows Media Video (*.wmv)
Common Intermediate Format (*.cif)
WebM video (*.webm)
MPEG-2 Transport Stream (*.mts, *. M2ts)
Matroska Media Container (*.mkv)
Flic Animation (*.flc)
Video for Windows (*.avi)
QuickTime (*.mov)
Video for mobile devices (*.3gp; *.3gp2.)

 

Sound formats

WAV files (*.wav)
OGG Vorbis files (*.ogg)
MP3 files (*.mp3)
MP2 files (*.mp2)
AIFF files (*.aiff)
Advanced Streaming Format (*.asf)
Windows Media Audio (*.wma; *.Wmv)
XM / FastTracker music (*.xm)
IT / Impulse Tracker music (*.it)
MOD music (*.mod)
S3M / ScreamTracker music (*.s3m)

Hint

You should only use unencrypted music tracks for your projects. For legal reasons, AquaSoft Stagesonly supports the use of music titles that have been encrypted. The song must be available on your computer as locally saved file (music that is streamed or directly from a CD cannot be included).

In the case of public or commercial contracts you must be aware of copyright and GEMA fees. Always consider copyrights!