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Page 1 User Guide for Windows and Macintosh ® ®...
Page 2 Trademarks Inc. makes no claim to any such The sound clips used in Kai’s marks, nor willingly or knowingly Power SHOW are part of Sound ScanSoft and the ScanSoft logo are misused or misapplied such marks. Ideas’ General 6000 Series. For trademarks of ScanSoft, Inc.
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Welcome to SHOW ....v Working with Show Content ..13 Enhancing Slides in the EDIT Room .
Page 4 Chapter 4 Deleting Thumbnails from the SORT Text fx Presets ....58 Room Desktop ....45 Adding Sound .
Page 5: Welcome To Show
Welcome to SHOW Key Features About This User Guide Welcome to Kai’s Power SHOW™ by Kai’s Power SHOW offers the following This User Guide provides the information ScanSoft, Inc. SHOW is the perfect photo powerful, basic features: you need to use SHOW effectively. It will and presentation player for creative home help you learn the application and serve as •...
Page 6: Technical Support
Video Drivers It is very important to obtain the latest Technical Support Technical Tips video drivers from your manufacturer. You will ﬁnd the answers to most of your SHOW can perform truly wonderful Upgrading drivers is usually free, and questions within the pages of this user real-time special effect transitions, text generally provides a speed boost and bug guide.
Page 7 On the PC: Right-click on the desktop, Choosing the display resolution will not choose “Properties,” then click the affect your performance signiﬁcantly. “Settings” tab. However, running presentations at a lower resolution makes the show larger and On the Macintosh: Choose “Control more visually appealing.
Page 8: Chapter 1 Installation
Installation Installation Installing Kai’s Power SHOW Macintosh Installation To install Kai’s Power SHOW: This chapter covers the installation of System Requirements 1. If necessary, launch Windows (95 or your Kai’s Power SHOW software. NT 4). • Power Macintosh Instructions are provided for both SHOW will not install in Windows Windows and Macintosh.
Page 9: Installation Tips
4. The installation dialog displays an If this happens, try quitting other important ReadMe. Click “Continue” applications or allocating LESS after reading the complete ReadMe. memory to SHOW to give the System extra breathing space. To reduce 5. In the main install window, click SHOW’s memory, select the “Install.”...
Page 10: Kai's Power Show Basics
Kai’s Power SHOW Basics Before diving into SHOW, here are a few basic procedures you should know. How SHOW Works Creating a New Show Launching SHOW Kai’s Power SHOW is an easy-to-use There are two ways of creating a new home/personal photo and business presentation in SHOW.
Page 11: Opening A Show
• The Save Project option lets you save 3. In the dialog that appears, locate the ﬁle you want and open it. a show in-progress. Save Project To create a new show: creates a project ﬁle (.shw) and a 1. In the IN Room, import, capture, or folder.
Page 12: Using Memory Dots
Minimized controls expand when you The Global Menu Using Memory Dots click them. They remain expanded until You can access several SHOW shortcuts, Several of the controls in SHOW contain you click them again. such as New, Open, and Save commands, memory dots.
Page 13: Moving Between Rooms
A selected thumbnail has a highlight around it. To clear a memory dot: Working with Show Content Option/Alt-click a full dot. A show is made up of a series of frames that can be digital photos, pictures, business slides, or video clips. Here are To store settings in a memory dot: basic procedures to use when working Clear the memory dot of any existing...
Page 14: Viewing File Names
Arranging Content in the Sequencer and Nano Sequencer To remove a thumbnail from a selection: To hide ﬁle names on thumbnails: The Sequencer and Nano Sequencer, Hold down the Shift key and click a Go to the Global menu or which appear at the bottom of the SORT selected item.
Page 15: Undoing Operations
Room. Use click-and-drag to “tweak” your sequence later if necessary. To scroll the Sequencer: To undo the last operation: Refer to “Adding Content to a Click the scroll arrow on the left or Select Undo in the Global menu or Show”...
Page 16: Playing A Show
To stop and exit a show: Playing a Show Press ESC. The Projector icon, which appears in the SORT and EDIT Rooms, lets you play the frames currently in the Sequencer. If no transitions have been applied, the default Quitting SHOW transition “Dissolve”...
Page 17: Kai's Power Show Tutorial
Kai’s Power SHOW Tutorial Each of the seven IN Room labels: Open Show, File, Folder, QUICKSHOW!, Welcome Getting Started TWAIN, Capture, and Add Show identiﬁes a different SHOW input option. Welcome to the Kai’s Power SHOW The ﬁrst thing you need to do to start the Tutorial.
Page 18: Creating A Quickshow
Now that you have some source photos, Lesson 1: Creating a you can create a show. QUICKSHOW! To import a folder of photos: To help you create presentations quickly 1. Move the cursor over the Folder label, and easily, SHOW provides a powerful then click on the Add a Folder of Files feature called QUICKSHOW!, which uses button.
Page 19: Lesson 2: Editing A Quickshow
The Create a QUICKSHOW! dialog 7. Click the sixth statement, then click appears. and enter the SORT Room after To execute an SSC Script: playing. 1. Click the “Do It!” button. SHOW automatically executes the script and immediately plays your custom show. Use SHOW’s Simple Sentence Control to set how your show is created.
Page 20: Sorting Images In The Sort Room
Notice that the photos you added in the Lesson 1: Sorting Pictures on the IN Room also appear in the same desktop Desktop Sorting Images in the SORT location in the SORT Room. In this lesson, you’ll sort through the Room Travel Photos you imported in the IN Room.
Page 21 The Sequencer and Nano Sequencer have 2. Click on the largest “eye icon,” which The Sort control appears. now been cleared. now appears in the lower-left corner of the SORT Room, just above the Next, you’ll resize the thumbnails on the Sequencer.
Page 22: Lesson 2: Loading Files Into The Sequencer
The selected thumbnails are In this lesson you’ll add the sorted photos The Sequence Floatoid loads content in to the Sequencer using the Sequence order, from left to right and from top to automatically sorted by width. Floatoid and the Select cursor. bottom.
Page 23 4. Click a photo on the desktop. 8. Click the Standard button to turn off the Sequence cursor. To edit the order of frames in the Sequencer: 1. Click-hold the cursor over Frame 4 and drag it to the Frame 6 position. Release the mouse button when the border between Frames 6 and 7 is highlighted.
Page 24: Enhancing Slides In The Edit Room
You can continue moving frames to Lesson 1: Choosing a Slide to manipulate show order until you’re Enhance satisﬁed. Next, you’ll work with the The EDIT Room helps you enhance slides individual frames in the show. using special effects. To begin using the Click any frame to make it the current frame.
Page 25: Lesson 2: Special Effect Transitions
Lesson 2: Special Effect A real-time preview of the Page Curl transition appears in the In Transition Transitions To choose an In Transition: Preview window. Click on the Transitions are special effects inserted 1. Click the In Transitions label above window itself to see the preview again.
Page 26: Lesson 3: Setting Up Transition Presets
5. Press the right arrow key on your In this lesson you’ll store a transition as one of the Five Favorites presets. (Sound keyboard. You cannot add text to a video clip. fx and Text fx Five Favorites work the The next frame appears in the same way.) Current Frame window, and the last...
Page 27: Lesson 1: Adding Text
Lesson 1: Adding Text 4. Select a text string you do not want, then hit the Delete key on the To edit text: In this lesson you’ll learn how to add keyboard. pre-formatted text to your slides. To use a template: You can type over the text in the Text fx dialog 1.
Page 28: Lesson 4: Adding A Background
Lesson 4: Adding a Background effects. The best way to ﬁnd the most appropriate effect is to apply them to your If you don’t want to place text directly text and see what happens. onto a photo or picture, you can place it on a background.
Page 29: Using Sound Clips
Editing SHOW Slides Room. In this next section, you’ll learn how to use the EDIT Room to add sound If your marketing messages or fun text To apply an Out text effect: to your show. Refer to “Adding Sound” needs change over time, it is possible to on page 59 for more information.
Page 30: Playing Shows
3. Click the Musical category button. you’ll learn how to preview or play your 3. Click the Projector icon on the right show. Refer to “Playing a Show” on The sound clips within the Musical side of the Sequencer to play your page 48 for more information.
Page 31: Lesson 1: Saving Shows
Lesson 1: Saving Shows If you change your file location structure later, the .shw project file You can save your ﬁnished show in two Distributing Your Show will not find your original content. ways: as a saved project (.shw) to be edited later by you locally;...
Page 32: Lesson 2: Distributing A Show
will be able to locate its source material to The Show Settings dialog appears. This way, you can move your re-assemble the show later. This is in collected show files to a different contrast to the Save Project option, which location on your hard drive, or your establishes ﬁle links.
Page 33: Lesson 2: Saving Show Slides
3. Locate the SHOW Player Installer in 3. When the install is complete, the SHOW application folder on your double-click the SHOW Player To save an animated SHOW Slide: system, or in the Show Settings dialog program icon or select Start 1.
Page 34: Printing A Show
2. Move the cursor over the Save Slide Lesson 1: Setting Up a Page The Page Setup dialog appears. label, then click the Save the Current The Page Setup dialog lets you control SHOW Slide button. The Save As how slides are printed on a page. You can dialog appears.
Page 35: Chapter 4 The In Room
The IN Room Pictures, photos, and business slides Content imported as a single ﬁle appears appear as small thumbnail icons. Video as an individual thumbnail. Content How the IN Room Works clips also appear as thumbnails, but have a imported as a folder appears as a pile of small ﬁlmstrip icon in the top-right thumbnails.
Page 36: Working In The In Room
• Add an existing SHOW project ﬁle “Create a QUICKSHOW! with all files, sequence them as loaded, and (.shw) or show ﬁle (.sas) to the Working in the IN Room use random transitions. Click to current show. advance, play CD track #1, and loop In the IN Room, you can import pictures to the beginning.”...
Page 37: Importing Show Content
To create a QUICKSHOW!: To use a saved SSC script: To import a single ﬁle: 1. Move the cursor over the Click a ﬁlled memory dot, then click 1. Move the cursor over the File label, QUICKSHOW! label, then click the the Do It! button.
Page 38: Importing Video Clips
2. Locate the folder containing the ﬁles you want, then click Open. You cannot import an individual To import PowerPoint slides on the PC: PowerPoint slide in its native .ppt A pile of thumbnails appears on the format. You have to import an entire 1.
Page 39: Importing Show Slides
Loading Content from Digital 2. Choose your scanner, then click OK. Input Devices 3. Click the Load Pictures from a Digital To save PowerPoint slides as JPEG ﬁles Input Device button again, then in PowerPoint 97: You can scan images directly into SHOW choose Set Destination for Acquires or load them from a digital camera using 1.
Page 40: Adding Shows
5. Click the Import via Plug-Ins button are saved is the “My SHOW Files” again, then choose your plug-in from folder. To capture a picture using a plug-in: the list. A filmstrip icon representing the 1. Move the cursor over the Capture 6.
Page 41: Chapter 5 The Sort Room
The SORT Room thumbnails. By arranging thumbnails into Selecting Content piles, and then laying them out around The other purpose of the SORT Room is How the SORT Room Works the desktop, you can see how your show to add content to your show. The Select will take shape.
Page 42: Working In The Sort Room
Sort Control The Sort control lets you set criteria for Working in the SORT Room sorting the thumbnails on the desktop. When you enter the SORT Room, you’ll ﬁnd all the content you originally imported in the IN Room laid out on the desktop.
Page 43: Nano Sequencer
Nano Sequencer To perform a sort: The Nano Sequencer also contains all of Working with Thumbnails the show’s content and order, but displays 1. Select the thumbnails you want to a miniaturized broad view of the show. Thumbnails visually represent the ﬁles sort.
Page 44: Saving Thumbnail Positions
The Select control lets you create piles The memory dots at the bottom of the Selecting Thumbnails with a single click. Once thumbnails are in Sort control let you save the position of all The Standard, or default, cursor lets you a pile, you can highlight a pile and move it the thumbnails.
Page 45: Deleting Thumbnails From The Sort Room Desktop
3. Click each thumbnail you want to add Deleting Thumbnails from the Setting Thumbnail Size to the selection. SORT Room Desktop You can adjust the size of thumbnails on the desktop to make it easier to see them, The Select control lets you change the or, if you have a lot of content, you can behavior of the cursor so that every time To remove thumbnails from a selection:...
Page 46: Adding Content To A Show
Using the Sequence Cursor To add thumbnails to the Sequencer The Select control lets you adjust the Adding Content to a Show using the Floatoid: behavior of the cursor so that every time you click a thumbnail, it is added to the One of the main uses of the Sort Room is 1.
Page 47: Sequencing Content In A Show
In order to provide bigger frames showing more detail, the Sequencer displays only a To add thumbnails to the Sequencer To re-arrange frames in the Sequencer: subset of frames in the show. Since you’re using the cursor: seeing only part of the show at once, the 1.
Page 48: Using The Sequencer Menu
Using the Sequencer Menu As you add content to the Sequencer, the indicator moves to show where content The Sequencer menu provides options to Playing a Show was added. You can move the indicator to select, copy, paste, ﬂip, and rotate frames. add content to a different part of the It also provides playback settings, and a show.
Page 49 To display the Playback Shortcuts To playback a show: dialog: Click the Projector icon in the Click the Sequencer menu and choose top-right corner of the Sequencer. Shortcuts. When the show reaches its last frame, hit the escape key to return to the SORT or EDIT Room.
Page 50: Chapter 6 The Edit Room
The EDIT Room There are four steps involved in editing or transition can be used to create speciﬁc enhancing a slide: effects in a show, for example, one slide How the EDIT Room Works melting into another. • Add an In Transition. The In The EDIT Room is where you’ll add In a show, all slides (except the ﬁrst and Transition is the effect that appears...
Page 51: Current Frame Window
In addition to these three windows, the In and Out Transition Windows options that let you select, copy and paste, EDIT Room also contains the Sequencer or ﬂip frames. The Transition windows show you what and the Nano Sequencer. These two the In or Out and current frames look like “ﬁlmstrip”...
Page 52: Copying-And-Pasting Slides
Adding a Slide Display Time to a Show To select a single frame to edit: To copy-and-paste a slide: A show can have a uniform delay Click a frame in the Sequencer. 1. Click a frame in the Sequencer. associated with each slide. This delay Or, move the Current Frame Indicator 2.
Page 53: Adding Transitions To A Show
possible to add transition effects to each of the frames in your show without ever To display the Transition dialogs: Adding Transitions to a having to exit the dialog. Show Click either the In Transition or Out When you select a transition, it’s Transition label.
Page 54: Applying Transitions To Multiple
Applying transitions to multiple Using Transition Presets frames The ﬁve buttons beside the In and Out Working with Text Transitions labels are the Five Favorites You can also apply a transition to a presets. These buttons can store your series of frames in the Sequencer. Text effects in SHOW are controlled using most commonly used transition effects.
Page 55: Adding Text
a new slide, make sure that the Many of these templates contain text 2. Click on the desired template preview formatted with a heading, a subheading Current Frame Indicator is on an to load that template. and several bullet points. So you can empty frame.
Page 56 You can also reposition the text on the Higher percentages expand the slide by dragging it to a new position. spacing between letters. Lower To change the font type: percentages compress the spacing. 1. Click a text string to select it. A highlight appears around the text.
Page 57: Adding Backgrounds To Slides
Backgrounds are divided into ﬁve categories: Corporate Backgrounds, To set text position: To add a background pattern to a slide: Gradients, Textured Gradients, Textures, and Wild & Fun. Click a text string to select it, then 1. Click the Background button at the drag it to a new position on the slide bottom of the Text fx dialog.
Page 58: Animating Text
Animating Text Click the Fade button to add a fade variation to your animation selection. To see random text effects: The Text fx dialog provides a wide range The text string animates using your of text animations you can apply to any of Click the “dice”...
Page 59: Adding Sound
different sound clip to each of the frames in your show since you never have to exit To save text as a new preset: To preview a sound: the dialog to make a change. 1. While within the Text fx dialog, 1.
Page 60: Loading Sound Clips Into Show
You can also create a soundtrack using the Loop and Continue options in the Sound To add a CD track to a slide: To apply a preset sound clip: fx dialog: 1. Click the CD Player category in the Click a Five Favorites Sound fx •...
Page 61: Playing A Show In The Edit Room
Playing a Show in the EDIT Room Use the Projector icon to play your show. This is a good way to see your progress before you save it in the OUT Room. When you open your show later to give your presentation, you can play it formally in either the SORT or EDIT Rooms.
Page 62: Chapter 7 The Out Room
The OUT Room You can also choose from a variety of print options such as single slides, or as a To select a slide for output: Outputting Your Show contact sheet which shows your slides in a grid on a single page. Click on the forward or backward scroll arrows on the Output Preview to locate the slide you seek.
Page 63: Save Show Vs. Save Project
Save Show vs. Save Project • Use Save Show if you’re likely to move your source ﬁles, or when you’re To save a show as a project ﬁle: SHOW’s two Save options work quite ready to share your show with others. differently: 1.
Page 64: Saving A Finished Show File
The Show Settings dialog appears. 5. Click the Loop the Show option if you Saving a Finished Show File want your show to continuously loop Use the Save Show option to save and whenever you play it. prepare your ﬁnished show for 6.
Page 65: The Show Player Software
Don’t confuse a .shw (project) ﬁle and its Distributing the SHOW Player associated media folder with the ﬁnal .sas Software To install the SHOW Players (show) ﬁle and its associated media folder. The SHOW Player lightweight installers The .shw (project) media folder merely Double-click the SHOW Player are small enough to give to friends, family, contains modiﬁed content, not collected...
Page 66: Saving A Show Slide
Saving a SHOW Slide provided in the Web Settings dialog, or as The Web Settings dialog appears. you edit the HTML pages using an outside When you save a SHOW Slide, it’s saved as HTML editor. an .shp ﬁle that can be opened only by SHOW.
Page 67: Recording Shows To Videotape
Recording Shows to Videotape 2. Set the print options you want to use, then click Print. Recording shows to videotape is a Printing a Show The Page Setup dialog appears. convenient output option for distribution. However, an add-on There are two ways of printing your slides: 3.
Page 68: Printing A Show As Individual Slides
2. Move the cursor over the Print Slide Congratulations! label, then click the Print the Current You have completed the SHOW User Slide button. Guide. You are now ready to take full advantage of all that SHOW has to offer. If you use SHOW as a home photo player, your vacation slideshows will be fun and entertaining.
Page 69: Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard Shortcuts Keyboard Shortcuts Delete Individual Thumbnail ..Opt Click......Alt Click ACTION .

ScanSoft Kai’s Power SHOW User Manual

Chapter 1 Installation

Chapter 2 Kai's Power SHOW Basics

Chapter 3 Kai's Power SHOW Tutorial

Chapter 4 The in Room

Chapter 5 The SORT Room

Chapter 6 The EDIT Room

Chapter 7 The out Room

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