Slideshow Key Commands

The slideshow key commands work during the operation of a slideshow, as long as the slideshow window is the frontmost window.
? displays help. Each keyword is a parameter name and can be selected with the first letter. Then use - and = for increment and decrement, or _ and + for larger increment and decrement.
Select a parameter by typing it's first letter, then change the value of the parameter with the - = _ + keys. Below are the parameters.
interval dissolve overlap scale zoom effect black filename title pause random loop volume
Some of these parameters can be changed in the Slideshow Setup dialog.
- interval : seconds for each image, including dissolve time
- dissolve : frames per dissolve. Smaller numbers mean faster dissolves. The dissolve speed per frame is dependent on the speed of the machine.
- overlap : the percentage of overlap between slide A and slide B before slide C starts to appear. Slide A still appears transparently when slide C starts to appear.
- scale : scale the image to fill the slideshow window or display it at it's natural size and proportion.
- zoom : the percentage of magnification or reduction of the image within the slideshow window. this zoom is applied after the scale parameter is applied.
- effect : the percentage chance of an image effect. The current effect available is Negative.
- black : fade to or from black.
- filename : displays the current image filename and FPS (Frames Per Second) in the upper left corner of the slideshow window.
- title : there are several title options: no title, filename, filename after dissolve, clean-filename, and clean-filename after dissolve. The clean-filename options remove the filename extension, numbers and replaces punctuation with spaces. The option for showing the filename after the dissolve lets one use a PicScan slideshow as a simple flashcard system for learning to identify images.
- pause : pauses and continues the slideshow.
- random : There are two options: alphabetical or random order.
- loop : There are two options: loop the slideshow, or end the slideshow after the last slide is displayed.
- volume : controls the volume of sound on the machine.
Some parameters, such as pause or title, change automatically when you hit the first letter. Others require that you press additional keys to change the value.
- - (dash) : decrement by 1
- = (equal) : increment by 1
- _ (underscore) : decrement by 10
- + (plus) : increment by 10
To switch in and out of full screen mode for the slideshow window, use Command-Option-F, even while the slideshow is running, or use Command + or Command - to make it larger or smaller.
To save a slideshow to a file on your computer with all of its parameters, use Save As in the File menu. The slideshow file stores only the folder location of the images, not the list of images or the images themselves.
Additional Slideshow Keyboard Commands
- home and up arrow move to the first slide in the collection.
- end and down arrow move to the last slide.
- right arrow and page down move to the next slide.
- left arrow and page up move to the previous slide.
- F1-F12 set slide bank, then pick slide by pressing 'a'..'z' next (26 images per bank)