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Using Projects

Projects and their associated project files are basically groups of shows. A
Project is multiple shows combined together yet still left as individual show
files.

It helps to think of a project like a folder that gathers all of your shows
together into one larger group.

What Projects are Useful For

Projects are designed to let you work on multiple shows at one time, and to
keep a set of shows bundled together. Imagine producing a series of shows
for a wedding – you might have an engagement show, a show for the
ceremony, and a show for the reception. While each of those are individual
shows, they are part of the same project. ProShow’s Projects let you keep
all those shows together.

Projects can be opened so that you have multiple shows in your
workspaces at one time. You can swap between shows at any time without
closing the others, and most importantly, you can copy and paste slides
between them.

Projects also combine the shows when you create output. Remember the
Shows tab, which lets you select the shows you want to include in your final
output? Projects automatically include all of the project shows in that list.
It’s made to create larger shows from a group of smaller individual shows.

When you watch a combined project in final output it will play through all
the shows in order.

There’s a few compelling reasons to use Projects:

• You can have multiple shows open at once, and copy pieces
between them.
• When you create output that supports multiple shows (like DVD
or Blu-ray), the output can include all the shows in your project.