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740 25. Templates and Projects

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 is an individual show,
they can also be grouped together as part of the one project.

With Projects you can have multiple shows open in ProShow at the same
time. You can jump back and forth 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.
This gives you the ability to create one large show, consisting of a group of
smaller, individual shows.

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

There are 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.

• Projects help keep you organized when you have multiple shows
related to one client or task.

• You can divide your show into logical pieces. If you’re covering a
wedding that has a section for preparation on the big day, the
ceremony, and the reception, you can split those into different
shows rather than making one big one.

• Use one show in an open project as your ‘scratch paper’ for trying
out effects. Test them out in your scratch show, and copy the
slides over to your main show when you’re done.