Computer Shopper - UK (2019-10)

ISSUE 380|COMPUTER SHOPPER|OCTOBER 2019 67

NovaPDF10.1Lite

FINDINGNEWANDinteresting
ways to show off your photos
can be difficult, but Ashampoo
Slideshow Studio gives you an
exciting range of options for
making your shots more
eye-catching.
From start to finish, you’re
guided through every step of
the slideshow creation process.
Even if you’re acompletenovice,
you’ll still be able to produce
something that is going to turn

AshampooSlideshow

Studio2019

REQUIREMENTSWindows7,8,10;

10MBharddiskspace

WEBSITEwww.ashampoo.com

NOTESGetyourregistrationcodewithin

theapplication

heads. Youcan tailor your

slideshow forplayback on

widescreen or 4:3 ratio displays,

but the first thing you’ll need

to do is select the images you

would like to include.Although

the interface of the program

looks like aslightly intimidating

video editor to start with, you’ll

find that it is actually very easy

to use.

Having used the timeline to

determine the order in which

images should be displayed, you

can liven things up by choosing

to displayatransition effect

between each image.There are a

number to choose from, ranging

from simple slides or dissolves

to more elaborateflips and rolls.

Youcan take advantage of a

number of templates that can

be used to add captions to your

images in avariety of ways,

and you also have the option

of adding texting, other

images and shapes to

individual images.

Youcan also add a

music track to the

background, while the

preview window to the

lower right of the program

enables you to keep an

eyeonhow things are

progressing. When you’re

happywith the results,

you can export your

slideshow as aWMV

video file,which can be

uploaded to the internet

or shared and played back

on almost any computer,

or WebM, which is

designed forstreaming.

REQUIREMENTSWindowsXP, Vista,7, 8,10;

10MBharddiskspace

WEBSITEwww.novapdf.com

NOTESGetyourregistrationcodeatwww.

novapdf.com/creativemarkn192-promo.html

NOVAPDFISApowerful commercial

tool forcreating PDF files. Install the

program and it equips your PC with

avirtual printer driver,enabling you

to createPDFsfrom any Windows

application. Just open your target

document, choose the Print option,

select the NovaPDF printer,and the

program will convert it foryou.

It also provides its own console,

where you can choose adocument

and convert it to PDF directly.

NovaPDF directly integrates with

MicrosoftOffice applications, too.

Open adocument, click the NovaPDF

tab,and again you can have it

converted to PDF in acouple of clicks.

However you start the conversion

process, your finished document can

be customised in many different ways.

Bookmarks, metadata, font embedding, link

detection, text optimisation, layout PDF/A and

Linear PDF options are all customisable,while a

smart Profile system makes it easy to group

particular settings together (for example,you might

have one profile forhome documents, the other for

work, then change between the two as required).

It’s even possible to define how your finished

PDF will be opened later in aPDF viewer,covering

anything from hiding menus, toolbars or other

interface elements, to configuring particular

transition types.