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How to customize flash slideshow templates

Wondershare Flash Gallery Factory including Gallery and Slideshow two modes, can make 3D flash image gallery, animated flash slideshow, flash banner and flash album with 50 free flash photo templates. In addition, in Slideshow Mode, you can custom the template according to your idea. It is so easy and interesting that the process need no flash or XML skills at all. Just simple 5 steps will lead you how to customize your own flash slideshow templates.

Here's what you'll need:
Buy Wondershare Flash Gallery Factory, or Download free version here.
Favorite Digital Photos and music(Optional, as background music)

Step 1: Install flash gallery factory

Install the flash gallery software and select Slideshow Mode to customize your slideshow templates.

Step 2:Go to Template Tab

Please see the picture below. First click Template Tab. There is "Simple", "Theme" and "Custom" items, choose "Custom" item, and click the"Customize Template" button in the down left of the menu.

Step 3: Make the background of your template

After you click the "Customize Template" button, there will appear a window including "Background", "Appearance", "Text" and "Clipart" items. First enter the "Background" to make the background of your template. There are three methods: Color, Add image and Preset. In Color item, you can choose the color you like as the background; and in Image item, you can upload your favorite picture as your background while in Preset item, you just need to choose the template provided by the software.

Step 4: Select Appearance for your template

After make your background, please go to "Appearance" item to choose an album for your template or choose nothing.

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Step 5: Decorate your template with Text and Clipart

Now it's time to decorate your template. Go to "Text" item, click "Next Text" button and add text to your template. You can go to "Clipart" item to choose thumbnail image for your template as well.

Step 6: Export and use your customized template

Once done, you can click "Preview" button on the down right of the window to see your work. If OK, please click "Export" button to save your template. Then you'll see your customized template listing on the Custom item of the Template Tab. Click the template to use it in your project. If you want to modify the template, just double click that template.

Wanna to have a try now? Download the free flash slideshow software to custom your own flash slideshow now!

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Tips:
1. You can edit your photos and background music by click the "Edit photo" and "Edit music" button above storyboard on Browse tab.
2. The duration time for each photo can be revised by double click the default value under the photo in Browse or Template Tab or right click the photo by revising the "Photo Properties".
3. You can put your flash album to your blog, MySpace or websites for sharing with your friends.
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