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Create Background Slideshow, also referred to as CreBS, is a wallpaper slideshow

creator for the GNOME desktop. It allows you to choose images in a variety of

formats (JPEG, PNG, GIF, SVG), specifying their order, duration on-screen, and

the transition between each image and the following one.

Start by clicking the Add button (the one with a plus icon) and choosing images

with the file chooser window, or by simply dragging images from your file

browser onto the Create Background Slideshow window. You'll need at least two

images to make a slideshow, but, beyond that, you can add as many images as you

want, from whichever directories you want.

When you've finished selecting images, or perhaps even before, set the timings.

The Defaults section allows you to set the duration and transition time that

will automatically apply to all images. If you want to override those timings

for a particular image, select it in the image list, then untick "Use default"

and change the timings in the Selected Image section.

Once you're happy with the order and timings of your pictures, give the

slideshow a name and click the Apply button (it's the one on the bottom-right

with a tick icon). This will set your slideshow as the current wallpaper and

save it along with your other, static wallpapers, so you'll be able to find and

re-select it in future using the standard Appearance Preferences window.

Old slideshows can be re-opened (CreBS saves them to the .crebs folder in your

Home directory) so you can easily modify them or use them as templates for other

slideshows.

Create Background Slideshow can also be selected as an option for Nautilus's 

right-click "Open with..." menu for all the acceptable image formats as well as 

saved slideshow XML files. If installed, this association will be made 

automatically.

A complete description of Create Background Slideshow can be found in the crebs 

man page.

If you have a question regarding Create Background Slideshow, you can ask it

using Launchpad Answers. Point your web browser at:

https://answers.launchpad.net/crebs

If you find a bug, please report it at:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/crebs

And if you'd like to help translate Create Background Slideshow, visit:

https://translations.launchpad.net/crebs

Marc Stewart

18th June 2010