Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Windows® XP Media Center®

A new shortcut now exists in the My Pictures subdirectory. When you return to

Media Center and open the My Picture interface, if you select the My Pictures subdi-

rectory tab, a My Documents folder icon will be visible (see Figure 18.8). Just click on

it to access the image files stored there.

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FIGURE 18.8

The result of

your labor: The

link to the new

image folder is

now visible

from within the

My Pictures

interface.

Launching a Slide Show

One of the things that is most impressive about the slide show feature in Media

Center is how easy it is to use—particularly with the remote control. Simply do this:

1. Select the folder containing the images you want to view, and press OK.

2. Now press Play.

Media Center does the rest. What makes the slide show display so compelling is that

Media Center doesn’t just flash static images, one after another. One image may

pan languidly from right to left, and the next one may slowly zoom into the center

of the photo, and so on. The result is subtle, yet mesmerizing. The pictures actually

seem to come alive, right out of the computer screen. This simple animation is done

so skillfully that it instantly elevates even the most mundane snapshots so that they

appear fascinating and strikingly professional.