#title Watching Slideshows of Photos ||<>|| Show off your photos in all of their glory by running a slideshow! Ubuntu provides several ways to watch slideshows of photos. = Slideshow Software = == Using Shotwell Photo Manager == ''Shotwell Photo Manager'' has a slideshow feature. 1. Press '''Applications''' -> '''Graphics''' -> '''Shotwell Photo Manager''' to open Shotwell 1. Press '''View''' -> '''Slideshow''' 1. The slideshow will start == Using F-Spot Photo Manager == ''F-Spot Photo Manager'' has a slideshow feature. 1. Press '''Applications''' -> '''Graphics''' -> '''F-Spot Photo Manager''' to open F-Spot 1. Select the photos that you want to appear in the slideshow * You can select multiple photos by holding down ''Ctrl'' and clicking the photos you want to see 1. Press '''View''' -> '''Slideshow''' 1. The slideshow will start * Press any key or click the mouse to exit the slideshow * Press the ''Space'' key once to skip a photo or press it a few times to show the slideshow menu * ''Sometimes, the space key may not work or may cause the slideshow to exit. This seems to be a bug.'' == Using the Image Viewer == The ''Image Viewer'' application is capable of displaying slideshows. 1. Find a folder with some photos in it * If you would like to watch a slideshow of ''all'' of the photos in the folder, just double-click on a single photo to open it * If you only want to see a slideshow containing ''a selection'' of the photos in the folder, select the photos which you want to see, right-click one of them and then select '''Open with "Image Viewer"''' 1. Press '''View''' -> '''Slideshow''' to start the slideshow * Press the ''Escape'' key to exit the slideshow * You cannot currently skip photos = Slideshow Wallpaper = == Using Cortina == [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Cortina|Cortina Wallpaper Slideshow]] watches the folder(s) that you specify for images and rotates them at a set interval. = Slideshow Screensaver = === Using F-Spot === You can use a slideshow of your photos as you screensaver. 1. Press '''System''' -> '''Preferences''' -> '''Screensaver''' 1. Select the ''F-Spot photos'' screensaver theme 1. Photos which are tagged as ''Favorites'' in ''F-Spot Photo Manager'' will be displayed as your screensaver If you would like to change which tag is used for the slideshow: 1. Open ''F-Spot'' 1. Press '''Edit''' -> '''Preferences''' 1. Under ''Screensaver'', select the desired tag 1. Press '''Close'''