The first editing work we will do will be to add images to the slide list. We can skip around in the list and add items in various places, so this is a good place to start.
Click on the 
Add Images button to bring up the Open Picture dialog. Go to the directory where your images are, then pick the images you want to add. The Dialog will allow you to chose more than one image at a time - just hold a Shift or Control key down when you click the mouse on image files. The Shift key will allow you to chose a range, while the Control key will allow you to chose one image file at a time. We have chosen all except one image file for our slideshow.
The images we selected are added to the end of the slide lines list, in the order in which they were selected in the open picture dialog. We will apply effects to some of the images in a later step.
Next, we will add a background to the slide list, using the image we did not add as a slide. Click on the first image in the slide list, then click the 
Add Transition button. The Transition/Other dialog will appear. Click on the Background tab, then the Image radio button. You can now click the button next to the Image box to add an image file. We will leave the duration at one second, as we are going to overlay the background with a Title that will be up for a longer period. Then Click Ok.
The background line is now added just in front of the selected slide. We will add the title in a little while.
Our next step is to add an embedded video to the slide lines.