Slide Show Effects Style

A computer-implemented method for authoring media presentations, comprising:

• defining a style, the style comprising one or more style properties;
• applying the style to a document and at least one of a layer, an effect container, an effect and a slide;
• and
• automatically generating a media presentation using the applied style, the document, and the at least one layer, effect container, effect, and slide.

A computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by a computer, the one or more programs comprising instructions to:

• define a style, the style comprising one or more style properties;
• apply the style to a layer, the layer comprising one or more effects;
• and
• automatically generate a media presentation using the applied style and the layer.

A computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by a computer, the one or more programs comprising instructions to:

• define a style, the style comprising one or more style properties;
• apply the style to a document and at least one of a layer, an effect container, an effect and a slide;
• and
• automatically generate a media presentation using the applied style, the document, and the at least one layer, effect container, effect, and slide.