\documentclass{beamer}

\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}

\usetheme{Boadilla}

\setbeamercovered{transparent}
\beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
\setbeamertemplate{footline}[frame number]

\title{pdflatex test document}

\author[P. Schmitz]{Pierre Schmitz}

\begin{document}

\end{document}