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Trim works OK. However it does not alter the duration of the slide to suit the new video time. Cannot add Keypoints but changing speed is possible via the data input boxes. DG

Still no joy! The ONLY place where the time-adjusted video clip plays correctly is the Trim and Adjust Speed window where you presumably make the adjustments for start/end time, speed changes, etc. (I still don't understand what Interpolate Frames does). Anyway when I say OK and close that window and play it in the Objects and Animation screen it does NOT play the same. Similarly when I exit O&A and go to the Main screen it also does not reflect any of the alterations I made in the Trim and Adjust Speed window. Maybe I am doing something wrong but not obvious to me.

Hi Mike, There is no "Free transformation" function in PTE, and the layer changes the side lengths proportionally when zooming. You can cut a hole in a third-party image in a photo of a building, say in Photoshop, and add your photo or video with an underlying layer. You can also create a white mask of the desired size and shape in Photoshop and place it as the top layer above the photo of the building, in this case you can add a shadow. An example of applying a mask from a video:

Hi Igor, Forum now working again, thanks. Still struggling with the Speed Adjustments! Jill

Hi Jill, thanks for reply, that's what have been doing and have been tearing my hair out, its very much trial and error as you say and its still not quite right. I was wondering if had missed a more elegant and user friendly option. Mike

Hi, I apologize it took so long! In the new version 12.0 Beta 9, we've added full support for HEIC images to PTE AV Studio. Please try it out and let me know how it works. https://www.pteavstudio.com/forums/forum/91-pte-av-studio-12-beta/

We published V12 Beta 9 with HEIC image support for Windows today. Now HEIC supported on a PC and Mac.

I think that we solved this in the new Beta 9 today.

Please try new Beta 9 released today.

Hi, try new Beta 9.

Beta 9 is available See the download links above. Added HEIC image support for Windows - the format used by iPhone for storing photos by default. Now available on both Windows and macOS. Added AVIF image support for Windows and macOS. AV1 video export is now 18% faster with slightly better quality and smaller file size. AV1 video playback is now hardware accelerated on Mac with Apple M3/M4/M5 chips, significantly reducing CPU load. Improved the Trim and Adjust speed window (for a video object). Fixed an issue with clearing unused resources of a project (slide style or custom transition). Fixed an issue where the program froze when a project contained a missing video file.

Mark, did you mean standard JPEG-XL images as .jxl files, or JPEG-XL from iPhone? JPEG-XL from iPhone is a DNG file containing both RAW data and an embedded JPEG-XL image.

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Hi Mike, You need to use the 3D rotation to adjust it. I have used 3D movements X, Y & Z to correct converging verticals. It may not be as accurate as doing it in something like Photoshop, but with some trial & error you can get it near enough. Jill

I would like to add a mask to an image but would like to pull each corner of the mask into a point on the image which whilst rectangular is asymmetric. Can this be done? I have looked in the help file and the forum, maybe I have searched using the wrong term. Any suggestions would be helpful. I want to map a video image onto a building where the building is asymmetrical partly because I have used a wide angle lens.

Hi, I'm testing HEIC images support for a PC (Windows) in PTE AV Studio right now. If all is OK, we'll add it for V12 soon. It was not easy to support this tricky format! Interesting fact, a typical HEIC image file from your iPhone contains a grid of 48 small video fragments (4 x 8 tiles - 512 x 512 pixels short video clips which contain 1 frame, still picture) + meta data (rotation, color profile, thumbnail picture). I discoverd that even latest IrfanView cannot display correctly colors in HEIC images, colors are distorted slightly.

Hi, Please wait for Beta 9. We'll publish it within 2 days. We've added many improvements to this editor. Also we updated video decoders/encoders in Beta 9.

Still having a problem with the Trim and Adjust Speed option in Objects and Animation for a single video clip. I used Google Earth to record a "movie" that shows flight path from A to B. I open the clip in PTEAV and I wanted to start the beginning a bit later and then alter the speed during the rest of the clip. This is what it looks like in the Trim and Adjust Speed window and it plays fine in that window. HOWEVER, when I close the O&A window and view the clip in the main PTEAV window the playback does not match what was shown while in the O&A screen. What am I doing wrong?

Took the words right out of my mouth (if I had any there:-)). Thanks for the meaningful explanation. John

Yes definitely. In this instance, the colour almost appears as a tone or colour cast. Gestalt's Visual Hierarchy Theory proposed that the viewer's attention is drawn by elements by importance, using the colour of the whole image to establish order and prominence. Color dictates prominence through brightness, contrast, warmth, and overall tone. Gestalt principles (similarity, proximity, closure, figure-ground) organize elements into meaningful groups or patterns. The removal of colour in this instance certainly allows more emphasis on those elements, shapes, and the closeness of the tram/light rail, as well as the angled composition of the image.

Sorry for the long delay. I agree very much with your colour distraction observation. This street car example, for me, really emphasizes your comment. I shot these in 2015 in Krakow. Color: meh. B&W: hits the mood of the scene (for me).

Yes adding Motion Blur will greatly increase the time to render. Jill

On a somewhat related issue, I have created a number of mp4 shows from past projects and seem to recall that the Time Remaining for the resulting mp4 was generally around the time length for the actual overall project (my shows are usually 20-30 minutes total). I am in the Publishing step of a current project that is 21 minutes in length. The Publishing phase shows about 3 HOURS for the process which seems weird. The only difference is that I changed the "motion blur" option from disabled to enabled with the recommended settings. Is this what is causing the seemingly excessive Publishing Time?

Hello, I’m not sure if you’ve noticed a change in the Styles window—it now looks like the “Transitions” window. When creating a style with many variants, the categories end up with very long lists. I think it would be better organized if, when creating a style within a category, you could also create a list with multiple variants within that style—I think that’s what it’s called. I’m not sure what you think about having an organization similar to Transitions. Thank you.

You can easily do all of this in PTE. Simply start a New Project, edit your clips so that each portion is on a separate Slide. You can then add whatever Transition you need between each one. Publish as an MP4 & then insert that into your final Project. I always use PTE to edit my video clips & find it quick & easy. Jill