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The created style. Contains all the slideshow files.

After creating the slide, I create a zip archive. Then you can delete all the materials you have worked with. Also delete the pte file. Create a new empty folder to unzip the zip archive into the created folder. Navigate to the new folder. run the pte file. All work materials will be in one new folder. I save the style and zip archive.

Thank you for that. I had obviously not understood the use of templeates correctly. I will have a look at them in more detail.

I never use Backup Zip & always use Templates. I transfer the .PT folder directly to a backup drive & then to another computer into it's Overall Templates Folder. As long as the Overall Templates Folder has the same name (path doesn't matter) & it is referenced within PTE then it will be picked up. E.G. All of my Templates are stored in /PTE-Files/PTE-Templates on all computers & backup drives. I can then open them easily within PTE. Jill

This is not correct. Having created your Template you need to open the project from within the File/Templates in order to do any further work. You will then find that the references are to the location which is defined in Settings/Preferences/Templates. If you add images to the Template then you need to created a new Template - using the same name will over-write the previously saved Template. Once you have created the Template you ignore the original .pte file - this will reference the various folders you refer to. If you need to transfer the Project to another computer or drive then you need to use "Save a Backup in Zip". DG

Hi John, I use zip method to do what you want to do without problems. If after unzip, you look at the .pte, your are right, the .pte file in the folder still points to the original location of the images. But open the .pte, change only one thing, save and examine the .pte file, you will see the new location. Denis

Templates do work, I use them all the time. Just click on Main Menu/File/Templates & you will see the show listed. Click on it & the project will open with all the resources there. To copy to another drive or Computer then copy the .pt folder As long as you have the same name for the Templates Folder on both computers/backup drive you can then easily open the show from PTE on the other computer or drive. Jill

Thanks for the template suggestions. Unfortunately it does not do what I want. The .pte file in the template still points to the original location of the images and as I said originally these can be scattered over various folders. I am thinking of this work flow as a possibility but have not yet tried it. 1) copy all the files I may need onto an external drive (from 2 weeks in Tanzania there are many thousands in folders allocated to different days) 2) build the show - until I start doing this I do not know what slides I will eventually need - as I said I will use up to 300 or so 3) save a zip or template 4) copy this to my main hard drive in an appropriate folder 5) disconnect the external drive 6) run the .pte file and then point it to the new folder - hopefully that will rebuild the show with all the rsources collected neatly together in one folder. I can then alter the originalls if I need to without creating any problems. I wonder how hard this would be to build into PTE. Once the template is created all that is necessary is to point the .pte file to read the images from the template folder not the original locations. Having said that I am not or ever have been a programmer. Looking at the .pte file which is just a plain text file the path to a typical image is ImageName=G:\! PTE AV Studio\Shows\Falkland Islands\Resources\Images\Assencion Island.jpg it would have to be changed to something like ImageName=THIS FOLDER\Assencion Island.jpg with PTE being able to interpret THIS FOLDER. The new folder with all the resources could then be moved anywhere AQ

What Jill said. https://docs.pteavstudio.com/en-us/11.0/how_to_v11/templates?s[]=template DG

The easiest method to do what you want is to Create a Template. This 'collects' all of the images/videos/sounds along with the .pte file & creates a new .pt Folder. The advantage of using a Template over a Backup.zip file is that all of your Templates are accessible within PTE without having to unzip. It is best to do this once your show is complete. See Main Menu/Templates/Manage Templates & Create Template for this show I leave all of my images etc in their original Folders but create a new folder for each show so I can keep the .pte files as I am working & building up the show. Keep saving with a new name so you can always go back if needed. E.G. MyShow1, MyShow2 etc. Once I am happy with the show I then create a Template. You can then easily transfer this Template Folder to another computer or Backup Drive for safe keeping. Jill

This doesn't really answer your question but my travelogue shows are often 200 to 300 slides which are mainly jpg with some mp4. What I do is create a separate folder and copy all of the jpg and mp4 files I want to use into that folder and keep the originals intact in their own folders. I do this for 2 reasons. First just to better organize things and secondly I may want to make modifications to the jpgs and mp4s for the purpose of the PTEAV video using software like Photoshop or Movavi. Doug

I have been using Proshow for a long while but it is getting old and Photopia is much too expensive in the long run. I have looked at PTE but have a problem. My shows are used to give illustrated talks and can contain up to 250 images. With Proshow I added the images from folders on my hard drive and, at first, the Proshow files points to these individual folders BUT the if I use "collect" function the program puts all the files into one folder but IMPORTANTLY changes the pointers in the new .psh file to point to the new location leaving the originals in their original place. It seems PTE has a similar function in the zip backup which collects all the files together but this does NOT update the pointers to these files when they are extracted to a new folder. The only way round this I have found is to temporally re-name my main "Photographs" folder to say, "Photographs-xyz". Then when PTE cannot load the images I can tell it to look in the new folder extracted from the backup zip file. Then I have to change "Photographs-xyz" back to "Photographs". This is cumbersome, to say the least and something I really do not like doing. An alternative may be to first collect the images into a new folder but that is also cumbersome for the number of images I want to use. It also assumes that I know at the start what images I want which is not usually true and may change as the talk developes. To put it simply (I hope) I want to pick images from across my comutter (using PTE's file tree) to create a talk and then be able automatically collect them into one folder together with a new .pte file. This .pte file will then use the images from the new folder leaving the originals in place. ie duplicate the "collect" function in Proshow. Have I missed something. John

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Yes there are quite a few variiies of cockatoo spread across the conutry native to different part. We do not see them around here, only when there is food for them so they are very migratory along the east coast. Thanks for watching. Mark

Australia has some beautiful birds, closest we came to finding those guys were finding Baudin's black cockatoo in Perth

The Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo is a large cockatoo. It is easily identified by its mostly black plumage, with most body feathers edged with yellow, not visible at a distance. It has a yellow cheek patch and yellow panels on the tail. The female has a larger yellow cheek patch, pale grey eye-ring (pink in males), white upper bill (grey-black in males) and black marks in the yellow tail panels. Young birds resemble the adult female, but young males have a smaller cheek patch. Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos were once content to feed on the seeds of native shrubs and trees, especially banksias, hakeas and casuarinas, as well as extracting the insect larvae that bore into the branches of wattles. I am lucky to have tese birds in our area for the last few weeks. After a recnt camera and lens purchase, I have been able to capture these unique birds in the wild in the northern rivers of NSW. A couple of short Av's showing them feeding in their natural habitat. Ciao Mark

Please use Google Translate or similar to post in English. You do need the Pro version to be able to adjust the Volume with Key Points. Jill

Bonjour, j'ai débuté un montage avec bande son . J'ai effectué les réglages de niveau du son avec les point de contrôle audio, mais la ligne orange a soudain disparu. Je n'ai pas la version pro et pourtant cela fonctionnait, alors que certains messages de forum disent qu'il faut la version pro ? Comment la faire réapparaitre ? Merci

Hi Everyone, To celebrate Halloween this week, I've released more creepy tracks on my Dark/Ominous 2 page: "Night Things" - LoFi "Haunted Dreams" - LoFi "The Haunted Deep" - LoFi "Creepy Hollow" - LoFi "Midnight Mist" - LoFi "More Sewer Creepers" - LoFi "Ominous Underground Goings-On" - LoFi https://soundimage.org/dark-ominous-2/ I really like the LoFi (low-fidelity) sound...it's so atmospheric! Be sure to also check out my Horror/Surreal pages for more scary tracks: https://soundimage.org/horrorsurreal/ https://soundimage.org/horror-2/ Have a great Halloween! :-)

You can easily add a video file with movement to PTE. I don't know what format Elements 2025 will save a picture with movement in, but if it is an MP4, Mov, Avi etc then no problem. Just drag & drop as you would a still image. Jill

Add cinematic motion to your photos Bring a touch of movie magic to any photo by making select elements move, adding animated overlays, or creating 3D camera motion. POWERED BY AI Can I add a photo with motion example a waterfall created by using Elements 2025 into a PTE AV Studio 10 slide show?

Hey Everyone, I've uploaded some cool new distressed paper textures on my site. They might work for old maps and things in fantasy projects. You'll find them on my TXR - PAPER page. Here's the link: https://soundimage.org/txr-paper/ I've also simplified my texture images homepage. Here's a link to that page: https://soundimage.org/images-home-page/ Enjoy! :-)

One other thought. Some Surface Pro are not expandable as the SSD is soldered on the motherboard. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/surface-ssd-removal-guide If you run out of space on the Surface Pro, you could use a Portable HDD or SD card (they come is very large sizes and are small and have no moving parts). Good luck. Cheers Mark

I initially tried a 1 sec display but in the end settled on this version which is 0.5 sec and a 0.1 transition. My idea was that I did not want a video look as I could have shot in video and then slowed it down a little. I also have the individual images for use which are large files - around 50Mb so can be used for printing. Cheers Mark

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