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Hi everyone, Playing with masks, this is what happened. Cheers.

I hope you like the transitions for PTE. https://javier-pteavstudio.blogspot.com/

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

I really like the idea of multiple slide/object tracks. We've already written some of the code. One of the most important ideological questions is slide duration and transition duration. You can already see (V11) the difference in the timing concept for slides and audio clips - they are calculated differently. I'd like to discuss this topic after the release of V12.

Hi, I suggest to move all the messages of this section (Work in Progress) into the main section - General Discussion.

AleAle5025. Hi! Thanks for the comment! Yes, the video was made in After Effects. This is the finished video that I inserted into the PTE project. In PTE, it is difficult and time-consuming to do this, save the video as a sequence of frames and move the added file manually in each frame.

If the problem is that you don't have Photoshop, you can do it in GIMP, which is free; you can even create the mask with the current version of Paint, which supports multiple layers. Mask with paint

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 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

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.

A selection of over 500 camera images from the full moon rising behind the Byron Lighthouse. Still not perfect with camera movement even though I used a remote. Some cropping and may redo and ailgn images. Captured with the Sony A7RV and the 200 - 600 mm lens from 3.5 klms away. Used the timelapse Style to create the audio visual.

Jill, The green timeline (with key points) always shows the original time. Including vertical red time cursor. Mini player placed above (and its time slider) shows modified resulting time. Please wait a little, I've noticed several issues with time calculations. We'll fix these mistakes in Beta 9. I suggest to try again this editor in future Beta 9.

Hello, since it’s been a few years now and it still doesn’t seem to be there, I’d like to bring this post back up and make a new request to see if the warning message mentioned by jienense could be added. I think it’s helpful to know which fonts aren’t installed on your system but are used in the project.

Hi, We're planning a major improvement to a text object before the final release of version 12.0. I just want to make sure the new code works as intended before announcing it. Regarding the issue of keeping consistent text size between slides. I understand this task. But how can we implement this, if the text size depends on where the text object is added - on a slide or as a child object? Years ago we've added one solution (which, of course, isn't suitable for all cases) - a text comment. The text object has a special mode - text comment. And its size can be controlled through the Project Options (for all slides or for new slides) in the Pro version of PTE AV Studio.

"Hello everyone! A new style: a slideshow journey through the night city." Download: https://disk.yandex.ru/d/X_axnVCEGowGCg

Hi, That's a good idea, thanks. But in the future V13, we plan to add multiple slide tracks, which will allow the logo to be displayed with better flexibility and customization. An universal tool would better than specialized tool.

Beta 7 is available See the download links above. Improved the Trim and Adjust speed window (for a video object). Added scrollbar for the timeline. Quick Search now includes a filter for the number of images required by slide styles. Quick Search is now accent-insensitive: typing "a" will match both "a" and "à" - great for non-English style names. It works in Project Options, Slide Options, and Styles and Themes. Fixed an issue with copying slides with Master video track objects. Fixed an issue with not working Safe executable for PC option in the Publish menu.

Please try a simple idea - create a smooth video slowdown, a pause (1 s), and then a smooth resume of playback. I showed how to do this in the screenshot below. First, make sure you are using the new version - Beta 9. 1. Tick "Speed keypoints" option. 2. Add 4 keypoints, as shown on the screenshot. 3 Click the OK button to save the result. Check the preview in the Objects and animation editor and the Mini player in the main window.

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.

Hi, try new Beta 9.

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.

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).

This may help as I have used it for a timelpase effect.

Hi, Can you share a copy of your project with us? We'll check the cause of this issue to help you. Use the "Create a backup in a ZIP" command from the main menu > File menu to create a full copy of the project with all linked files. P.S. Jill, thanks for your replies!

Nicely done, appreciate the time and effort in this. It looks complex and I have not not experiemnted with masks as I tend to use PTE for more simple straight forward projects.

Thanks, Jill. I thought you would know! Ian

A slightly more sophisticated construction: Simple_Circle.zip

Thank you!

PTE Video Optimizer can reverse video and then export the result. Check also the preview in realtime - it may freeze sometimes, because it's a difficult task to decode a reversed video (on the fly). P.S. Exported reversed video will play smooth.

Looks pretty clean to me. Yes, that's smart. Thanks for sharing. Alex55

Love this thing! Just out of curiosity, is everything done inside PTE? Thanks

After completing the project, without creating a new project. You start adding new files to an old project, and you continue to work on something. At this time, duplicates begin to appear. Make it a rule to start any new job by creating a new project. It is unclear after what time and why duplicates begin to appear. Just don't do that, and you'll forget about duplicates. Above, I described how to change something in old projects. Open the old project and save it. Without leaving the program (important). Create a new project. Save the old project and work with it. After creating a new project, the old slide loses its dependence on the old files and archives. If you have duplicates, (CtrlZ) will not help you to delete them. Because. (CTRL+z) Cancels the action, but the connection to archives and old files remains.

You created a slide and a transition within a single project. You saved it (created an archive). Now, both the slide and transition files are stored in one archive. To break the link between the slide and transition files, you need to create a new project. This is the only way to sever the connection between the files and their archives, resulting in separate, independent file archives. This is what I described above. Currently, you may have several archive files in your Documents folder. These archives are interconnected with each other and with various file folders, which is likely causing the issues you're experiencing. It is always necessary to create new projects for slides and transitions. Then there will be no such problems in the work.

I downloaded and checked your project Proyecto 2_Mar22-2026_9-30-44.zip (62 MB). This project includes one heavy custom transition (10 variants, 62 MB, 20 video files). It's included as Embedded transition (local project storage). It means that it's included in the project (not in the global storage). For this reason, the program doesn't clean up its resources, even if no slide uses it. This is because the transition is stored in a single, unique instance - in the project's resources. If the transition is in the program's global storage, the program (PTE AV Studio) automatically cleans up the project's resources as soon as all slides stop using it (when the project or PTE AV Studio is closed). To resolve this particular case, simply remove the transition in the list of transitions in Project Options / Slide Options and close the project. Be careful - re-check that you have a copy of this transition before deleting it. If you didn't specifically create this transition in the project's local project storage, this situation could have occurred for the following reason: 1. You created or imported a new transition into the program's global storage. 2. You used this transition in a project. 3. Then you shared a ZIP copy of the project with another user (or moved the project to a second PC). 4. PTE AV Studio always saves a local copy of the transition in the project, so you can correctly open this project on another computer where the transition isn't yet in the global storage and it won't be automatically added there. 5. Thus, the transition becomes a local transition (embedded transition). If you now stop using this transition, resource cleanup will not occur automatically.

I had issues with duplicates. Here's how to work with an old slide to make changes or extract content from it without creating duplicates or breaking the original slide: Open the old slide in the program and copy the entire slide from start to finish onto the timeline. Once you've copied it... Click on the word "File" in the panel, then select "New Project." In the new project that opens, paste the copied old slide on the timeline. Give the new project a name and confirm. Save the new project and continue working with it. Now you won't have any duplicates. This is the correct way to work with old slides and transitions to avoid duplication issues.

Hello, I’d like to make a request for the new version: if possible, could you add a couple of options to the Watermark section? I think it would be useful to have a new section that lets you specify when to start and stop displaying the watermark. Most of the time, at least in my case, I usually place an introductory video—or what’s called an “Intro”—at the beginning of the project, so it’s preferable not to show the watermark while that Intro is playing. I know another option is to place an image as a watermark on the second slide and then copy it to the rest of the slides one by one, but of course, when there are a lot of slides, that method is a bit… Thank you.

Thanks, Igor, for keeping it in mind, even if we have to wait a few years before we can use it, haha. What I'm most excited about is being able to have multiple tracks or timelines for video or images—it opens up a whole range of possibilities for working better and faster.

Re-open this project (or restart PTE AV Studio), and the program will remove unused resources associated with this project. This works this way, because user can undo changes (Ctrl+Z) and return some transition with video resources to the project. Therefore, clearing unused resources always occurs when closing the program or closing the project (re-opening the project).

Hello Great and very modern. Especially suited to the images in the sample video. Will look at it later in more detail. Thanks for sharing. Mark

Create a new slide without duplicates. Copy the slide that you want to edit. Open a new project in the program. Paste the copied slide. Edit the slide. Now you will have a new slide without duplicates.

Hi, new edition of Art Show in vintage style. I made a couple of rooms a little wider, the design is made of pictures (unlike the first option), so the style itself has become a little heavier in weight. But this does not create a large load for the program. All pictures are optimized. The scheme for adding photos to the timeline has changed a bit (its description inside the style). P.S. Transitions specially created for this style are used between slides. If you wish, you can replace them with any other from your Transitions List. Paul Download

Zibi, To our great regret, the author of this work, like others no less interesting, has passed away. RIP

Hi, In PTE AV Studio 12, we've included a new function - Quick Search in the Slide Styles window and Transitions window. This allows you to quickly find or filter the desired transition or style by name, category, or author name. You can also filter slide styles by the number of images they require, making it easy to find styles that match your current selection. PTE AV Studio remembers your choice during the current session, independently for styles and transitions. You can hide the Quick Search bar in Preferences > Templates tab by unticking the "Search in styles and transitions" option.

That's a good idea. Let me think about it.

Hi everybody, Love this song. Had some Styles composition in mind and here's how it looks. There's link to the Styles. Like always replace Files "replace Me" with your images or videos. Best

Bonjour, C'est très original, recherché, très créatif. J'admire la maîtrise que vous avez de PTE. BRAVO. Et merci pour le partage. Georges Hello, This is very original, sophisticated, and creative. I admire your mastery of PTE. Well done. And thank you for sharing. Georges

Yes, it works fine ! @SoCu: Displaying a list of the number of images works within all categories. The available categories are listed on the right and you have to choose them one at a time. if I add a filter for 3 images, I see that styles are found into 6 categories, and they are displayed by category. If I add a filter for 2 images, I see that styles are found into 11 categories.

Glad that you like this new function! I just updated a text description in the 1st above above and added a new screenshot.

Hi everybody, Here's couple of new Styles with Transition:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MEGRUVYCXZ3KBLNKOKeT9GptAKp3xD3F/view?usp=sharing I've used them with some variations to make flashback kind of slideshow. It's posted below. Best Alex55