gogs
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I also use this fairly regularly for both text and objects where I want to have consistency with the shadow effect through a show.
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Hi Igor
Nice transition.
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Hi Dave
Pretty Cool. I like both the style and the idea.
I will have a play about with this. I think it helps to sometime just get a little kick start on an idea.
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Hi Dave
It works a treat although at first couldn't get it until I realised I was adjusting canvas in pixels instead of %. Doh!.
Thanks for taking the time to have a look at this.
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Hi Dave
Yes sorry I forgot to mention the border in the first post. That was one of the reasons I did not create the effect with a mask although I know I could have added a white rectangle in the mask to create a border.
The real reason for the post was to find out why the crop parameters didn't save in the style. I am not sure if this is because I do not really understand how the crop function works or whether it is a problem within P2E.
But thanks for having another look at the problem for me.
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Hi Dave
Thanks for having a look at this for me. Both methods you have created work just great.
What I forgot to mention in my first post was that I also wanted to have a small border on the top image.
When applying a border to both methods suggested they end up out of alignment. I suppose this could be sorted by adjusting the canvas parameters but the crop tool seemed the easiest way to bring them back into alignment.
I thought perhaps it was to do with number of main images as originally both images were set to main image 1. I have tried it by creating two main images but the crop tool parameters still do not save within the completed style.
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Hi. Wondering if anyone can help.
I was trying to create a repeated animation by creating a style. In objects and animation I have two copies of the same image (working 3:2 format). The background image is full size i.e. zoom 100 x 100 and grayscaled. The top image is sliding in on top at zoom 85x85 in colour, and finishes centre screen. However I want this image to register/align with the background image so that it blends exactly. To do this I used the crop tool on the top image until everything lined up. After this I created it as a style. When reusing the style the crop factor is not retained. I believe I could probably get the same effect using a mask but I was more interested in knowing why the crop parameters are not retained when creating a style.
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Hi Igor
Thanks for having a look at this.
Problem doesn't show in mini player window or in full screen preview, so I can live with it at the moment. Will probably invest in a new graphics card sometime.
Barry
Thanks for comments as well.
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Hi Igor
Thanks for offering to have a look at this for me. Like I said in a previous post this only seems to happen in the O&A screen.
I have attached a zip file of one slide with the animation.
Thanks again
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Hi Barry
I tried the sharper/smoother settings and it didn't really help.
However I have now noticed that the shimmer/shudder effect only happens in the O&A Screen when on full screen on my computer.
If I play in the mini window it is OK so I tried reducing the size of the window when in O&A and it is also Ok no shimmer or shudder.
Must be something to do screen resolution or something. Anyway I can live with it if it is only in O&A screen and does not appear in finished slideshows.
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Thanks Guys.
Yachtsman, I played you little video clip looks smooth, if I can get that effect I will be happy.
Barry, I will try with the sharper/smoother option and see if it cures the effect for me.
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Hi
I have just noticed a problem using a simple animation of a slide over a blurred slide.
Just discovered this when I was revising an old slide show. So I tried it again using version 8.01 with one background image and another moving across the top of it.
In Objects and Animation I have 1 main slide (landscape format) and I bring another (portrait format) in over the top from off screen.
Everything is OK but if I apply a blur to the background image the slide coming in shimmers. This happens at any level of blur positive and negative.
When I turn the blur off again animation is OK nice and smooth.
Using: Windows 7 64bit
8Gb RAM
Intel i3 processor
Nvidia GeForce G210 512Mb
Resolution 1920 x 1080 60Hertz
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Dave
Yes I believe they should. And as in my reply to the use of the "toast" icon I believe the defaults should be organised to group together, where appropriate, things that do similar things such as the Preview from start of slide show or preview from this slide for example.
Have voted yes.
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I believe it would be better labelled. Users that have been with PTE for some time will be well aware of what this icon does but labelling it would benefit new users.
By default the icon appears in the left hand end of the upper toolbar and the full preview mode appears in the right hand end. I know that these can be customised but it would be better if they were grouped together by default and labelled with what it actually does.
And here is where confusion may arise for new users. The right click option on the mini player window does not do the same thing as the "toast" icon, but does the same as clicking on the four little arrows at the end of the mini player timeline. The toast icon plays a preview including the transition from the previous image but the right click function only plays the preview from the point that that image fully appears on screen.
My vote is for a yes
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Hi Jeff
The method I used in the past was very similar to that of yours. I recorded my commentary in Audacity in one pass and then split the audio track into sections and adjusted these on the time line. I did this by opening both PTE and Audacity at the same time and matching where each section of commentary should be in the slideshow. I then added the music and reduced the volume behind each section of commentary. I then saved this as a project file just in case I had to go back and edit. I also then compiled an mp3 track of combined commentary and music and added it to PTE. It has always worked out well for me although as you say if there is a change in the slideshow it was a bit fiddly re-editing the soundtrack.
I have not as yet put together a full slideshow with version 8 yet but can see it making things an awful lot easier. The ability to link audio items to specific slides and move these together if necessary will make adding commentary that much easier but the ability to adjust volume directly in the time line is just going to be invaluable to me.
There is one area however where I don't think my version of Audacity will become redundant quite yet is the use of the channel input level meters. I wont be able to decide this until I have tried recording directly into PTE.
I have seen a few slideshows at my Camera Club by people using other slideshow software and recording commentary directly into that and have always thought that the voice levels were too low.
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Gogs,
Please use your last license key (VideoBuilder) for the upgrade.
Hi Igor
Having just got a little confused over numbers apparently have noted the wrong number down. I went back to email from WNsoft when I upgraded Video Builder which was in August to find licence key.
Key starts with a D so I loaded it directly to Version 8 and it is activated. I take it that since I upgraded Video Builder in August that I have been able to upgrade to V8 for free. Version 8 runs OK.
Thanks for all your hard work in producing such an excellent product.
Gogs
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Gogs,
Please use your last license key (VideoBuilder) for the upgrade.
Hi Igor
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I will give it a try in the next hour or so.
Gogs
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Hi Igor
I am keen to take the opportunity of upgrading to version 8 D-Lux. I am currently running version 7.5.
I have two registration numbers one for PTE and one for video builder. As video builder is only in the D-Lux version is that the registration number I need to give when upgrading or is that simply the reg key for video builder itself.
My reg key for PTE is in the format XXXXXXXXX-XXXXX-XXX (i.e. 10 characters followed by 5 then 3).
Video Builder key format is XXXXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXXXX (i.e. 10 characters followed by 4 then 6)
My original key for PTE prior to this was in the format of an exe file.
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Hi Dave
Thanks for the detailed explanation I think I am now certainly getting my head around this a bit more.
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Hi
I think I have just solved the problem myself. Or at least I now can see what is happening. It is not the actual transition causing the problem but the time length of the transition.
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Hi Igor
I am not sure if this is a bug or not but I have just noticed in Beta 12 that the type of transition can affect whether a style works the way it is supposed to.
For example I add 1 new slide and look at slide options, it has transition set to Default Transitions. I apply style (under Lab) Four Parts. The style does not work as it should. I look at slide options again and now see that transition has been changed to Shapes. The style only seems to work as I expect it to work If I change the transition effect to Quick Transition.
As I said not sure if this is a bug or whether certain styles can only be used with certain transitions. If this is the case then this is some thing that might need to be made clear in the style instructions.
Gogs
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PUZZLE STYLE
Based on the old children's puzzle where you move tiles around in a frame to make the correct picture.
Add one 3:2 format image and apply the style. It can be repeatable with a number of slides.
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Hi Dave
Many thanks for taking the time to solve the problem I had with making this slide style repeatable over a number of slides and perhaps now, with credit to you, others might find a use for it.
On my own part I will tinker with the animation of the outgoing slide on the right but I don't see any problem with the incoming one on the left, I'll just leave that the way it is.
Once again thanks for all your help.
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Hi Guys
Thanks for the comments. I think I have been a bit over ambitious for a first attempt.
The idea started a while back as the basis for a template that was never really finished.
I thought that making it a style would maybe make it easier to use until I found that I couldn't find a way to add more images.
I guess it is back to the drawing board until I can properly get my head around creating styles which are a great addition to P2E.
Igor
I think version 8 is going to be absolutely fantastic and this is one user who is more than grateful for all the hard work you and your team have put into it.
Gogs
Caption Styles
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Hi
In styles menu there are a few different styles where yo can add your own caption or text.
I have been messing about trying to create other text styles. I can do this and save them but there appears to be no way to create a style and allow a simple change of text like you can with the default ones.
Are the caption styles, where you are able to add your own text created within the PTE programming code or is there a way that I have not yet found that allows general users to this.
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