starfish

Hi, Thanks for all your replies. I rebuilt the slide show and, this time, it worked fine. The size of my slides is due to my ignorance in not knowing (and still not knowing) the size necessary for projecting a slide show into a very large hall. The resolution, I AM sure of: 1280x1040, but I don't know yet whether or not a higher dpi is necessary or even desirable for projection. So, if anyone knows, please tell me. Until I find out, I will have to keep generating these big files, because I can always make them smaller in the future, but making them larger is impossible without ruining the images. :-) Sharon (starfish)

Hi, I have created several slide shows with PTE, but I'm having a problem with a new one. Although I have (several times) selected and RE-selected "Repeat show until ESC is pressed," after running through the slides, the show shows the first slide again and then holds it on screen. ??? If it helps anyone to solve this, I am running Win 98 with 512 MB of memory. My computer is an AMD Athlon 1700+, with two very large hard drives. The slides on the show are very large at anywhere from 500 to 1000k, .jpg. They have to be large because the show is designed to be projected in a theater, so each slide is 1280x1024 at 300 dpi. When the show runs, there is no hesitation, and all slides show promptly and well, but the show just won't loop. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. Sharon (starfish)

Hi, Again a big plea for the ability to run .avi files, like Presentation Publisher can. PTE is my preferred program at this point, but avi capability is very important to me. Avi files are ideally suited for CD presentations, since there is plenty of room for them and more and more people are purchasing digital cameras with video capabilities. Also, HTML page generating ability would be a big plus. Sharon (starfish)

Hi, I'm a brand new user = freshly registered. And already I have a wish list. I purchased this program for use within a large project which will take most of the next two years. I have looked at quite a few similar programs, and haven't found the perfect one yet, but PtoE COULD be with a few additions. 1. The ability to run .avi files and perhaps other movie files. I can work around this, but it's VERY labor intensive. I found that it is possible to "run .avi files" in the program by disassembling the .avi within a graphics program with that capacity, saving each frame one-by-one, loading into PtoE and then adjusting the speed per slide to 20 milleseconds with instant display (no transitions). Voila! Not so instant movie. :-) It sure would be nice to just load an .avi and go. 2. The ability to load a "blank" slide -- one with no picture attached. This would allow background tiling or background color to show and act as a template for menus. This would save time and space. 3. The ability to create html pages as well as .exe and scr files. 4. A user option to disable music when running a slide show. Some people love added music and others hate it, so it would be nice to give users of our slide shows and screensavers that option. Thanks for looking, Sharon (starfish)