smokinggoldfish

Thanks DG, so it looks as though my computer can't keep up with the data rate? I have less RAM and I think my video "card" is inferior. If so does this mean that my finished exe file won't run except on a very fast machine like yours? sg

I have put two more tripod shots on dropbox of my hand moving in front of the camera. The low res one runs smoothly in PTE while the his res one jumps badly: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/72061037/DSC_2541.MOV http://dl.dropbox.com/u/72061037/DSC_2542.MOV sg

Thanks for the comments about using a tripod. The original clips were indeed shot with a tripod, and were of me talking. But they were rather long so I shot these two quick ones hand-held. I'll shoot a couple more from a tripod, so that you can hopefully see the problem. sg

Thanks DG, I have never used DROPBOX before but it looks straightforward, so I have put 2 clips in there, one low quality 640 by 424 25 fps, and the other 1920 by 1080 24 fps. See http://dl.dropbox.com/u/72061037/DSC_2538.MOV http://dl.dropbox.com/u/72061037/DSC_2539.MOV Please feel free to try and to comment, anyone, especially Igor, Thanks, sg

Further to my post: I have just tried shooting a test clip at the lowest video quality/resolution that the D7000 offers, i.e. 640 by 424 pixels and 25 fps. That seems to load and run fine in PTE, so I guess I will try something in between the two extremes.....

Hi everyone, I have just upgraded to PTE Deluxe 7.0 so that I can use video clips in my AV sequences. My first attempt is very disappointing though. A high definition 1920 by 1080 24 fps "high quality" MOV video shot with my Nikon D7000 plays OK in Windows Media player or Windows Live Movie Maker, but is very jerky in the PTE preview - either the preview window or the full screen preview. The sound is OK but it looks as though only a small proportion of the frames are being displayed. I tried converting the video file to the .converted.avi format using PTE but the result is still bad. And making a .exe file and running that did not improve things. Looks like I am up against some sort of software or hardware speed limitation? But the PC is quite new and running Windows 7 Home Premium. The processor is quad core 64 bit and I have 4GB RAM. Am I doing something stupid? Any suggestions?

It was simple! The use of the png file was crucial. I did not realise until recently that a jpg file could not have a transparent area. I put the "open" box image into animation as the first object and then the lid image as the second object (child of the first). The lid image had transparent areas each side where the box sides could show through. Then animating the lid image to pan downwards completed the job. Thanks for your help!

Thanks Peter and Lin. I learnt at my camera club tonight that a PNG image was the one to use for the lid because the JPG I had tried does not allow a transparent part. I'll have a go myself now based on your advice and if I get stuck with the animation bit I'll come back to you. Watch this space!

I have made a sequence where the lid of a box slides back to reveal the contents inside. I did this by taking a picture of the box with the lid shut, moving the lid open a tiny bit, taking another picture, and so on until the lid was fully open. This took about 35 shots which were then sequenced in PTE. But even after playing with the transitions the effect is too jerky. Is there a way in which I can keep the picture of the box without lid below a moving picture of the lid using animation? Sorry if this is too simple a question but I have not done much with animation and masks, although I have used PTE for a few years. I have PTE 6.5.