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Good to "see" you Jeff! Sometimes while exploring our Utah color country, I wonder if I might run into you. I just barely viewed your Dunes and Arches AV. Total enjoyment. You have some fine photography and make especially good use of your music. I think your judicious use of movement adds to the overall appeal. Now where are the pictured dunes? And what is the residential community?

OK Lin, you are the master. What are the master's tools on this one?

Dom- Again, you make very clever use of PTE. I think this as template could have many specialized moments in PTE presentations. A person could even write an entire message and send it as a PTE animated "email." Your demo is flawless in my opinion.

Thank you Mark for this (PTE) expression and reminder. It certainly ignites each viewer's personal memories of the tragedy. I think Davy has the right idea for any further work you may choose to do on it. Though I understand the comment about musical tension increasing vs. visual constancy - Your existing sequence/music may be very close to how the event itself came to us. The initial shock may have gone on and on without much variance, yet many of us found our emotions building to a climactic point.

A superb and fitting presentation from two Shepherds. The sound effects are blended well and your voice pieces excellent as well. I found two pans worked exceptionally well; the first long fence pan and the pan across beneath the credits. Well done all around.

Davy, your excellent presentation amplifies both the powerful music and photography. Well done.

Mark this sequence shows well your outstanding photography. The music is more solemn than I might have tried, but I understand. I'm sure this presentation will mean emotional smiles to bride and groom.

Igor this sounds very interesting. Your continued work means we never have a chance to get bored or even complacent.

Maureen, your presentation is a smooth and pleasant journey. Felt like I was dancing through the fields and the narrow streets. I like the rich colors and full coverage on my 1920x1200 monitor. Of course the superb photography supports the whole thing. Thanks for sharing.

Chris, I would enjoy more this work, if you could make the .exe version available. I think the smaller YouTube version can't do justice to your expression.

Like art itself - creative use of PTE expresses things "important" or "whimsical" from each of us. Well done. Your presentation reminds me, I have never liked an ampersand that looked more like a numeral "8" than what I thought an ampersand should look like!

Good to see your "latest" Gilio. Interesting and well done.

Five thumbs up - make that upside down! Your creativity is showing through clearly. Very enjoyable.

Impressive work Andrew! Upsetting no, informative yes. This is a fine use of PTE to implement your concept and share your posters and educate many of us. It was important for me, to be able to pause the presentation and forward/reverse to more closely understand the posters. I admit I have seldom thought of what posters might have been used by the "other" countries. Thanks for conceiving and sharing.

You may well be correct - just Igor giving us the largest view possible.

I too, at some point, had noticed. Almost unconsciously I ignored it as I saw no immediate consequence. I just quickly now, confirmed the behavior here in Versions 5.6 and 6.0 on XP SP3. Now interested what we may learn on this.

Your sequence is a nice use of your photos. Your care in making the presentation is well taken. The credits at beginning and end run a bit fast for me. I was able to note the use of Kevin McLeod's music, but just barely. (I like Kevin's approach to music.) I think your handling of vertical shots is well done and pleasing. Speaking photographically, I've always felt that vertical/portrait orientation is under used. But use in AV will always require special care as part of a sequence flow. You did well technically as well as aesthetically with your methods. Editing here: A little irony here perhaps - A second look at your ending credits, and a second look at my memory, reveals that we both wrongly spelled the name of the musician you credited. To make matters "worse", there are other musicians with very similar names. The generous musician you intended to credit, the same one I complimented, is really Kevin MacLeod.

Lin, I just now had the pleasure of viewing. I must say it is great! But I'd further opine that your success is about as big a surprise as when a Michael Jordan dunk would exit out the bottom of the net!

I'm certain Barry, that you have met enough people and experienced exactly what you describe. Having just now posted a "plea" for more feedback on my sequence posted a fortnight ago, I'm not sure how to convince people that I really do welcome learning from others - even if all I learn is that person's likes or dislikes. How can I let viewers know that I don't just profess to want honest comment? Sure, I too enjoy acceptance, but I couldn't produce a hissy fit if I tried. I agree with you, but this is not something that should be a deterrent to posting shows and giving/receiving comments and discussion. I hope this is not the case.

If I am willing to grovel can I get some more feedback/input here? Or have I done too much of that already? Seriously, I would very much appreciate some additional comment from those that have viewed this sequence. I'm not suggesting that every one that views needs to feel some obligation to comment. I just want to clarify again that in my case, every observation you might have, would be appreciated. If you simply do, or do not, "like" this or that about method or content - I'd love to hear it. If you have an idea that you might have used, and don't mind revealing it - there might be others that would also like to hear it. Finally, I am convinced that we can all learn from everybody here - and here is an opportunity to do it. I'm just sayin' . . .

Sure Mark. If you put it here, then others can also benefit from your thoughts and possible discussion.

Thank you Don, Mark, and Dave for your early comments, compliments, and suggestions! Dave you spotted really quickly the "moderately" abrupt halt to the long pan of the first slide. I normally try to remember that the "smooth" setting is often more pleasing. On this sequence, I tried smooth and then decided linear worked better. Initially I was bothered by the stop, but as I considered the overall choreography with the music, I concluded it was ok. I think also, the degree of abruptness may depend on the graphic power of the viewer's computer. If the graphics can't keep up with the synchronized sound,it can get jerky. (Lin, please tell me if I am wrong on that.) Based on your observation, Don, I have revisited the situation, and changed to "smooth" setting. But I didn't change it without learning a few things first. I'll try to share a point or two that were unexpected by me. With the Linear setting: Slide #1 Pan movement ends at 36.017 seconds. At 41.69s, opacity is 100%. At 54.0sec, opacity reaches 0. (54 seconds is 6 seconds into Slide #2. With the Smooth setting: Slide #1 Pan movement ends at 54.00 seconds! So the visual movement is actually 18 seconds longer than on Linear. In this case, that means that the last 6 seconds are actually happening underneath Slide #2 and opacity is near 0. This means of course that the end of the panned photo is not seen along with the abruptness not being seen. The above situation can be "tinkered" in many ways, but all changes effect several aspects as they interact with position, speed, opacity, and the music. After trying several variations, I have concluded to use the Smooth setting! So see what fun you have instigated. Of course the actual change is little effort and the revision is in the current file for downloading. Side note is, the Smooth setting always did give me a smoother start to the pan. I was too lazy to customize the pan setting start, but now the Smooth setting helps that as well. So thanks again. Yes, the "last slide remain on screen" was intentionally selected. But I decided now that for typical viewers it is confusing and so I have done a fade-to-black ending. Part of my original reasoning was to leave the last image on screen so the viewer could digest the "sublte" color change between the last two (otherwise identical) slides. But finally, I don't want to leave a bad "taint" in your mouth. Thanks again for the helpful reactions that have been shared.

All of us are better for JPD having lived. My prayers join so many others for his family and those many who knew him more closely. I have always suspected, but not understood, a strong link between math and beauty in our lives. His ability to utilize this connection while yet living on earth is appreciated. Thank you JPD, carry on.

Download at Serving BLT or at Beechbrook "If I could describe it all in words, I wouldn't have to pack a camera." I'm reminded of the quote by our recent discussion as we try to make our presentation notices more useful. I agree the suggestions can be implemented for everyone's benefit. But I hope that people will still be open to the "thrill of discovery" that can come with watching even the "unexpected." Once a potential viewer get's past the constraint of download size, there is very little risk as long as the exit switch (fire escape route) is known. The recent discussion did prompt me to question myself as to "purpose". I think "purpose" can be purpose for creating the show, and purpose for posting the show. In this instance, a few of my purposes come to mind. PTE is a very enjoyable way to view photography. I enjoy taking (way too many) photos and PTE puts some in a form where they will more likely be seen after the shutter is clicked. PTE allows me to express further a level of creativity that photography incubates. My list could go on and on, and eventually lose you all. So this presentation is made because of the beautiful scenery that has surrounded my 43 years of marriage. This anniversary journey via PTE is made specifically for my wife and myself. When I experience anything "great", "special" or even "pleasant" I like to share it. So I hope you might enjoy it! For my part, I will be further "rewarded" if you express any kind of reaction to the experience!

Let me guess - are you an engineer by profession? Your presentation certainly seems well planned out and carefully implemented. But it is creative too - so - good all the way around. I smile at how well you have used many features of PTE - a credit to you and Igor.