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Lin, You seem to have a good knowledge with Photoshop. I only have very basics skills. Could you - or anyone who knows - explain how I can make : - a text mask (i.e, black color for the background and transparent for the text) - masks with progressive opacity (transparent to black) applied to the borders of various shape (circle, triangle, oval, text... or even more complex shape). Thanks.

I noticed that it is not always easy or even possible to manipulate objects with the mouse in the animation window, especially when these objects are on each other. You can not select those which are under and you have to enter numeric values in the animation tab for them. I know that somebody already pointed this out and that Igor answered but I can't find the post. Any idea of where it is and what is/will be the solution ?

Yes, why not, could be useful... but how would you choose the slide you want to add this image ? In fact, the most valuable feature for me ( ) would be the ability to drag an drop images in a slide. Or at least, when you "add image", you would have by default a thumbnail list (instead of "details"). Am I dreaming Igor ?

Just a little question though : why does this jpg file "follow" the direction of the red layer ? It just could be the whole map, right ?

I didn't see the explanations before. Thanks, it helps to understand and now I think I get it. Anyway, your idea is just great Al ! Just a suggestion : this demo should be posted as a new post, because it can help ang give a lot of ideas to the PTE community... If you have other ideas like this to show us, do not hesitate. Could you please provide us the direct link ? I looked for it but didn't see it... Thanks.

Very interesting Al ! Great job ! And better than my first attempt to do it (that you can find it here for those who missed it). I definitely have to study precisely how you made it...

It gives you the ability to choose which image will be displayed in the slide list (in the main window) because PTE doesn't have (yet ? ) the ability to show each object of a slide in this view. Would be a nice improvement if it could though. May be in v12...

Can't wait to see both shows ! I was a Proshow (Producer) fan before v5 but now, it's the opposite.

Because you can not make a direct CUT & PASTE. You can "only" make a COPY & PASTE. So, if you don't want the two original separate objects anymore, you have to delete them. Does it make more sense ? What do you mean with "no hitpoints or actions selected" ? May be it's very clear for an english mother tongue but don't forget that I'm a french frogg...

To do it, add a frame, copy the two separate objects, select the frame and paste the objects. Then delete the two separate objects. That's it, it's done !

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Igor, thank you for your answer. Will "centre" and "opacity" be avalaible too ? (i know, i'm a P.I.T.A . Don't know if it's a bug but I noticed you can deform the proportion of an object by clicking on the little square between the x and y zoom scale but you can't do it with the mouse. It will keep the aspect ratio. Would be interesting to do it with the mouse (if the little square is pressed on before, of course). Will it be avalaible in a next version ? Thanks.

3h17 to download the file... Maybe you should consider to upload your files somewhere else if you can ? Very nice little show, original and funny.

Thanks Al. All right, I understand : "Centre" gives you the ability to move something like an anchor. It's really a very powerfull function ! Exactly what I thought was missing. So many things are included in v5 and done in such a smart way. No competitor really and I mean it.

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Yes, why not, but - if it is possible - the cursor should go from "Blur" to "Sharp". And I think the adjustements features like "brightness", "contrast", "colorize", "white and black point adjustements" and "hue" would be as usefull (or even more ).

By the way, what is the function of "center" (between "rotate" and "opacity" in the "objects and animation" window) ?? I really have no idea... A tip I discovered today : you can quickly reset to value default the PZR, center and Opacity by clicking on "Pan"/"Zoom"/"Rotate"/"Center"/"Opacity" fields...

What about the "Add text" function ? Will it have all animation features (PZR and Opacity) in final v5 ? From my point of view, it would be really "time saving" to be able to add simple text and to animate it directly in PTE...

1 - With what i already experimented, I saw no difference except that the "add frame" is empty and you don't have to put opacity to 0. With "add rectangle", you have a background color (solid or gradient). But I guess you already knew that. 2 - ">" = "redo" (only avalaible if you made a "undo" before"). Maybe in the final release this button should be active only if you click on undo before... I think it might be useful to have a "balloon help" (not sure of the translation ) on each button ? Maybe in a future release...

Just click on the "Undo" button on top of the "Objects and Annimation" view.

Thanks Granot. The possibilities of this v5 are so huge ! You can do so many things if you're a little bit creative.

Thanks Al ! I improved the show a little bit, especially the direction of the plane. Link modified in my original post.

The idea is this : Any idea of what it is exactly ? Go have a look and see it in action : (zip file including the SHOW itself and the PTE Project with all files - 2 Mo) It can still be improved but I think the idea is here... So, what do you think ?

Fist off all, thanks Igor and Ken for you answers (even if it's not exactly what I was waiting for . Don't know if it's because of my video card (NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE), but i think I found two display bugs. In "Project options", I set : - screen custom ratio = 1,77 - gradient filling (pink to green) Here are the display bugs : PTE Bugs #1 and #2 The display bug #1 only appears when the candy "enter" the screen. The display bug #2 is here all the time. The bug #3 (something i made wrong ?) is that the candy doesn't disappear from the screen when I preview my show in the main window but it does if I play it in the Objects and Animation window (!?!?). PTE Bug #3. Here is my show (including the .EXE and the PTE project with images) - 509 KO : So, what do you think ? Thanks.

Questions for the developement team : Sorry to ask but what do you plan to put in the final release of v5.0 (which is not in the v5.0 beta #2) ? All features included in the previous version (v4.48) or less ? or more !? Do you have a "ToDo" list or do you modify it depending on beta testers suggestions ? And I suppose the answer for "when will it be avalaible ?" is "when it's finished !" Thank you for your answer guys and thanks again for this v5 (still can't believe how powerfull the "objects and animation" is !)