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Thanks guys ! Paul

Hi, When I download some of the sample shows, it strikes me that the music score is often a very popular tune by the original performer. I know that copyright laws are different in every country, ours being one of the harshest. I don't know the numbers by heart, but say that I wanted to use "please release me" by Tom Jones, I would have to budget +/- 20 euro per 20 seconds per time I show this AV. A little over the top. Somebody put me in the direction of the "creative commons" site, and indeed, there is a lot of material to be found. Does anybody have any other suggestions where I could find royalty-free music, to be used in non-commercial shows and competitions? thx, Paul

That is what I was looking for. It does the trick. In the mean time, I did find an alternative use for the picture , and in combination with this "offset", it's even better than intended :-) Thx, Paul

Hi, I seem to have a small problem with this: a) a slide is 12 secs long b )I show several things, the last one being an animated gif of 2.5 seconds. (still 0% opacity at 8 secs, 100% at 8.01 secs) c) Animation is designed to run only once (lights going on in lanterns, 5 of them with 0.5 secs interval) -> I have a problem showing the animation happening, because I have the impression that the animation starts from slide second 0, when the lanterns are not visible yet. So the idea is that the picture (gif) pops up after 8 secs, and then the animation runs once. I get the pic, not the animation. I've been looking for an "animation delay, ..." , nothing so far :-( ? Paul Lin wrote..... "...Also, if you click on the gif file in the Objects and Animations screen, then click on the "Properties" tab and then on the "adjust Image and border" button then on the "Animation" tab from the ensuing Adjust Image and Border window, you have further options for adjusting the display of your gif animation. For example, the "intervals" will reflect the default time established by the creating program (SqirlzReflect in this case) and you can change this intervals time to speed up or slow down the ripple effect without making an additional gif with SquirlzReflect..."

Hi, Downloaded, watched, and liked it. I picked up some ideas that I might use in my first project. Also about a town. Anyway, I like Liverpool , they are going to win the premier league, thanks to my countryman, Simon :-) Paul

OK, thx, I'm only one slide into the project :-)

Hi, Beginner's question: - You have a slide duration of 10 secs - Inside "obj and anim" there is a pic that eg. reaches 100% opacity after (keyframe) 5 seconds . Close. - Now you change (drag) the duration of the slide eg. + 7 seconds = 17 secs. - Look inside the "obj and anim" and you find that the 5 seconds have stretched as well, so they are relative and proportional. Question: - What key do I press , so that the relative durations DO NOT stretch as I expand the duration of the slide. (Because I want to keep the music sync intact obviously). thx, Paul

Wow, another good tip. Thx. In fact, this animation is the start of what is to become my first diaporama for public viewing. I've shown you the static version only, but the panorama (and the ripples) are 5.000+ pixels long, panning from right to left. Looks good :-) Enough hijacking this thread. I've got some basic questions, I'll look for the appropriate thread. Paul

OK Guys, This is it: http://www.milestone.be/test/testanimation.zip Paul

I'm new in this PTE business, so if you can tell me what to do. I've published a file "for the internet", and I end up with 2 things: an exe and a ptshow, both zipped. How do you get to view these? (I do have a place to put them on my site) thx, Paul

Hi Lin, I have studied your samples, and doing so came up with a simplified versien, that works for my current case: Here it is: a) Imagine a canal (at night), buildings on the other side, lights reflected in the water. NOT the buildings. I now want ripples in the water (+ right to left flow) but NO reflections of the buildings NOR the lights, I already have them in the original pic. c) Cut the water (with reflections) in the orifginal pic. d) make it a new pic and flip it vertical. e) then add a black canvas of the same size below the pic. SAVE. f) Do the reflections + ripples + flow in Sqirl, and save "reflections only" as animated gif. g) Put the gif in PTE on top of the original pic. Seems to work for me. Paul

OK, thanks. Will try. Looks simpler than my solution Paul

Lin, Your help is much appreciated ! PS. If I only want the ripples and not the reflections, I suppose that some PS will be necessary (flip the ripple area and let it reflect onto a black surface, and cut the part you don't want), or can I find a ripple software somewhere that does not add reflection? thx, Paul

Hi, I am a new PTE user, and I saw the "Sqirlz" examples. When I try to download this software from Tucows, it coomes with a host of malware, invasive trackers, and even a trojan. It took me 30 minutes to uninstall all this unwanted stuff. Is there any place safe you can download the "Sqirlz" software ? thx, DPaul