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Dave, A senior moment, I guess! Somehow I completely missed that main topic on Custom Transitions and instead looked through the Custom Transition references under "Version 10 How To's " and even "Version 9 How To's". Appreciate your help and patience -- and all the work you have put into the online help documentation!

Thanks Dave! I had gotten that far but could not see an "Edit" button. The transition I was using had "Multiple variants - buttons". When I changed it to "Multiple variants - list", the "Edit" button appeared. As it turns out, for the "Multiple Variant - button" transition, you have to actually click on one of the buttons in order to display another popup that includes the "Edit" button (or temporarily change the dropdown to "Multiple variants - list"). Logical perhaps, but not so easy to figure out and I've been using PTE AV for 20 years. If I selected a transition that only had a single variant, the "Edit" button was there. But since it was a transition I created, I thought perhaps we couldn't edit those posted by others. I didn't see any reference to editing or modifying transitions in the Help. Perhaps I missed it. Maybe some sort of note or warning in the "Change transition effect" dialog box. Or maybe it's not a big deal because not many people edit transitions.

I wanted to edit a transition (what I really want to do is understand the technique used to create it), but I can't seem to find an "Edit" button. I cloned the transition and then clicked the "Change Transition Settings" item. In that window I can rename, change category, change storage location, etc. but there is no Edit button. It appears that I can Edit any transition I might have created but not ones that others have created (and definitely not any of the defaults). Is this correct or am I missing something? I couldn't find anything in the online help other than information about creating custom transitions. Thanks in advance!

Bingo! That was it Jill! Thanks! Thanks Dave! I had studied the help topic for "File / Slide List View" and didn't see anything there but I missed the topic on "Configuring the Main Screen".

I just got a new 4K monitor and now when I go into the Full Screen View of Slide List (F4), the images are really small. Is there some way to resize all the images? If I go into the Full Screen View of File List (F3), there is a slider in the bottom right corner that allows me to make the images larger (or smaller). Am I missing something or is it just not possible? If not, would love to see a slider added in the next update, or at least the next version.

Lovely! And I particularly liked the last several slides. As the show started, I was thinking of asking whether you ever see auroras as I have read that Finland is a good place to go watch them. But some of your last slides answered my questions on that. Thanks for sharing. I also watched your video of "The Post Train". I LOVED it! I love steam trains anyway, but this was really well done. Would love to hear more info on that train itself and how you filmed it. Thanks in advance!

Nicely done! It is so sad that all that remains of this once beautiful structure are the photographs and memories. Sadly, it doesn't seem like it will ever be restored to its former glory due to the lack of funds and craftsmen. I was able to visit in 2017 so I have quite a few photos as well and keep thinking of putting them in a slideshow but never manage to get around to it. You have many more photos of relics and other details than I captured. I seem to have concentrated more on the stained glass windows and the gargoyles on the roof. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Tom! I really like these transitions.

Hi Alex, Interesting transitions and a different way to display titles. The link does work. Thanks for sharing. However, when loading the project for the first time a warning displays that several of the project files are missing. All of the files are located within the folder containing the unzipped project but it requires relocating them on each of the slides. I believe it has something to do with the way you stored the transitions or the project files but since I don't usually share project templates, maybe Dave or somebody else could point you in the right direction.

Agree with Barry. Output to MP4, upload to Youtube (or Vimeo) and link to it from the forum. That way, you only upload once and can link to the show from many places like a blog or Facebook (with better quality than a direct upload there). Not sure if it is possible to only post a link on Slideshowclub. If so, it would be another place to share without having to upload.

Very nice! It needs the right picture to apply it to, but when you've got one, it almost makes it look like you have taken a drone movie. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for sharing! Very interesting transitions. However, you might want to "zip" your download as Microsoft Edge reports "ptestyle" as an unsafe file type (which we know is incorrect) and tries to prevent the download. You have to tell it to download the file anyway.

Beautiful photography!

Thanks for sharing, Tom! I like this one. It's a bit more subtle than the experimental ones included with PTE.

Not sure exactly what I was expecting when I saw "Balloon Transition", Tom, but these are really cool and will be great for travel slide shows. Thanks for sharing!

Actually there are several styles in the "Basic" tab of styles which are "Ken Burns" styles. They are just not called by that name. There are 4 "Pan" styles and 2 "Zoom" styles (at the bottom). They do the same thing. The only thing you would want to be careful of is to either set the Project Options under Defaults for the slides to "Cover" or to set it in the O&A screen for individual slides if you haven't applied it to the entire project. The Ken Burns theme automatically sets the individual slides to "Cover" but the Basic styles do not. If you're using images that you have already cropped to 16:9, then it's not a problem. But with 3:2 or other ratio images if you don't set them to "Cover", you will not fill the whole screen -- even if you do get the "Ken Burns" motion you are looking for from the Basic styles.

Thanks Paul! Very nice. I am also curious about the other transitions (quarters, thirds, etc.) with the white lines. Are they available somewhere for sale or download?

Thanks for pointing this out wideangle! I did not realize this. Probably because I don't usually apply styles or themes to noncontiguous slides.

Rather than offering yet another explanation, I suggest you take the time to view this video. Also, for the Ken Burns theme, I have discovered that you DO NOT need 8 slides. It will work with any number. In addition, you can also chose a single slide, or multiple slides (not necessarily contiguous even) and go to "Styles and Themes", click the "Styles" button, choose "Basic" and then use any of Zoom In, Zoom Out, Pan Left, Pan Right, Pan Up, Pan Down (which is essentially what the Ken Burns effect is) and have even more control over which slides have which motion. The "Theme" is just a quick way to give motion to a large number of slides quickly. Anyway, look at the video linked below.

Nicely done, Maureen! You've captured some lovely light in those photographs and the presentation is very relaxing. Hopefully, you'll be able to capture some new travel photos again sometime in 2021. That is my hope too! Hope you are doing well!

Great video for all the new people coming from other programs. I tried to explain using themes for somebody in another thread, but this is much easier for folks to comprehend.

Easy, peasy! Select some number of slides, click on the "Styles and Themes" button at the bottom of the program. When the dialog opens, click the "Themes" button at the bottom. Choose "Main" in the left-hand column (it may be the only choice if you haven't added any themes of your own). Choose "Ken Burns effect". It says you need 8 slides, but it will actually work with fewer slides. You have options to "shuffle" the effects and/or modify some of the settings. You should be off and running. Maybe it could be documented better (although Igor added it in 2019) but the more descriptive you make the heading on your topic question, the quicker and more specific will be the answer. I'm sure most of us have never heard of "Memories On TV" so that's probably why nobody answered. Note that styles and themes are usually only the motion that happens to a single slide or group of slides once they are on screen. "Transitions" (found either under "Slide Options" or "Project Options") is what happens when moving from one slide to the next. So that even using the "Ken Burns effect" theme provided in the program ( which was created and saved with a 2 second dissolve between slides), you could still use a different transition between slides such as the "Gates" effect (or page curl, etc.) and still maintain the Ken Burns effect for the actual individual slide effect. Hope this makes it more understandable.

There are several templates for such a thing around, though I am not sure about the mouse control. Since it would be on her website, I assume it would have to be an mp4 and I don't think you can do mouse control with that. Here are links to a few: https://www.pteavstudio.com/forums/topic/24081-art-show-wintage-style/ and here:https://www.pteavstudio.com/forums/topic/24058-art-show-style/. However, to allow mouse control, you might look into 360 degree photos such as you see on FB or other apps. You can use the mouse there to move around the image and thus use it to display several works of art. I'm sure there are applications out there, such as are used by real estate companies, that allow you to do a virtual walk though of a property. You might investigate those as well.

Thanks for sharing, Tom!

Beautiful photographs! Did you take them?