ratfugel

It's time you guys all got a grip on life. The age of the still image is over. If PTE came on the TV you'd switch it off pronto. The next big thing has got to be Flash animation incorporated into the PTE scene. Just about everything you see on the TV these days has Flash in it. Just one guy with a computer can achieve apparent miracles. However, it requires one little item that seems to be somewhat missing amongst most of the PTE presentations I have seen- creative talent. Get yourselves a copy of Flash 8 and have a go and you'll soon see what I mean. Anybody can make still images. Try making them actually DO something! Now, a Frenchman called Marco has actually produced a somewhat pseudo animated version of Flash ( look at Beechbrook and you'll find it). This has the right 'feel' to it and it isn't video. I don't think it should be much of a jump to be able to incorporate animation into PTE. I am currently able to produce animation into still images, using Flash, so I'm putting my money where my mouth is. If I manage to combine my Flash movies with PTE in the near future I'll let everybody know how it was done. OK? Marco is already aware of my intentions and has offered his help. If anyone else wishes to join in, - and I mean serious and constructive suggestions, OK, but no B...S... artists, please. This should generate a bit of interest?

I have seen a Flash movie by some one called Marco. Does anyone know how it was done please. I am currently using Flash 8 so any help would be appreciated. Thanks all.

By now I thought I would have been inundated with messages saying that people have found no difficulty with this one. Wrong again.

Thanks for your input Jim (Ottawa). I have downloaded the DVD making page and will bear in mind your comments. I only clicked on the synch button. I did not use the timeline as I had worked out with a stopwatch how long the presentations should be. I'll have another go and report in due course. I'm always willing to learn. Still haven't learnt why they won't play on a standard player though. If things can get recorded in a bog standard DVD recorder you would have thought that stuff from a computer would be a breeze. Wrong, apparently.

When I try to play my PTE slide shows which are on DVD ( and I have tried both plus and minus types of disc) on ordinary DVD players ( not computers) I get the message 'WRONG DISC'. I have tried finalising in case it thinks they are an open multisession disc, but it makes no difference. Has anone else run into this one, and if so did they find an answer? The other thing. I find that if I make an ordinary CD of a slide show and then try to play it back on a different speed computer, the music does not synchronise, and finishes before the slides. Sometimes. copying it to the desktop fixes it, but not always. Any answers anyone?