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Greetings, To add to Tom's recent suggestion for the Video Converter, I'd like to suggest that we have the ability to use the Trim function without having to re-convert the video. Each time a video is Converted, the Mbps bitrate can change (decreases). Sometimes you might want to do a bit of additional trimming after the initial Convert process but don't want to have the bitrate changed. Gary

Greetings Wideangle, This program was mentioned in this Forum in Jan. of this year. I bought it but totally forgot about it and never used it. Since you posted this info, I found there is an update, 1.6.1. Thanks for the reminder. I usually just use my Photoshop CS5 but maybe I'll take another look at Affinity. Anyone who got the program when it was mentioned earlier this year, you can get the update free. Gary https://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/topic/19790-looking-for-photoshop-alternative/?tab=comments#comment-131929

I uploaded a show to the Slideshowclub that was made from video clips from a trail camera in my backyard. Just a short one for fun. Gary

Just add an 'i' in 'ln' to get 'lin'. Just a typo. Gary

Igor, Never heard back from you. Still don't understand why the 'Speed' (which is the AB Transition time) needs to be automatically changed when the Full Duration of a Style is changed. If I want to just change the Duration of a slide for a Style, it does not seem it needs to be related to the already set AB Transition time.' Gary

Greetings All, After much use of Convert and Trim, I finally have got the hang of it. However, the Trim process can be improved, for example, if we had the ability to insert markers where we want to Trim. It is not easy to make minor adjustment. It is not easy to see exactly the point of the trim or to make minor adjustments. It would helpful if, after you have set the Trim points, it would Play only within the Trim points. Now, it just plays right through them so you can't be real sure about the trim settings until you actually finish the Convert process and see if it is what you want. Another problem is that once a Convert/Trim is processed, you have to clear the clip out and start over. You can't make an adjustment to your previous settings and just redo it. I think Igor has mentioned he is redoing the entire process so I hope this gets on his to-do list. However, sometimes you want to use a stabilizer program on a clip. You may have a choice of saving it as an AVI or an MP4 from that program. I am never sure if I should re-convert it. Usually, I take a look at the Bit Rate of each file after it is outputted to make some determination as to which to use. Some allow the setting of the bit rate, some don't. Wouldn't it be nice to have a stabilizer built into PTE? Also, setting the Quality level is sort of a blind choice. It seems to affect only the Bit Rate, therefore the final size of the video clip. I wish it would change from choice of Percent, to an actual choice of a Bit Rate. If you are dealing with only a few small clip, it might not matter much. But, with many clips, it might, if you want to get it down below the Max Upload size for the SlideShowClub. One of the problems is that the File List will only highlight a file that is used as the Main Object. If you use a clip (or image) within a clip (or image), it does not show up highlighted in the File List, so that can cause some confusion as to which files were actually used in the project. So when you want to delete unused or test clips or images, you have to be careful. Gary

Greetings George, I have been using a lot of video clips. It can get confusing but after you have done a 'conversion', the filename will be changed by adding 'converted' to it and it will have the 'avi' format. I keep all of my files, images and videos, in the same folder for each project. As an example of a conversion I had to do with on video clip, in the attachment, are 4 of the same video file that had been created in the process. The original file from my camera is an MOV clip. I then 'converted' it and it becomes a 'converted.avi' file. But then I decide to run it through my Mercalli program to stabilize it and it was saved as converted-Merc.mp4. Now, since I think it should be an 'avi' file again, I ran it through the 'convert' process and it becomes 'converted-Merc.converted.avi'. The primary reason I do this is to watch the Bit Rate so that I can try to keep the file sizes down. The lower the Bit Rate, the smaller the file. And you will notice that the file that is actually used in the project will be highlighted. In this example, I have not yet used the final 'converted-Merc.converted.avi' file yet. For the time being, I still am using the 'converted.avi' file. But this is the way I manage the conversion of video clips. I still have questions, myself, about when I really need to do a 'convert' of a video clip. It seems that for sure I should do it to an MOV video clip. They don't play well in the Preview screen. But should I do it to a MP4 clip that was an AVI but was outputted from Mercalli as an MP4 to get it back to the AVI format? Not sure. Gary

Greetings... I just figured out what was going on. For those images that were not showing the filename in the Slides view, I noticed that the 'Main Object' in O&A is not check for those images. I have no idea why they were not checked or why they became unchecked. In the original show, they are all checked. After I renamed and saved as new show, somehow they became unchecked. But I see how to fix it... Gary

Greetings, I am going back to an old show that I have made and wanting to add a Slide Style to the images. I notice that some of the filenames of some images are not shown in the Slide view. Nor are they highlighted in the File List, even though they are in the Slides view. However, the correct filenames is displayed in the O&A. Also, when I try to add a Slide Style, I get a grey screen with the No. 1 in the Slide Style window. I can probably fix this but can anyone tell me what is going on? Gary

Greetings Lin, Thanks for the steps. I will send it to him. I think the Step 7 (Get dialog window saying "“filename.app” is an application downloaded from the Internet. Are you sure you want to open it?” ) is what bothered him. It looked like he was going to download an app from the Internet. Thanks... Gary

I don't think my friend is too tech savvy. Maybe he is just confused. Somehow, when he clicks on the MAC 'play' icon, it is not immediately going into 'playing' the show. I have no idea what is really going on since I don't have a MAC. Maybe he just thinks there is an app to be downloaded....duno. But if his MAC can play an MP4, that will be good enough for him. But he said he will talk to his son who might be able to resolve what is going on. This is what he gets. Maybe he is just clicking on the wrong icon. I don't ' know which one to tell him to use. Thanks all... Gary

Greetings, I talked to him today and he said when he clicks on the 'Play' icon, it looks like it wants him to download an app to play the show, so he did not continue with it. I didn't think that was the way it works. But, I had also sent him the MP4 version of the same show and he said it played on his MAC. If an MP4 will play on a MAC, why are we creating an MP4 and a MAC version???? Gary

Should he click on the .app file or a file within the .ptshow folder to start playing the show? Gary

Yes...used 'Create in Zip'. Is that the best choice as opposed to 'Create'? Gary

Greetings, I created a show for a friend who uses a MAC. I Published the show using 'Executable File for MAC'. He says he has a problem trying to play it. He says there are two files but it tell him to run an 'app' which he does not want to do. He says he does not know what this 'app' is so is reluctant to run it. What can I tell him to do about this 'app' question. I don't have a MAC so I don't know what he is seeing. When I download the zipped file from Dropbox, and unzip it, I get the attached files. Not sure what to tell him. Gary

Greetings Igor, Do you see any corrections for this problem? The Slideshowclub currently states that the max size is '273.44MBs'. It is frustrating trying to figure out what can and can not be uploaded. If this can not be fixed (or even increased beyond the 273.44MBs), it would be helpful for the Slideshowclub site to show the true max size for uploads so we don't have to guess or waste time trying to upload shows that are not within the max size limits. Sincerely, Gary

Barry, Doesn't it depend on which fish you like to eat? I just don't understand why anyone would make comments that are not supportive of someone's suggestion, unless there is some misunderstanding of the problem. If it does not affect them, why make a negative response? I am just a normal user of the program and like to make it more intuitive than it is. Minimizing someone's suggestion might tend to damper others from making suggestions or asking for help. As I said, just trying to make the PTE better. At least, Lin brought to our attention that there must be something wrong with the rotate feature in Slides. Gary

Igor, Thanks for the info. For those two video clips that would not convert, I ran then through Adobe Premiere Elements and exported them with only a change in the aspect ratio and bit rate, then PTE would convert them. Strange. Looking forward to V.10. Gary

Greetings Barry, You referred to having to rotate a video clip is to fix a mistake. The GoPro camera did not readjust the correct right-side up setting for that clip. Ok, it happens. But there are other occasions when you might want/need to rotate a video. So my point is why not have this ability in Slides or in Convert? Your post seemed to minimize the importance of my suggestion. I don't think I am 'touchy' but just prefer some support in the idea, as opposed to a non-helpful post. Just trying to make the program better. Igor says he is re-writing the Convert process for V.10 so this is the time to make him aware of this suggestion. Gary

Denis, Yes, I understand that this is what you have to do. But to have to create a totally new project just to rotate a video is really non-intuitive. Would it not be so much easier to be able to rotate the video in Slides view or in Convert? If we can rotate a JPG, why not a video? Gary

Barry, When someone encounters a problem, I think a good response is to post it to see if it can be fixed. I see that you post quite a few, yourself. Why you have to enter into the discussion to lessen its importance is beyond me. When you find something that bothers you, don't you post your findings? Perhaps you have not run into this problem but it is obvious to me that the ability to rotate a video would be a good feature that can be found in many other programs. When you have many annoyances in any program, it lessens the joy of using it. And the answer to your question is, yes, it is a high priority to have a software fixed to do something it should do. In other occasions, I have purposefully turned a video camera sideways to shoot a very tall object and needed to rotate it for the final project. Just because you have not run into this situation, does not mean it is not a useful suggestion. And in this process of posting this suggestion, we apparently found that the rotation of videos in the Slides view does not work. Sure, it should be fixed. I don't think you should be in charge of what is or is not a 'high priority'. Gary

Bert, If I understand your question, used images that are not 'main' images are not highlighted in the File List. I have brought this up before with a suggestion that all used images be highlighted in some way in the File List, but it has not gained any traction. Gary

Lin, Perhaps that is an oversight that can be fixed. However, there still is a problem. In order to rotate a video in the Slides view, you have to first drag the non-converted clip into the Slides view. When you do this, you are given the option of to 'Optimize' or 'Use original file'. Sometime (not sure why), if you choose 'Optimize' the convert process will start automatically with no time to change options, useless you catch it and stop the process and start over after changing any options you intended to change. If you hit the 'Use original file', it would go into the Slides view, rotate it (if rotate was available in the Slide view) and then you could convert it at that point. It seems that when you want to convert a video clip in the Files List, you'd normally just right-click and hit Convert and the clip will appear in the Convert Window and rotate it if needed, make changes in the settings, and then you can manually start the process. So I still think, if you can rotate it in the Slides view, why not be able to rotate it in the Convert window? Gary

Greetings, I am having problems trying to Convert a couple of my video clips. If I try to convert a video clip in the File List, the Convert screen opens but the clips don't appear. The clips play just find in Windows Media Player. At first I thought it was a size problem. The clips are large. However, I was able to convert an even larger clip before I tried these two other clips that are not quite as large. The largest clip that would convert was GOPR0107 (1752 MBs). The two that will not appear in the Convert window are GOPR0115 (1505MBs) and GOPR0116 (1523 Mbs). See screenshot. And if I drag either of these two clips directly down into the Slides view, I get 'video not found'. So I am not sure what is causing the issue. Could it be a size issue? Gary

Greetings, After a video clip has been Converted, that video clip can not be re-converted (with the same set of criteria) without importing it again and resetting the criteria from scratch. Perhaps, the word 'Disable' is not correct but I can not come up with a better term. You have to remove that clip and re-start the Convert process for that video clip. This can be a problem if you have set specific trim points, quality and resize choices and want to just tweak these choices from what you had just converted. If you convert a clip and then see that you want to make some adjustments in trim points, quality or resize choices, you have to start all over again from scratch, resetting all the previously set criteria. Sure, you can write down all the criteria and reset it. But, instead of having to remove the converted clip and start over again from scratch, it would be very helpful to just be able to make adjustment to the already set criteria and re-convert. Gary