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Greetings, I have been working a new slide show for several weeks. I already have posted 2 'Bugs' that I have found and have had no resolution or answer as to why they are happening. I have posted both of them directly to Igor but no response. The first 'Bug' is that an image that has been inserted, has mysteriously zoomed/panned down to the bottom of the frame. This has happened 4 times to the same image. I have it set correctly but, later, I happened to see only the top portion of the image is in the frame. Strange, but true. Then, I posted a 2nd 'Bug' that the images that I have animated them to zoom/pan across the frame will not show the white shadow that I have set with 'Display shadow behind slide image'. While all of the non-animated images have my white shadow, those that zoom/pan across the frame still show a black shadow. I have also posted this to Igor, but no response from him or the Forum. Can someone test this out on their system and let me know if this is 'normal'? Now, I have come across a 3rd 'Bug'. When I try to do a 'Create Exe' with this slideshow, I get an error message that says: "Unable to create file with presentation....Tip: try to delete the file manually or just restart Windows and run PTE again." I have to reboot and then restart PTE and then I can do 1 'Create Exe' (sometimes 2) but, then it happens again and I have to reboot, restart PTE, to be able to do a 'Create Exe'. It keeps happening over and over. Can anyone shed some light on any of these things???? (Using 5.61 on Windows XP). Thanks... Gary

I have some of my images panning/zooming in their respective Frames. I have added to all of the slides a white shadow behind the images, using the 'Display shadow behind slide image.' And, I have clicked on the 'Set for existing slides.' However, I have noticed that for the several images that pan/zoom in their Frame, the shadow behind the image is black, not white. I can not seem to get these several images to match the rest of the images with the white shadow. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong??? Thanks... Gary

Ok...As I was trying to figure out another problem I just found (I'll post it later), IT HAPPENED AGAIN!!! The same image moved down to the bottom of the Frame area. Two of the 3 text items stayed where they were, but the image and one of the text items moved down. This is really a goofy thing. And I know I did not move the image or make any adjustment to it. It is just happening by itself. I am attaching what the correct slide looks like (1-CorrectSlide.doc) and the problem slide (2-ProblemSlide.doc). Here are some more details that might shed some light: For Slide#9, I cloned the image and then zoomed/panned into the image to show the top of a map. So the image moves from the full map to the upper portion of the map. For Side#10, I copied Slide#9 and deleted the beginning Keyframe (which showed the full map); then I moved the cloned keyframe (that shows the upper part of the map) to the far left of the animation line, and added text. I did this so Slide#10 will match up with the the zoomed-in image shown at the end of Slide#9. That is all I have done. Then...now the 4th time, the image gets corrupted as it looks in the '2-ProblemSlide.doc'. I hope I have made this understandable. Does this shed any light on what is happening?????????????? Thanks... Gary 1_CorrectSlide.doc 2_ProblemSlide.doc

Brian... Thanks for the drawing. But the 2nd image didn't really flip over (if I understand your description). The 'extra' image just appeared further down in the Frame area. What is so strange is that something put the 'extra' image there...I know I did not. The 'good' image was zoomed-in. The 'extra' image shows the same image but it is panned down to the bottom of the Frame area. It would make more sense if the 'extra' image was also zoomed-in, but it was not. I am also stumped...and maybe there is no answer to this.... Gary ========================

===================== Brian... Just to clarify a bit, Slide #11 (the unexpected inserted slide) really isn't a 'partial image'. In Slide #10, the image of the map is zoomed-in and panned to show the upper half of the map a little better. In Slide #11, this map image shows up as if it was moved down so only part of the top of the map appears. So it is the 'full image' but, somehow, it was panned down to the bottom of the screen's area so only a bit of the top shows. Not sure if I had made this clear or not. So the 'unexpected inserted slide' is not only a full duplicate of the previous image but it is in a different position (zoomed down to the bottom of the screen's area). And the exact same thing happened 3 times.... Gary

I tested this out. I did a Ctrl C as I would normally do to copy an image in the Slide List. I then tried a Ctrl V to paste it into a Word file. It did not work as Xaver indicated. So, this adds to the mystery as to why my '11th slide' has appeared 3 times. Gary ==================

Brian... I have always used the Office Shortcut Toolbar on the right side of my Desktop. I think it is a great time saver to have the programs I want quick access to. However, I don't have any of my Office programs doing autosaves. And if somehow there is an 'autosave' going on somewhere, I don't think there is anyway for a slide to be inserted in PTE the way this happened. I just don't see any relationship there. This is just a crazy thing going on that makes no sense to me. Gary ===================================

Greetings, I am currently putting together a slideshow from a recent vacation. For the 9th slide, I inserted an image of a map. For the 10th slide, I copied this slide and zoomed-in to the top half of the map. This worked out just find. However, I have noticed that somehow an 11th slide shows up with just the upper few inches of this map in the bottom portion of this slide. So it is not a duplicate of either of my map images. It is just a small portion of this map. How it was created is beyond me. The first 2 times it happened, I just dumped these slide and just ignored it. However, I just noticed that this just happened a 3rd time!!! I know I did not create the slide. Can anyone tell me what is going on here??? Using 5.61. I attached an image of the inadvertent slide. Thanks... Gary Map.doc

Lin, You have always been very helpful to all of us. I wish I could be more helpful to you now. Let me add my hope to all the others in the Forum for your wife's return to her good health. Sincerely, Gary

======================= Try this site: http://www.runtime.org/ It has a good program for recovery of deleted files. You can choose the program for FAT or for NTFS. I am pretty sure you can test it out to see if it will recovery any files before you purchase it. Good luck. I have use it and it worked well. Gary

=========================== Lin... Since my most ambitious effort has been to have only 6 objects animated at one time, I can not comprehend having 600 objects to keep track of. And, I have sort of figured out how to handle multiple objects/keyframes, at least on a small scale. I just need to do it more often so I don't forget what I have learned. It is a bit of a learning curve. But it is good to hear that my idea is not such a good one. It will make me concentrate on dealing with multiple objects/keyframes as they currently are. Thanks... Gary

============== Hmmmm.... Testing me??? 600 lines? I would think the more objects you would have in the same slide, the more I would want to be able to have each keyframe on its separte line to be able to figure out what the heck is going on. If you are going to have 600 objects in the object list, then why not have 600 separated keyframe lines??? It might be a bag of worms, but I am really curious why is this not good way to go. Sort of like layers in Photoshop... or separate lines in video and audio editing.... Gary

Greetings, When I have more than one object animated in a slide (meaning, several keyframes going at the same time), I find it difficult to find the actual keyframe I want to edit. For example, in my last slideshow I made, I had 6 images start off the frame and then pan to the inside of the frame. Somehow I got them all to do what I wanted to do. But only 2 keyframes actually show up. I can find the beginning of each object's movement by highlighting the object in the object list, but I find it difficult to adjust the ending keypoint of each animation. When I click on what I think is the ending keypoint, all 6 images show up. Sorry, I just can't really explain it very well. Actually, I eventually have been able to figure it out, but with some difficulty. So my question is, why would it not be better or possible to have each object animation's keyframe on a separate line? Would it not be easier to edit each object's animation when their keyframes are on separate lines? Just a question.... Gary

================== I stopped using Midi's for the obvious reasons but on rare occasion I wished that I could use a Midi as an MP3. So, if a converter can be added to the program, why not? I'd think it would be a nice bonus. Gary

========== DEN... We sure have. Interesting that it works for you but not here. Well, I just tried making an action to create the icon and it worked. The only problem is I don't know yet how to make it pause at the crop so you can move it around and pause before it is saved to rename it. But, I'll work on that. Thanks for the idea... Gary

==================== Den... Nope, again. It does the same thing and gets the same error message. The original one worked except that it created a crop area that was rectangular. Can that one be edited to create a crop area that is square? Gary

You're right Gary! The only thing I can think is that the resolution was set to 0 in the original crop menu. I've reset this to 72ppi and it seems to crop to a square now. Anyway give it another try - if not I give up. regards DEN (NE UK) ===================== Den... Nope... I attached a screen print. Now, the Crop highlights the entire image and then I get an error message. Gary IconAction2.doc

==================== Take a look at this Word file where I did a screen print of what I am talking about. The final result is a 32x32 but it takes the rectangle that you see and pushes it down so the image is squashed. And I uploaded the final result too. Thanks... Gary IconAction.doc IconActionFinalResult.ico

================= Geoff... That is strange. I just dumped everything and reinstalled the action. When I look at each "Crop To" statement, it shows "rectangle", thought the final result is a square. (Take a close look at the final result and see if it is not squeezing the image vertically.) So I don't understand how you are getting 'square' and I am getting 'rectangular' in the crop. Any idea??? I am using Photoshop CS (ver. 8). Garu

========== Geoff... Is yours giving you a rectangular crop or a square crop??? I dumped the old one and the new one is still creating a retangular crop. Gary

============= Den.... Nope... it does the same thing. Maybe you posted the original instead of new one??? Gary

============ Den... Thanks for the action. However, the crop part of the action seems to be cropping to a rectangle shape, as opposed to a square. And then it squeezes the image vertically...for example, a tall person is squeezed down to a short person. I may be using it incorrectly but each time I try it, it comes out with the same strange behavior. I tried to edit the crop step but haven't been able to yet. Is this the way it should work??? Thanks... Gary

================ Peter and Geoff, Yes, super thanks for the details. When I looked at the Mode for my file, it showed "color: 254" and it was greyed out. The only way to change it was to change the "Forced" setting to "Web," and change the "Palette" to "Local (Selective)." Peter, it works with me whether I have the "Preserve Exact Colours" box ticked or not. The key for me was the change to the "Palette" setting. Anyhow...we found the steps to get the icon to show up. Pretty neat. Thanks all, Gary

Greetings, I gave this a try and I am having a bit of a problem getting PTE to recognize my icon file. I installed the icoformat.8bi file in my Photoshop CS folder. I changed the size of one image to 32x32 (and I tried 16x16). Only after I reduced the size of the original image would the ico format show up in the Save As listing. Ok...I saved them. I have never tried this in PTE before but I went to the Main/Assign Icon and tried to "Add" the icon. I browsed to the location but I get an error message from PTE. With a 16x16 sized file, I get "Icon must be "16 or 256 colors"; with a 32x32 sized file, I get "Invalid icon file, number of images must be one." Can you tell me what I am doing wrong here??? Thanks... Gary

===================== Brian... Thanks for the reply but I don't have a problem with playing any mp4 or DVD or any video file. My problem is much less serious. It only has to do with setting up the HomeCinema program to automatically play any file, specifically the mp4s that PTE creates. The problem is getting Windows XP (SP2) to let me associate the mp4 extension with the HomeCinema program that Igor recommended to play the PTE's mp4 files. I wanted to be able to click on any mp4 file in MyComputer so Windows would automatically play it with HomeCinema. HomeCinema will play the mp4 but I have to open the program first, then browse to the mp4 to play it. I now find that I can associate mp4s with the VLC Media Player that Peter recommended. So I am just not going to use HomeCinema for now. Thanks... Gary Added later: Well, I thought I had it all under control. I now see that even the VLC Media Player bites the dust, too. I played an mp4 with it, though its file association to mp4s. Then I tried it again and got a Windows error message: "VLC media player has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." I re-installed it and now it won't even open the mp4 file in MyComputer. The mp4 will open/play if I open the VLC, then browse to the mp4 file...just like HomeCinema makes me do. Oh...boy. I guess I am back to using QuickTime. Back to square-one.