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  1. ADJUSTOR

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hello Al,

    I was an eager user of SYNOPSIS PTE. And I am pleased that you are going with your genius excel-program ADJUSTOR the same way.

    Perhaps you can solve my synchronazation-problems with your excel-program easily.

    All my shows have the same structure:

    Project Options -> NO Background music for show

    S01

    S02

    S03 Play new background music file(s) | M01

    S04

    S05

    S06

    S07 Before synchronization M01 is ending here BUT M01 sould end at S09

    S08

    S09

    S10

    S11 Play new background music file(s) | M02

    S12

    S13 sound 01

    S14

    S15

    S16 sound 02

    S17

    S18 Before synchronization M02 is ending here BUT M02 sould end at S15

    S19

    S20

    and so on

    Can I synchronize with your ADJUTOR?

    May I get an prototyp according to the example? Take 20 sec for each slide.

    Many thanks

    Manfred

  2. PTE V5.0 Sound and backgroundmusic

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hello Al, Jeff, John, Ken, Ron

    Many thanks for your responses. It was very interesting for me to hear about your solutions synchronazing slides and music. Because I synchronized all my show manually I am not familiar using the timeline.

    From there I have some stupid questions:

    Example

    All my shows have the same structure:

    Project Options NO Background music for show

    S01

    S02

    S03 Play new background music file(s) | M01

    S04

    S05

    S06

    S07 Before synchronization M01 is ending here BUT M01 sould end at S09

    S08

    S09

    S10

    S11 Play new background music file(s) | M02

    S12

    S13

    S14

    S15

    S16

    S17

    S18 Before synchronization M02 is ending here BUT M02 sould end at S15

    S19

    S20

    Is it possible to manipulate (shrink/extend) the duration of the slides using timeline?

    Moreover I believe there is a bug in V5. When I use 1 background music for my show - this music is always started when I <start preview from the currect slide>

    Yours Manfred

    Ron,

    I have used the "sound" field under the slide preview window to quickly add a sound file to a slide often. This is quick and easy to do if you wish the sound to start with the slide. The main drawback I find with this method is the lack of control over the volume when the effect file plays over the main/background sound file. This is the method I assume you are commenting on as when adding a sound effect under the "custimize slide>music" tab the background sound is lost while it plays.

    Manfred,

    Using my method as described earlier you can stop the show at any point you wish with the keyboard, mouse or navigation bar. When the show is restarted, (again with the keyboard, mouse or navigation bar), then music and images will continue from that point still in complete sync. I have used this same technique to deliver lectures on photography and other subjects, often pausing to answer questions or give more details. It is also possible to add sections of silence within the sound file to coincide with a number of slides if you wish to talk while these slides are displayed and the show continues.

    Your English is fine, much better than my German. :rolleyes:

  3. PTE V5.0 Sound and backgroundmusic

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    Posted

    Hope this is useful to you Manfred.

    Hello John!

    Many thanks for your complete answers to all of my questions.

    I understand the technique you use to synchronise your slide shows.

    This method I believe is suitable if you do not interrupt your slide shows or if you are creating an AVs.

    Normally I create shows (lectures), which I can stop on well defined slides to make explanations or to answer questions of the audience

    So I have synchronised slide-sequences with music which should not be interrupted (for example: if I show the impressive landscape of dunes) and such slides where I can stop (left click).

    AAAAAAAAAAAAABBBAAAAAAAAABBBBBBBBAAAAAA

    Synch M1 Synch M2 Synch M3

    A customized slide with OaA

    B slide, which can be stopped

    My problem is synchronizing the A sequences comfortably.

    At the moment I do it arithmetical.

    I beg your pardon for my bad english!

    Yours

    Manfred

  4. PTE V5.0 Sound and backgroundmusic

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Manfred, have a look at my AV "Riding the Wind" if this is want you want to do with sound let me know and I will try to explain how I did it.

    Download Av from here:

    http://www.mediafire.com/?7xdaio4jxxt

    Hi John,

    many thanks for your great AV "Riding the Wind"

    Your show is precisely what I need.

    You solved all problems I have/had; but I am sure more elegantly. How did you realise the music problem? Is the linkage of music 1 and music 2 as backgroundmusic the best technique? I solved it in older shows with sound! (sound = music) and manual synchronisation. PTE 5.0 offers <Play new background music (files)>; but I think with no synchronisation. May I get an small .PTE file which shows your solution? How do you synchonize music and slide sequences? Timeline? Can the adjustor from Alrobin help?

    Thanks for your responses,

    Manfred

  6. compatibility

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hello Al

    Many thanks for your interest in my compatibility - problem.

    My show has lots of slides and sounds. If you give me your email address I will try to send you the template as appendix. It was my first experience with PTE. I believe that I can improve it with V5!

    By the way I can catch some word corresponding with you: Audacity, Audition, Cubase. What is plug-flattery?

    In September I start an motorhome trip thru Canada Toronto Ottawa Quebec Montreal Toronto.

    A big chance for a new slide show - foliage!

    Manfred

    Manfred,

    It's too bad, but you'll have to wait for Igor to add that feature back in for PTE v.5 before you can use it. In the meantime you might consider amalgamating all your sound effects and narration into one file using "Audacity" or better still, "Audition" or "Cubase". In any case I would be interested in seeing your show - any chance of posting either the version 4 show or a re-created version 5 show on Beechbrook or your own website?

    Brian,

    Thanks for the plug - flattery will get you everywhere! Maybe even a draught at Davy Byrnes! :D

    But I can't post "Upendi" since, as you mentioned, it uses copyrighted music - wouldn't want to tangle with Disney! :)

  7. compatibility

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    Posted

    Hello Brian!

    Many thanks for your immediate answer.

    I believe you are right it was the word by word translation of the question in german. (my awful english!)

    I visited Ireland 1986. It was a year with lots of rain and high tide.

    Even so we had a tremendous boat trip on the Shannon.

    I like Ireland!

    Al has answered too. I believe the reason of the error message I get (assertion error) is the frequent use of the sound line. The show is a trip thru Namibia with many animal sounds: apes, lions, elefants, seals and so on. Even my comments are sounds.

    Yours sincerely

    Manfred Achenbach

    Hi Manfred,

    I have been in your Country many times and I have really enjoyed myself ~ I note that nobody has

    replied to your Post ~ this is a language problem and perhaps if you re-phase your question, such as:-

    "Can I run a PTE.4.46 Show/Template on version PTE.5.8" ~ you will receive an answer.

    I do not run PTE.5v8 ~ I run PTE.V4.8 and looking back on past posts on the Forum there seems to

    be no problem doing this. Someone should be able to help you with the 'set-up'.

    Brian.Conflow.

  11. RECTANGLE

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Manfred,

    I don't have a tutorial yet, but perhaps I can explain how the rectangle can be useful.

    First, the rectangle is a way of grouping objects in a parent/child relationship. If you place objects within a rectangle, they take on a relationship so that what you assign as animations to the rectangle apply also to the objects contained within. As with all objects, the rectangle can be made to become invisible by setting the opacity to zero, so you may achieve the ability to quickly relate an action to all the "objects" within this boundary.

    Second, you can use the rectangle either as a convenient opaque or "wire frame" object to act as an anchor and permit animations assigned to this to be transmitted to other children.

    Let's take an example:

    Create a rectangle with a child rectangle and to the second child attach an object such as a globe or opaque ball. Rotate the parent object clockwise 360 degrees within a 60 second period. Set the child rectangle to rotate counterclockwise 720 degrees during the same time period. Put all three (rectangle one, rectangle two and the ball) in a linear relationship so they form a line with each equidistant from the other and run the animation. What you achieve is an elliptical orbit of the "ball" around the parent rectangle. Now make rectangle one and child rectangle two invisible by setting their opacity to zero at both the start and 60 second finish and run the animation again and you see a ball traveling in an ellipse.

    So the rectangles have acted as convenient "objects" to facilitate an animation. There are other possibilities such as demonstrated by theDom when he used the rectangles in an artistic way with a European supermodel.

    Best regards,

    Lin

  12. RECTANGLE

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Manfred,

    I don't have a tutorial yet, but perhaps I can explain how the rectangle can be useful.

    First, the rectangle is a way of grouping objects in a parent/child relationship. If you place objects within a rectangle, they take on a relationship so that what you assign as animations to the rectangle apply also to the objects contained within. As with all objects, the rectangle can be made to become invisible by setting the opacity to zero, so you may achieve the ability to quickly relate an action to all the "objects" within this boundary.

    Second, you can use the rectangle either as a convenient opaque or "wire frame" object to act as an anchor and permit animations assigned to this to be transmitted to other children.

    Let's take an example:

    Create a rectangle with a child rectangle and to the second child attach an object such as a globe or opaque ball. Rotate the parent object clockwise 360 degrees within a 60 second period. Set the child rectangle to rotate counterclockwise 720 degrees during the same time period. Put all three (rectangle one, rectangle two and the ball) in a linear relationship so they form a line with each equidistant from the other and run the animation. What you achieve is an elliptical orbit of the "ball" around the parent rectangle. Now make rectangle one and child rectangle two invisible by setting their opacity to zero at both the start and 60 second finish and run the animation again and you see a ball traveling in an ellipse.

    So the rectangles have acted as convenient "objects" to facilitate an animation. There are other possibilities such as demonstrated by theDom when he used the rectangles in an artistic way with a European supermodel.

    Best regards,

    Lin

  13. RECTANGLE

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Manfred,

    Instead of creating a totally transparent image as a base for "containing" objects, you can use a "rectangle" which can also be transparent as well as opaque, or a gradient.

    If you add PZR effects to a rectangle, any objects "contained" by it will move in the same way as the "parent" rectangle.

    Go through some of the tutorials and demos that members have created and linked in their posts to the Forum and study their examples to help understand these effects. :)

    Hi Al!

    Many thanks for your immediate reply and help. I studied some tutorials and demos - now I am a bit shifter.

    But it is not so easy to learn by an example when it is made by an artist. I am an absolute beginner with V5.

    Is it possible to create an object list ordered by start-keypoint?

    Do you know when the official V5 with an users guide are released.

    Yours sincerely

    Manfred

  14. RECTANGLE

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hello!

    perhaps I am a liitle bit stupid!

    I am testing V5B5 and the genius Objects and Animation. I have no problems with pan, zoom, rotate and

    timepoints but I do not understand what I can do with rectangles. Has anyone an tutorial which can help me?

    Many thanks.

    Manfred

  15. TextScroll

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hello Garnot!

    How do you do?

    Our last contact was 1 year ago when a came back from a trip thru Namibia and I worked on my first diashow.

    Now I am back from a fabulous trip thru Scotland and I am working on the next show.

    I very often use your ingenious small programs. Now I have a problem with TextScoll. It is possible to use NL CR in a text? (Dataset text.text).

    Sincerely

    Manfred

  17. Images/Frames

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hello Garnot,

    many thanks for version 3.0. Decrease/Increase Height will work very well.

    There is only a small bug. When the frame increases very much time informations appear on the slide.

    I’m a mathematician and so I am standing in numeric numbers.

    With the mouse it is impossible to create an precise frame - for example 1500x1157 (scaling of your frame size 700x540)

    Is it a lot of work to specify the width in pixels?

    Manfred

  19. Images/Frames

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hello Garnot,

    I am testing the enhanced FrameToImage _ version 2.0 781 KB _ and I have some problems.

    I have 3 pairs of up/down keys on my keyboard but none will work together with Alt.

    Perhaps I do not use the correct version of FTI?

    Can you help me?

    Thanks

    Manfred

  20. Images/Frames

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hello Granot,

    many thanks for your immediate answer.

    You are a magician or in german a "Programmschleuder" (word by word translation: programcatapult).

    I am very interested in your enhanced program.

    I was 25 year the head of a software development center. We had huge computers from IBM , only some tools

    and we use the programming languages assembler, FORTRAN, COBOL, PL1. Gone times.

    What tools and languages do you use? HTML, VBA, C, C++ or others.

    May I get a small sourcecode of your program ?

    Many thanks

    Manfred

  21. Images/Frames

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hello BOXIG (Garnot),

    I have lots of slides (.jpg) with image size 1536 x 1024 (1,5:1) and I want to show these slides with frames.

    Yesterday I found your genius programm FrameToImage. But all your frames have size ~ 1,3:1 so my images will not fit to the frames.

    What can I do?

    Cutting all my images?

    Cutting all the frames?

    Or have you got a program to change the frames?

    Perhaps you can help me.

    Many thanks.

    Manfred

  23. Reporting Problems / German Version

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hello!

    I am using the german version of PTE.

    Can I report my problems and proposals in german? Have you got some specialists speaking german?

    Because I do not run the english version in parallel with the german version I get into trouble reporting problems.

    Very often I do not know the corresponding term you use in the english version (for example Übergang = transition, or Stundenanzeiger?).

    Can I get at least a translationtable for tool-specific words and window-headlines (for example <Erstellen der AVI Video-Datei>).

    Manfred

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