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My first digital camera was a Nikon Coolpix 8700. Apparently due to the 2011 earthquake, lower camera sales, and declining population Nikon has decided to offshore their camera manufacturing to Thailand. https://fstoppers.com/business/how-do-you-feel-about-nikon-closing-japan-heres-how-japanese-people-have-reacted-539662 I think they still hold the title for the highest zoom superzoom camera. https://www.nikonusa.com/en/nikon-products/product/compact-digital-cameras/coolpix-p1000.html Tom

It almost sounds like it's trying to start a Preview. It would help if you could post information about software versions (Operating System and PTE version) and PC hardware specs. Another quick test to eliminate an older graphics card problems would be to use the alternate renderer for graphical user interface. (Settings, Preferences, System, Video Card). Tom

Thanks Gary. Although it's very simple it was fun to add the transitions in a few minutes. A camera shutter sound helps. Images from pixabay.com. Tom

Thank you Igor. I hope you and fellow team members are well. Merry Christmas, Tom

If you just need a simple white flash I found is easier to set slide 2 lightness starting at 100 (white) fading back to 0 (normal color). Transition set to .5 seconds. Tom Camera Flash.pteeff

Very nice. I don't live in a climate that snows very often so it's interesting to see photos of super cold places like parts of Russia. I like the paper scroll. Was that created in PTE? I hope Santa has enough vaccine for everyone. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Tom

I don't know if there is an existing one. If it's just a simple white screen then it's easy to make if you have the Pro version of PTE. I could not find an example of the ProShow flash. If it is more advanced then it would probably require a mask or gradient PNG. Tom A white rectangle covering the screen that is sandwiched between slide 1 and slide 2.

Very nice. I was wondering what camera or lens allowed you to create the first panorama without ghost images? Did you use a camera like https://theta360.com/en/ or stitching software? Thanks, Tom

Hi Rosy, The camera and tripod combination should be easier to carry than the Manfrotto and Fujifilm. Great looking camera and photo. Tom

Hi Berny, Your new PC is very fast. Unless you play the latest 3D video games or need ray tracing the 6 GB GTX 1060 should be fine. Thanks, Tom

Many video editors allow you to cut or trim video when adding to the timeline. The start cut is "i" for in and the end cut is "o" for out. It would be much easier to select an object (or objects), scrub to a location on the timeline you want the object visible, press the i to mark the input time range, scrub to the location you want the object to become invisible, and press the o key. This would save time on layer switching using manual z-buffer hidden object removal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden-surface_determination It might be listed here but could not find. https://docs.pteavstudio.com/en-us/10.0/hotkeys/main?s[]=shortcuts#objects_and_animation Thanks, Tom

Yes, it seems that Intel HWA (QuickSync) is supported by PTE 10. I'm happy you found a solution and your new computer will be even faster. Tom

Maybe OBS can use the TV inputs as a sources and you could mix with the PTE slideshow screen. That's the only method I can think of to overlay streaming video. Tom

I have never tried streamable before, but the video played perfectly (Northern California). I just YouTube and Vimeo. Little bit of jitter in the pans. You might make a short pan video and send the link to Manfrotto tech support. They might have a solution. Thanks, Tom

Hi Berny, I notice that Handbrake only supports QuickSync on Skylake (i7-6700) or later. I think the i7-4700 series is Haswell. You might try handbrake to see how fast the encoding is compared to PTE. I don't know if PTE supports QuickSync, and if it does maybe only the Sklyake and later chips. https://handbrake.fr/docs/en/latest/technical/video-qsv.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_i7_microprocessors#Haswell_microarchitecture_(4th_generation) https://handbrake.fr/ Your new computer should be able to use hardware encoding. Happy holidays, Tom

Hi Rosy, Interesting location with the canal boats but the weather looks sketchy. I would be interested in watching the slideshow. You can send me a direct message if you decide not to publish to the forum. Thanks, Tom

Hi Berny, For comparison in Medium quality I can export the 2:36 Sample Project in 1:49 at 85 FPS. In High quality the export time is 1:45 at 88 FPS. If you check Hardware acceleration it should display HW in the title bar of the encoding window. Your render speed seems a little slow for your system. Maybe check your NVIDIA software to make sure you are using the latest driver. Ryzen 7 2700x 16 GB Ram Nvidia 1660 Super 6 GB C: Drive is 1 TB Samsung Evo 860 SSD D: Drive is 4 TB Hitachi HD Tom

Sorry for not understanding. Maybe you want something like a Picture In Picture kind of like a webcam overlay on a slideshow? I don't think PTE can overlay single or multiple realtime/livestream (not prerecorded) video from external sources. This might be an idea and suggestion. Tom

Are you running PTE on multiple monitors? Maybe launching multiple slideshows would work set to display on different monitors. https://docs.pteavstudio.com/en-us/10.0/main_menu_1/publish?s[]=command&s[]=line#command_line_options Tom

If you have used a Mac you probably have tried Quick Look. This is a Windows version. Select item in File Explorer and press the space bar to view and enter to open the file an editor. It supports many media types (images, sound, video, pdf) including Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. It can be installed from this website or Microsoft Store. https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook Tom

Hi Berny, Benchmark comparison https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-2060-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060-6GB/4034vs3639 I don't use a 2060 but my Windows 10 Ryzen 7 2700x has a 1660 6GB Super and no problems at 1080p. I would think 4K media and video encoding would benefit from the 2060. Ray tracing is not supported in PTE. Happy Holidays, Tom

Even a gadget nut like myself thinks one gimbal is enough unless you need a lighter model for hikes and vacations. Tom

While waiting for my mac mini to arrive I've been looking for a good performance monitor. This one has a large amount of information and is popular. It has been updated for silicon Macs. https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/ and another that is used to test RAM and temps on the silicon Macs.. https://www.imagetasks.com/istatistica/pro/ Multicore processors are excellent for memory compression. It's amazing how fast the processor can compress/decompress memory so you can run multiple programs with 1/2 the amount of physical memory required without compression. This is one of the reasons why an 8GB M1 Mac is able to perform as well as a 16GB Intel Mac. Both Windows, Macs, and Linux have memory compression. Probably iOS and Android too. Currently my Ryzen Windows 10 computer is compressing 1.6GB of data in 400 MB of RAM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_memory_compression https://www.howtogeek.com/319933/what-is-memory-compression-in-windows-10/ https://www.lifewire.com/understanding-compressed-memory-os-x-2260327 Tom The iStatistica performance monitoring software was utilized when comparing 8 GB to 16 GB Macbook Pro laptops.

30% off regular price. Sale lasts 2 weeks. https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/ A non-subscription alternative to three (four if you count Lightroom) Adobe products. I purchased Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, and Affinity Publisher for the Mac. It's supposed to be fast on the M1 silicon. https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/apple-m1-chip-support/ I have access to Adobe products from our local university extended ed program but I still like Serif software. Tom

Intel has been the top selling x86 processors for almost 40 years. The ARM RISC processor family integrated with GPU and RAM is rapidly changing personal computing starting with portable computers and expanding to the desktop. Problem The x86 and ARM processor instruction sets (code) are not compatible. There are two solutions to this problem. Emulation and translation. Emulation is required every time the program or operating system is run until the source code is compiled into binary for ARM processor. Translation converts the program one time using the new instruction set. Apple Rosetta 2 is a translation application for Mac computers. Microsoft is working on adding x86-64bit emulation to the existing x86-32bit support for their Windows ARM. If Microsoft decides to sell Windows ARM directly to end users (why not?) then we could see Windows ARM running on future Apple ARM computers. Just for fun imagine PTE AV Studio 10 x86-64 version running in emulation on Windows ARM running on a Mac M1. Also Corel Parallels is currently working on a new version that will allow M1 Macs to run the Windows x86 operating system. We do not know what the performance penalty (25%?) will be for Windows x86 code on Apple ARM computers. What happens to Intel and AMD if they continue down the legacy x86 road? I think it is a dead end because RISC appears to be the clear winner. Maybe future processors can upload instruction sets into firmware, making it appear as a x86 or ARM processor with a simple reboot. I'm glad WnSoft has been working on converting their code to ARM family of processors and will be future proof. Who knows, maybe some day we will see PTE on tablets. Tom