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  4. Аlpha channel with the Lagarith codec

    in General Discussion

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    23 hours ago, Igor said:

    Tom,

    We added support for video files with Alpha channel in Lagarith codec only in the latest test version for Windows. See the link above. 

    For Mac we'll include it in the nearest update 11.0.3.

    I updated PTE and it's working now. I do see a nice file size reduction (13 MB Lagarith compared to 28 MB QT Animation) and the Lagarith video quality looks good. I can see this as being a good solution for Windows PTE content creators, but if developing on a Mac I think the QT Animation codec may be the only solution that works.

    In case anyone wants to see the 13 MB Lagarith video file it's here.

    https://we.tl/t-x1U8HkfJCy

    Thanks,
    Tom

    Lagarith.jpg

  6. Аlpha channel with the Lagarith codec

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    I was not able to create an alpha channel video in Windows using VirtualDub2 with Lagarith. It would create a video with black background. There were no quality or compression option during save so the file was large compared to modern codecs like HEVC + alpha or VP8/9 + alpha. Shutter Encoder does not support Lagarith (ffmpeg?) and I don't want to spend the time to install the codec to use with other video editors.

    For compatibility between Windows and Mac computers using PTE the only option that worked well for me was the QT Animation codec. It uses very old compression method RLE run length encoding and the file size is larger.

    I think I would use a QT animation alpha channel video only when publishing the project as a video.

    Tom 

     

  8. Аlpha channel with the Lagarith codec

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    I don't use Adobe products so that is not an option for me. Lagarith is a relatively old codec and not compatible with some animation programs like Apple Motion which uses ProRes with alpha channel but it has large file sizes. If PTE was able to use VP8 or VP9 with alpha channel then it would probably be more widely used since it's easier to convert to this format and has smaller file size than ProRes. It is easy to convert from ProRes to VP9 using Shutter Encoder. There is also H.265 with alpha channel but not sure if Windows could support this option.

    Tom

  9. Four Part Show

    in Work in Progress

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    Hi Rosy,

    If you have the project .pte file and the source media then it would be easy to separate into 4 slideshows.

    If you want to split a video into 4 sections then you import 4 slides of the same video and then adjust the start and end times. You could also upload the video 4 times into YouTube and use the editor to trim the video start and stop times. Free software is available for splitting videos but for Mac I use Quicktime and for Windows I use Bandicut when I need to trim videos.

    Tom

     

  13. Drop Second Image on Slide

    in Suggestions for Next Versions

    Posted

    This might be considered a separate suggestion but I would like to see an "Add from Clipboard" option in O&A. Many of my graphic editing apps have a save to Clipboard option. If PTE had this feature it would be a faster method of importing objects and potential higher quality because not saving as an intermediate file format. If the system clipboard was used for both copy and paste it might replace the open in external editor for bitmap graphics.

    Tom

  15. Spring Animation Modifier

    in Suggestions for Next Versions

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    I was watching one of my old PTE videos and I noticed it doesn't have a spring like decay modifier. Maybe it's possible to do with an oscillation multiplier and keyframes? If you know of any easy way to create this effect let me know. If there is a spring decay type modifier it would make it easier. I used a text animation program in the example below.

    Thanks,
    Tom

    My 3 year old video.

     

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  20. Diswasher Saga third & final part.

    in Slideshows & AV Shows

    Posted

    Hi Rosy,

    An automatic dishwasher has probably saved many a marriage. We have not been to an indoor restaurant or movie theater since covid started 3 years ago. So for us, it's an essential piece of kitchen equipment.  My wife's favorite saying is "A Happy Wife is a Happy Life". 

    Very nice quality video and music.

    Thanks,
    Tom

     

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