[Add option to loop video in Objects and Animation]

If you have a menu slide with a small thumbnail video or any slide that is of longer duration than a video object on the slide then add option to loop video. Currently I believe it stops on the last frame of video.

Thanks,
Tom

 

[Two screens]

Hi John,

I have used Windows 10 and 11 with 3 monitors with Nvidia 1660 Super.  PTE can use 2 monitors. You can set the Preview screen separate from the PTE edit screen. I think it is a very nice feature. Currently only using one monitor due to table space. If your graphics card is powerful enough it should not be a problem.

Tom

[AMD Ryzen 7 5700G and Touchscreen Monitors]

I ordered this PC for my wife. It should be fine for web, multimedia, and casual gaming like "Stray". I can always upgrade the 8 GB 6600 XT card in the future. 

https://www.costco.com/hp-victus-gaming-desktop---amd-ryzen-7-5700g---radeon-rx-6600xt.product.4000056482.html

I will probably order this Touch Screen.

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-P2418HT-23-8-Touch-Monitor/dp/B01NBX1Q2T

Tom

[Major upgrades to Serif Affinity products released]

I was hoping for a bitmap to vector converter feature but no such luck. I have other apps that can do this. The panorama auto stitching is pretty good in Affinity Photo app.  I currently only use Android devices but I will probably purchase the upgrade.  The Universal license is pretty liberal, use on as many devices as you own by any family members but only you can use it for commercial use.

Thanks,
Tom

[AMD AV1 Encode RX 7900 GPU cards]

The new RX 7000 series GPUs will support AV1 encode. I think this is the first GPU chiplet design with both 5 nm and 6 nm chips.  One chip has 20GB or more of fast DDR6 memory. Also support 8K monitors at 60 fps or higher. It will be interesting to see a performance comparison with the Nvidia RTX 4090. The power required (350W+) is probably 5 times as much as my Mac mini M1 computer.

I can remember years ago when PTE was relatively new and the GPUs back then only had 256 MB of memory. I hope when AV1 is more common then PTE will have an AV1 HW encode option. Most of the software encoders I have tried are slow.

https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/rdna

Tom

 

[Displacement Map effect]

Very nice. I like how you were able to move the displacement mask down to just cover the water.

Thanks,
Tom

[Displacement Map effect]

That looks great Denis. It looks very realistic.

Thanks,
Tom

[Sway style for PTE Av Studio V11]

Hi Pascal,

Very nice!

Tom

[Displacement Map effect]

Very nice. What software did you use to create the normal map?

Tom

[Apple macOS Ventura 13 and PTE 10 and 11]

Good news. I updated my Mac mini M1 today. I have been testing PTE 10 and 11. I have not found any problems. Everything appears to be working perfectly.

Tom

[Slide Option Transition in Project Option Transition [SOLVED]]

I have not had the problem since the update so I would say it is solved.

Thanks,
Tom

[Displacement Map effect]

Test style with displacement map. The reflection is not correct. Probably needs to be inside another mask. Just a concept. Feel free to improve.

Water Normal Map from here. 

Updated Lake.ptestyle with improved reflection, clouds, and wave direction changed to be more realistic.

Tom

 

Lake.ptestyle

[AMD Ryzen 7 5700G and Touchscreen Monitors]

Does anyone have experience with a Ryzen 7 5700G computer or USB touchscreen monitors?  Any problems and do they work well together? This would be a 1920x1080 touchscreen monitor, not 4K.  Not for me, but for my wife. Not a multimedia content creator.

Thanks,
Tom

 

 

[BullGuard protection is transitioning to Norton]

I'm still mad at Symantec for buying Sygate back in 2005 (my favorite software firewall) and dropping it after purchase to avoid competing with their own product. That was a great firewall program for Windows at the time.

Tom

[Displacement Map effect]

Thanks. Lens replacement is relatively safe and quick procedure. I am not worried. Displacement mapping reminds me of bending light like lens refraction.

Tom

[Displacement Map effect]

Hi Denis,

I hope Igor adds these transitions you created to PTE.  They are really good. Mine are okay but not quite perfect. I'm scheduled to get refraction correction/lens replacement surgery (Alcon Vivity) and hope it will improve my vision. 

Thanks,
Tom

[Displacement Map effect]

Hi Denis,

I updated PTE to Beta 2 and the transitions imported just fine.  I must pay more attention to updates in the future.  Great transitions.

Thanks,
Tom

[Displacement Map effect]

I can see the image files if I change the extension to .zip and decompress. Probably something about my system. I will check again after Beta 3.

Thanks,
Tom

[Displacement Map effect]

It's still not working for me. Maybe if you post project zip it would be included or I will wait for Beta 3 to fix the bug.

Thanks,
Tom

[Displacement Map effect]

Hi Denis,

I am having trouble using the transitions. I have 2 files that are 0 bytes. They are onde30 and test30.

Thanks,
Tom

[Displacement Map effect]

I have fixed the rain shift problem (in all the transitions) due to incorrect opacity values and displacement map strength.
I also experimented with water transition based on filter forge tropical water  bump map. There are 3 variations.
From mild
1 x 100 = 1 cycle with strength 100
To strong
7 x 300 = 7 cycles with strength 300
There are also 3 extra versions that have x 360 for rotation of normal maps for strange effect.

Thanks,
Tom

 

Ripple5.pteeff Water1.pteeff

[Slide Option Transition in Project Option Transition [SOLVED]]

Cool.

Thanks,
Tom

[Displacement Map effect]

Just a theory but maybe a displacement mask frame and opacity mask together? I think a frame works better to displace the objects below. 

Tom

 

[Slide Option Transition in Project Option Transition [SOLVED]]

I think this is a bug but not sure. It might be due to me changing Slide 1 transition. I saved the project and exited PTE 11. Then I open the project and the Project Options does not show the Slide Option.

11 Beta 1
Mac M1 Mini
Monterey 12.6

Tom

 

[Displacement Map effect]

2 hours ago, Igor said:

Tom, can you include your transition for V11?

Yes. Of course you can use anything I post. I hope you can improve upon the basic concept.

Thanks,
Tom