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Michiele: Yes, that's what I do, either choice. Other forum readers might have other good alternatives.

Michiele: I just realized that perhaps I did not answer the right question.... There are lots of ways to add text to a blank image. One way to do it is to use a black (or whatever colour you want) image and use the OBJECT EDITOR at the bottom centre of the PTE main page screen to add your text. Positioning of OBJECTS will vary depending on the resolution of the screen you are watching. I usually do my titles/text in PhotoShop and insert the image into the show where I want it. I hope one of the two answers helps

Michiele: Welcome to PTE !! To add a new slide: Put the new image in the folder with the other pictures in the show. Open PTE and FILE/OPEN the show Drag the new image from the column on the left (assuming it is open at the correct folder) to the position you want it in listing of images in the show in the centre right bottom. And away you go. Have fun

Charlie: Welcome to PTE, I hope you enjoy it as much as we all do. MP3 is the preferred format for PTE as it is much more compact than a .wav file. I suspect windows saved it for you as a .wav file. There are many ways to convert a .wav file to a MP3. Boxig just recently prepared a uitlity to do that. See posting at: http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...ct=ST&f=2&t=659 Or you can use Acoustica, Cool Edit (or dbPowerAmp which is free at http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ .) Acoutisca and Cool Edit can be easily found via a search on Google, both have been mentioned many times in past posts. The other problem could be that I know there has been some mention that newer versions of Windows may allow you to copy music to your hard drive and used on your computer, but will not allow it to be exported to other computers. Using the other software to copy the music might solve your problems I am sure others will come along shortly and add to my answer. Good luck

Al: Sounds great !!! I will check it out when I am back from the trip !!!

Silas: There are several different ways to put the show a CD. BOXIG has several utilities that will enable you to have an autorun CD. See his website at http://www.thailandphotoalbum.com plus his many posting through the forum on the subject. A forum search for CD might help you for other discussion on this topic. If you want to back it up, or use a CD-R simply to trafser the show to another computer it should be very simple using Nero Burning. I do not have that software, but I recall seeing it on other computers that you just open Nero Burning and go with the option that lets you create a CD, (or copy files to CDs) and follow instructions. I can't tell you exactly with having the software, but essentially it is matter dragging the .exe file (and the pte and image/sound files if you want to for back-up) to the area on the screen that shows what is going to be put on the CD, then clicking on CREATE or RECORD CD. I am sure someone will come along with the exact instructions for you, but maybe what I gavce will give you enough hints.

elijahnow As you are new to the forum, I thought I would expand a litte on nobeefstu's note. Elsewhere in this forum you will find MANY threads discussing image size etc etc. PTE using fades requires a lot of horsepower in your computer, larger images, both file and image size, can be problematic, as can transitions too close to each other. If you are unsure of what we mean by image size, see "parameter incorrect" thread, May 10 postings at http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...ct=ST&f=2&t=651 If it is a image size or timing issue as nobeefstu suspects, I would suggest you try the following as a test: - have your images sized at 100kb plus/minus (try 800x600 pixels, medium jpg quality) - use only "quick" transactions and space the transitions at least 2 seconds apart - save the pte and exe files to your hard drive. Assuming the show works fine with those parameters, take one parameter at a time and adjust it to what you really want to use and see what happens. If all works well from the hardrive, then try saving it to a CD and run it from the CD. I think you will find most of us do not recommend running from a CD. Merely use a CD as a transfer medium from one computer's hard drive to another. Hope this helps

Just a thought or two... Is 128mb RAM perhaps the issue ? I would expect it to be an issue once a show was running, but maybe it is at the front end as well. Another thought, have you tried RESTARTing the computer just before using PTE in case there is something hogging some resources after closing down some software. I find my computer feels better if I restart it after using PhotoShop on some very large files. Not sure if PhotoShop is my problem, or other downloaded software, or just my computer....

Sandee: I agree with Ron, reducing to 72dpi (ppi?) is not necessarily the best way to go. As Ron says this has been discussed in several threads over the past few months. Most recently in "paramter Incorrect" http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...ct=ST&f=2&t=651 look for postings particularly starting May 10

Guido: Glad my notes helped. Sorry about leaving out "centimetres". Us old people on this side of the pond have not fully adapted to the sensible unit of measure. But my kids (28 and 30 years old) have no idea what an inch, foot or yard is. Maybe someday some of us less fortunate ones born on this side of the pond will also learn more than one language....

Bill: I have never updated my Windows Media Player since purchasing the computer in 2001 as I never use it. I seem to remember WMP kicking in the odd time with audio CDs, but rarely. The only thing that continually seems to start on its own (other than "autorun" CD's I make) are audio CDs (that I am about record from) that MusicMatch Jukebox (a two year old version) kicks in with. I only use MP3 (and wav) files in association with AV shows - both analog and digital. Other than that my computer is not a "music player".

I discovered a quirk this afternoon when I created a autorun CD with the PTE .exe file named: "ftpgsfront.ex" (if you must know: short for "family tree pages front page" - a "front page" exe file from which three PTE shows run) When the autorun kicked in, Internet Explorer started dialing my ISP. Seems it thought it had a "ftp" request. (File Transfer Protocol) Not sure it was my computer or WinME or any Win OS. Just thought I would pass it aloong in case someone else happens to name a file starting with the same three letters.

Jim: Don't you love computers !!! Once you get them behaving they are great, but until then If you do have to re-size the images, you can do it PhotoShop using FILE>AUTOMATE. I am not sure if IRFANVIEW will do it, others might as well There have been brief discussions on this in other threads. Good luck, as you say it should be a breeze once you conquer this problem.

Guido et al: I agree with you about changing the resolution etc re file size. One thing not many people understand well is the image size vs print(document) size vs file size in digital photography. My take on it (from a PhotoShop perspective) "Image" size is the pixel size (eg 800x600 pixels) on the monitor screen, "print(document)" size is the image dimension (eg 4x6 inches) when printed on paper "file" size is the size of the image on your storage device (hard drive or CD etc) in bytes (eg 250kb). The initial image and file sizes are determined by the scan resolution or digital camera. In PTE, I don't bother even thinking about the print/document size. After scanning at 1200 or 2400ppi, I adjust the image size for the screen size I want. If the resultant file size is too large, I then control it by the jpg quality. I usually use jpg quality of 6 (out of 10 in PS 5.0). My finished images in PTE stay at the 1200 or 2400ppi that I scanned them at. In PhotoShop, with "resample" checked ON, (IMAGE>IMAGE SIZE), changing the resolution(ppi) does reduce the image size and thus the file size. This, to me, confuses everyone as they then think reducing the ppi is the only way to reduce file size. If the "resample" is off, and you change the resolution, the image and file size stay the same, and the print size changes. In a perfect world, everyone should spend a few hours playing with IMAGE>IMAGE SIZE in PhotoShop to see what really goes on. Wayne Fulton's "A Few Scanning Tips" at www.scantips.com is of help as well. That is my two cents worth on my understanding of all this

Welcome to PTE But I hope you are not going to be too disappointed, as based on several threads in the recent past, no one seems to have managed to find a sortware/utility that let's PTE work on a MAC. If you check some past threads, or search for "Mac", you will find several pages on this topic

Here is my two cents worth.... Virtually all my shows use "FADE" as the transition between images. This is a very intensive process for a computer. As some of my shows are shown on computers of various vintages and horsepower, I use PhotoShop to reduce the images to 800x600 and save them as jpg quality 6. While the images might be a little smaller than some might like, I can be confident that the show will work smoothly on most (not all) computers. If you are not using FADE, it is amazing how large an image (and show size) even older computers can handle in PTE. An example: One show I have that uses essentially only CUTS runs beautifully on a firend's computer that immediately freezes with a short show with slow FADES. Jim

Mark: From the sound of your note, I gather you did not keep a copy of the key in your back-up files. I suspect you will have to go to WNSOFT and explain the situtation and likely they will provide you with a new key. Maybe someone else will have another solution Jim

Silversurfer: Interesting suggestions you have. Have you looked at using OBJECT EDITOR as I think some (not all) of those features are already available, but perhaps not as flexibly as you might like.

Tim: Sorry I can't help with the phone number. Igor keeps an eye on the forum, he should see the note, but not sure it will be before the weekend as it is likely Saturday already in Russia where Igor is.

Jeff: Welcome to PTE I have not had this problem in PTE, but it sounds (pardon the pun) to me like the speakers you are using via the laptop and projector are not very good. I use a separate sound system (PEAVY Escort 2000 - a somewhat heavy thing but wonderful system) when I present my shows. I run a patch cord from the laptop to the PEAVY and all is wonderful. I used to use a "boom box" until I showed up at what was supposed to be a small group in a small room, but turned out to be 150 people in a LARGE hall. The next day I bought the PEAVY. I have had problems with the PEAVY though (and another amplifier) when it is used with an old tape deck used in conjunction with a CLEAR-LYTE 35mm dissolve show. We are not sure, but there seems to be a phase issue between the two. See http://www.peavey.com/ for details on Peavy system

Glad your problem is solved ! No need to feel stupid, foolish or anything other than "just learning" There are all sorts of subtilities, and obvious - in hindsight - things that we miss that others can point us to. That is one real value I see with the forum. Have fun with PTE

richierich: If I understand correctly what you want to do... When you go to PROJECT OPTIONS > EFFECTS, there are two sets of squares stack on top of each other in the upper right part of the dialogue box. One set has check marks in it, one is blank Clicking on these will reset all the effects to "on" or "off" Hope that will help

Travis: To make your "menu" (I like to call it a "front page") make a one image pte show and have the CD auto start that exe file. This show should keep the image on screen at the end of the show. Then in your one image, place OBJECTS with links that RUN APPLICATION and point to the other exe file, one exe file per object. Use OBJECT EDITOR to do this. Only drawback is that the OBJECTS change their relative location with different screen resolutions Hope that helps and is not too unclear (This question comes up frequently and we really should have a "how to" section on the forum.)

Bruman See a thread further down the forum http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...ct=ST&f=2&t=570