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Michel: Not sure how often I would use that feature, but it sounds as though it might be useful. I would concur it should go on the list of updates, but not at the top.

Igor, Guido et al Thanks for all your help. I do realize that I am pushing PTE (and my computer ?) to the edge by trying to get so many images to fly by. PTE sure gives me what I normally want, and so much more for "nomal' type shows and "normal" fine tunings Igor: I am likely the only person who would want to do such a show, so please do not spend much time trying to improve PTE in this area. I think I have seen several more popular requests for further changes to already great software that should have priority. While I did get a test version to work with smaller images (pixel-wise) yesterday, I realize now the images were VERY small (byte-wise) so I will spend some time and see what I can make it do. Thanks again Thank you all

Guido: Tried it with leave image on screen. It had no effect, but it was a good try. I did do a test with a 30 second sound file this AM and smaller images as cici suggested (thanks Sam ) That seemed to work fine. OK back to PhotoShop to change sizes and do some fine tuning to the images.....

Thanks Harold

Robert: One of the problems with the forum format is trying to find answer to questions like this. I, and others, have provided details on this in others threads, but you would not know it from the post titles Here is what I posted recently in the BLACKOUT thread: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Any way to do the custom synching: Add your images Add your music (PROJECT OPTIONS > MUSIC > add) To custom synch: 1. PROJECT OPTIONS > MAIN > tick on "Synchronize Slide Show to Music" 2. Click on CUSTOMIZE SYNCHRONIZATION... 3. Click on 2nd bullet from top: CUSTOMIZE SYNCHRONIZATION 4. Click on PLAY and click on "new transitions" where you want a new slide in beat with the music. Don't worry if it is not exact, you can easily adjust them later. Hope that helps xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx If you click on PAUSE rather than STOP when playing, the cursor will stay within the timeline and not go back to the start.

Robert: try http://www.beechbrook.com/upload/

Oops, you're right Ernst Rimsky-Korsakov !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Guess I better go back to music class

I suspect it is the sensitivity of the microphone. If I use the mic that comes with the computer, I get a fuzzy background, but I use my "normal" mike and record on a casette then transfer, via LINE IN, to the computer it is OK. The good news is that COOL EDIT (likely others can, but Acoustica can not) can remove it for you. Use TRANSFORM > NOISE REDUCTION and select a sample between your words.

In another post I mentioned that I was doing a one minute show with about 250 images. (bees flying around flowers set to Mozart's Flight of the Bumblee) Turns out I needed 387 images in 68 seconds !!!! It ran OK using the small preview in the TIMELINE BUT when I ran it in the normal preview it would not stop !!! I had set it to close after the last slide, but it was all wound up and didn't want to stop ESC did not work (it usually won't in mid transition) so I had to use CNTRL-ALT-DEL to get it WHOA !!! Guess I can't do it, but then I was asking an awful lot. Is it a problem with transition time, or duration time ? Thx

Igor: PTE keeps getting better and better I am doing a show with all cuts - not something that I have done before but I have 250 or more images in one minute. Phew !!! When I went to PROJECT OPTIONS and set up CUT as the default, the descriptions indicate no transition time, so I did not change the transition time default of 1500ms to zero (20ms). When I put my transitions in under CUSTOM SYNCHRONOIZATION, the Timeline became one solid grayline as I went along. It was showing the transition times as 1500ms, but it was the CUT that was being used. I went back to EFFECTS, changed the transition time to 20ms, clicked OK and came back in, all looked fine then. It does not seem to happen when I set up CUTS via CUSTOMIZE SLIDE It is not a big deal, but maybe something you could fix next time round. Thx

Charles: Welcome to the forum. I think you will enjoy the forum almost as mucg as PTE itself. In case you are not sure what Michel meant by "on Cottage" there is a site http://www.beechbrook.com/pte/ where many PTE shows and utilities are kept for downloading. It is well worth the visit. (Hope you have a hi-speed connection)

Ernst: I didn't mean my comments to be interpreted as saying where have you been on all this. Sorry, I was merely trying to bring you up to speed on the topic.

Ernst: From other posts, I gather you have been away from the forum for a while, welcome back. The feature you are asking for is one that we have asked Igor to add to his shopping list many times over the last while. It seems to come up at least 2-3 times per month. We also have asked to be able to change transition type from the TimeLine. HaroldBe, Alrobin, myself and others have likely been too repetitive in asking for this feature. Hopefully with more people asking for it, the priority for this feature being added will be moved up the line. No matter what great stuff Igor does for us, we always want more Poor guy

Martin: The adjustments to transition type and time can only be done from the Customize Slide on the main screen. We have Igor to allow us to do it from the TIME LINE. Hopefully when he gets out from all the other requests, this one might surface to the top. There are a few ways to start the preview from other than the start. If you are still in the TIME LINE screen, click PAUSE to stop, NOT STOP and then click just below the timeline where you want to start again from, you'll get a blue triangle, then click START. You can start the larger preview screen anywhere, by right clicking on the image you want to start from in the listing and you will see a START PREVIEW FROM CURRENT SLIDE CTRL+R Or you can click the "slice of bread" at the bottom right of the image preview screen (top right of the main screen) and away it will go from the slide highlinghted in the listing below. Hope this helps

Clive: Glad it all worked out. The forum is a very useful tool

Beta 4.05 was a testing version of what is now final version 4.0, so yes, you should be working with 4.0

My approach to vert vs horz might not necessarily be seen as the best. I have been teased that my camera will not work vertically. That is because I am constantly thinking "slide show" when I shoot, and unless I know I am going to do a vertical show, I shoot all the shots horizontally even though compostionally a few might be better vertically. I am willing to pay the price of a few shots not being "quite right" in the slide show for the sake of no "crossovers" I will however often shoot the same shot vertically so I have the compostionally correct shot for other purposes. So yes, I guess I can be accused of not using my absolutely best shots at times in shows , but to my mind to do otherwise can often make the slide show less than the absolute best I can. Life is full of compromises.

rwav: You have hit the keys. LESS IS MORE (especially regarding the use of transitions othere than fades or cuts. But if you have a special situtation where a "fancy" transition makes sense use it. I would add: - custom synch to music - try to have images that fade well into the other; line up matching areas, colours etc - good mix of transition times and on-screen durations - I agree with the no mixing of vertical and horizontal, but it can be handled nicely sometimes, but only have one cross over - use the KISS principle Keep it Simple and Short (I know there is another use of KISS ) - you can have colour change through the show, but do it gradually with carefully chosen images - I find digital shows are easier to match colour, brighteness etc as you can control that in PhotoShop, unlike the original slides.

Great idea !!!! Nice small shows using PTE to its limits. It would really show us less adventuresome, less experienced people just what can be done. I t then might be helpful if the secrets as to what was done was revealed to all ! I have been amazed what some people have crammed into some very small sized shows

John: I know we have asked before, but it is so strange , are you sure it is not your screen saver ? Try moving your mouse halfway though the show. Any way to do the custom synching: Add your images Add your music (PROJECT OPTIONS > MUSIC > add) To custom synch: 1. PROJECT OPTIONS > MAIN > tick on "Synchronize Slide Show to Music" 2. Click on CUSTOMIZE SYNCHRONIZATION... 3. Click on 2nd bullet from top: CUSTOMIZE SYNCHRONIZATION 4. Click on PLAY and click on "new transitions" where you want a new slide in beat with the music. Don't worry if it is not exact, you can easily adjust them later. Hope that helps

Bill: I find it very hard to cut a piece of music prematurely and not have it sound like that. (ALthough Cool Edit gives you a fighting chance with its presets). I usually just search and search until I find pieces of music that when joined together (In holy matrimony - sorry I could not resist ) add up to what I want. Or I might take out, or add, an image. But the images are what should control the show length, keep it relatively short and use only the best images, then find the music.

John: By any chance have you got an overlapping of transition and duration times. Check the gray line on the timeline. Or by chance is the image it chokes on a larger sixe (pixel or kb) than the others ?? I assume you are running off the C drive, not a CD. Hope it is that simple

Sorry Granot !!! I forgot to plug your utilities

Maderemark: What you are after is quite easy, once you know how There are likely a few ways to do it, but what I do is make a one image show. I take an image that I really like, that might be associated with the shows you want to put on the CD. I choose the PROJECT OPTION > MAIN > SHow Settings > keep last slide on screen I then put OBJECT EDITOR buttons, on the image, that are linked to each show I want to have on the CD. Create a exe file for the one image show. I load the one image exe file as well as the other shows exe's on the CD, make it an autorun CD and away you go. Obviously you can test it all in PREVIEW before loading it on the CD. Be aware that Object Editors move in relation to the image when shown at different screen resolutions Hope that is clear Have fun

Great news Igor !!! I would like to have object ediors at the end of a synched show. ( Of course I would also love to have an OBJECT EDITOR that does not move when screen resolutions are used too. Guido - the clever chap that he is - gave me a way to achieve that, but it it only works in windowed mode )