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Truelight Get a copy of Alrobin's ADJUSTOR. I think it will give you what you want Look for the post with the red heart. http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...ct=ST&f=2&t=374

Cathy: Welcome to PTE It sounds to me like you have a piece of music that is longer than the time you want to leave your images up for. You have to adjust the music length outside of PTE. As has been mentioned many times recently on the forum (before you joined us ) you should use either Acoustica MP3 Audio Mixer: inexpensive, simple to use, will do most things for you, or COOL EDIT (get the studio plug in too) which costs more, but has lots of bells and whistles and can do the fade out for you at the press of a button. Both are available as downloads from the net. Just GOOGLE their names.

see my reply a few spots above I meant to say: "I am not sure if ACCESS (MS's database program) will accept thumbnails." Sorry about that. ACCESS does, I am told accept thumbnails.

I use a database to track my images. I use APPROACH 97 in the LOTSU SMARTSUITE. I have 25,000, plus or minus, slides that are indexed by number, but the database has 20-25 fields that are fully searchable. Now that I have many of the slides scanned, I wish I had started with a database that allows thumbnails, but they did not exist when I started. But I search for images using any keywords I want, and then I can check on the database to see if they are scanned or not. Then I know to look in the computer for the image, or my slide books. I am not sure if EXCEL (MS's database program) will accept thumbnails. I am also not sure it is as flexible in searching as APPROACH is. From a quick look I had at it did not seem to be as flexible I have a friend who uses MULTIMEDIA XPLORER which is a database using thumbnails. (http://www.moonsoftware.com) Looks like they are giving it away now !!! Hope that helps

Alrobin I agree with you. I was frustrated voting last night !!!!

ThumbsPlus, a software available via the web can do most of what you ask very smoothly, except the numbering automatically. You have to re-number each one individually. Irfanview, a free download, might be able to help you with the auto-renumbering, but maybe not as I expect it would re-number in the same sequence as the existing. BUT, and this time it is a GOOD "but" , Alrobin is working on a beta EXCEL program that is specifically designed to work with PTE that has a "dark table" that takes the images within a PTE show, lets you re-sequence your images without changing their names, then drops them back into your PTE show in the new sequence. See Alrobin's post of Feb 23 at 4:42pm (EST) the one with the red heart next to it.

Here are two cents worth.... I wouldn't like to see a new users group as I suspect some the senior etc users might not bother looking at it and the new users are going to miss out on the great advice that this forum provides. So I would like to see: 1. Wish list for future updates. 2. sound issues (creating sound files, not working in pte etc) 3. image issues (creating images, sizing, transitions etc) 4. program workings (how do I get Editor Objects to work, How do I do such and such,) 5. Whatever else

yguy: One way to do that would be to have predetermined sequences such as slide 10 to 20, another 15 to 30, slide 5 through 90 etc etc.(whatever slides you want in each sequence) Set up each sequence as a pte.exe file on its own with its own music. Make your first image a one image show with buttons (OBJECT EDITOR) on the first image, which when clicked on, would run the appropriate pte.exe file as set up through properties on the buttons. Hope that is somewhat clear

Thanks Guido Another option for me to look at

Thanks Ian That is a possible solution, but I sometimes need them to line up with a particular portion of an image

Not being familiar with the coding and any complications/impossibilties I might be asking for too much, but it would be very nice if the extremely useful OBJECT EDITORS were not screen resolution sensitive. While the OBJECT EDITORS screen allows us to check the layout using various screen resolutions, the "problem" I have with the OBJECT EDITORS is that some of my PTE productions are put on CDs and sent to people who are not computer savvy. I want the show to look right when they view it. That is no problem if there are no OBJECT EDITORS within the show. But if I have used them, then depending what resolution the viewer's screen is set for, they might "line up" where I wanted them, or might not. Lack of line-up can cause confusion with the viewer depending on how the OBJECT EDITORS were used or just present a messy view . I know I can tell them at what resolution to set their screen, but how many people really bother to read instructions when they get a CD ? And the less computer savvy will not understand what I am talking about. It would be great if I could have "idiot proof" PTE productions that are not sensitive to screen resolution.

Welcome aboard rwav !!!! One way to do what you want is to add "silence" to the front end of your music. The slides will start with the music, but the music will be silent.

Rod Sorry you feel that way. Obviously a number of people strongly disagree with you. I suggest we drop the matter, as this could get nastier than it already is, and get on with helping each other and improving PTE.

Vince: Another thing to think of with your music files if you are using more than one, join/mix them together in a mixer such as COOL EDIT (with the STudio plug-in) or Acoustica MP3 Audio Mix, then save the one file as a mp3 for use in PTE

Welcome to PTE Lavocat I am not exactly sure what you are looking for, but I think you want to have text images that transition one into the next. You can do that by setting the images up in PhotoShop and then bring them into PTE and set up the transition you want. I can't remember the exact transition type, but it is the one that wipes the screen from left to right. It brings the next text image in from the left while wiping the old one off. Hope that is close to what you are looking for. Have fun with PTE !!

Rod: Could I suggest that if you have a problem with ANYONE on the forum that you send them an e-mail privately. You are not doing yourself any good with comments like you posted about Igor who can not possibly keep up with all the requests we fire at him, and then work on the changes.

Harold: Thanks for the tip !! I will have to try the "cues" in Cool Edit. Up until now I have been doing it by trial and error, usually getting it on the 3-4 try using the timeline - which I figure still is not bad. Yes, the waveform on the timeline would be nice, but that would not be a top priority for me. (I would like the transition timing and type changeable from the time line before the waveform....oh so many competing requests for Igor !! Thx again

Igor: GREAT WORK !!! I know of no other software that is so responsive to so many users demands . Your response time is so fast and qualitative ! (We know there is more coming around the bend in due course and not all requests can be met.) And it is all free to the user !!!!!! Keep spoiling us Thank you, thank you (Now I have to find time to try it)

I am with you Harold

Alan (the Oldie in the uk) I think there are quite a few using COOL EDIT (With the Studio plug-in). It is very good. I had been using Acoustica MP3 Audio mixer which did all I ever needed, for substantially less £££, but I went to Cool Edit when I needed to adjust the tone of a pre-recorded narration before mixing it with music.

Fuzzy: The "time-line" refers to the line that comes up when you do a fully customized show. PROJECT OPTIONS - MAIN - CUSTOM SYNCHRONIZATION. Yes I would put the object editors on the first slide. In reality you are making a one image show for which you specify that the last image stays on the screen under SHOW SETTINGS. Then you would have two OBJECT EDITORS: your e-mail, and one pointing to the .exe file with the show Jim

Fujiboy: Take your 20mb file, which is a normal size file, and open it in PhotoShop. Then using IMAGE SIZE, reduce it from your approximate 2200x3300 pixel size (I am assuming that is where you are) to 800x600 (don't change anything else in IMAGE SIZE) and SAVE AS a .jpg, Quality 5 you will likely end up with the right size of file at 100-200kb and it should be as sharp as what you started with (unless you try to print out a large print). On screen it should be fine. Good luck

Welcome Oldie I still do use the old fashioned two projector show system as I don't have a laptop or digital projector yet But I am using PTE for situtations that don't need a laoptop/propjector. The jerkiness you refer to is a function of the processing power your computer(s) have in combination with the size of your images and sound file. I have tried PTE on many machines and aside from one old machine that froze solid, the shows will run on most computers less than two years old. But you usually need a Pentium 3, and 256 RAM minimum. Keep the images and sound files at reasonable sizes. I use 800x600 images at about 100-150kb with fades as short as 1 second with no complaints. PTE has the best FADE that I have found after trying many. Hope that helps.

Jim: Neat idea to put choices throughout the show !!!! I never thought of that. But I will have to wait for the answer to your OBJECTS question before I try it. Thanks for finding the problem for me !!! Now who will find the solution ? Jim

Ian: The extra second of silence, if added, would add a second to your show and upset any customization that you might have done. If it is there, you can either remove the second, or use Alrobin's PTE Adjustor. See his posting on the forum at the "heart" http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...t=ST&f=2&t=329: As to the internal vs extrernal player, I can't honestly help you except to say I never check the internal player and everything runs fine for me Jim