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Mick, That's correct - not wider than 1400 and not higher than 1050. It is (or was) governed by the resolution of the PAGB projector. DG

Regarding 1400x933 - if you choose a width which is divisible by three you will get a true 3:2 output. You could choose 1200 or 1500 and you would get: 1200x800 1500x1000 These are true 3:2 AR and will, as you say, cover screen - but for those times when it really matters, like when adding a border, they would be true 3:2. You would get the same problem when using 1400 wide in a 16:9 AR - 1400 is not divisible by 16 (whole numbers). 1920 wide is a great resolution to use - it is divisible by 16; 5; 4; 3 etc and will always give a true AR: 1920x1200 - 16:10 1920x1080 - 16:9 1920x1280 - 3:2 1920x1440 - 4:3 1920x1536 - 5:4 DG P.S. Regarding 1400x1050 - are you also plagued by the disastrous decision of the PAGB to adopt that Resolution/AR?

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Let's try again. You have an empty Slide List. No Slides. You do the Right Click thing on a video in the File List and it creates a Converted Version named whatever you want to name it by using the BROWSE Button in the converter interface. You can eliminate the "converted" bit altogether. So you now have two versions in your File List - the Original and the Converted/Trimmed versions. THEN, you drag the converted/trimmed file into the Slide List and it creates a slide which is identical in length to your Video Clip. If your project has Keep Full Slide Duration Ticked then the Video will run from the beginning of your slide's transition to the end of the next slide's transition. Your video will be running as it fades in and will continue to run until it fades out completely. That's the way I use it. DG

Hi Gary, Perhaps it is unfair to say that you are doing something wrong? Maybe I should have said you are doing something different to what I am doing. I add an AVI to the Slide List by dragging it in. It is 5:46:112 long and I want to trim a little from the beginning and the end. I adjust the Start Time (35:294) and the Duration (4:24:138) in the controls in O&A Properties. I leave O&A and press the play button on the main screen. The video plays complete with soundtrack from the new beginning right up to 4:24:138 at which point the Image freezes and the Soundtrack stops. The progress marker continues (silently) to the end of the original Video/Slide Duration. Alternative: Right click on the original AVI in the File List and choose Convert Video Clip. Click on Trim Video. Adjust Start Time to 35:294 Adjust Output Duration to 4:24:138 Name your destination File by clicking on the Button at the end. Click on Convert Selected. When this has completed drag the resulting file from the File List into the Slide List and its Slide Duration will be set to 4:24:138. DG P.S. At this stage I have no other Audio Files in the project - are you perhaps hearing an Audio File that you have added in Project Options / Audio??

Gary, It seems that you are doing something wrong. I agree with your analysis of what is happening except for one point. At the chosen "END" point of the trim the music/soundtrack STOPS and the image is frozen until the end of the Slide Duration. In other words the TRIM function trims both Video and the audio of the Video. It makes more sense to TRIM before adding to the Slide List and, if you don't get it right first time, go back to the original and trim again. DG

When a video file is dragged into the slide list the slide duration is set to equal the video clip duration. There is, therefore, a certain logic in expecting that if the video clip is the Main "Image" for the slide that any adjustment to its duration should be reflected in a change to the slide duration which it influenced when it was first added. I have adopted the procedure of determining the video duration before adding it to the slide list. Is this not what you would do when using a third party video editor? It has been this way for quite a long time now and anyone who adds video to the slide list on a regular basis would be aware of the anomaly and make his or her own mind up about what to do under these circumstances. It is not a new problem and neither is it a new request. DG

Are you outputting in sRGB? It sounds like you might still be in PROphoto RGB. There is plenty of info (and opinion) about colour space on the forum. The sRGB SPACE is a good place to start until you have digested all of the info. DG

Hi Jeff, For future reference it might be easier to choose a resolution/AR that suits your Monitor? In my case (for a 1920x1080 monitor): 4:3 = 1440x1080 3:2 = 1620x1080 16:9 = 1920x1080 I enjoyed version two. DG

"Why shouldn't Slide Options/Slide Duration automatically be adjusted to match what you set it during the timming??? Or, if there is a good reason not to make this automatic, perhaps there should be a check box next to 'Duration' to give you the choice?"Ask Igor - maybe I asked him privately about it during beta testing of the Video Feature - it was a long time ago. What did you search for? DG

Gary, This subject was raised (by me) a Loooooong time ago. When you trim the video in O&A you need to MANUALLY reset the Full Slide Duration to equal the trimmed video time. However an easier way is to do the trim before adding to the slide list - during a conversion process. If you go back to the original video each time you need to do a modification you don't get the file name problem. Converting a converted video is likely to cause other problems. DG

Thanks Judy - I have added that. Note that it only applies to O&A. Ctrl+T in the Main Window is "Create New Template". DG P.S. Igor apparently added the "Change Slide Duration" feature on 1/11/2013.

Timeline Hotkeys: http://docs.picturestoexe.com/en/hotkeys/main#timeline DG

Hi Carmelo, Apologies - I will try to remember to create the Italian Page when I create a new How To. It's done. DG

http://docs.picturestoexe.com/en/techniques/textbg DG

Good to know Igor. DG

The WNSOFT office is closed for a local holiday for a few days. DG

Linzi, Here is a style based on the Video in post #10. Add (DRAG) five images into the Slide List - Import the Style and apply it to all five highlighted slides. If you want to apply it to more you need to add (drag) the images into the Slide List in groups of five as follows: 1;2;3;4;5;5;6;7;8;9;9;10;11;12;13 etc The fifth image is always repeated at the beginning of the next group of five. Each group of five images makes four slides after the style is applied. The Style does not set the BG for you - go to Project Options / Main Tab and set your BG there. To mimic the Video set something like Gradient and Medium Gray to Lighter Gray. DOM STYLE.ptestyle Here's a variation on the above Style: DOM STYLE 2.ptestyle Images are 3:2 in a 3:2 project. Here's a repeating EXE which demonstrates both styles: DOM STYLE.zip DG

Click on any level in a parent / child "stack" and copy. All children of that level are also copied. Paste to the background and delete the level that you copied. DG

Online Help: http://docs.picturestoexe.com/en/video/addvid and http://docs.picturestoexe.com/en/video/properties DG

Mur, If you want to add another frame to the top of the stack just add an independent frame and copy/paste the original (complete with any child images) to it. Then delete the original. DG

Lin, Add a child frame to the parent frame and reverse the offset with the Pan controls? Add images to the child. DG

Shift+Mouse Click also works for a Frame. Wait until the pointer changes appearance before clicking. DG

OK, I can add that. Thanks, DG P.S. On a general note, please note that the Online Help uses USA English (as does this forum) and searching on "CENTRE" produces a negative result, wheras searching on "CENTER" produces the correct result.

You wouldn't normally apply a Style to a Blank Slide - it needs an Indexed Image to do what a Style is supposed to do. However you can do it - the next logical step is to use the drop down Menu to change the "TextWithSize....." to a valid Image with an Index and when this is done the Style operates successfully. It seems that Igor should protect us from oursleves? DG