davegee

Hi Robert, DG

Thanks Igor. DG

I am trying a new Custom Transition and have applied a Shadow to Slide 1 and Slide 2. The shadows show in the Edit Custom Transition box but do not show after the Custom Transition is Saved and Applied. Anyone else seeing this behaviour? DG

Add to this that a TEMPLATE will show up in the list of Templates in the File Menu - a Backup in ZIP will not. DG

I have sort of followed this thread from the beginning and wondered if there might be a flaw in the thinking? A program I watched this morning (Click) sort of indicated that 4K might not be as close as some suggest and that the 120fps Video required is not yet freely available to us. Now the OP spoke of 50 years in the future by which time we might be talking about upwards of 64-128K screens and upwards of 240-480fps video. I'm thinking that even our 36Mp RAW files ain't going to be good enough for that!! The best way to future proof (perhaps) might be to keep all original files and rebuild in 50 years time with the technology available then. That's assuming that RAW conversion will be the same in 50 years time. Who knows, the camera manufacturers might all get together and come up with one single RAW format that they can all use. Maybe DR will have improved (64 stops) as well? And before someone mentions DNG, please don't? Judging by the rate that digital photography (and video) has progressed in the last 20 years what will 50 years in the future bring? Will our 2013 files look the same in 2063 as our 1963 grainy B+Ws look to us now? 50 years ago we were only just updating our music systems to this new-fangled Stereo LP. Look where we are now (LP > Cassette tapes > Mini Discs > DAT Tapes > CDs > Digital Downloads) - where will that be in 50 years time? One step at a time and try to keep up! DG

Gary, Please add a screen shot of the O&A with original frame highlighted and Animations Tab, 3D parameters and Size Position windows in clear view? DG

But with the Template you get the Project file in the list of Templates in the File Menu - like a permanent "recent files" list. You don't have to go searching for it. DG

Adding 20 pixels as a border and adding (subtracting?) 20 pixels to the Left, Right, Top and Bottom in Canvas results in exactly the same thing as adding a 20 Pixels Inside Stroke in the Adobe Product. ....and preserves the Aspect Ratio. DG

Use the CANVAS Control in conjunction with the BORDER Control. DG

Hi Peter, I confirm all of that. DG

Hi Gary, Think of a backup in zip as being a Template in a zipped folder. Yes, you have designate a Templates folder but that is no big deal? What you do after creating the Template is up to you. The main thing is that you then have a single unzipped folder containing all of the images, audio etc that you can move around on your own computer(s) without having to worry about references. Suggested folder structure - have a PTE Folder containing PTE Projects, PTE Templates etc. I think of my templates as my FINISHED Projects. You will never have to go searching for an old project again, it will appear in your list of Templates every time you open PTE. Try one, they are not so difficult that they need a "How To".:)/> Designate a Templates folder wherever you want it. Save a Template of your current (finished) project and then you can open it from the File Menu (Templates). DG P.S. Drop your new (resized) images into the Template Folder and it is done.

Making a template would involve 3 or 4 less steps and the same result.

I have never had that problem using a TEMPLATE instead of "Backup in ZIP". DG

I agree with Barry. Mixed Channels would seem to be the best thing for a "new user" to see first. DG

Is Robert refering to a previous Version / Beta? If so which? DG

Hi Ken, Look closer - it is in one of these threads. DG

Ken, V7.5.4 partially solves this problem. Have you tried it? DG

Ken,Please remember that KFSD was introduced in response to a specific problem highlighted by amember of this forum.You are not forced to use it?Wrt scaling of KFs I am not sure what Igor's intentions are about non-KFSD.I have suggested that separate calculations are applied.DG

You can copy and paste a slide and (in O&A Properties Tab) change the "picture" in the pasted slide for a new image? You can also copy and paste an image (object) from the O&A Objects Panel along with its Key Frames between slides and change the "Picture" in the same way? DG

Robert, I think that Igor means - if you Double Click on an image in the Mini-Player it starts a full preview. You can then use the Space Bar to Pause. DG

248 people have read it and either not understood or disagreed!! I agree with your requirement as long as the full selection procedures are available Shift and Control to select contiguous and non-contiguous KFs. I was doing something at the time which would have benefitted from what I suggested. I think (for some reason) selection as you suggest would not have worked. I'll try to remember. DG

Sounds complicated but why not? Re Key Points : DG

Hi Jill, That's why I made this suggestion: http://www.picturest...lute-keyframes/ ....but after 248 views there was still no support - not one reply! DG

Jill, There is merit in what you suggest. Obviously none of us have used the Scale Key Frames too much in the past or we would all have spotted the anomalies before now and reported them. My excuse is that I never use Non-KFSD so it would have behaved as expected/> It seems like a good time for Igor to rethink this feature. The other side of the coin is that some will want to Scale ALL Key Frames while others (like you) will want the KFs at the beginnings and ends of transitions to be locked. Interesting! DG

Hi Igor, I think that you have solved the problem for KFSD Mode. But when using Scale Key Frames in Non-KFSD Mode the scaling still uses the Full Slide Duration (both transition times). Are you saying that when Scale Key Frames is used it will always be Full Slide Duration (both transitions)?? DG