davegee

Use BACKUP IN ZIP. File Menu. That puts everything in a ZIPPED folder that you can upload to DROPBOX or MEDIAFIRE etc.and download on your laptop. Unzip and start working again. If the file size is low enough you MIGHT be able to e-mail it (less than 8-10Mb usually). DG P.s. You could put the Backup ZIP on a key?

Steven, This is what Lin originally tried to explain. You cannot see all of the Audio Clip Properties boxes at the same time - clicking on each of them brings up the correct box in turn - you then set the individual offsets to suit. Tracks are (IMHO) the best way to go. Lin will get you through it!! DG

If your Laptop has HDMI you can connect it to your TV and play the EXE at full HD resolution? Apart from the EXE - one of the proven methods (at the moment) is the MPEG4. This can be presented to the TV in a couple of ways. 1. USB on TV. 2. USB on a Blu-Ray Player (not expensive). 3. USB on a Satelite or Freeview Decoder. If you could justify upgrading any of those you would be in business but do your research - make sure that the spec stipulates MPEG4 is recognized. My Freesat Decoder only takes AVI. DG

David, Regardless of the size of your images or the size of your project, in order to create the DVD the project is reduced to 720x576 (PAL) to make the DVD. You are then upsizing from 720x576 to 1920x1080 to play on your TV. A double whammy! DG

OK, The problem, as Gerard pointed out, is that you are going to reduced your images down to 720x576 to make the DVD and then (if the TV is HD) you are going to upsize this to 1080 high. Maximum quality will be achieved by using an EXE file on the PC. The MPEG4 played through a USB port on the TV is pretty close to this. The Standard DVD played on a Standard DVD Player is way down the scale from this. Try it first and see what you get. With a non-upscaling Standard DVD Player you are likely to run into problems with TV Safe Zone which means that you have to reduced the images to around 90% of their original size when inserted into a PTE project so that nothing is lost when the DVD is played back. This further reduces quality - you are not using the full 720x576 pixels available to you. Try it first and see what you get. If what you get is not satisfactory then I doubt that you will get any better anywhere else - from a Standard DVD played on a Standard (non-upscaling) DVD Player. Let us know how you get on? DG

If you want a DVD to play on all types of equipment i.e. Standard DVD, Standard (Upscaling) DVD or Blu-Ray then you have to use the method suggested above. Is it intended for Commercial use? Is it going to be distributed to friends? Is it for your own use? What equipment do you have? Standard DVD Player? Upscaling DVD Player? Blu-Ray Player? TV with USB input? Do you have a Blu-Ray Burner? There are many talented people here who can help you but they need to know a little bit more about what is possible and what is not possible due to your equipment. All we really know is that you have 270 Cracking pictures of Lincoln Cathedral Flower Festival. Best wishes, DG

Standard DVD: PUBLISH > DVD Video Disc. If your TV has USB - play the MPEG4 via USB? DG

Igor, Would it be possible to offer Relative and Absolute options when cloning keyframes? If the Relative Option were used then moving the original (Absolute) keyframe would result in all clones moving by the same amount. If the Absolute Option is were chosen then the cloned keyframe would remain in its position regardless of any changes made to the position of the original. Perhaps a refinement would be to be able use Ctrl + Click on a keyframe to change it from a Relative Keyframe to an Absolute Keyframe. Colour coding: Blue for an original (or Absolute) Keyframe and Red for a Relative Keyframe. DG

Ian, Now add the original JPEG (or one giving the same problem) to a post in the same way? Maximum size 3Mb. DG

In ps. In the menu click on EDIT and in the drop down colour settings is at the bottom. Are you using anything in addition to (before) ps? DG

Check Edit_Colour Settings to make sure that it is not changing from sRGB to something else without a warning?Post a JPEG so that someone can check it for you? DG

How would you find a "missing file" which has been renamed? As much as I sympathise with the spirit of the request, I can't help thinking of it as an aid to those who are loath to organise their projects properly. For Projects in Progress - a single folder containing everything. For completed projects - a Template or Backup in Zip created on a backup drive. IMHO - other opinions are available. DG

Thanks Jeff, I have never seen that setting before!! As I said PTE will take up to 320Kbps with no problem at all (other than the high file size!). I'll take a look at that next time that I am in there. Don't use it very often these days. DG

Jeff, Forgive me asking but what is "a rediculously high value"? 320 is the highest it will go and and I often use that in PTE. 256 is my standard for CD to MP3 conversions. Just curious. 320 should not cause your symptoms. DG

Jeff, Complete stab in the dark: You are saving at CBR (Constant Bit Rate) and not VBR (Variable Bit Rate)?? I have always used MP3 PRO (FHG) without problem. Look for Options when saving? DG

I have now been able to try the test that I asked for. Using the SAME DVD made in PTE with no provision for TV Safe Mode: A Standard DVD Player (no upscaling) requires that TV Safe Mode be provided for in order to play the DVD and not lose anything from the edges of the frame. A Blu-Ray Player (with upscaling) plays the same DVD and does not require that any provision for TV Safe Mode be included. Barry and Peter both reported this but were unable to play the same DVD on anything other than their BR Players. My thanks to them. The Blu-Ray Player also has provision for inputting video files made in PTE via USB (same as my TV) and, so far, has played both H.264 MPEG4 and MPEG (.mpg) files successfully and with excellent quality. I will do a full roundup of all options and close this thread down. Someone suggested that a Standard DVD Player (with upscaling) would also do the same thing - if that could be included that would be great. It seems that provision for TV Safe Zone is still required with certain DVD Players and is NOT a function of the TV but the type of player used. DG

Can we not agree that the color space most widely used by PTE devotees is sRGB and that sRGB is the color space most likely to give the best results? We seem to be entering an era in the PTE forum where every little word or phrase is subjected to the utmost scrutiny and generalisations are strictly forbidden! DG

That's a new one -- but it was color space related. Peter - I had already mentioned SFTW in post 5. DG

We need two samples. One which does not desaturate when used in PTE and one which does. Peter, see post 5. DG

Post two samples of a saturated and desaturated example? Leave the Metadata intact. If you are using Photoshop try saving via "Save for the Web" this will enable you to see what to expect from the output JPEG. If it looks OK in "Save for the Web" but desaturates in PTE let us know? DG

A couple of possibilities the most likely being that your various JPEGs are in different colour spaces. The correct colour space for PTE is the sRGB colour space. If you are using JPEGs SOOC (straight out of camera) then the different cameras might be set one to sRGB and the other RGB. If you are Post Processing make sure that you convert to sRGB before saving as a JPEG. Another possibility is that one camera is set to a Neutral Picture Control and the other to a Vivid Picture Control. DG

I have made a suggestion regarding a "total profile" - this would be an added argument for that proposal. I agree with your suggestion. DG

Ican only think that it is something to do with the original file's sound properties? Dg

Why XVid? Try MPEG4-H.264 or MPEG4-ASP? DG

Frans, I make the assumption that the original avi has good quality sound? If you then set the MPEG-4 quality settings to High it should give a good result. do you know the quality settings for the originals? DG