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Hi Ken, That means nothing without knowing the actual resolution of your WS Monitor. 1920x1080? 1920x1200? 1280x720? 1280x800? They are all what I would consider to be WS but it should only fill the screen on 1920x1080 and 1280x720. DG

It's a bit like spreading a PANORAMA split into 4 equal parts over 4 slides - if the duration of all four slides is equal then the speed of the overall pan is constant. If the duration of slides one and four is decreased then the panorama behaves something (but not exactly) like a SMOOTH speed option. Applying ACCELERATE to the shortened slide one and DECELERATE to the shortened slide four would make it exactly like the SMOOTH option (or a custom built SMOOTH derivative). DG

It's only an excercise based on a request that you made a little while ago. I learned a little from it - if I were to have the time and inclination to start again I would probably do it totally differently. DG

Peter, I think that Lin and I might be thinking along the same lines. You are, of course correct but it only shows the acceleration profile. I was thinking more of a visual which would show the shift in real time related to each of the movements. Linear is simple - acceleration is zero pixels/sec/sec but Smooth is totally different. Putting a DOT in the Centre of a Frame would show the kind of movement (within PTE) I'm thinking of for PAN but ROTATE and ZOOM are a little different. In PTE, if you place a DOT further away from the centre of rotation and rotated its frame through 360 using SMOOTH the the dot would accelerate between zero and 90 deg, remain at constant speed from 90 to 270 and then decelerate from 270 to 360 (figures approximate). It is not something that I want to spend time on - someone well versed in Excel could probably show it. DG

Ken, It was made with the latest PTE Version on W7 machine with MSE. Also played on Laptop - Vista with MSE. DG

Designed and built on 1920x1080 therefore will not play correctly on smaller screens - sorry - it's just an excercise. OLYMPICS.zip DG

Hi Lin, My reference to Speed was retrospective in trying to explain to Gary what Xaver said. I wonder whether an Excel Spreadsheet might explain it? A graph of each of the Options with respect to Time might explain something that is difficult to put into words but getting figures for the different accelerations is a little ahead of me at the moment. DG

Anthony, Two trials: Drag an image from FILE LIST into SLIDE LIST - highlight slide and then Ctrl+W. Alt+s to add a new slide - go to O&A - add image to the Blank Slide and then close O&A - highlight this slide in SLIDE LIST - Ctrl+W. Any difference between these two? DG

Agreed Peter, However, if you try Gary's example in a Parent/Child nested frames approach with the Pan on one frame and Zoom on a separate frame, the result is exactly the same as Gary's original. DG

Gary Apologies - I should have said "Linear, Accelerate, Slow Down etc" are the speed options Xaver spoke of. These are the speeds at which an object travels between keyframes. if you apply two or three different PZR effects to an object using differential speed options, unexpected movements can occur, as you have seen. In a way, your suggestion has alredy been implemented. They are all set to Linear to begin with but to avoid these unexpected motions you should change all three when you change one. DG

Right click and choose Edit? DG

Anthony XP - V7.0.1 - works ok. Check that what you are clicking on isMAIN OBJECT of slide. DG

Gary Linear and accelerate are speed options. DG

Gary Respectfully suggest your title is misleading. It is the combination of different settings for PZR which causes the effect and not just zoom. DG

Xaver, We are in agreement about audio files added to slides but we must agree to disagree wrt PTE Audio Section I use Audition and/or Soundbooth but can work equally well in PTEs Audio Section. All it takes is a little organization and the will to want to do it. it is sometimes the challenge that excites. Like you I look forward to whatever 7.5 brings. DG

Look again! If you choose Slow Down instead of Accelerate the the map moves to the right instead of moving to the left but does not go "off screen". DG

Gary, Read carefully what Peter has said. You are asking it to move to the left and down at a faster rate than you are asking it to zoom. Remove the zoom parameters and see what happens in the mini viewer. Then in the end key frame add the zoom back in. The map has (effectively) moved to the left and down and then zoomed in - but at different rates. For the first half of the movement the Pan is moving quicker than the zoom - second half, vice versa. It's not a bug. DG

What Lin said. DG P.S. Why the keyframes on the Arrow - they don't do anything?

P.s. I was not asking for joke - I was asking what amused you? DG

That's great Xaver - it's the sort of reply I would expect from an experienced user. The only thing that I don't see is reference to KFSD and how you handle video durations? DG

Xaver, Please share the joke? Also please tell us how you approach these matters so that we might all benefit from your experiences? DG

Now, what could be simpler, more intuitive, logical than this :

WRT the multiple Sound Comments - I agree - I don't see why it can't be done - it's just like having multiple tracks. It could be that Igor just didn't foresee anyone wanting multiple overlapping Sound Comments? Perhaps we need a "Do not interrupt previously started Sound Comment" button. DG

Hi Peter, I think that we should regroup. A couple of years ago someone experienced EXACTLY the same things as you are experiencing now and Igor dealt with it - he introduced "Keep Full Slide Duration" but it doesn't come without the need to adapt. There is a touch of trying to re-invent the wheel here. That problem has already been solved. If you are going to work with video KFSD solves most of your problems BUT you need to start off in KFSD Mode. I have tried a small test with two Sound Comments and, as you say, you cannot overlap Sound Comments but this is easily overcome by persevering with the Audio Utility (until V7.5 comes along). My suggestion about BLANK slides was to get you out of your present predicament. Is it worth a try? DG

Peter, We have discussed previously that the project should be either KFSD or Non-KFSD and that switching between the two can lead to disaster. I fully anticipate that Igor will remove the KFSD switch from its present position and place it in a position such that it can be set before starting a project then forgotten (in V7.5). Anyway, here is a solution for you: Add three BLANK slides and set their durations to suit the Video clips. i.e. if your transition duration equals 2 seconds and your video clip equals 7.007 seconds then the slide duration for that video clip equals 5.007 seconds. 5.007 seconds includes incoming transition and the outgoing 2 sec transition brings the time up to 7.007 sec. Add the Video clip in O&A. Do the same with the second Blank slide. With Project Options> Music> "Do Not Interrupt Sound Comments......" TICKED........ Add the Audio file to the first blank slide and it will play for its complete duration or until the time that you set in "Audio Clip Properties". THAT WORKS. The clips overlap and you get a KFSD type transition. If you don't want the overlap set the transition between clips to zero and the slide duration to the Video Clip Duration. It mimics the KFSD procedures and takes a little extra setting up. ME???? I'd rather make it easy for myself and use KFSD from start to fininsh - but that's just me. I hope that helps. It's a WORKAROUND. DG