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Unzip the Template Folder to your normal DATA drive. Double click on the PTE file inside the folder and PTE will open. Within the open PTE Project - Navigate to the folder containing the Template files to see the original images. DG

This one cures the "problems" that I saw in the one above. It works better on my 1280x800 monitor - I haven't been able to try it on 1920x1080. OLYMPICS 2.zip DG

Not masks Lin. Partials. It seemed appropriate yesterday. DG

My memory is slipping!!!! But it would help others if you included AR and Res? DG

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