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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

Peter, I have now got two versions of the exact same trial. A KFSD and a non-KFSD version. My original KFSD version works as you want it to work - the sound continues into the third slide. The non-KFSD version works as you are experiencing it - the sound stops before the third slide transition begins. The reason for this is the same reason as Igor developed KFSD. Your sound is linked to Slide 1 and will take on the attributes of slide 1. We are doing something differently (KFSD version) and I see no way of proving it to you other than to post my trial on dropbox - but not today - I am away from my Broadband connection. You intransigence toward the KFSD and Audio utility in PTE is well known. I hope that you manage to solve it. DG

P.S. No need to go to Auditory just to do this little job? New track - add audio - set offset and duration and fades - done? DG

Sorry, I was editing while you were writing. I'll try a non-KFSD version later. DG

Peter, Re-read your post and understand a little better what you are getting. I tried my own little experiment trying to mimic what you are doing: Using KFSD. First video = master Second video = linked to first. Third slide = image (not linked). Added sound file to First Video and set duration as required to continue into third image. Set "do not interrupt sound comment". Works OK - sound continues until slide three is fully visible. DG

Is it something to do with the Single Video Track / Master Video Track setting in Properties? Just a wild guess. DG

You might have changed something in your setup? PNG files open in my editor with Ctrl + W and by right clicking and selecting EDIT. VIEW> Advanced Options> Set Graphical Editor. DG

Lin, I don't want to bring up the subject of intuitiveness again (that's Peter's territory) but here goes: How would a beginner like myself know that the Animation Tab was useful when using (animated) GIF files? Like some others, I have absolutely no interest in animated GIFs so I would experiment with still images and get nowhere. If the answer in Post 4 was given in Post 2 then there would (possibly) be a greater understanding between all. DG

So speaketh the Font of all knowledge. It's nice here today - we are not used to these scorching temperatures (14.5 not Fahrenheit - the other one). DG

Hi Phil, Nice to see you out and about again. It must be wonderful living in your world. I can't seem to find the key strokes for the webdingythingy in the example below - any ideas? Phils Arrow.zip

Igor would, I think, like to hear some views on this before proceeding. He was able to supply "Stroking" within PixBuilder for me. DG

At Igor's suggestion: How do you percieve the way that the BORDERS command in "Adjust Image and Border" should work? I have always thought that it should operate in the same way as Photoshop etc in that a fixed width border should be created on top of the image and not alter the original image in any way (other than to hide a few pixels at the edges). The way it works in PTE is that it creates the border at the desired pixel width outside of the image and then fits the image and its border to the height of the project. The original image is, effectively, scaled or interpolated downwards. The effect of this is that it changes the Aspect Ratio of the composite (image + border) producing background-coloured lines at left and right. The present system is acceptable for images which do not fill the (project) screen but for full screen (project-sized) images is un-useable. DG

Create the arrow or any other object on a blank layer in Photoshop (or ELEMENTS 10) and use "Save for the Web" to create a PNG file which you can then use in your PTE project. DG

P.S. Can someone explain to me how CANVAS SIZE and ANIMATION (in the ADJUST IMAGE AND BORDER utility) are used. .............and have you tried them? DG

Peter, I gave up on the BORDER utility a long time ago - it is something that Igor could re-design at some stage. What it does is put a border around the image (fixed pixel size) and then fits the whole thing (image and border) inside the frame (interpolating the original image downwards). Example: 1280x720 becomes 1380x820 with an added 100 pixel border. Do the math - the AR changes - 1380/820 does not equal 1280/720. An exception to this is a SQUARE image when the AR is maintained. I have been using PNG files for this purpose for a long time. DG

Another possibility: Use WORD and save as PDF which you can import into Photoshop and save as JPEG or PNG. DG