davegee

It is possible that Igor has listened to a previous, similar request. DG

Snapcam, You must have some sort of persecution complex? Nothing that I said here was directed in any way, shape or form at you!!!!!! Just because my post followed yours it was not necesarily in answer to yours. Please read again and if you are still of the opinion that I was getting at you (when in fact I was supporting both yourself and Maureen) then I will delete all of my posts in this thread. I might do it anyway. Best wishes, DG

I suppose my point is that since this forum doesn't differentiate between "Slideshows with music" and "AV" then all this prattling on about whether a particular presentation is one or the other is totally irrelevant? If the people to whom it matters so much were to really care then I think that they should petition for a seperate "AV" section, but that would be a little "elitist" don't you think? I just enjoy them and it matters not if they have narration or not. Slideshows vs Documentaries. IMHO and all that - other opinions are available. DG

.....and isn't this section of the forum headed "Slideshows" and not "AV"? DG

Ken, Not an illusion - that's what I intended - look at this one. SPRING.zip Re Higgs Boson - that looks too much like SNOW - that's Lin's territory. DG

I played with this for a while - it might give someone ideas. Out of Control.zip DG

Does the RPS disqualify a "Slideshow with Music" from its AV Competitions because there is no narrative? DG

Anthony, Does yours look anything like this? DG

Have you raised a support ticket? here: http://www.wnsoft.com/support/ DG

Anthony, If you have your "Set Graphical Editor" (View> Advanced Options) set to "Default" it will behave as you describe? DG

Anthony, XP; Vista; W7? DG

SOUNDS GOOD!!! DG

Anthony, If I have read your post correctly then I don't think that what you say is necessary. I have my desktop etc images set to open in NX2 but I can still set PTE's Ctrl + W to open an image in Pixbuilder or CSx or whatever. DG

This one is called "The Ozone Layer". DG Ozone Layer.zip

How about a cone? DG CONE.zip

Mick, That is the problem!! Our hobby and our software is 2 dimensional and we are trying to simulate 3 dimensionality with the tools that Igor has supplied. If we could give an image or an object "depth" then we would not need all of the trickery that has gone into some of these demonstrations / illusions. Imagine a PIPE which has first four sides along its length - like a square drainpipe. Then imagine 4, 8, 16 etc sides and keep going until the pipe is a round pipe. We could "tear" an image into 4 strips and put one on each face of the square pipe. We could do the same with the pipes with 8, 16 etc faces but to be able to wrap the image around a round pipe we would need an infinite number of impossibly thin strips to create the illusion of an image wrapped around a pipe. With a sphere it is even worse because from North Pole to South Pole the strip required is pointed at each end and has width at the equator. Even then it could not be wrapped around the sphere from North to South. DG

I "knew" that was coming! Within the context of this thread that's great. Before it started I expected the Eagle to be going around the wireframe. Any new "Wireframe" ideas? How about a PIPE? DG PIPE.zip

Whilst "Wireframes" are not AVs in the accepted sense, there has been a little interest lately. Can I suggest that anyone with a "wireframe" that they want to share post it in this thread? I'll kick it off with "Wheels Within Wheels". Three Spheres - a blue one inside a green one inside a red one - all moving in different directions. Three Looping Slides repeated. Use the left and right arrows to move forward and back - escape to abort. It will give us something to occupy us until August 1. DG Wheels Within Wheel.zip

Maureen, Notwithstanding what I wrote in the PM, I noticed this morning that the last slide - the zoom - is showing the left hand edge right at the end - minor point. DG

Not subtle enough I'm afraid . Nicely done though. DG

To be serious I, like many AV'ers (I suspect), would like to see 3D animations used in a less "in your face" way. The more traditional slide show makers aren't really interested in Cubes and Spheres and Wireframes (I don't think!). For introductions, endings and Menu slides - great! But in a real slide show with REAL images I have yet to see advanced 3D Animation being used with any subtlety. When I see something I'll let you know. IMHO and all that - other opinions are available. DG

Joy, Typically, how many tracks would you have? DG

Tom, It's called "thinking outside of the box". It's just the theory - not the end product. I'd like to see someone use this in a more conventional AV situation with images. No Lin, not Snow Globes and Cubes! DG

Lin: DG

Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, here Puss, Puss, Puss (Mary Ford). How many repeats? It looks like more than one slide? DG P.S. Went back and checked the time - one rotation.