davegee

right. you are not on a mac are you? if you post a template of a small single image show one of us could try it but i am not sure if it would prove anything. try reinstalling a new download of latest pte? dg

Start a new project. Put a new different image in (just one). Try that. DG

Splitter, Are you using the default settings of HD (1920x1080); High Quality when you select Creating HD Video for PC and Mac? DG

Add an image to the slide list. Copy and paste the slide so that you have two copies. Double click on the second and it opens in Objects and Animations. Place and size the image. Make sure nothing is selected in the Objects Panel - (RHS). Click on the Add Image Icon in O&A - top left. Add a second image and place and size as required. Repeat this (Copy / Paste / Add Image) as many times as required. You can customize the transition effect for each slide or a number of slides in CUSTOMIZE SLIDE. DG

Welcome back Andrew, I have long felt that PTE could be a viable alternative to PP for teaching purposes and had my working life been just a little longer I'm sure that it would have been used wherever I could have shown it to be so. Bullet Points will possibly upset the die-hards but I'm with you all the way. DG

Thanks Dom, I deliberately switch "Show Back Side" off because of Lin's requirement, but as you show it can be used to good effect. DG

Well done Lin, Glad it was of help. I have been doing exactly the same thing for U (the PTE text) but got caught up with other business today. Some guys your side of the pond have been highly inefficient in dealing with an order of mine. Your application is spot on. I would change two MINOR details: I'm not a big fan of that type of font and would have used a Sans Serif font. You're the graphics guy - you know best about these things. Secondly, the ball that we live on is incline at about 23.5 degrees (at the moment) which is the same angle as my text. I did it that way so that the text would circumnavigate the equator. That apart, I'm really pleased with what you have done. DG

Agreed Geoff, .....but is it the intended result or a bug by another name? DG

OK, because it takes around 25,600 years for a full cycle I don't think that it will make a lot of difference in a 3 minute clip. We'll ignore that. DG

Also, don't forget about precession? DG

........P.S. Nit picking but, to me, what you have done would make more sense if the angle of inclination of the Video were the other way. OR...... ......you altered the "Le Monde" to suit your video's angle of inclination. DG

I knew that you could do it. DG

J-C, It should be possible to produce 360 degrees of text without having to resort to multiple slides or opacity effects? Your EGG looks as though it had more than 360 degrees of text. DG

Choosing a similar SPREAD (Contour) in Photoshop produces a different result - No rectangle. DG

I am also getting the Rectangle behind the text with the CONE, CONE INVERTED and other SPREADs in CUSTOMIZE SHADOW. DG

Wow! Thanks!! That was quick - Around "Le Monde" in 12 hours!! Thanks! I have a few "Monde's" which will fit right in there! Best regards, Lin "Le Monde" Proof of concept only. Please add your own "Monde". Template and EXE. Le Monde.zip DG EDIT: Revised version uploaded at 10.55am

its the way i have always done it. i get the versatility i want this way. you are like my wife! no matter what i do i should have done it differently (her way). just shows that pte is capable of getting the desired result - with the "wrong" methodology. ctrl+e came in usefull on this one. dg

Thanks J-C, DG

I saw this on TV and wondered if it were possible in PTE. Template and EXE included. DG Scrolling Text.zip P.S. Please ignore the text content - it has nothing to do with the type of scrolling text.

Isn't this whole debate just another facet of the larger "etiquette" debate?? If details are not given you are saying "Here's my show - take it or leave it". If details are given you are giving the viewing public the information they need to make a choice. All that anyone here needs to do is to say "I will/will not comply" and just get on with it. It is NOT a rule and I don't think that anyone has said that it should be I have to smile at the tangential debate about changing resolution/aspect ratio to view shows . I'm pretty sure that BB didn't intend to bring this into the debate other than to prove a point. But nevertheless some want to go off at a tangent every time a red rag is waved. Changing resolution to view shows is an archaic concept applicable to only CRT's. I think that we now pretty much have a concensus that Flat Screens are intended to be run at Maximum Native Resolution. It has no place in this debate other than to prove Barry's point about "Sacred Cows". DG

Hi Bert, I don't think that they can be removed and they serve a very useful purpose. They can be altered there (if required) rather than have to go into Customise Slide. Why would you (personally) want to remove them? (Curious). Everyone has their own way of working but I don't remember anyone wanting to remove them before. DG

No, please do not do that. But I won't download any of her shows. I have my reasons, which no one has bothered to ask about. It's all about choice. Best wishes, DG

Read again please, Greg. I was answering Xaver and BBBBB. DG

thanks to xaver and barry for proving my point about etiquette. in an attempt to explain to greg why this thread exists i mention one of my criteria and this sends you (Xaver) off at a tangent. instead of seeking to understand someones point of view it is immediately labelled absurd. absurd it might be in your eyes but it is my choice and there are no rules about what info you give. if you do not want to give this info you are not obliged to. now please go back to the op? best wishes dg

Greg, I think that this all started because some are restricted in their download speeds etc. I don't think that it does any harm to go along with it if at all possible. I, for instance, would not download anything less than 3:2 regardless of author - but that's my choice and I'm not advocating that shows < 3:2 should not be posted - again, my choice. If the details are not posted then I don't have the same choices. DG