davegee

My "oft-quoted desire to achieve the very best possible quality" applies to JPEGs and not to Video, which I have not really any desire to incorporate into PTE shows. (ooh you are awful!............) I believe that if you look back at previous posts Igor advised 24fps for PAL MPEG4 - the S9100 produces acceptable results when inserted at the native 30fps (for testing purposes) so I don't worry about it. I have bigger issues with smooth pans and zooms when shooting Movies - when I crack that, I'll worry about the technicalities of fps and MOV vs AVI etc. BTW I'm talking about inserting MOV SOOC into PTE and using PTE to do the trimming - I don't see the point in using ANY Video Editing Software when PTE will do it for you. If you need to keep file sizes down, that's different but if the output is MP4 then there's no penalty for using the originals (quote from Lin). The more you play with the files the more trouble you are likely to (but not necessarily will) get. DG

Hi Dave, The converted files are only 66% the size of the originals. That's a relatively small advantage. D300s movie is 1280 x 720 actually, and no, I've set them to 100% in the "Size and Position" window so they are at their true pixel count size. Yes, I corrected myself while you were writing. And I've just spotted another little quirk. The options in ViewNX2 for outputting MOV files are 24fps, 25fps or 30fps. I've tried both 24 and 25 so far. The 24fps is the one giving me the problem. The 25fps plays OK even if converted. However, there's yet another quirk: the Properties tab of the 24fps MOV file shows it to be actually 23 fps!!! (The 25fps MOV shows as 25fps in its Properties tab). As Alice would have said in Wonderland: "Curiouser and curiouser!" I wouldn't pay too much attention to the small details - use what works! I still think that there is a case for sending a short file to Igor and ask him to check it out. He cured a problem that I had with an MOV file that I had early on. DG. P.S. The files out of the S9100 are .MOV / 29FPS / 1920x1080 and are smaller than the converted versions - BOTH play fine.

Peter, Look at the File Sizes (Before and After) - if there is little or no advantage, then use the MOV File? Possibility - Ask Igor to check a short file from the D300s. Is anyone else here using a D300s for Video and getting problem/no problem? D300s Movie is 1280x720 - are you filling a 1920x1080 screen with it? DG

Yes, I'm using 7.0.5 I'm not the expert around here, but it sounds suspiciously like your PCs are underpowered (for PTE). I have PM'ed Igor and asked him to take a look at this part of the thread. I think that you could possibly start a new thread of your own and list your PC specifications and the problems that you are getting. DG

Nothing wrong with your project - MP4 created. DG

Make a template of a small single image pte (zip it) and post here? DG

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.