davegee

I used your figure of 1920x1272 and Quality 100 and could still not get above 1.2Mb (consistently). Not sure what you mean by this. I mean that I don't know how you got 1.8Mb? Edit - OK - I concede - I used a MUCH more detailed original and got that high! By the time I get down to 60-70 the artifacts due to compression are unacceptable (to me). I remain a quality 100 man. I will use quality 80 if I am using jpegs sized at 3800 - 4800 pixels wide in PTE (but I don't then use SFTW). Yea, I don't use SFTW either.... File size results with SFTW are too large. You misunderstand - SFTW would refuse to handle a file that big. Most of the time I am saving from NX2 at quality 100 for a 1920x1080 or 80 for a 3800 - 4800 pixel wide file (regardless of file size). DG

Gary, I used your figure of 1920x1272 and Quality 100 and could still not get above 1.2Mb (consistently). The corresponding figure for quality 80 was 509Kb. At this figure the artifacts due to compression are acceptable. By the time I get down to 60-70 the artifacts due to compression are unacceptable (to me). I remain a quality 100 man. I will use quality 80 if I am using jpegs sized at 3800 - 4800 pixels wide in PTE (but I don't then use SFTW). DG

Hi Gary, Here's the bit that I found a little "fuzzy": "I resized it to 1920 on the long side at 100 quality." I'm not sure where the 100 comes into it when resizing? My figure for Quality 80 in SFTW = 463Kb Your figure for Quality 80 in SFTW = 939Kb Something not right? You took a JPEG and resized it and then Saved it again as JPEG - you re-opened the second generation Saved JPEG in three different programmes and Saved again as JPEG. I was suggesting that a better workflow would be to open the original in each of the three programmes and take them to the final cropped and re-sized JPEGs in one editing operation and avoid the intermediate Saves? Best wishes, DG

Hi Gary, I think that this is going off at a tangent to the OP and if you want to pursue it maybe you could start another thread? But in reply I would say that my reasons for suggesting Save For The Web (SFTW) were that it allows a preview of the quality of the resulting JPEG and any artifacts would be visible before the Save button is pressed. Does Irfanview or the other one allow this? Also I find the description of what you did a little "fuzzy" in the middle and don't quite understand your methodology. Could you not start with the Original Full Size JPEG in each case (each software)? Here is what I would expect in CS4: My RAW Image when sent to CS4 would open up as a 75Mb 16Bit 4832 wide TIFF. I would resize (using the crop tool) to 1920x1080. I would select File> SFTW. With "Convert to sRGB" ticked; Metadata=None; JPEG Quality = 100 the file size is 1Mb. At JPEG Quality = 80 the output file size is 464Kb. At JPEG Quality = 60 the output file size is 283Kb. DG

Lightroom? What's a Lightroom? I'm a Nikon user and therefore I have my own workflow which I am trying desperately to make Adobe free. The point that I and a few others have made is that is easy, with "Save for the Web" to actually SEE any artifacts before pressing the Save button rather than Save, find a problem and have to go back again. You should be OK with quality 8. The "boss" advises it. He used to be a 6 man but he is now an 8 man. I'm a 12 man. DG

Geoff, If you use "Save for the Web" (two up and 100%) you can see the point at which the jpeg artifacts will begin to show before pressing save. It will not be the same value for all images but you will get a feel for what suits your PP style after a short time. It will vary by camera so putting a hard figure on it is not a good idea. I have no wish to offend anyone or upset but 1920*1200 is dead. I have one but will not get another. DG

Neil, I use PTE and Roxio and I find that the best way (when making a DVD) is to use the DVD-Video Disc option. On the last page of the process deselect everything except "Create ISO IMage". When the ISO is complete - double click on it and the correct module in ROXIO will open to burn it to DVD. If your intention is not to burn a DVD please come back with more detail? DG

Those of you who are members of CCs might want to bring Igor's post to the attention of the Club Sec and in turn to the "Governing Body" of you your CC. In our case it is the WPS and I have already written to the person responsible for circulating such information. A Newsletter is e-mailed once per week to all members of all clubs under the umbrella of the WPS and this could provide Igor with one or two more enquiries. DG

Peter, I think that John means the "NAME" tab in PO/COMMON? (Possibly?). However, I'm not seeing John's behaviour when selecting EDIT. DG

P.S. Snapcam. I have USB 3 on my new desktop and the difference is just amazing! Worth considering. DG

maureen hit on part of the answer above. any machine be it lt or dt needs to be a high end gaming machine to satisfy everyones needs. my last two dt pcs have been gaming machines and i have jumped from 512mb graphics ram to 3gb on the new machine. barry made a very good point about the choice of machine for comps. although impractical a dt is preferable. dg

Hi Ken, Had e-mail off Bill saying he would look at it. However, it is available on P10. DG

Hi Ken, It is on Page 10?? (and it works from there). You should be able to download from the HOME Page, though. DG

Ken, Search for KeyCopy-Tool and press DOWNLOAD - nothing happens. DG

You're not doing anything wrong - that one appears not to be available. Could I ask why you want it? Don't you have copies of the serial numbers and keys spread out over those multiple drives? They are data - that's where they should be. Can you not connect the external drives to your laptop and search (one at a time if necessary)? DG P.S. I have e-mailed Bill.

good to see you back and in control ron. we had to talk about something while you were away. what was the beechbrook problem. dg

It takes around 30 mins to IMAGE the C drive and around 30 mins to reload it in case of a problem (100Gb). Obviously if the C drive needs replacing it takes a few mins longer. I won't recommend any particular software - that's crazy - but the one I use is MACRIUM REFLECT. I had cause to do it last year and it was easy peasy - no lost files, serial numbers, versions to deal with - it saves all of that - a virtual clone of your C drive. The only thing that I lost was a week or two of e-mails. DG

What do you use to IMAGE your C drive? DG

P.S. Mounting (as in MOUNT A DRIVE) an External HDD is not recommended. If it is unplugged or not switched on for some reason then the link is broken and the unexpected can happen. Multiple Internal HDDs are recommended. Partitioning a single drive is OK for Data but can fail if the HDD fails - Data, OS and Programmes are all lost. Putting Scratch Discs on a partition on the single internal drive is also not worth the effort - a processor cannot access information from two parts of the same disc at the same time. DG

It's a very useful tool that allows you to MAP a location on your C drive to another drive. Instead of writing info to the C drive it writes to the designated mapped drive. Go to CONTROL PANEL and search for MOUNT A DRIVE for instructions. DG

In addition to Barry's methodology another absolute essential is a separate HDD for Scratch Discs, Temporary files etc. This allows the software to access information from the programme files and the temporary data in parallel as opposed to waiting for one operation to finish before starting another operation NOTHING - or at least the very minimum - should write to the C drive during your workflow. For those applications that will not allow for changing the locations of temporary files MOUNTING A DRIVE should seriously be considered. The only reason that software defaults to writing to the C drive is because the programme does not know which other drives you have available. DG

This: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html ....will apparently list all of your hardware, software, serial numbers etc in a report. I have not tried it - it was an answer in another forum to a similar problem. DG

ron there should be absolutely no data on your c drive. it is for os and software. things like reg.txt should be kept on a separate hdd with a backup available. even a catastrophic c drive failure should not cause you to lose serial numbers etc. dg

Ron, Is this one query or two? No problems at Beechbrook. I'm assuming that you have been a PTE user as long as I have? Have you searched your computer and associated drives for "reg.txt" and/or "VideoBuilder_regkey". DG

Linda, This is a very old thread. PTE is now at V7.0.4 - it might be worth loading the latest version and trying that before progressing any further. It sounds as though you might have some HEAVY files/images in your project? Or possibly a non-standard music file? Take the music file out and try again. Tell us the size of your JPEGs? DG