davegee

Sorry Celou, Perhaps I misunderstood. Is it the EXE which is "unstable"? Have you tried removing all of the video elements and make the EXE without them? If it runs OK then introduce the MPEG2 files one at a time until the problem occurs. DG

Is the EXE or MPEG4 OK? DG

The attached Zipped Folder now contains Actions for Splitting: 4:3 (1440x1080); 3:2 (1620x1080) and 16:9 (1920x1080) Images into nine equal rectangles. I have added an action for creating a 24 square grid in a 1620x1080 image. I have also added the action to split a 1620x1080 image into 24 square JPEGs. Demo EXE included. For best results view at 1920x1080. Lines MIGHT occur at different resolutions. Please read the Text file. DG GRID.zip

Robert, Whilst I agree with your post, is it not the case that in most software we set it up the way we want it and save our changes to a default settings file? People rarely agree about default settings. I use TEMPLATES extensively and my standard template includes the Nav Bar unticked (OFF). I have done it once - I never have to worry about it again. My NEW PROJECT FILE will always open with Nav Bar Unticked. I have repeatedly praised the advantages of using Templates - things like the Nav Bar and KFSD are prime examples of the things that some people want and others do not. Templates are the way to ensure that your Project is preset exactly the way you want it. I still agree with you about the Nav Bar. Happy New Year. DG

Jim, Whilst I agree that Elements is a useful tool for anyone who aspires to producing high quality images for PTE I have found it to be useless for anyone who is trying to downgrade from "the real thing". My main gripe is that it will not allow Layers in 16 Bit. I use PS for VERY little these days but the things I can't do in my RAW Converter of choice can only be done in the full package of PS where layers in 16 Bit are supported. DG "I just finished writing a book chapter describing how to process historical images with both Photoshop CS and Photoshop Elements and was surprised at how much could be done with Elements. As a Photoshop CS user I had not paid much attention to Elements until I wanted to include it in the book and tried going through my usual workflow step by step in Elements. Photoshop Elements is basically a subset of the features of Photoshop CS. Elements contains the basic processes needed to edit images and the operation of these processes is essentially the same for both CS and Elements. These processes are relatively easy to use and to describe. The comparison of Photoshop CS and Elements really made me appreciate how Adobe has made the basic foundational functions of Photoshop CS relatively easy to use while also providing all the advanced features".

View New Content shows new posts in ALL Language sections. DG

If you have a DVD Burning utility (third party or W7 Cyber Link Power2Go) you can create an ISO instead of trying to burn directly to DVD. Untick everything other than Create ISO File. Then double click on the ISO file to bring up the DVD burner. If the ISO is greater than about 4.4Gb then it will not do it. Try that? DG

The attached Zipped Folder now contains Actions for Splitting: 4:3 (1440x1080); 3:2 (1620x1080) and 16:9 (1920x1080) Images into nine equal rectangles. Please read the Text file. DG GRID.zip

The attached PS Action Set contains two Actions which can be performed on 1620x1080 Images. 1. The first will add Guides at one third intervals to the Horizontal and Vertical axes. 2. The second will split a 1620x1080 Image into nine equal JPEGs 540x360. The actions take just seconds to complete. The two actions can be run independently. Please follow the simple instructions in the included TEXT Document. I will add other resolutions shortly. DaveG GRID.zip

Try using "Save As" and make sure that you are specifying the correct path? DG

Yes, it relates to the use of a more suitable resolution for what you are/were trying to acheive, but I'll drop it. DG

I suspect that if the OP had a 1080 high monitor this thread would not exist. The OP would then be working at 1440x1080. I'll do the maths for you. 1440 and 1080 are divisible by BOTH 4 and 3. 100% of desktop computer packages sold in High Street computer shops in the UK come with 1080 high monitors. I belong to a CC with 100 members. I don't know of any digital workers who works at anything below 1080 high. Some of those members lecture with 1024x768 projectors (the FRPS member has a 1920x1080 projectors the same as the club's own). There is absolutely no need for any of them to work with projects smaller than 1440x1080. I have a 1920x1200 monitor and have had for a few years. A search of this forum would probably pinpoint the date I bought it accurately. I made up my mind a couple of years ago that when the time comes to replace it I will opt for 1920x1080 (my TV is 1920x1080 - that's a clue). All of my projects end up on my TV as MPEG4 so I work to the TV's 1080 high. I have been using 1620x1080 (3:2) quite a lot (my camera is 3:2 - that's a clue). However, my 3:2 shows are superimposed on a 1920x1080 background to preserve the 16:9 AR. I suspect that the 1200 high monitor is doomed and that I will not be able to replace like for like anyway. There are plans to up the TV resolutions so that will probably, at some time in the future, bring about another resolution revolution. I'm trying to keep up - it's the only way. DG

It still doesn't support 16 Bit Layers? DG

Peter, This goes back to JPD's original objections to the abolition of Original Mode. DG

Bosque4_001 and 002 are 341x256 as Peter noticed? Presumably these are 4:3 crops from a 1024x768 image? This is impossible on the long side as you would need a decimal part of a pixels - cannot be done. I rebuilt your project at 1200x900 on my 1920x1200 monitor and can make it work albeit that the pan figures have decimal parts of a percentage point - Peter uses Excel for this and would be able to tell you exactly what you require - 66.666% (I think). Using this figure with a 100% view (in O&A) on my monitor there are no lines. There are also no lines in Preview. You have probably noticed that the lines are vertical and that there are no horizontal line problems? DG

Mick, EXCELLENT tip re: Precise positioning of guides. Now all I have to do is remember! I have been dragging guides in whilst in maximum magnification to ensure precise guides. After that the "snap" takes care of things. Thanks, DG

Mick, I went through that a long time ago - it's just not accurate enough. If you want pixel perfection for the OP's purposes you need to make sure that your guides are perfectly placed (Max Magnification). Then you need to make sure that your Crop or Rectangular Marquee is perfectly aligned to the guides. Try it? DG

like venetian blinds?in thar case use 1200*900 and bring the guides down at 100 px intervals? dg

if you want to be really accurate you need a 4:3 resolution which is divisible by three. 1200*900 fits the bill. drag guides in to 400 & 800 and down to 300 & 600. crop to the guides at max magnification for accuracy. re assemble in a 1200*900 frame and use zoom on the frame to fit to 1024*768 in pte. dg

Main > Show Nav Bar > Customise. DG

First thoughts - the images are introduced as objects in Objects and Animation. You must have one or more slides in the slide panel? Click on the first slide - click on the Objects and Animations buttonb - and move the little blue arrow at the bottom to see what happens. You will have objects on the right hand side in the Objects Panel. Click on each of these in turn to see the related Keyframes. It would help if you could post a screen shot showing what you are seeing? DG

BB, I'm not going to spend time on this - it is not fruitful and is off topic. If I can offer a suggestion? Start from where you are NOW and try to make things better. Over and out. DG

Dan, This has been discussed before - how would you tell which images are Main Objects of Slides and which images are included as additional objects? A variation on what you propose would be to mark up the additional images with Italic and Bold Text. When your project is COMPLETED and you make the archival TEMPLATE only the USED images and sounds etc are included in the Template folder so, at that stage, you know that all images are being used in the project and the ones NOT BOLD are added as additional images in O&A. DG

Dan, Presumably you know how to USE the mask in PTE? .... and you are asking how to MAKE one? If you look at how a mask is created in PTE itself - a simple circle or rectangle you'll see that the important part is the WHITE bit. This lets the image behind the mask show through. Therefore a mask made in PS could be as simple as painting a bit of white onto a black background and saving as a JPEG. Also WHITE on transparent saved as a PNG will do the same thing. A landscape mask to allow a different sky to show through behind a foreground would be white on top and black or transparent below. A white (feathered) rectangle save as PNG will do the same thing because you can make it fit the area of sky in PTE's O&A by adjusting the "grab handles". DG

Most clubs like to encourage new work. We don't have such a rule but every month we see a dusty slide from a patriarch of the club who has no option but to use older material which causes much consternation from one or two who are not aware of the patriarch's past credits and achievements. The club still accepts that "projected images" includes transparencies and we are now down to one per competition. Where such a rule is useful is encouraging photographers to go out and shoot new work for a "themed" competition and not dig out old material which (sometimes barely) "fits the brief". Rules is rules. But the AGM is sometimes a good place to change this if you have the backing of sufficient numbers of members. DG