davegee

Create a PNG "matte" in Photoshop and put a "stroke" line around the cutout. You could use this matte on ALL slides regardless of whether you apply any PZR. Make first slide with matte on top and copy as many times as necessay then just add your image as an object under the matte. OR, Drag all of your slides into the slide panel and then add the matte to the first and copy and paste (the matte) to all slides (or as required) by stepping through the slides in O&A. DG

if you are using the "avi video file" option the avi is only temporary. you need to use one of the other features. dg

It looks like the only answer is that Adobe product - what's it called?.................................. DG

Tom, Does iPod 2 support Executable File for Mac? If it does I could see a use for it (being 100% PC/Windows) but otherwise crossing platforms is a debatable issue. DG

I would definitely support both #1 and #2. DG

I THINK that I'm following this but if not I apologise. Rather than "delete 3 slides and introduce three new slides" would it not be easier to go to O&A / Properties and change the picture. I'm assuming that the slides involved are not complicated multi-object productions. DG

putting a blank slide between your "image skides" is a good way to fade to black between images. i have used it extensively over the last couple of years and always when hyperlinking between index page and images for single image competition use. dg

maybe i'm missing something. isn't that what VB does? add as many projects as required. dg

Put a short blank black slide in front of the one you are pointing at and it will fade in from black. DG

Add Button - fourth Icon from left in O&A. With button highlighted go to COMMON Tab in O&A and set the Action on Mouuse Click. In Customize Slide set Wait for Key Press (Right Arrow) - or configure mouse buttons. DG

Until someone who has greater knowledge of adding video chips in...... ....could you tell us what your options are set to for View>Advanced Options>Show Full Slide Duration and Keep Full Slide Duration? They should both be ticked. DG P.S. Have you tried a different video?

Fair comment Ken, So let's ask if he is using RAW or JPEG and what his future intentions are? DG

A consideration, not mentioned so far, would be that the application chosen needs to have a fully featured RAW Converter - preferably one which allows for recognition of in-camera settings - and also allow for those in-camera settings to be changed retrospectively. DG

Anthony, You must have either or both of the following options set: Windows default programme to open JPEGs (from Explorer etc) = PS PTE programme to Edit Images = PS If the option in PTE is set to use the Default I assume that it means the Windows Default? I suppose that you now need to look carefully at the ones that are not opening and see if there is a difference between those and the ones that will open. Please let us know? What happens in a completely new project? DG

Ah, Igor posted recently that he had mistakenly been using the same link for 6.5 and 7. I'll drop him a PM and ask if he can help. DG

I tried adding an jpeg object to another JPEG and it still works. However, it sends the MASTER object. It also sends PNG files to the Default editor (CS4 in my case) but with NX2 set as editor it tries but fails because NX2 does not open PNG files. DG

I just looked at my V7 project and the option is there to send to my chosen software (NX2) from both the File and Slide lists and both do just that. If the software is not specified then the Default Windows Software for JPEGs is used, again for both lists. DG

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I can highly recommend the SONY range as being fully compatible with the PTE MPEG4s. Don't think that "bigger is better"! A 50" HDTV has the same resolution or number of "pixels" as a 32" HDTV so the quality of the smaller model is likely to be better than the bigger TV. What determines the size that you need is the viewing distance. DG

Jim, I don't know if it will help you but get the Temp location off your C drive - it shouldn't not be there. It's only at that location for "travelling". Use a different drive for ANYTHING that your software is going to write temp files to - Scratch Discs etc. By different drive I don't mean a partition on the same drive - that's just as bad. DG

Good call Peter, I'm getting the same when loading from a Template. But if you "Save As" before clicking the Publish Buttons all is normal. DG

Jim, Do you mean that you get only one try at clicking NEXT from the first VB page or can you get to the last page and then it freezes when you click NEXT? DG P.S. In the VB Options where is your Temp Folder located?

DAMN!! It's a good job I don't speak it then! DG

Mine does not do that it opens on the correct page for HD Video. Perhaps it is just the FRENCH version? DG

Good advice from Peter with one addition. The TV needs to be (IMHO) set to a completely neutral colour setting to get the best viewing experience from your MPEG4. DG