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Daniel, That's a long and complicated post, but taking "problem" #1 first you need to recognize that when you add just four slides to a project that last slide has no outgoing transition time which you need to take into account. Changing the transition times of all four slides does not affect the outgoing transition time of slide four because slide four does not have an outgoing transition. Secondly you need to recognize that (with the new arrangements) if you alter the transition time of slide 2 it will alter the overall time of slide 1. This is because the first slide is made up of its own transition, its original time between transitions and the incoming transition of slide two. Keyframes placed in slide one at the begining and end of the incoming (slide 2) transition maintain their RELATIVE positions regardless of any changes made to the transition time of slide 2. I think that the best view for adjusting individual slides is the O&A view. DG

Peter, It's the CUSTOM preset. DG

Try searching on h264 settings? MPEG4 MP4 video DG

They will go wherever you want them to go in the SLIDE LIST. Click on SLIDE at bottom right of screen. Drag and drop from File List into Slide List. DG

Just to confirm what Igor said - I told the installer that I wanted PTE Files associated with V7 (didn't do it with Beta versions) and that's what it does. I didn't do it with Beta versions and it then sent everything to 6.5. DG

Hi Ronnie, I use this feature all the time (as do a lot of people), but my advice to anyone is try it for yourself and find the settings that suit you best. The default is pretty good! Then you can recommend to others what you have found. There have been a number of posts on this subject and a number of different settings have been suggested to give you a starting point. DG

Keyboard, If you bought the UPGRADE then as Brian says the ORIGINAL (normal) key might be required to get you going and then the Upgrade Key when required to do the upgrade. I posted recently somewhere else that I installed V4.4.9 with my original (normal) key on a W7 machine and then V5, V6.5 and finally V7 worked OK for me. DG

Oh well - worth a try. Maybe Ken can get Igor to respond. DG

Which version are you try to activate? If you are trying to activate the new FULL Version 7 (released on Friday) with a key bought on the 1st Sept I can visualize a problem. Try installing the version which was CURRENT when you bought the key? (V7 Beta 20). Just guessing. DG

Lin, It's possible that Frans is refering to the recent Betas where, when you tried to add a video, the pop up would ask if you wanted to optimise? It no longer seems to do that even with files which I have previously had to optimise. I have a limited number of videos available to check with, perhaps you could try one? DG

Ken, I have read your suggestion a couple of times and I can see what you are putting forward. As long as the O&A dialogue would still show the incoming and outgoing transitions durations (gray strips) I would be happy. What you are talking about is a method of "locking" particular transitions and their parameters to a slide in the event that it is moved etc? DG

The current system allows for setting keyframes (and therefore animations) within the incoming and outgoing transition periods. This allows for overlapping PZR effects and less static transitions. If this facilty were removed then the functionality of the software would be diminished and not improved. DG

Vista and Firefox. Download and installation were no problem. DG

Ken, If I understand KEN correctly seperating the queries for a PUBLISHED version and BETA versions might not be a bad idea. Differentiating between new and pre-existing problems might not be easy though. DG

I have no problem with it! Like all new things it will become clearer as we go on. DG

Agreed - I have managed to eliminate Photoshop from my Workflow for PP'ing NEF files but for preparing the necessary PNG files for this project it is essential. For making the JPEGs for PTE it is not required. So although I could easily do without CSX for my photographic work I still use it for creative purposes and therefore (sometimes) have to "plumb the depths" as you say. DG

Methinks that you need to use a MASK to do what you want. A mask will hold back the portion outside of your frame. Are we, perhaps, looking at a portrait format image that has been rotated to "correct" verticals? DG

Lin, Maybe we can go back a little? I am trying to learn all that there is to know about 3D animation in PTE. By using a third party programme to do the work for me what am I gaining or adding to my knowledge base? When 3D animation was introduced we had cubes up to our ears for weeks and then it died down. I see very little 3D animation in PTE shows these days but what is there is subtle and makes me wonder if the use to which it is being put was worth all of the effort that Igor put into it? The letters thing is perhaps not a good example of the way it could or should be applied in PTE but the knowledge gained in actually doing it is priceless. It is also a perfect way to show how things are built, how they fit together and how each element is related to other elements. I'm putting together a project about Innsbrucke and the 3D animation is part of the intro. Will Sara allow you to put together a title something like this (short clip)? EEEEEE.zip DG

I think that Sheila is on the right track. You don't have to rely on transitions to fade out an image. It can be done using keyframes so that the incoming video could be in a slide with no transition or offset in a slide with a transition. The tools are there to do just about anything that we want. DG

Thanks Colin. DG

Thanks Lin, An hour to spare and foul weather outside so...................... Xara 3D - never heard of it. Animated GIFs - what happens if you want to tweak something? Besides, these take up hardly any disc or memory space. All good fun!! DG

.......to see what can be done. Best viewed at 1920x1080. DG PIXELS2.zip

Is this specific to the crop tool or are other processes slower? What is the status of your C drive - how much free space do you have? The usual answer under these circumstances is to use your System Tools / Disc Clean Up utility to get rid of any Temp Files. Then use a Registry Cleaner such as ASHAMPOO (other software exists). Then using a proper Defragging programme such as Perfect Disc (other software exists) with Smart Placement. It goes without saying that your C drive should contain ONLY programme files - no data whatsoever, but I'll say it anyway. This might not be the answer to your problem but it will not do any harm and some users (myself included) would recommend doing this once a month - minimum. DG

It sounds to me as though IGOR is saying that Minus 100 is Neutral. Agreed Xaver? Agreed Igor? DG