davegee

Start off your suggestion - "As a new user, I would like to see..............................." When you are used to navigating around PTE it is sometimes difficult to understand why the new user has a particular difficulty. A new user is sometimes more qualified than an "old hand" at spotting such things? DG

One step at a time. Create a folder to contain EVERYTHING related to the project - Images and Music. Set up the workspace so that you can see all of your images on the left hand side. (VIEW - Horizontal View - Tick File Tree - Once you have navigated to your folder File Tree can be turned off) Drag them all (or one at a time) into the bottom horizontal slide area and you have already created something that you can watch by clicking on PREVIEW. The rest is getting to know "PROJECT OPTIONS" and "OBJECTS and ANIMATION". Tackle one problem at a time! Re: TV - Do you propose to use DVDs or can you connect your computer/laptop to your TV (preferably via HDMI)? Does your TV have a BUILT-IN Media Player and a USB connection? DG

+1 for the second option. The logistics of the preparation and quality of a 15000 pixels wide image are too much to cope with. It's not impossible but why bother? Unless you are making the show in ONE slide the 15000 pixel wide image would have to be loaded and precisely placed for each of the slides. DG

(Specific) Suggestions to Igor on a postcard? DG

No, You can install V7 Beta 10 alongside V6.5. (It is an UPDATE and not an upgrade). At the end of the installation Untick the top two options with regard to file association to keep them seperate and avoid opening projects in the wrong version. To open a project in V7 you would then open PTE (V7) and choose OPEN from the file menu - if you double click on a PTE file in EXPLORER it will still open in V6.5. An existing project opened in V7 and SAVED will not then re-open in V6.5. However, V7 Beta 10 is stable and can be used with confidence. DG

Hi Robert, Presumably, you have a singe source for any video which you want to insert into PTE such as your Canon 5D or perhaps your Nikon 5100? Igor has requested samples from various cameras so that he can test and has promised that a converter will be built in at some stage. I sent a short clip from a very basic Nikon L2 compact and he "fixed" that for me. If we start from where you are, will your existing camera's video allow it to be inserted WITHOUT conversion? If not, why not send a VERY short clip to Igor and ask for his comments? I recently saw Andy Rouse at the Hay Book Festival and he showed some remarkably professional looking still/video combination shows (albeit from a MAC!) and the source video came from his D3's. If you have a chance to see him anywhere I can THOROUGHLY recommend that you go from a photographic and entertainment point of view. I know that he is booked for Abergavenny CC's annual lecture in November. Further details and other possible venues at his web site. DG

Does this Template help? Transfer to your HD and Extract. Open PTE Project in V7 Beta 10 (or later). DG Rose Cross.zip

We look forward to trying it out Igor!! DG

Igor, When using "Customize Slide" and "Loop This Slide" I take care that the start point and finish point in an animation in the slide are "very precisely" the same. Even so, I am noticing a slight hesitation between the end point and start point of the slide when it loops. There are no large file sizes involved. The largest object in the animation is 360K. Can you offer a possible reason/solution? DG

Come on Lin!! You know that's NOT what I was talking about? Try creating a PTE show which is 1920.5 x 1080.5 Pixels? DG You might have been kidding but there are people out there who will believe you

It was for fun! The fun (for me) is in getting things precise [begin Whinge] There's nothing worse (for me) than a demo of something which is pushed into the public domain in a hurry (just to be first) containing errors or images which are the wrong resolution and zoomed beyond their capabilities or contain compression artifacts etc etc. [End Whinge] Not you, Sheila! I have seen it here once or twice. BTW There is no such thing as a "fraction of a Pixel" but there is, in geometry, a "fraction of a degree". Keeping saying "I CAN do it!" Best wishes, DG P.S. While I'm whinging, could I put in a request for a SPEELING CHEQUOR?

Sheila, The link in the Pyramid Challenge thread gave the info for finding the "centre" of a Pyramid. A quarter way up from Base to Apex. Thats where knowing the Trig was important. Hence the other link. In my challenge the precise angle was reverse engineered so that the sides of the triangle came out as near to a whole number as possible. By rounding up you introduced a one pixel error - not a lot but enough to be noticeable. The other problem is doing precise triangles in Photoshop - I found the PEN tool to be very precise. DG

See post number three. DG

Excellent suggestion Mike. The only question is why you didn't come in sooner? Thanks for posting. DG

Just tried - works very well!! Using a font like Arial helps as does using BOLD. Import the PDF into PS - duplicate BG Layer. Use Magic Wand (non-contiguous) to eliminate the WHITE. Turn off the BG layer. Apply shadow. Save for the WEB as PNG. DG

Try converting your Word doc to Acrobat (PDF). Photoshop opens PDF and allows shadow etc. But all formatting would have to look right in Word / PDF. DG

Could you make a simple one slide (low file size) Template available? DG

By add-ons you mean TEXT? Resolution and AR of Project? Is this for a regular PAL DVD? Are you UN-ticking Fixed Size of Slide? DG

Ken, The "new" Nav Bar (video style) allows you to PAUSE a show using a mouse click. Optional controls are Previous and Next Slide Buttons. You can also alter the Auto Hide Time, Fade In and Fade Out and Scale of the Nav Bar. The two other styles (AIR and SKY) offer more controls but don't look as neat as the VIDEO Nav Bar. If the Nav Bar is turned OFF then the SPACE Bar will pause the show IF Permit Control Of Show is enabled. It's up to the Author? I have my little pet hates as well - if any author writes a little script to change my screen resolution he/she is blacklisted forthwith! DG

Hi Ken, Manual? It's possible that Neal is asking why there are not as many choices in Video Style as there are in the other two styles? DG

In V7 beta 10: >Project Options> Main> Tick Show Nav Bar >Customize Nav Bar >Choose style and add the controls you require - set Auto Hide Time etc. DG

If you cannot make the ISO (UNTICK BURN DVD and TICK CREATE ISO) then something in your project COULD be causing the problem. Try removing MUSIC and make ISO. If that fails split project in half and try to make an ISO from each half. If one half makes ISO and the other does not you have isolated a section of the project to investigate further. DG

Like it or not Barry, I'm afraid that we all have the facility you speak of. It is just triggered more easily in some than in others. ;) DG P.S. This post contains NO mallicious content and has been screened by the necessary body (PHIL).

JFF, Just in case clarification is needed: Your original key (purchased years ago) is for LIFE. To unlock the additional features which you might be trying to access (VIDEOBUILDER) you need an additional license. Without the additional license you should still be able to create an EXE file as well as an AVI with which to make a DVD. Is it possible that you have purchased a new NORMAL ($49) license and not the required VIDEOBUILDER ($75) license? Hope this helps? DG

What we all agree on is that MP3's are more efficient and take up less space than WAV files. CALM DOWN EVERYONE!!!!!! DG