davegee

Thanks Igor!! That's better than "next month". DG

Give us a date, Igor? DG

Peter has nailed it. You need to set your Project Options / Screen to 1920x1080 and make your MPEG at that res. If you are making a DVD from this then you need to UNTICK Fixed Size Of Slide. The resulting DVD will be PAL (720x576) upscaled to 1920x1080. For best results and the stunning picture as described by Peter, use a Memory Key with the 1920x1080 H.264 file loaded. DG

Sorry, forgot the smiley: DG

I have always supported Igor in his decisions re what is best for PTE and will do so on this occasion. Peter is right - but "old dog"? Less of the "dog" - please! DG

Tom, If every slide is subjected to a random 125% zoom then all images need to be 125% larger than the maximum screen resolution. Right? DG

I have NEVER used anything other than VERTICAL view so this new style is going to be something of a culture shock to me! DG

The existing F3 and F4, which toggle the File Panel and Slide List Full Screen Views both on and off, are fine with me. I find them to be quicker than the other alternatives. DG

It will be a struggle to get them under the 20Mb barrier then? DG

It is always wise when installing new software or updates to software to use an Image Backup/Restore Software so that if you don't like what you get you can go back to where yo were in (usually) under an hour. Macrium Restore and Acronis etc are suitable products. DG

Mick, I don't have an answer for you but it occured to me that the fact that you can't play DVDs might be related to the fact that it won't burn DVDs from Video Builder. The two things must be related somewhere? Surely it points to the drive? DG

Perfect Disc is an excellent alternative for Defragging with Smart Placement and other advantages. DG

Or you can move your TEMP folder from: C:\Users\xxxxxxxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\ ...to a drive which has sufficient free space, which I would have done any way. I make a conscious effort to avoid my software writing ANYTHING to my C drive. DG

Agreed. I jumped in when you said that you had to close the program and re-launch, which is not necessary. It would be easier if it refreshed via a single click. DG

I'm beginning to "warm" to your wife! DG P.S. Do you agree that you don't have to re-launch PTE to refresh?

I think I can now see what you are seeing. If you had explained it properly!! If you send the image for editing from the FILE PANEL then it works as I/you would expect and an update is carried out free of charge. However, if you send the image for editing from the Slide List then, when you return, nothing appears to have changed until you go into O&A where the changes are shown straight away without intervention. DG

I wonder if we are all on the same wavelength. Here's a before and after - PS1 is before I right clicked on the bottom image on the left and asked it to Edit Picture. Picture was edited and Saved. PS2 is after I returned to PTE without clicking on anything whatsoever.

Beg pardon! The fact remains that you don't have to re-boot PTE to refresh? DG

The ISO file is identical to that which would have been burned from PTE. I always do it that way and use ROXIO as my software because I know it to be fully compatible with my DVD burner. DG

P.S. Stu, I'm not sure that I agree with your last statement - unless I am misunderstanding it. If I send an image from the File Panel (not the Slide List) to CS4 or NX2 and edit it then save it, the result of the edit is immediately visible in the File Panel when I return to PTE without performing ANY refresh action whatsoever. Unless I'm missing something, the only place that you can send an image for editing is from the File Panel? DG

Stu, When working on a show I typically have NX2, CS4 and PTE open (although I find myself using CS4 less and less - only for Layering two different images). I've never, with my current setup, seen the need to minimise any of the packages to go work in another package. You advice is probably good though and something to bear in mind. DG

Stu, If I send an image from the FILE PANEL to CS4 for editing and SAVE AS from CS4, when I get back to PTE the changes ARE shown in the File Panel but not in the Slide List. When I go into O&A any instance of the edited image reflects the changes. If I am working in O&A and have the image already open in CS4 I might go straight to CS4, perform the edit and SAVE AS. When I return to PTE O&A the image which I edited remains in its pre-edited form. I then go back one slide - forward one slide for the edits to be "recognised". It depends on your way of working. Is a big black blob in the centre of the image drastic enough? DG

I'm missing something here...... Go to next or previous slide and return to original? Works for me. DG

Being a musician I did it the easy way. Count the number of bars and multiply by the number of beats per bar. Divide the time by the total number of beats to obtain an accurate timing per beat or 2 beats or 3 beats etc. Enter that time into the Project Options Main and set for existing slides. Micro adjust if necessary. DG

What would be the effect those without wide Gamut monitors? DG