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Does that mean that you are in agreement? Is it sRGB for PTE? You should emphasise to your members that they can continue to work in whatever colour space turns them on as long as the LAST thing that they do before saving as a JPEG is convert to sRGB. I have an ACTION which is dedicated to a hot key and what it does is flatten the image, convert from 16 Bit to 8 Bit and convert to sRGB with just one press of a function button. It occured to me that you might be able to "reverse engineer" the problem and when a suitable opportunity arises choose an image (sRGB of course) which EVERYONE agrees looks good when projected in a PTE show on your club's system. With the permission of the owner of the image you could give that image to all members to try on their systems at home. Having all agreed that it looks OK on the club's projector they could hardly complain if it looks less good on their "calibrated" system at home. Or could they? DG

Many thanks!! DG

In an attempt to answer someone's question about EDIT PICTURE and CTRL+W I tried it out on my own computer(s). No matter what I set the association to in CONTROL PANEL, my PTE will always open a JPEG up in CS4. I've tried rebooting after changing the association and the same thing happens. The association for JPEGs in Windows Explorer changes to the new setting but in PTE it remains the same (CS4). The PTE 6.5 USER's GUIDE suggests: "When clicking Edit Picture you will see the window where you can choose the graphic software to edit image. Do it once and then after clicking this option the program with the chosen image will open automatically" To me, this means that the FIRST time you click on EDIT PICTURE or hit CTRL+W you will be offered the choice of programme. Thereafter you are not offered the choice but the JPEG is opened in whatever software you chose automatically. However, the USER's GUIDE does not indicate a method of changing the choice that you made originally. A method put forward by a member here involves opening a file in NOTEPAD to change the setting. Can anyone else change the default software for "Edit Picture" in PTE without resorting to "re-programming" in notepad? DG

Thanks Tom, Glad to hear that it worked out for you. Like you, I have "surplus" drives that can easily be connected to the TV via USB and the advantage is the amount that you can permanently store on the HD. The advantage of the USB Memory Key is that, although you don't get as much storage space, you don't need as much physical space around the TV and you don't need the extra power supply and USB cable for the HD. Thanks for the info on the laptop. That rules out the theory that it was to do with shared or dedicated graphics! It must be down to individual manufacturer's ways of doing things. The Sony Laptop will automatically sense the HDMI and reconfigure the sound to suit when connecting and disconnecting. Thanks again, DG

Tom, You didn't come back with an answer to whether your graphics (in your laptop) is dedicated or shared? I would be interested in a full update on where you now stand on the range of topics discussed here in this thread? DG

A big yes from me - it makes more sense, if you use more than two keyframes per object, for them to be already separated. If you only use two keyframes you would not see a difference anyway. DG P.S. I agree with Peter re "radio buttons" (in Setting Up): http://www.picturest...indpost&p=82845

If you have a majority of slides which are of equal duration and a small number which deviate from that duration you can temporarily move the non-standard slides to the end of the show in the "Full Screen View of Slide List". You can then select and arrange the non-standard slides in the timeline so that they line up with the end of the music. You can then select all of the standard length slides in the timeline and "Arrange Selected Points". Now move the non-standard slides back to their original positions in the "Full Screen View of Slide List". No need for mathematics. DG

An RGB image viewed in PS when PS is setup up for RGB will look right. The same image viewed in PTE which is an sRGB application will not look right - it will look different. This is easily demonstrated with an RGB image and the same image converted to sRGB side by side in PTE. Blue skies are a dead giveaway. DG

You still haven't indicated the size/resolution of individual images? What are your settings in Project Options > Screen? Images MUST be sRGB for PTE - have you asked your members to do this? DG

Animation: It might be possible to add your first object, set it up as required re the PZR settings and "Setting Up" and then copy and paste it within the same slide. Change the Image/Object in O&A > Properties > Picture. The new object will then have the same settings as the first. Change the start/ middle/ end positions and PZR attributes. It's as broad as it's long. DG

Copying Slides: Checked Peter's description and it is word perfect. Just tried it on my XP Desktop Computer and works a treat. Open donor show. Copy slide Go to File / Open / Open recipient show Paste in desired position. DG

If the Canon SX80 is a 1400x1050 Projector then your show needs to be 1400x1050 MINIMUM resolution using 1400x1050 MINIMUM resolution Images. Is the computer you are using also set to 1400x1050? DG

The ACTION is not a problem - it is easy to make an action which does nothing and which can be applied during batch processing. The problem is that in PS it would only process TIFF, JPEG etc and I doubt that it handles RAW files - not sure? NX2 will batch rename all of the above plus NEF RAW files without the need for applying an action or settings file. Neither will rename ALL files - only specific files. I've learned something. DG

Photoshop: File > Automate > Batch Nikon NX2: Batch > Run > Rename DG

Don't editing programmes such as Photoshop, Nikon NX2 etc already offer that facility? DG

Hi Mark, I downloaded both shows and watched on my 16:10 computer monitor and my TV. Firstly the 16:10 large show on my Computer monitor. The images are superb and fill the screen. I liked the show and will watch again. I noticed that I could use the right arrow to move the images along but the music and commentary then went out of sync. I tried to pause the show for comparisons but failed. Something to think about? Now the 16:9 show. It seems obvious to me that you have compressed the images top to bottom to fit the 16:10 images to the 16:9 format. Short fat people. I compared the 16:9 show on my laptop monitor and the 16:10 show on my desktop monitor and, on the same slides I could see the same information top and bottom and on both sides. Please correct me if wrong! I see little point in that and went for the escape button. On the TV, even with the AR "problem", I prefered the 16:9 version because it filled the screen whereas the 16:10 had black lines on each side. On the subject of whether the increase of file size due to the sizes of the images was worth it, I found it difficult to judge because it was impossible to compare like with like either on the computer monitors or on the TV. The best option out of the two that you offered was the 16:10 shown on my 16:10 computer monitor but it is impossible to say if that version would be any better than a similar show made with 1920x1200 images rather than your 3840x2400 images. I must try to get there someday! DG

Suggestions for a way forward (examining the possibilities of corrupt images or music): Open your PTE and save as "TRIAL 1" Remove the music files(s) from Trial1 and Save Try to make an ISO from the Trial 1.PTE If successful then the possibility is that the music is unsuitable or corrupt. If unsuccessful: Open Trial1.PTE and Save As "TRIAL 2" Remove the first 50% of slides from Trial 2 and Save. Try to make an ISO from the Trial 2.PTE If successful then the possibility is that you have a corrupt image in the first 50% of the images. If unsuccessful: Open Trial 1.PTE and Save As "TRIAL 3.PTE" Remove the las 50% of slides from Trial 3 and Save. Try to make an ISO from the Trial 3.PTE If successful then the possibility is that you have a corrupt image in the last 50% of the images. If unsuccessful: You might have corrupt slides in both the first AND last 50% of slides OR it is something else completely............. DG

Barry's first post reminded me that I had never tried creating a DVD via the "Create DVD Folders" option. I tried this and (without actually burning a DVD) it looks to be a viable alternative to the "Create ISO" file for those without suitable DVD Burning software. Burning the DVD Folders as DATA should produce the same result? Anyone use this method? Barry's second post reminded me that I had forgotten to change the location of my TEMP folder in PTE to an external drive(after a re-installation). The less I have writing to my C drive the better I like it!! It's usually the first thing I do when installing or re-installing software. Thanks Barry, DG

If Barry's solution works then it re-inforces my assertion that REGULAR maintenance is the answer to a lot of computer problems. Once a week use XP's Disc Cleanup or the Vista/W7 equivalent SHOULD clear out any redundant .TMP files. DG

My assumption is that you are using Video Builder to create your project and that you are using the "DVD Video Disc" option? The page after the TITLE page contains the option to "Create ISO Image" (and WHERE to save it). Tick that one and untick all others. Clicking on START will start the process. You will then get a message at the end which will either say that you are successful or unsuccessful. If successful then PTE is working OK and you need to look elsewhere. If unsuccessful then report back? DG

Download the installer to a memory key on old laptop and install from the memory key on new laptop. Use the registration key which you put in a safe place when it was sent to you (via the same method)? DG

If, instead of trying to make a DVD, you make the ISO file first, you might find that the problem is NOT with PTE? It could be your DVD burner or other system problem. DG

If you REALLY want to optimise your file sizes you can make a note of the highest value that the zoom goes to for a particular image in O&A > Animations. Multiply the resolution of your show by that percentage and that's the resolution that you need for that particular Image. Example: Resolution of show - Project Options > Screen > Size of Slide = 1920x1080 Deepest Zoom for Image - O&A > Animation > Zoom = 140% Width of Image required = 1920x1.4 = 2688 Resolution required for Optimum File Size = 2688x1512 That's if you REALLY want to be precise, but that way at least one end of your zoom is going to be a true pixel for pixel representation of your image on a 1920x1080 screen. DG

The more I think about it Stu, my preference would be for a multiple choice arrangement so that ticking SEPERATE would untick GLUE. It's not a big deal, but I've never felt as comfortable with it as others seem to be. DG

Not to labour an old discussion but it would work far better for me if "GLUE HERE" were to say "SEPERATED" and "SEPERATE HERE" were to say "GLUED". But that's just my opinion - no need to discuss further. DG