davegee

Same/similar bug as the Signature problem? Linked to it in some way - multiple bugs? DaveG

Lin, I knew that I had made a mistake by giving an example such as the rotation thing! I realise that if one searches the forum that one will get the answers to everything, but these people don't do that! They need to be led by the hand by someone who can show them step by step. The FAQ section is the nearest thing to what they want and it is, I believe, the best thing to happen to this forum in a long time. It now needs to turn its attention to even more practical matters with contributions from a few more people. Anyway, I had no intention of "rubbishing" the idea of updating the manual. I just think that it is not as high a priority as a "How To Do Everything in PTE" manual. I won't labour the point. DaveG

With respect Jeff, what most people want is a "HOW TO" manual. Every Thursday night at club I get questioned, not about where a particular switch is etc, but HOW DO I USE IT? Your excellent first edition explained all of the controls in the animation tab but that doesn't tell the user how to rotate one object around another for example. These are the sort of questions I get - people can work out for themselves where everything is - it is another matter to actually put it into practice. Just my 2 pennyworth and IMHO etc etc etc. DaveG

Dave, I wrote a long piece only to find that because of a forum error I couldn't post and couldn't copy!! I am not going to do it all again but I'll precis it: Don't rely on others experiences. Do a test using "Save for the web" gradually decreasing quality and when you see a patch of clear blue sky in an image start to pixellate you know (roughly) the limits of your camera's images at a given resolution. Do the check at "ACTUAL PIXELS"! I use quality 10 but I could probably use between 6 and 8. 10 gives me a margin of error and I don't have to keep checking for pixellation. Barry can probably go further because of the size of his sensor - I did some tests in conversation with him some time ago and found that a 23M camera will allow greater compression than a 12M camera of the same make (NIKON) after resizing both to 1920x1080. 1920x1080 file sizes are: Quality 10= 1MB Quality 8= 660K Quality 6= 460K That's with MY camera - yours could be different. DaveG

Eric, I DID NOT - repeat - DID NOT - infer that your images were anything other than your own. My question was whether YOU had posted these images before. I would welcome an apology. I will not reply to any of your threads in future. It is not worth the hassle. Best wishes, DaveG

Hi Barry, ...and welcome to the wonderful world of HD slide shows. Your show runs perfectly on my laptop's 1280x800 monitor. I took particular notice of the Koala after having read Peter's post and there was no detectble Moire on two seperate passes. I will edit this post to include results on my 1920x1200 monitor. It does, indeed, prove that today's systems are capable of running shows with images straight out of the camera. Laptop details: Intel Core Duo T8100 2.1Ghz 4Gb Memory nVidia 8400GT Vista DaveG Edited to add that on my desktop m/c with attached 1920x1200 monitor the result is exactly the same. There was no moire or jumping on the Koala and the appearance of the animal's fur should be proof enough to anyone of the value of using all of the resolution available from your DSLR wherever possible.

HANG ON ERIC, Now I'm confused!! Your images are 4:3 and your laptop screen is 5:4 and yet you say that your show "fills the screen" and there is no "stretching blurring or pixleating"?? DaveG

Anyone tried to alter their signature lately? I am getting a message saying: [#10211] You may only use up to lines of text in your signature. I am trying to put in just one line of text.

So that rules out the resolution theory but presumably, you are using Firefox on both? DaveG

Lin, What screen res is the machine you are using for internet access? and does the wrapping work for you? DaveG

Ken, On this laptop's 1280x800 screen "Fast Reply" is right below "Add Reply". Are all of these problems to do with screen res? DaveG

Eric, On my 1280x800 laptop screen text wrapping works perfectly. I have just proved it here. (Firefox - latest version) - anyone NOT using Firefox? DaveG

Hi Eric, "I've checked the tractor slide & there is a fine white line on the LH side. However is is not as pronounced as on your ss" This is probably an indication that your monitor is not showing you the full 1024x768. Are you running larger native resolution monitor at 1024x768? That could also be an issue for you. DaveG

Hi Eric, Here's the slide with the white line on the LHS - it is possible that you can't see it because of your screen res. I have used the same slide to show you what the effect would be to us. DaveG

Hi Eric, I just played the revised version and it's much better on both my 800 high monitor and especially my 1200 high monitor. Thanks for resolving the zoom issue - I think that you just about got away with the vertical pan. One slide of a tractor/lorry/bus had a white line down the LHS. Very colouful and a great record of what looked like a successful day. The whole thing seemed familiar, as though I had seen some of the shots before? One suggestion (purely because it will be seen on larger monitors than yours) - a thin white border would REALLY set it off. Thanks for sharing, DaveG

It is MUCH, MUCH, MUCH preferable to see a 1024x768 show at actual pixels than upscaled. If ALL of your images are 1024x768 then, theoretically you should not be zooming into any of them. Hence the severe pixellation on the zoomed slide. DaveG

Hi Eric, I looked at part of the show (on a 800 px high monitor) before seeing the last couple of posts and it was obvious that it was being upscaled if indeed you built it using 1024x768 images (I would not want to view on my 1200 high monitor). One of the early slides is showing signs of pixellation which could be the result of the upscaling (or possibly over-zooming AND upscaling). If you are going to create a version in true 1024x768 I'll wait to see the rest of it then. DaveG

Eric, I'm about to download to take a look but first may I congratulate you on your sub-title giving the timing and resolution of the show? If only more people would do the same!! DaveG

"Click the green button called "Click to Configure Post Options" under Options"...... which appears when you are in the ADD REPLY dialogue. DaveG

Aaaah, At least someone has some sense there. (Just being facetious Eric). DaveG

You won't be needing that NX2 anymore then? DaveG

OK - I didn't scroll down - DOH!! DaveG

Will there be links from the "home" page or is this the only way to access the new sub-forums? DaveG