davegee

BWAT, Build your menus in PTE V4 as Igor suggested. DG

A point about the white line feature in v6. It "strokes" the image and therefore, if that image is subjected to PZR, the line goes with it so for the purpose of creating a line around the SHOW its use is limited to only slides without PZR. The PNG line is probably still the best way to go for that application.

Beautifully smooth movement from 3d transformed image to normal - even with 1920x1200 images!!

This has been covered MANY times and different opinions exist. My method is to start with the original WAV (if you have downloaded an MP3 save it as WAV immediately for storage). After doing your edits, fades etc save as an mp3 and try it in PTE. If you have to edit again go back to the original WAV. For complicated edits saving intermediate WAV files is a good idea - that way you don't always have to start again from the beginning. You are correct that there is a quality loss if you open an mp3, edit it and save again. Some will say that the loss is not enough to worry about. If, like me, you care about quality you don't take that chance.

Hi Isabel, The rule of thumb is that if you are going to zoom into an image at 200% then your image needs to be 200% bigger than your screen resolution. If you are making a show on your 1024x768 monitor (for instance) and know that you are going to zoom at 200% then your image needs to be 2048x1536 to accomodate the zoom. More info here: http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10609

Has anyone here had the experience of having to upgrade any particular piece of software because the version that they have been using on XP machines will not run on Vista? How big a problem is it and more to the point, how big a problem is it likely to be when Windows 7 fully takes over? For instance, I was using Perfect Disc 7 on my XP machine (I still am) and when I tried to install on my Vista laptop I found that I had to upgrade to a newer version (at a cost). DG

Lin, I understand. Whatever other options are chosen, if the PTE Codec is used the AVI is only temporary. I tried creating an AVI using Cinepac Codec by Radius (first in list) and it produced a stand-alone AVI (quality poor-but it did it). I seem to remember trying (a long time ago) using a media converter programme to change the temp file into something else while it was still in the temp folder and I think it worked. OK, I've learned something - now remembering it...............

Hi Lin, Briefly and for my edification only - I either knew and forgot or possibly never knew: Why would the PTE codec work for one person and not another?? DG

Hi Peter, It could still be memory - my file was a very small trial.

Hi Peter, No, I tried it with 5.6.4 and the defaults are the PTE Video Codec and the No Compression (PCM) 44.1Mhz;16Bit;Stereo. When you say "it didn't save the avi" did you mean "it didn't CREATE the avi"? P.S. I'm using XP - aren't you using Vista? Edit - I tried it on my Vista laptop - same as XP - OK.

....or accept the default?

I just tried it WITHOUT altering any CODEC settings and it worked fine.

You can display slides in RANDOM order (Project Options / Main) but the timing can only be global or manually changed to the required time. You will need to batch convert from TIFF to JPEG in your chosen application i.e. Photoshop etc.

Great! It is now working fine.

Thanks Igor. DG

Try changing the file extension to .mp3 on one of the files as a first step. If it then recognises the file you know that it is at least saving it as mp3 albeit with the wrong extension? DG

Ron, The option I use in Audition is as shown in the JPEG below: DG

Thanks Gerard, Your description is exactly how I did (tried to do) it. Unfortunately the same error message keeps coming up and has done so since the new forum. http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10551&view=findpost&p=68367 Have you tried making a small edit to yours? DG

I'm still not able to change my signature. Any news of progress on this? DaveG

Downloaded OK. Unzipped OK. I'm using the Windows Extract - which isn't strictly necessary - simply double clicking allows access to the EXE without extracting (saving on HD space). DG

The FAQ section has this: http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10522 DG

Hi Michel, I am assuming 5.6.4. Clicking "Size" in the "Size/Position in pixels of parent" will fix the size of the image at 100% (in pixels) and centre the image. Apologies for the shorthand. As peter said, O&A is Objects and Animation. DG

Edited: This post was in response to Mike's post above. Eric and I were apparently typing at the same time.

That's excellent info Lin and my advice to Mike was to thoroughly research and make up his own mind. DG

Michel, I am going to make a couple of assumptions: Firstly that your 5:4 screen is 1280x1024. Secondly that your 16:9 screen is 1920x1080. You want to make a 5:4 show to fit the monitor with the largest height resolution i.e. 1920x1080. In project options set FULLSCREEN 5:4 - enter 1350x1080 and tick the Fixed size of slide in pixels. Insert/add your images and go to O&A. In "Size/Position in pixels of parent" click on Size and it will change the image from "Fit to Screen" to 100% of the resolution of the image i.e. your suggested 1000x1000. You will see that this does not allow much room for comment without either moving the image upwards (each time!) or dropping the 100% to 90%. My suggestion would be to make your images 950x950 or 900x900. The examples show (roughly) what you will see on each monitor - I don't have 1280x1024 or a 1920x1080. My monitors are 1920x1200 and 1280x800. DG