davegee

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

Thanks DOM, That is something that needs to be remembered. I will ask a local MAC guru to help with testing. DaveG

Some people, myself included, are experiencing difficulty in getting a MAC version show to play on a MAC. Is the end result OS specific? Does the end user need a specific type of MAC, OS version etc to be able to play? DaveG

I think that it might be a good time to excercise a little restraint here. It's getting out of hand and it is not doing PTE any good at all. Let's put the programme and its use to the forefront and cut the petty squabbling, eh? Let's all calm down. DaveG

That's what I learned Ken! DaveG

Friction? What friction? That's just Ron being his usual self! You are more likely to learn from your own "mistakes" than the mistakes of others - put it down to experience. Ken pointed out that you have, indeed, been around the forum for a few years wheras your membership status has you listed as a new member. That was my mistake - I have learned from it. Regarding the problem itself, I have recently been "cherry picking" images from various folders into a new folder for a new project. At first I was just dragging and dropping images from one folder to another (on the same drive). Before long I realised that I was creating a problem for myself because the images being dragged and dropped would no longer be in their original folders and therefore would produce the same problem that you encountered. My solution is that I have to COPY and PASTE instead of dragging and dropping. Previously I had been dragging and dropping files from TEMPLATES on a different drive and under these circumstances "dragging and dropping" and "copying and pasting" are the same thing. Lesson learned! DaveG

Eric, I have been using Photomatix for a couple of years and it has never given me JPEG artifacts. Some of those skies look like they have been sharpened and saved at JPEG level 4-5 - they ain't muddy - they'se pixelated. The downward scroll is suitable for an audience who like to read backwards - I'm not into that. Anyway, if you're happy..... DaveG

Hi Eric, Now that I have had a chance to view the 1024x768 version: Something that occured to me regarding the original was that the Title would possibly make much more sense if it was scrolling upwards. Secondly I have noticed that some of the clear blue patches in the skies are pixelated and show signs of being over-compressed. Otherwise, great images and stirring music. DaveG

Den, Did you mean that his show would have a 128 pixel border at the top, bottom and both sides? DaveG

Ron, The OP is a new member - he came here because he has a problem. It is possible that he has not been here long enough to know of the pitfalls of what he has done. Now that he has received an explanation he probably will never do it again. And we will not have to assist until the next new member falls into the same trap. Maybe you could design a PDF "Introductory Pack" which could be sent to all new members when they join advising them of this and other pitfalls? Seriously. DaveG

There are differing views on this so stand by..... If you go into O&A / Common Tab you will see where PTE is looking for the folder. Replace the folder from where you have put it to where PTE is looking for it and do that for all of the folders. When you have done this for all folders and you are back to square one - create a TEMPLATE of the show at your desired location and you can then resume the organisation of your folders. A template gathers all of the necessary images, music files etc into one folder for you. NEXT TIME - put/copy all of the images into ONE folder per PTE Project as you go along - this is the CORRECT way to do it. DaveG

Use "Create DVD-Video Disc" and add the saved .pte file. Just follow the prompts. DaveG

Lin , Here's a screenshot:

Hi Lin, Tried the Windowed Mode version. If anything, a little worse. I took particular notice this time and I can see a "jump" in the height of alternate frames where the black line appears. The rhs of the last slice is pretty badly "ripped" from top to bottom on my 1920x1200 monitor albeit that the window takes up the 1024x768 central portion. DaveG

Lin, I have only just had a chance to try it for myself. I concur regarding the 1 pixel line between each "slice" on my laptop's 1280x800 monitor. I have black lines both sides and top and bottom. When the pan finishes the rhs of the last frame is a jagged line which is narrower on the bottom than the top. Have you checked each slice in PS to ensure that it is 1024x768 and looked at the edge pixels at PS MAXIMUM magnification. I just wondered if there was any "feathering" of the image? DaveG

Lin, If you produce a 4:3 WINDOW MODE version at 1024x768 it will probably work on any monitor. I don't think that the aspect ratios of the different monitors is the concern - it's the re-scaling. DaveG

Lin, You rescaled 4:3 to 4:3. Mike has a 16:10 monitor (1680x1050). The rescaling involves percentages and consequent errors. Mike did not say if it ran "FULLSCREEN" (height). DaveG