Lin Evans

Hi Laurence, While posting a reply to your query about a feature to allow copy of animation to multiple slides, a Forum Error message appeared and your post, Dave's post, Ken's post and my post were accidentally deleted. In answer to your question - that feature has been discussed on numerous occasions but it is the prevailing view that each individual slide is different and that rarely does this work well. There are a few presentation slideshow packages which have such a feature, but these software packages are rarely, if ever found used in serious AV competitions. The "easiest way" with PTE to perform what you want is to enter one slide, do your animations then right click on that slide and choose "Copy." Next simply press Ctrl V as many times as you want to add additional slides. Next go to slide two and click on it to highlight the slide and use the small icon on the upper right of your screen on the Main Screen between "Comment" and "Add Sound..." to select slide two. Simply repeat the previous for each additional slide you want and each new slide will retain all animations you have selected on slide one. I apologize for the loss of your post - the error has been registered to the log on the forum software. Best regards, Lin

How about the end of this, with the animated Eagle? http://www.lin-evans.org/demo/frontrangepanowide.zip Lin

LOL - suggestions??? Best regards, Lin

Hi Joy, By using the "offset" feature, you can lock the beginning of a music track to a particular "time" in your slideshow. If you change the show by adding images before that point, etc., then the track will not correspond to a particular "slide" but it will "start" at the identical "time" on the timeline each time you play the show. There is no way other than attaching the audio file to a particular "slide" to keep it with that slide when you are changing or adding slides, changing the display times, etc., but you do have the ability to set an "absolute" start point in the timeline by using the offset feature. Best regards, Lin

Hey Dave, I know the feeling! After so long these things start appearing in "dreams!!!" Best regards, Lin

Hi Dave, It's an infinite loop - just matched the start and ending rotation positions so as you discovered, just one slide. Best regards, Lin

Hi Dave, LOL - now "that" would be a fun one to try! Actually, with your excellent tutorial and example it's very easy to just "drop in" something already created like this little kitty cube. I'm reminded of the "bird in a guilded cage" story, with these various wireframe creations, I'll bet someone like Jean can come up with a pretty good likeness. Now if we could just figure a way to "skin" the wireframe like we do in 3D programs, that might be realistic and possible! Here's the cat.... LOL http://www.lin-evans...inwireframe.zip (pc) http://www.lin-evans...ireframemac.zip (mac) Best regards, Lin

Excellent Dave!! To add one tiny note - the "image" inside the wireframe could also be any "object" including a three dimensional object such as a rotating cube. Very good tutorial - right to the point and quite useful! Thanks!! Best regards, Lin

Hi Charlie, It's because the original circle isn't correct. There is a white "line" above the circle which is probably a residue from the original creation. The other problems with the example you posted are that you missed a few increments of 10 in your assignment of rotation to each child. Here is a "corrected" circle and an example.... http://www.lin-evans.org/demo/example.zip Best regards, Lin

Hi Charlie, Sorry I couldn't answer sooner - I was away all day yesterday traveling. It appears that you have something other than the red circle in your project. If you can zip up the project and post a link, I'll be happy to have a look and see what may have happened. Best regards, Lin

Incredible job, Jan!! I can't imagine hand holding a 400mm lens for that long in normal conditions, let alone in a bouncing aircraft and shooting through the window. Bravo!!! Great job with the show too - a wonderful experience for the viewer. Best regards, Lin

Hi Mick, Soothing music and lovely imagery of the bucolic countryside. Very nicely presented. I think what might work even better for the little Cuckoo might be an animated gif made from a few frames of video. That technique has not been yet properly exploited. I'm considering doing a study and possibly a tutorial on the construction of such. If you have or get the chance to take some brief footage of a Cuckoo in flight or hopping from perch to perch I would appreciate the chance to break it down by frame and possibly create a few animated gifs which we could share on the forum. Best regards, Lin

Hi, Assuming you mean for still images: The "Comments" tab of "Project Options" lets you do many things with captions. You can apply various "templates" or a single "caption" and apply to all by clicking on "Set for Existing Slides." In order to do this, the information must either be entered by you or available in EXIF or Metadata fields on your image. For example, you could cause the file name or file name with extension, etc., to appear on each slide by choosing this and clicking on "Set for Existing Slides." The information you want to appear must either reside already in the file or be entered manually by the user. As for applying captions to video, that is not a feature (video editing) of PTE. You can use normal text over your video and place it manually via keyframes at any point and control the duration, opacity, rotation on XYZ axis, etc., but PTE is not a video nor still image "editor." Best regards, Lin

Hi Rutger, I'm not certain if I understand exactly what you are trying to accomplish. An exe file is essentially a "program" telling the computer what it is that you want it to do. It can only be "interactive" to the degree that you specify before compiling and creating the exe file exactly what you want the program to do when you perform a certain action such as click on a specific spot on a map. You can easily create hidden "hot spots" using the opacity features of PTE so that when the user moves the mouse cursor to and clicks on a particular "area" of the visible screen, an "action" of some type happens. This "action" could be to display a specific image, to go to a website link, write an email, run another program and after that program has finished running "return" to the PTE program, etc. If you could be very specific about what you want PTE to do, we might be able to help you accomplish your goal. "IF" what you want is to click on a map in a certain area and have a particular picture appear - yes that is easily accomplished as long as the "map" is part of your PTE executable file. You may wish to view my tutorial # 31 here: http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?/topic/7901-pte-made-easy-tutorials-continuously-updated/ Best regards, Lin

Hi Davy, Thanks!! LOL - that's me - all "culture" HA!! The problem is when you've already spent your last $2.... Best regards, Lin

Hi Gayland, Thanks! It was lots of fun even with the heat! Yesterday was an all time 105F record in Denver, but the humidity is low so not deadly, just uncomfortable. At 11:30 last night it was 94 degrees in the house. I remember 10 days I spent in Houston back in the mid-70's. I was a cross-country trucker in those days and had to oversee the repairs on a 200,000 pound transformer which I was delivering from Gulf ElectroQuip in Houston to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Parker, Arizona. I was living in the sleeper on a Mac Thermodyne tractor with no air and thought I was going to croak. It was about 100 degrees in the shade and nearly 100% humidity. That 10 days felt like a year! I feel for you brother! That heat and humidity is definitely one uncomfortable combination! Best regards, Lin

Hi Ken, Thanks - just playing with a few images - could only stay about 2 hours to take some pictures then a couple hour drive home to let my dog out.... Best regards, Lin

Hi Colin, I would have given her everything in my wallet for another smile - she was a cutie for sure! Best regards, Lin

Hi Tom, LOL - Only in my cars and truck. The AC is broken at home - 93 last night - had to cover with a wet towel and turn the fan on for improvised evaporative AC. I have a friend in Tiburon who has been rubbing it in! Like Humbolt county, nice and cool there every day and evening. Best regards, Lin

The Colorado Renaissance Festival held in Larkspur, Colorado is one of the largest in the world - it's been in continuous operation for 30 years now.... Just some fun with a few frames taken last Saturday... ungodly hot - 103 degrees F. http://www.lin-evans...emo/renfair.zip (Windows exe - about 56 meg) http://www.lin-evans.../renfairmac.zip (MacIntosh native exe - about 57 meg) And, the video version - start it - pause, let it buffer a while then resume for uninterrupted play... http://www.lin-evans.org/fair/renfair.htm Lin

Cool effect - nice one Dave! Best regards, Lin

Hi, Sorry, it's not possible to read a spreadsheet with PTE, nor with any other presentation slideshow software with which I'm familiar. You have copious template ability to read information from both the EXIF header and especially from the IPTC metadata. If you go to Project Options, Comments Tab and look below you will find an underlined blue text which says insert template. Click on this then on IPTC info and you will see the screen below which shows you what can be read from the IPTC metadata. Of course the information must have been placed into the metadata by the photographer.... Best regards, Lin

O.K., this is a "BIG" file - the idea is to present something for newcomers to the forum to get some idea of the possibilities for creating effects as well as the image quality possible with PTE. To that end, I've included a little taste of various things most have seen before such as the "wire frame," cubes with "Rubic Cube" motion, rain and such, pyramid, falling leaves, water effects, snow effects, atomic effect, transparent cube effect, psychedelic fractal effect and ending with a super smooth super long panorama pan. http://www.lin-evans...o/effectspc.zip (Windows) (about 128 meg zipped exe) http://www.lin-evans.../effectsmac.zip (Mac) (about 129 meg zipped native Mac exe) Youtube VersionBest regards, Lin

Hi Ken, Thanks!! I "think" I have corrected it, but I think your link is "direct" and that's better... Best regards, Lin

For those who want to play with the concept of a "wire frame" object creation and manipulation like the one's Dave, Peter, Tom and I have been discussing and are having problems with understanding the process - I created a little tutorial to demonstrate how to proceed. You can find it here: http://www.learnpte.com Under the "Tutorials" or here on the PTE website: http://www.picturest...uously-updated/ #37 in zipped AVI format (about a 70 meg download) Best regards, Lin