Lin Evans

Hi Dave, Yes, there's lots to "digest" when getting into non-square constructions - sometimes one gets surprised even when they "think" they have it figured out - LOL. Experimenting make one even more appreciate the things that JPD was able to accomplish with PTE. I wish I had a tenth of his ability to project a thought and create a concrete representational pattern of the idea. The ability to see multi-dimensional seems to be a gift few are fortunate enough to possess. The rendering was just a thought for some possible variations for your template. That one I created in Photoshop, but I think there are a number of them which can be freely downloaded and used to dress up the possible "skins" for some sophisticated frames. Best regards, Lin

Hi Tom, Thanks! Yep, I ran a separate MP3 for the audio - it was just too much trouble to try to sync it to both the videos so I opted to sync to the still sequences - the audio on the Statler Brothers video wasn't all that clean anyway and lots of crowd noise too. I could have muted and tried to sync the video to the audio by delaying the start or using offset on the video, but then the whole sequence would not have been as clean so I just let that video run muted.... I suppose I could have taken more time to fine tune it, but it was just a fun quickie on a lark.... Best regards, Lin

Yep, just messing around sometimes can be great therapy... The cereal wasn't too bad either, I ate it dry while I was making the box - LOL. L

Hey Roger, Those were the days! Nothing like the 60's and 70's for fun - wish I could get a do-over and live through them again (well, "most" of them - 67, 68 and 69 were no fun for me)... L

LOL - got to have it to complete the "bad boy biker" outfit... L

Hey Davy, Yep - ghostly quiet - LOL. That's my "bad boy" biker alter ego - My daughter didn't even recognize me when I posted the pix on Facebook - Sturgis is a crazy week. Last time my wife, Sherry and I were there we didn't have our bike and felt like we were in a zoo, only we were behind the bars. Sherry came from a biker family and was practically raised on the back of a bike as a kid. I've been riding since I was about 15 - used to race in the old days. When my daughter (now 43 years young) was a little tyke, I used to take her out on one of my dirt bikes and do jumps, hill climbs, etc. She would sit on the tank in front of me and hold on to the cross-bar support between the handle bars from the time she was about three years old. She absolutely loved motorcycles. These days it's just me and the highway, but hey, maybe I'll meet a friendly biker babe in Sturgis - after all there will be around 300,000 or more there so the probabilities are favorable - HA! Best regards, Lin

Hi Dave, Cool !! Check your messages... Lin

Nice one Davy, Burning man is a great gathering, but terribly dusty and dry. Sturgis, South Dakota is a sleepy little town in the Black Hills with a permanent population of about six thousand. Between August 3 and August 9 the population will swell with bikers to well over 600,000 and could be as high this year as 800,000. The population of the entire state is less than 700,000 - LOL. I'll try to take lots of pictures and maybe put up a slideshow in August if everything goes well. Best regards, Lin

Hi Sheila, Most enjoyable and very well presented! It's a shame you never had the chance to participate with your little white ribbons and sporty outfit as a child.... It looks like great fun was had by all and a really nice sense of community - something rare today in the hectic world we live in. Thank you for sharing this with us!! Best regards, Lin

Just playing folks.... http://www.learntomakeslideshows.net/demo/statbrothers.zip (about 22 meg) Lin

Hi Eric, Ideally, you must use 64 bit drivers for peripheral devices with Windows 7 - 64bit. There are probably 64 bit drivers available for your printer. Best regards, Lin

Hi Dave, No trickery is good!! Whatever it takes to "get er done" is what's important. There are usually several ways to "skin the cat," and for me that's what makes PTE so interesting. Best regards, Lin

LOL - I need that for Sturgis, don't I ???? Lin

Hey Ken, LOL - dang, if I had known we were competing, I would have replaced the landscape with a naked lady and labeled the demo "R" rated - HA! Best regards, Lin

Hi Peter, It would be helpful if we could change layer position via keyframe, but not a huge issue, just a bit time consuming. Being able to copy and paste slides to the main list is a huge plus since the settings are also copied and only a quick Ctrl Pg Up or Ctrl Pg Dn is necessary to accomplish the mission. Best regards, Lin

Hi Dave, Right! The solution to the ordering issue is to create a duplicate slide with the stack order reversed and use a "quick, no transition" setting between slides. Absolutely, experimentation and practical application are, by far, the best "teachers." Best regards, Lin

Hi Peter, You will note that in my example, the stack order issue is solved by a work-around. To accomplish this, you simply "match" the PZR and 3D transform settings with a second slide but reverse the stack order (layer position). By then using a "quick, no transition" setting between slides, the motion or animation is seamless and the observer is never conscious of the fact that the slide has changed. This way stack order becomes a moot issue when creating the animation.... Best regards, Lin

Hi Ken, It runs fine for me - not sure what the problem could be... I created a quick PanZ demo - try it and see if it runs on your system.... http://www.learntomakeslideshows.net/demo/panzdemo.zip (less than 1 meg) Lin

Hi Brian, I have a friend who runs PTE on his Windows Home Premium 64 bit OS and it works fine. I'm not certain whether the OS can automatically detect and run 32 bit software in 32 bit mode, or whether Igor has PTE running on 64 bit native OS. I would like to know as well, perhaps we can get Igor to comment on this. Best regards, Lin

Hi Dave, Go here: Look at #18 AVI based tutorial... Download and watch - all explained... Best regards, Lin

Beautiful photos and very informative and educational - well presented with text and background music to complement perfectly! That must have been a wonderful experience - I would love to see it some day!! Best regards, Lin

Good point Paul - LOL. But wouldn't it be fun to at least try to "jiggle" our memories? HA! Best regards, Lin

Hi Mick, A long time ago, there was lots of discussion on this. The "linear" zoom is linear (it's been carefully measured) but if you want it to appear like you expect, click the box next to "perspective correction for zoom" on the "Common" tab. If you do a search, you should find pages of information on this from a couple years ago. Best regards, Lin

Hi Roger, Indeed it does! Wouldn't it be great if we could turn back the clock just for one weekend?? Best regards, Lin

That's a pretty easy task. Start by setting sufficient time on your slide to accomplish the zoom in the manner and time you want. Create your text and position it where you want. Highlight the first keyframe and set the zoom to the lowest possible which would be 0.001 (highlight, then type the number into the zoom block) then create another keyframe at or near the end of the timeline. Click on this new keyframe to select it, then set the zoom to something like 30 for that keyframe so you can see it (type it in again) and use the mouse to drag and position it as large and where you want it to end up. That's all there is to it. Best regards, Lin