Lin Evans

Hi Edwin, Hold down the CTRL key and click on each desired slide to make multiple selections. Once selected, you may move groups of slides. Best regards, Lin

Hey Robert, About the legs keeping up with the shutter finger - I could name that tune! Me trying to give you a "powder lesson" would be like the blind leading the lame - LOL. Downhill skiing to me would be trying to stay alive by frequenting only the "bunny slopes" - the thought of straddling a tree at my age puts the fear of meeting my maker sooner rather than later into sharp relief! I'll stick to the slow cross-country where I can stop to rest - er, "ponder the wonders of nature" at frequent intervals and leave the downhill to the youngsters who have the requisite energy and aptitude. HA! Actually, most of my time in the deep powder and high country is spent on my old trusty Vermont Tubbs snowshoes these days. Best regards, Lin

Hey, Good one Robert - (Grandpa) beats the heck out of "shoveling snow" now doesn't it! Great shots of the youngsters. Looks like they were really enjoying themselves. You should have handed one of them the camera on the slopes to catch a few frames of you in the powder!! Really nice shots of a beautiful place. I really liked the ending frame too!! Best regards, Lin

Added a couple links to extended version with more good "Harley" music - LOL Lin

Bottom line is: You can't. If it is available for viewing on the web, it can and will be downloaded and saved by someone. With an executable file, you can put in a password so only someone who has the password can "play" the executable. For a video which is available via the web either by embedding or link, there is presently no reliable way to protect it by preventing a "save." For a video file to be played it either must reside on the server (streaming) or must reside in a hidden temporary folder on the user's computer (pseudo streaming) such as with Flash FLV, or be downloaded in its entirety to the client such as with Flash SWF . When it is played either way on the client machine it can always be "captured" in numerous ways. I'm afraid you will be wasting your effort trying to prevent the viewer from saving the file. Best regards, Lin

Hi Igor, Impressive! Nice to see masking and the really smooth transitions from video to stills! Congratulations!! Lin

Hi Colin, I know what you mean!! I get easily distracted too! LOL. Lin

Hi Daniel, HA! I'll let Harley worry about the bike and I'll do the checkups and inspection of the passenger - LOL. Best regards, Lin

Thanks George, it's good to be back. The cold weather we have had (-16 F here and -41 close by) has me already dreaming of summer - LOL... Lin

Hi George, Those are some really great abstracts! The Daub programs indeed produce very colorful and interesting abstracts. Another you may be interested in exploring is Apophysis. It generates some amazing fractal and flame patterns - Here's a link: http://www.apophysis.org/ Best regards, Lin

After temperatures ranging from -16 F here to -41 F a few miles away this winter, I'm ready for summer (and winter just started LOL) - just bored and playing...... http://www.learntoma...erdreamspc2.zip (PC Windows 18 meg) http://www.learntoma...rdreamsmac2.zip (MacIntosh 18 meg) 1/12/11 And for those who like Harley's - I added a couple more and another good Harley tune..... http://www.learntomakeslideshows.net/summer/summerdreamspc3.zip (PC Windows - about 35 meg) http://www.learntomakeslideshows.net/summer/summerdreamsmac3.zip (MacIntosh - about 35 Meg) Lin

And what lovely image they are! Thank's Maureen, that was a wonderful gift for us to end the year with. Happy New Year to you and your family - in a paraphrase of the old Irish blessing: May the photographic trails rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face. May the rains fall softly upon your flowers. And until we some day meet, may God hold you in the hollow of his hand... Best wishes, Lin

Thanks you all and the very best New Year to everyone!!! Lin

Hi Bernard, Beautifully photographed!! And wonderfully presented - Thanks! Lin

Bravo Jean-Cyprien - JPD aurait absolument aimé ceci! Thank you so much Jean-Cyprien - a masterful presentation and beautifully done! A very Merry Christmas to you and all the members of Diapositif - and a happy and wonderful New Year! Best regards, Lin

PC Christmas card MacIntosh Christmas card About 11 meg zipped exe and mac exe Lin

Thanks Fred, And welcome to the forums... I love cats! Some nice pictures and very representative of "catness" LOL. I think the one of kitty in the ceramic (I think) "cat" bowl should be called "Cat Man" HA! Lin

Hi Ken, Thanks! I added another show to the demo for both PC and Mac which uses the snow build-up technique I explain in my #23 tutorial on the "PTE Made Easy" PTE for Smarties series... I did it for a very special friend in Maine who I hope will become a PTE user soon. Lin

Loved it Davy! Brought a smile to my face!! Lin

Hi Brian, Since the animation is set to run for 60 seconds, just duplicate the slide four times (in the slide list) and use a simple fade transition on all. This way the animation will continue repeating until your song has ended. You can deal with the four seconds by either adding an additional slide to fade out at the end with no snow, etc. Best regards, Lin

Hi Guys, Panos (of Panos FX) has a great new free Photoshop/Elements action which creates a light bulb which the user can place their own images inside. One of them is a cool "snow" bulb which creates a very nice "snow" effect. Anyone who wants to animate snow inside for the season can download my template here: http://www.learntoma...ulbanimated.zip Just unzip and extract - open the latest PTE and load the files. Then after creating your own image within the snow bulb, delete the file "goosebulb" from the bottom, highlight the frame, right click and add your own snowbulb creation from using Panos' action then move it to the bottom to the same position where "goosebulb" formerly resided. You can then manipulate the frame (size, position, 3D transform, etc.) as desired. Animation set to run 60 seconds. Quick sample done for a friend: http://www.learntoma...osfx/debbie.zip (10 meg download - zipped PC executable) And a slightly different approach in PC and MacIntosh done for a friend..... http://www.learntoma.../debbie/deb.zip (PC executable Version) about 8 meg http://www.learntoma...bbie/debmac.zip (Native MacIntosh executable) The above use my snow buildup technique explained in the tutorials here (PTE for Smarties #23) Lin

To add a bit more information to Xaver's comment: If you want to make the images and songs end at the same time, you can do so by clicking on the "Timeline" then when the blue waveform has completed loading, click on "Timed Points" then "Arrange All Points." Doing this will equally spread the slides along the music so that they end together. Each slide will stay on screen for an equal time duration. Best regards, Lin

Hi Peter, Perhaps this is where your error is in thinking about this. Once a file is expanded in memory (assuming a compressed format such as jpg) then the number of pixels does indeed determine the file size in bytes, however, the frames vary in byte size greatly depending on content where compression is considered. For example, frames with lots of detail (such as a detailed landscape) and compressed to the same numeric value as a frame with minimal content variation (such as a solid color) will vary greatly in compressed size. So it's entirely possible that this may account for the greatly different file sizes you encounter. When you multiply even moderate differences in file size of individual frames times 29.97 for each second of display time, the differences can be dramatic. Remember, the video is also compressed so individual frame sizes (in terms of compressed bytes) greatly affects the overall file size. Best regards, Lin

Hi Mary, Because you are fading at 1.40 - the music is doing exactly as you have instructed which puts the fade in the middle of your slideshow. You can solve this issue two ways. First - don't set the music to repeat..... 1. Take the music into a sound editor such as Audacity and place an additional entire selection at the end of the first so that the song repeats as a single mp3. Then you can either add a bit of silence at the beginning or set your fade to a bit longer time to fill the difference. You could adjust the timing on one or more of your slides so that the fade-out and end of slideshow come together. 2. Just place the music selection in twice and fade the second selection at an appropriate time. Either way, you will have .22 to deal with which could be most effectively done by adjusting one or more slides to make the music coincide with the end of the show. Remember this: The fade out number is simply the number of seconds you want to allot to fading out. You must set the second song's duration (assuming you are using the selection twice rather than combing them into a single mp3) to the exact time it must play after the first song ends. So the "duration" determines the absolute end of your second music and the fade out determines the number of seconds "before" the end of the song when fade begins. Once you have it correct, it will be reflected by the blue music waveform. It is a very flexible system but you must be certain you have the "correct" song selected before applying duration and fade. Once you have done this a couple times, it will be very easy to understand..... Best regards, Lin

Sarolta, Click the link below and scroll to the bottom: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/order.htm Lin