Lin Evans

Well, how to spend the day after Christmas.... A Video Wall Room with nearly 500 video screens playing simultaneously while a rotating video cube with six videos takes center stage. Built entirely in PTE. Just pushing the limits to see if it could be done. It's been done before by some others with Adobe After Effects plus using several other software selections, but PTE is pretty special and it just took some thought about how to proceed and not overtax my system. Here's a Youtube link - Barry, your demo is in there somewhere too - LOL.. Optimized Windows Exe (about 125 meg download) Video Wall Executable Link Lin

Bert, Ralph, Tom, Davy, Ken -- Thanks for watching - Merry Christmas to all ... Had to have something to do tonight so made a fancier version of the Video Cube and posted to YouTube.... Counting Flowers on The Wall, That Don't Bother Me at All ....... LOL Best regards, Lin

Another YouTube presentation showing the Power of PTE - This one is too complex for executable - works great as a video though... Fancy Video Cube Link on YouTube (this now links to latest video wall referenced on new post) Best regards, Lin

Hi Eric, "Stable" and "Static" are two different things... The version is very "stable" but people are asking for slight changes.. Best regards, Lin

Thanks Celou and Merry Christmas to you and your family too!! Best regards,' Lin

HI Gary, Cool!! Thanks and Merry Christmas to you and your family! Best regards, Lin

Hi Bert, Just open PTE and start a new show. Put in a couple slides then click on one of them to select it. Next click on "Customize Slide" then choose "Transition" then "Custom Transitions" and then click on "Load" transition and navigate to where you have the PTEF file and choose it. You then can "Edit Transition" to see how it works or create one of your own.... Best regards, Lin

Beautiful Davy, You "almost" have me liking snow again!! But then I had to shovel the driveway - LOL Best regards, Lin

Merry Christmas Link Merry Christmas to all from Lin and Honey dog.... Just wait and follow text instructions! Best regards, Lin

Just for fun folks - Rotating Video Cube with six different videos playing simultaneously - posted on Youtube here: Lin

Tablets are essentially "dumb" terminals in that they have no ability to issue or decode pc computer instructions such as found in executable code. To play shows on tablets, slideshows must be in a format amenable to the particular tablet being used. Most tablets can play video so try saving your show as an mp4 h.264 in HD at 720p ;and it probably will work fine. Best regards, Lin

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Hi Tom, Yep, we slipped the "Grim Reaper" - for now at least! Cool site you linked. I don't know though, maybe keeping tabs on potential intruders in our solar system might make me reach for Prilosec or at least "Tums" LOL. Thinking about all the possibilities makes me sympathetic with the dinosaurs..... Best regards, Lin

Hey Steven, That song was recorded at 45 rpm and played back at 33 rpm so interesting and "fitting" for the "end of world party" LOL Best regards, Lin

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Hi Robert, PTE's "toolbox" is just getting better and better. It's a challenge to try to simulate reality. Of course after going to the movies a week ago and seeing The Life of Pi in 3D, it's back to the drawing board! LOL. Best regards, Lin

Hi Dave, LOL - Thanks! Arthur probably would be scratching his head. I one heard Jerry Reed describe his picking as "clawing." Yep, that would be "relaxing" HA! I think there is a video floating around on Youbube with Jerry playing with Chet. It's one of the few times I've actually hear Jerry tone it down a bit. He was a super talented guy for sure. It seems like we're losing lots of the great pickers lately. Best regards, Lin

HI, Thanks! I wish I really had a real cabin like this one - It would be fun to watch the snow falling out that wonderful window. Actually it's snowing right now outside my own window - I just returned from four days in New Mexico and got in just ahead of the storm. One of the few good things about living in snow country is that you get lots of chances to observe it and try to make it realistic on PTE to match one's observations. Best regards, Lin

Hi Robert, Thanks! It's always fun playing around with the possibilities in PTE. Tommy is some picker, for sure. I did use a combination of masking and 3D transform to get the video perspective correct on the television. Best regards, Lin

Hi Gayland, Thanks! Best regards, Lin

Hi Tom, Sorry to be so late answering - I've been in New Mexico the last four days... I don't know how that got into the "comedy category" - I'll have to check it out... Thanks, Lin

Hi Eric, The sound volume is set lower than normal because I use a tiny ceramic microphone (about a $4 type) which has good audio quality, but doesn't give me a great deal of amplification. My tutorials are recorded with a screen recording program called "Screen Recorder Gold" in AVI format which also records the sound from my microphone. These tutorials are all individually available from this tutorials section of the PTE forum or from: Link This Youtube show consists of a little introductory text and ending text with two of the tutorials which are closely related... Best regards, Lin

Hi Folks, I've placed a couple of my tutorials on creating and manipulating a three dimensional cube into a single show on Youtube. The tutorial shows you first how to use my template to quickly and easily replace the sides with your own images, animated gifs or even videos. Then it demonstrates how to manipulate the rotation and size of the cube via the controlling rectangle. I suggest choosing the high quality and full screen options... Best regards, Lin

Hi Eric, Glad to see that you got it all sorted out! Nice job - I liked the mixture of old and new photos and the "tango" was indeed done very well. I appears that both you and Antonio Banderas were thoroughly enjoying this and that's what it's all about! Congratulations on a job well done! Best regards, Lin

Hey Tom, Looks like the "slices" are working well for transitions... Best regards, Lin