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  10. BIG WORLD

    in Slideshows & AV Shows

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    Stunning presentation! The child's laughter in discovery is enchanting, and the images - well - stunning! Your animation of the scene looks so authentic! Makes me want to change my preferred seating from aisle to window!

    Thanks for sharing,

    Dick

  11. Video for iPad 4

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Your way is the fastest Bill, no doubt. But my aversion to iTunes relates to the security of the transfer.

    Apple insists that each Apple device be sync'd to a given computer/iTunes installation, and every time I want to move images and videos to and from my ipad/ipod, I am faced with the question of synchronizing. I believe the intent is to prevent sharing or distributing copyrighted material. Also, moving images and videos from someone else's apple device faces the same problem. We have a number of Apple devices here in our home, and a variety of computers, laptops etc. And now that most of the devices have cameras in them! :)/> Trying to remember which computer the ipod or ipad is registered and which iTunes is a hassle.

    I like the SD card /Connection kit solution too, and have used it often. I think it is the way to go when you transfering a block of images.

    ps: I thoroughly enjoyed your Capturing Bermuda. What beautiful images, and another clever way to show portrait images - they look like they are growing out of the page!

    Dick,

    My way is just one of many other way of getting the job done when you don't have or want to use iTunes. Very fast transfers. No wireless, or browser or iTunes needed. Probably many additional ways to do the same thing that we haven't discovered yet. :)/>/>/>

    Bill

  12. Video for iPad 4

    in General Discussion

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    Howard,

    Besides using iTunes this is another way to transfer photos and videos files to an iPad. Using an SD card from your camera, copy the photos/videos to the card using a PC. The files MUST be placed in the DCIM folder of the SD card.

    Regards,

    Bill

    What a hassle eh?

    After much fussing around transferring images and videos, I found this App that works well...

    http://phototransferapp.com/

    It uses your wireless network to move images back and forth, and works fine with both PC and Mac..

    Dick

  13. Apple TV

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I've had great success playing PTE Mac slide presentations on my Apple TV using Airplay from my Macbook Pro. The best quality is the Mac App format, but the MP4 formats work fine also.

    If your slide presentations work fine with your Mac connected directly to your TV, I suspect you will have to look to your network/router performance.

    Dick

    Hi

    Playing a slide presentation saved in Mac format through apple TV onto my television. It runs poorly - transitions don't work, some slides stay on longer than others and music isn't playing correctly. Anyone any suggestions why this might be?

    Cheers

  18. In My Cabin

    in Slideshows & AV Shows

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    Wow! That is some pickin' Loved the performance, and the SHOW!

    Thats is some awesome cabin you have there. We live in the Canadian Shield and a similar design facing the lake. You gave me an idea on how reduce steps bringing the firewood! But it gets a little chillier here at Latitude 50 degrees, and a firewood door might be hard to insulate...

    The eagle flying by was a treat. We have them here too, but I can't say I have ever seen them fly by my window like that.

    Thanks for sharing! Now I have to go watch it again!

    Dick

  20. vertical cropping

    in General Discussion

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    I can think of several reasons. First, you can't get the entire image on screen at one time. As with a panorama scrolling horizontally, closeup detail of some significant features such as a closeup of an interesting geological formation, tree, etc., may be desired and our screens simply are not tall enough to get it all in a single display vertically.

    What if you wanted to display a magnificent redwood tree, but the tree is 400 feet tall? One "could" say, I suppose, that it wasn't suitable for inclusion in a show, but there are many people who disagree and really want to see the detail in the bark - leaves, etc. What about a very tall building which had some significant architectural interest?

    I did exactly that this summer - How else to show the immense size of a redwood tree - But I did not letterbox it. I zoomed out to full HD width, began at the bottom showing people at the base of the tree and did a slow pan from the bottom of the tree to the top...

    Many who have seen it were impressed at the size of the tree... More effective I think than showing a letterbox image of two stitched images...

    Dick

  21. A Few Snapshots From Our Trip....

    in Slideshows & AV Shows

    Posted

    Loved it Lin!

    We made a trip to the area in July of thsi year. But we tried to cover too much ground in the time avaiable. We only spent an afternoon in Bryce Canyon - Big mistake. Your capture of the hoodoos are awesome. They almost look like they illuminated from inside! Thanks so much. A fine memory - shown the way they should be shown.

    Dick

  22. Do you use DVD output?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Perhaps the number of people that do not own computers or are not yet comfortable using them is declining, but I still use DVD format to make slideshows for folks that only know how to slip a DVD in a player. Many would stand in from of their TV with a thumb drive and would not have any idea where to put it.

    I play my AV's on my Macbook Pro and airplay them to my Apple TV. Great technology. But the entry fee to do this is significant :)

    I hear what you are saying Igor - And paying license fees for mpg2 is not cool. In fact If I heard correctly, that is why Windows 8 no longer includes the Windows 8 Media player - It is an add on, and is not free.

    I would suggest it is not yet time to abandon DVD I fear...

    Dick

  23. 2012, Croatia

    in Slideshows & AV Shows

    Posted

    What beautiful images! Croatia is so beautiful, and your images show it well...

    The only comment I would make concerns the abrupt start of your zooms and panning... I presume you are aware of the animation settings in Objects and Animation.... I recently created an AV of the Grand Canyon that featured many panoramas, and was pleased with the change in Pan settings from 'Linear' to 'Smooth'...

    Nevertheless, a great performance, and I have to stop playing it over and over...

    Dick

  24. MP4 vs. MPEG4 vs. MPEG (H.264) vs. ?????

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I would like to join the OP in asking the question... MPEG4 vs H.264 vs MOV vs AVI?

    There are a couple if issues here I think..

    File size: Important if you are sharing your AV with others via the internet... I halved the size of a short 6 minute AV with a 3 minute MOV video and some 40 still images by compressing the video with an xvid codec (229mb down to 103 mb)

    Video quality: This probably has more to do with computer hardware performance i.e. speed of the CPU / graphics processor (if there is one) of the player. Is there a guide somewhere on how to optimize video quality with file size? Compression has a tremendous impact on file size as we all know, but just because it works great with my Macbook Pro's I7 decompression and graphic processor, will it stutter with a slower processor/laptop. Will PTE deliver a smoother output with a less compressed video at the expense of file size?

    I think we all want the best quality in our presentations, and I would like to know which route to take in processing video to deliver stutter free video for the lowest performing computer in the chain...

    Dick

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