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Good Morning Marlene Glad to hear that I am not the only newbie - the penny finally dropped yesterday afternoon with me after working at it all day. (in the words of Homer Simpson- doh...) Also pleased you managed to sort out the "key". Yes, we will crack this "flippin book" - have you looked at some of the other shows - they are amazing. The forum here is fantastic and the members are so helpful & PATIENT... that to me is the main thing ... the patience these people have ... if you look at the previous thread you will note that they take your points of query one at a time and answer them individually. Well good luck with it - I am sure we will be communicating again. Better do some work to support the hobby now. Regards Sharon

Lin YIPPEE - the penny has finally dropped then ... Gosh it took a time - but once I have my head straight then I can go forward... In the words of the song - "I feel happy oh so happy" Onwards and Upwards - promise.... Sharon

Hi Lin Sorry - it takes a bit of time for everything to sink in - I reckon the old grey cells are breaking down more quickly these days.... I have downloaded Beta 5 - and have spoken to Carol and Barry Beckham and had a long talk with them and they have put me straight and explained what it all means ... i now understand that Beta 5 is an extra program which is a "tester" for the PTE5 which is due to be released in March. The Beta part I understand allows PTE to pan and zoom etc. I now understand that PTE is almost the end piece to the photo's - in other words you do all your editing in Photoshop (or other program) and then when all the photos are ready - PTE is a program to show them. This is what I couldn't understand this morning, I kept looking at it as if it was PSG or PSP where basically everything is done from the one program... If I am wrong on the conclusion above perhaps you will let me know. I have really appreciated all your help and patience. But finally the penny will drop and I will be able to go to base 1 instead of the underground tunnel that i have been in all day.... Thanks for your help Sharon

Sorry Ron - such a lot to take in today - yes - I would like to take up your offer and travel to Sutton. i will try and sort something out with you within the next couple of weeks - it would be great to have hands on help - maybe you could help me today - i have downloaded and purchased (as discussed in previous reply the $30 licence) and have opened and printed a "Getting Started with Pictures to Exe - revised for version 4.48" tutorial offered to Leonard by Maureen - this has helped enormously, I have opened a project and saved about 50 photos to a file and opened a piece of music - I have done exactly what it says in the tutorial - but the photos do not move - they are static and I cannot seem to find panning or zoom - Ok I know you are going to say be careful of too much movement (travel sickness springs to mind) but does PTE have this facility. I am sure that some of the other shows watched today are zooming and panning. what am I doing wrong. The show is just static at the moment - boring springs to mind..... please could you help..! thanks sharon

Thanks Al I have noted what you said and have just purchased the $30 license - dont know what I was hesitating for really - not as if it was a fortune in the first place. I am going to try and put a small show together today and then ask if someone will help me upload to the site - not sure about that part of it yet - but one step at a time.... Maureen Wold it be possible to ask you to extend the invitation to Leonard but to me - I have looked on the internet and cannot see any clubs down here in Sussex.Perhaps I am not looking in the right places but have put AV clubs + Sussex on google and nothing comes up - Funny thing though - if I extend it to 30 miles i could go to one in france..... (I live on the cliffs in Sussex - next step English Channel.....) If you cannot help then perhaps I could email you once in a while. Thanks for your help this morning have a good afternoon Al - speak to you in a couple of hours.... Sharon

Thanks Ken & KSF - i appreciate the comments - I have just watched the Al Robinson tutorial - and it was terrific - i have managed to get 10 photos onto a demo slide show - ok - not rocket science i know but it is a start. I am going to have a play this afternoon. Any offers on the license ... which do I choose ... at present not selling but who knows where this is going to take me .... (ever hopeful.... ) whats the difference between avi and cd/dvd?

Hi Mike I am approximately in the same position as yourself - this is a great forum - if you go to my thread "complete newbie" there is a lot of information which I too am trying to trawl through today... it is on the PicturesToExe. Good Luck - we can be newbies together... sharon

To All At The Forum Who Have Answered My Original Thread... First - I would like to say that i am sorry that I have taken so long to come back to the forum and have only this morning been able to return to read the thread. There have been other very pressing issues in my life... However, they are now dealt with and I am again less stressed and can concentrate on this passion I have developed Secondly, I managed to finish the PSP show for my sister in law and took on board the advice given at the beginning of the thread to go with what I know while i only had a short time to complete the show. She was over the moon with the show - and it went down with love and happy tears - which (lets face it) is the reason why I do it. I have only made a few shows but have a guideline - that they have to move me either to tears (happy) or make me laugh out loud - if neither of these occur then I havent finished the show and leave it until I get inspiration. Maybe not the right way but it works for me. Now down to the PTE in hand - I am a TOTAL BEGINNER - I dont know what to do - I dont know what the acronyns mean - but what I appreciate is the 100% commitment you have given me - be it that you don't all agree with each other. I am going to spend today going through the links and start downloading the program - Q1. Do I download PTE for $24 or $30? I have been on the link for the tutorials and I think that I can follow them - so will let you know later today if I get stuck. Maureen - what is this BETA and is this something that i have do download and learn together with PTE? Perhaps I could email you with regard to some help? It would be absolutely fantastic to have a BEGINNERS section - but it is very easy for us "newbies" to have everything done for us - I must admit I would love someone to sit me down and say you do this, you do that and take the effort out of it - but we wouldnt learn half as much that way - the culture of it all being laid out in front of us and making it easy is one that didnt exist when we were kids - we got off our "bums" and worked at things learning as we went. So what is different today - I will ask as I go along and hopefully you wont think that i am a nuisance. One step at a time eh??? One day soon - I will post my first show - and look forward to it with much pride and anticipation - because it will be all of you (and some input from me) that would have help me get that far. Gosh - what a speech - never done anything like this before.... what are you doing to me...? Love to ALL Sharon

Wow - I just want to say a BIG BIG Thank You - to those who have answered this thread. I didnt realise that you would all be so kind and encouraging, and it is lovely that I have found the forum and will be visiting often from now on. OK - this is what I have achieved this afternoon (during a well earned tea break - extended of course...!) - I have downloaded the zip file for the trial version of PTE, but havent opened it yet..... I have looked at the Beechbrrok.com and trawled around the site - unfortunately when I tried to view the presentations - the zip file wouldnt open - then the machine crashed.... grrrrrrrr. Up and running again - (and running out of time) came back to the forum and re-read all the email responses. Now it seems that I have a choice of version 4 or 5 but you think that 5 is not wholly tested yet... so suggest that I download version 4. Peter -I will go to Barry Beckhams site this evening after work, and take your advice. John - Thanks for being understanding - yes it is difficult to find threads cos you really dont know what you are looking for or asking for - it also is hard to understand the acronyms too. I dont know if perhaps there is an index to all of them used, would be a big help if there was. Just to give you a bit of back up - I have been making shows from ProShow Gold for some time and at christmas I bought myself a present..... cough.. cough... and purchased the upgrade to ProShow Presenter - I have made a couple of shows with PSP and have been really happy with it. I have photoshop CS and have been a subscriber to Digital Photographer for about 2 years and try and keep up to date with the cd tutorials - so I am quite confident with that program. "the flipping book" idea came from me wanting to produce a "This Is Your Life" type show for my sister in law - As you know I couldnt work out how to do it so produced another show - which everyone was delighted with. But I have now caught the bug and cant get enough of the presentations. I expect there are a lot of us out there all the same. My husband now thinks he is a PSP widow and says that I ought to do a show of me, sitting in the lounge - just sitting and watching tv - then he can play it and think that i am sitting with him...... he also reckons he would get more sense out of me that way... Anyway - Tea Break Over - better get back to the grind .... roll on retirement ..... Sharon

Good Morning - i am completely new to PTE - until about 1 hour ago - I didnt even know what it meant - let alone know where to start looking for it. I am a member of the PSP forum and have been wanting to do a "flipping book" show for a few weeks and havent been able to sort things out - over the past couple of days I have downloaded the Doms book - but got stuck cos I didnt know what to do and how to open the PTE file part of the project. I have been directed to this site by another member of the forum and have watched the fantastic show of the book by JPD - this was exactly what I was looking for when trying to create a show for my sister-in-laws 40th surprise party, but wasnt able to complete it in the way I wanted. My questions are: 1. Do I need to buy a special programe (ie Like Proshow Producer) 2. If so, where do I go to buy this programe 3. Is this programe quite PTE Challenged friendly 4. Could anyone help me with the programe 5. What else does a PTE do???? Sorry to sound like a complete numpty... but as I say never even heard of PTE until about 1 hour ago. Regards to anyone who answers Sharon