Mike Reed

Hi Igor I see that Derek gale has also reported this problem with AVG Pro. HIs explanation is exactly what I experienced. It would seem that AVG are reporting false positives with PTE exe files. I will report this matter to AVG. Ronnie I cannot see that my message has been repeated three times. Thanks all Mike Reed

Hi All I have just upgraded my AVG virus software on my lap top and am now told that I have a bucket full of Trojans known as Backdoor Hupigon5 BAKO. They all seem to relate to previous exe files of sequences I have made. Does anybody have knowledge of this beastie or is it the usual anti virus awareness of exe files? Mike Reed

Hi Guillaume It can be done on an intel mac but you either have to use Boot Camp or VM ware Fusion software where you down load the PTE software. It does mean that you open your mac or a part of it to the worries of the PC world but if you are desperate to get on with it and cannot wait for Igor to announce the pure Mac version then it is a solution. For myself I changed to Mac a while ago but kept my old PC just for PTE. I cleared out all the rubbish and find that it sings along at a good speed. I also ignore all the Microsoft upgrades as I only connect to the web for PTE upgrades and I am now following the "If it aint broke don't fix it" routine. Mike R

Sorry guys not thinking straight this morning should have said that the required resolution was 1400x1050, Got my 4's and 5's mixd up. Guess it makes no difference to the answer. Mike R

I have a sequence comprising some 150 images completed at 1024x768. I am due to show it elsewhere and have been requested to resize to 1500x1040. Is there a quick way to do this or do I have to resize each image. If I do that do I need to change any preferences in PTE to ensure that the EXE file then runs at 1500x1040. The forums advice is always welcome Mike Reed

Thanks Lin One would think by now that simple things like that should come naturally but at gone 11pm after starting at 8pm I was tearing my hair out. Mike

It is driving me mad. I have an image which is 1024x3840. The height is so that I can have rolling credits as in the cinema. I always thought it was done by using the push from bottom command but however I try it will not work the way I want it to. If I put the slide into the time line and use the push command it does work but because of the narrow width of the slide I am using the objects and animation window to stretch the width of the slide to fill the full screen and then trying to use the movement (pan) option to make the slide appear to rise from the bottom. Just cannot do it any help will be much appreciated. \ Mike R

HI All I am running XP Pro in Fusion 3 on an I MAC 27 OSX 10.6 (snow leopard) I have PTE in the virtual machine and whilst it assembles the sequence properly, when I play it back it stumbles and shows little small windows with either the last or next image in them. The saved EXE file runs ok on the virtual and also on other PC machines. Has anybody else experienced this phenomenon? MIke R

I am with you Bill all the way. The difference in screen resolution since switching away from PC is unbelievable. I am using Fusion 3 to run PTE (XP Pro) on Snow Leopard with 27inch monitor. Only one snag when playing back a sequence the graphics card stumbles a bit, don't know why it should as it is top spec. However the EXE file when created runs without a hitch. So I will live with that until Igor comes up with the goods. Mike

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Thanks Guys my mind went blank.

Hi Igor Your progression with PTE is truly amazing but us Mac users( and there are plenty of us) are still champing at the bit for you to give us a go. I use PTE on my Mac with a Windows addition but I do not like doing it so the sooner the better as far as I am concerned. By the way Fotomagico the Mac equivalent is not a patch on PTE. Mike Reed

I have an animation sequence with four layers. Is there any way I can move one layer behind another. I've tried click and drag to no effect.

Hi All I am so fed up with windows continually crashing despite all the cleanups and Defrags I am seriously thinking of going over to Apple Mac. Does any body have any experience of such a change over and how does PTE work in that environment? Mike

Hi All This one might be for Igor. Is there any way to give individual colours to the key point blocks on the animation time line. For example say green for layer 1 (background) yellow for layer 2(parent slide) Blue for layer 3 etc.. I feel that this would make the relative position of a particular layer more visible when complicated movements between layers are involved. Mike

Hi Igor I have dowloaded the file to mediafire. Not sure what PM means so it is sitting there in a folder named Coventry Cathedral...... Is this enough for you to look at it or do I need to do more? Mike

Hi All I have tried to open a sequence constructed originaly in v5.7 in the Beta 6. I get a message 'Cannot focus a disabled or invisible window' The sequence opens ok in v5.7. Any ideas? Mike Reed

Hi Igor When next considering enhancements would it be possible to delete from the full screen view of the file list all the slides that have been used. I know they are shown in bold type but when one has a large number it would be most helpful to be able to see what is left unused. Mike

Thanks Peter never too old to learn Mike

Hi Manfred If you have Photoshop or some other image manipulation software why not add the text to the picture and then save that image as a Jpeg. Mike

Afraid not Ken. All that does is go to the most recent Topics. It seems as though the ability to manage how we look at each topic has gone out into the ether. The only clue is to see how many replies there are to a subject before opening it then scroll down to the last by then known number. Mike

When I follow an item in the forum the last reply is always at the bottom and sometimes onto page 2 which I invariably do not notice. Can I change the way items are shown with the last reply coming up first?

Thanks Igor I was obviously using the save option for my pte files not save as which I shall do in future. I am however still slightly confused because in my pte folder for this sequence I have all the versions of this sequence saved as v 1, v2, v3 etc Could it be that the auto save ability of Pte is the function that overides the request for a name when the create button isused for an exe file to be created? Mike