Mike Reed

Thanks Peter Yes I knew I could do a simple rotate. Perhaps I was seeking for something PTE cannot do as yet. I wanted to keep the curl to give the effect of turning the page. As a matter of interest I am running PTE on a Mac using software called Fusion. Sadly it would not open either your template or the Zipped example but I can guess what you achieved. Mike

Hi Yachtsman Yes I appreciate that I can do Curl of page rolling up from right bottom but what I want to achieve is to have an image on the back of the curl. Eg Half way through the transition there is a triangle showing in the top right which has the face detail but in obverse. What I am trying to achieve is on the front face a post card with written narrative then as it curls the picture on the reverse starts to become visible. Ideally the post card and picture is reduced in size and placed onto another image which I am using as wallpaper. I suppose it is not so much the turning of page 1 to reveal page 3 but to reveal page 2 so more the flipping of a page. I hope this makes sense. Mike

Hi All Can somebody please direct me to a tutorial or explain how to make a post card turn over to show what is on the other side. Ideally I would like it to curl from bottom right as if turning a page. I am looking to have a picture on one side and the narrative on the reverse. Mike R

Hi All AVG have confirmed to me on the 19th july that the Trojan Derek and I picked up was indeed a false positive. They say that it will be removed on the next Definitions update. Mike Reed

Hi Derek I too use AVG pro on my lap top and have experienced exactly the same problem as you. It followed an AVG update when the lap top was turned on after a week or so of non use.As my lap top is rarely connected to the web and until this upgrade showed no signs of problems for now I shall ignore the advice report the matter to AVG and hope for the best. You are right the Trojan does not show in AVGs dictionary of viruses so how can they detect it I ask myself! 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