Mike Reed

Thanks Lin for your offer of help. After much fiddling around I think I might have a zipped file. So here goes. Should that fail can I e-mail you the file direct? Mikesequence_01_mpeg2.zip

Hi Lin Thanks for your response. At the age of 72 some things are a bit beyond me and Zipping is one of them. I have the file saved as a windows media file of 277kbSequence_03.wmv and attached it here. Hope I've done the right thing. Mike

Has anybody experience of using a Trek-Tech mono pod with three legs. If so how stable are they?

Hi Lin The clip is 12 seconds long and 26mb in size although Adobe premier elements seems to allow me to save it at much lower resolutions. You will gather from this that I am not a Video man I much prefer my SLR. Mike

Thanks Guys I was wondering why no response in the PTE section then it hit me (dunder head) Mike

Hi I am keen to add a short video sequence to a PTE Project. I searched the forum for this subject and could only find a comment by Lin Evans in 2007 basically saying NO. With all the updates since then is it now possble and if so how and what file extension should be saved.

Hi I have searched the forum but can only find a comment by Lin Evans back in 2007 which was in the negative. So is it now possible to import a video sequence into Pte? If so how do I do it and what file extension should I save it in before trying to import it?

Hi Igor PTE just gets better and better. One thought. When using two monitors and running a preview it would be most helpful if the Blue curser in the time line moves in sync as the preview is seen on the other monitor. I appreciate you can do this in the editing mode but when viewing at full screen things to adjust often stand out more that in the smaller viewing screen.

Hi Guys Where do I find this colour change option. Mike

Thanks Peter and The Dom. I will give Peter's advice a try and if that fails it is over to you Dom. I am sure I did try what you suggested Peter but just maybe I got the layers in the wrong order. Mike

This is driving me mad. I want to make the curtain in a theatre image go up behind the procenium. Simple I know but which ever way I try it the curtain moves infront of the main image. I wish to create the effect of the raising of the Safety Curtain before a show commences. There must be a way!

Thanks Davy. Having listened to the video he scared the living daylights out of me so I think I will leave well alone.

Hi I use XP pro on my lap top. Is there any way to remove the annoying little windows that come up from time to time telling you that this that or the other needs attention. It happened three times during a show last night following a windows update of some sort. kept telling me to reboot the computer. Not very professional when that happens. In the end it gave up and did the restart anyway completely ruining a sequence that was three quarters of the way through.

May I suggest we knock this one on the head as we seem to have strayed way off the subject of Templates.

HI All Am having trouble in getting my head around creating a template of a sequence to send to someboby else who has PTE installed so that they can amend what I have done.. So far I have gone to file> templates>create template from this show. Given it a name and hit OK. The resultant template would appear to be saved in... c/docs and settings/all users/application data/pictures to exe/templates/then the saved name of my sequence. BUT when I open this folder and save to a blank cd all I get copied is the slides without the runing/timing order or sound track. I expected it to open into a new project in exactly the layout as I have it in my timing window. Have I done something wrong or is this all you get as a template? Mike

If you want to see some masterful AV work from a Fellow of the RPS have alook at http://www.avpeter.com/audio-visual/

Hi All I did not intend to stir up such feelings when posing this question. I have since established that the reason for requesting the certifcation is because the halls' insurers have written such a requirement into their third party liability cover. It is not therefore unreasonable for the hall to protect itself. I wonder how many other halls are similarly affected but no body has bothered to read the small print. Mike

Thanks everybody for your helpful comments. It seems as though it better be done for no other reason than to protect myself.

Has anybody come across this one before? I was to do a show in a Church hall but was told I had to have a Portable Appliance Testing certificate for my electrical equipment as otherwise I would invalidate the halls insurance. Doe anybody know how I get one and what it might cost? The Nanny State again or fear of ambulance chaing Solicitors!!

What concerns me is that with added sound track windows I am going to run out of monitor screen space. What's wrong with using a programme such as Adobe Audition where the options are extensive. After all it is easy enough to switch from one screen to another or keep note of timings when these are vital. By the way it is not that expensive as early editions are still available. For example v1.5 is $49 from http://www.argumentsoftware.com/P8/Digital...ition_v1_5.html

Thanks everybody for your response. It all sounds a bit complicated I think I will wait until Igor can expand the range of dissolves available and maybe show them in a separate window.

If you have not seen JP's masks go to Igors's page and scroll down they are fantastic. JP mentions the 'Hawk method' to use his masks. I do not know what this is. Can anybody explain in simple language for a not very computer literate person.

Jean-Pierre What a fantastic selection of masks. My problem is I do not know what the Hawk method is. Can you or somebody else please explain in simple terms.

Thanks Peter Just as I remembered it and it worked a treat. You might care to have a look at my posting re templates of today for I am struggling with this. regards Mike

Hi Lin and All I seem to have started something here. Can I now expand the problem for I have a template saved on a cd. I can run that and open the Pte project. However I now wish to make a DVD of that project and the cd is in the dvd writer drive. If I take the cd out and replace it with a blank Dvd I get the message that the files cannot be found by Pte. How do I fool Pte into finding the images in my CD read only drive which is available? Keep it simple as I am a silver surfer. I live in hope Mike