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Hi Alan, I would love to see your rendition of the transition from blur to sharp. However, when I go to the links, I get the response that I need to LOG-IN or get an acceptable browser. I used IE as well as Mozilla Firefox. Is there something else I need to do to download or run the zips? Thanks in Advance, Wei

Thank you kindly, Lin. And I will try the slight zooming in, Lumenlux. It will take me a while to absorb what you're saying, and I have to play with the transition times. But you amply demonstrated it can be done, and as a bonus much simpler than what I thought had to be done. Will be back to let you see what I came up with. Again, thanks for your time and effort to provide us fellow users with your expertise. WeiPhoto

Has there been any previous posts on doing smooth transitions when you want to do a set of, say 5-6 images, all the same, except that they are progressively blurred. In other words, the first slide would be 90% blurred (PS Lens Blur, for example), the next would be 75%, and finally the last would be 0% blur (totally sharp). I'm trying to mimic a film animation when you twist your lens to make the final image sharp. I've tried to have 6 slides play at short intervals, but the look is that of 6 slides changing. Not the smooth gradations. I've played with making the slides parent-child, but haven't mastered making the successive slides appear/disappear naturally. Any ideas or previous posts that you can point me to? WeiPhoto

I've been trying to reduce the size of my AVI file of slideshows created by PTE. I use Microsoft MPEG-4 VKI Codec V3. It almost doesn't matter if I use my regular Jpeg files (about 1-3 megabytes) or resized files (about 70-80 Kilobytes), the AVI files are about the same size. When I CREATE a PTE file, of course, the file size goes down 90% when using the resized files. 1. Why doesn't a reduction in jpeg size through "resizer" reduce the AVI file? 2. How can I achieve a reduction in AVI size, as I'm trying to place the slideshow on YouTube/Vimeo? 3. Do I have to resize to the YouTube/Vimeo screen sized (in pixels) to achieve a substantial reduction in the AVI file? Thanks in advance. You forum members have been gracious in taking the time to answer my (and others') questions. Wei Photo

Thank you kindly for your experiences and advice. Your reply, Lin, was excellent--so informative and well-written that I was able to post a test P2E slideshow on YouTube, and then copy the HTML onto a test website--it works. Again, thank you for your prompt and generous replies. Wei Photo

I got the right codecs and created an AVI file from PTE, v 5.5. The AVI plays correctly on my computer with Windows Media Player (WMP) and with DivX Player. I then pasted an url with the *.AVI file on my website. The file (48 mb) takes a while to load on WMP, but miraculously, it plays correctly, with music, and a fairly reasonable quality. My questions: How does one create the slide show so that it 1. Plays like a streaming YouTube “video” (I’m willing to forego the quality) or 2. Plays like a streaming video with other software (Flash? I’m guessing). Can anyone point me to some of their experiences—or documentation on how to do this? I don’t think my audience can sit around waiting for the AVI file to load (there’s no moving slider that tells how long they will wait on WMP), or will be willing to download an AVI file from via FTP (they won’t understand/tolerate how). Thanks in advance, WeiPhoto

I would be interested in getting a tutorial. I have an HD TV, and just burned my first DVD, w/o HD. It looks good, but if I had an idea of what to look for in HD, that would make the slide shows fantastic. I'm interested in how one would control the contrast (or at least estimated it) on HD, when in fact one would make the slide shows on a normal (LCD) monitor. WeiPhoto