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Hi Alan, Can you explain in some more detail what kind of application you are thinking of. Best regards, Xaver Munich

Hi Argonaut, Your method (keeping raw images plus metadata) may work under the condition that Lightroom or ACR, version 4 (with similar functionality) provides all what you need for image precessing. But this method will fail if you like to apply particular filters (e.g. Nik), make enhancements using the Lab space, use selctions, transformations, masks, layers, particular blending modes (whatever a powerful image editor will offer). Best regards, Xaver Munich

Hello Ian, Thank you for this information, and let us look forward to this new feature. Best regards, Xaver Munich

Hello Peter, You can use a tool like Total Commander (http://www.ghisler.com/) in order to compare the contents of your files (file menu > compare by content). I think that the tryout version of TC never expires, but it will show a nag screen at startup. Once purchased, all updates are free. Best regards, Xaver Munich

Hi Lin, I think that your "carrot strips problem" could easily be solved if we had clipping frames (see here) or mask objects (see here, proposed by thedom) in PTE. By the way, a similar feature is contained in Wings Platinum (Bildfeld-Clipping). Constructions like the zoom in a window with moving background (as shown in "Dis, La Nostalgie" by JPD) could be realized without much effort, as well. Best regards, Xaver Munich

Hello Peter, It is may impression that this is not what Bobo wants to have. He just dislikes to open and close the Customize Slide Window again and again, which he has to do if he does not want the same settings for all slides. Best regards, Xaver Munich

Hello, This is not a new idea, but I would highly appreciate if it could be realized. Frames should have a clipping option in addition to the existing features: If the clipping mode is chosen, for all descendants (children etc., animated or not) of this frame only the parts inside the frame should be visible. Parts outside should be clipped. Best regards, Xaver Munich

I would like to have this feature, as well. I think it would be nice to have this feature with the additional option that the inserted object is the parent of anything else. Best regards, Xaver Munich

Hello Bobo, The backup in zip really is a good, existing feature. Do you have any suggestion for the next version? Best regards, Xaver Munich

Hi Lin, I only used version 5 of DiaSow XP from AquaSoft without being satisfied. In my opinion, this company hesitated to long with the step to use DirectX. I gave it up to use this product about a year ago. Version 6 is said to have smooth animations, but the product, although released, seems to have the characteristic of a beta version with lots of bugs. It still will take several months until it might become a recommendation. As I am quite happy with PTE I do not have any motivation to return to AquaSoft. A problem with PTE in Germany is the fact that it is "too much English". Many amateur photographers belong to the elder generation, and they prefer a German product with a German documentation, and a German forum etc. Maybe that AquaSoft will raise its market share in the German language area, and gain customers from Wings or m.objects. Let's see. Best regards, Xaver Munich

Sorry, I am a PTE enthusiast within a world of m.objects users. But this statement is definitely wrong. m.objects has been using HW rendering for more than 4 years (for particular reasons in combination with simulated full screen mode), and it produces fine executable slideshows. Anyway: I think it is wonderful to have an affordable tool like PTE playing in the league of highly expensive programs like Wings and m.objects. There are other tools using HW rendering: ScreenAV, Aquasoft (version 6). Best regards, Xaver Munich

Hello, On my private PC I avoid MS Office and use the free OpenOffice instead (of course both office suites will coexist, if needed). OpenOffice can read and write (more or less) the MS formats, and it has an excellent built in function to export documents in PDF. Best regards, Xaver Munich

Hello, New installation with key from old computer: The value of the key can be found using regedit on the old computer and searchig for "PTE" (you will find an entry like: "key"="....."). Use the text file given in the attachment and replace the stars by the (very long) key value. Install PTE on the new machine and use key.txt. Best regards Xaver Munich Key.txt

Hello Brian, I don't think that your move procedure will work. In version 5 the key seems to be contained somewhere in the registry. Best regards Xaver Munich

Hello dofminster, I do not know which of the said blending modes can be achieved for 2 images which move independently. There are slide show programs which offer (beside alpha-blending, as done in PTE) a so-called "additive blending" which is similar to the Photoshop mode "Screen" (an imitation of the situation where 2 (analogue) projectors throw their light onto the same screen). As this mode tends to produce highlight clipping, it only makes sense in combination with individual control of image lightness. Best regards, Xaver H. Munich

Hello DaleB, Did you try to use for the show copies of your images which are re-sampled according to the resolution of your monitor/beamer? Best regards, Xaver H. Munich

Insert any of your own images with appropriate names. Best regards, Xaver Munich

I hope that it is allowed to ask the question if the state of silence would be advantageous for this forum. Best regards Xaver Munich

Hello Flying S. On the subject of combining several shows, see here. Further search in the forum will lead to additional information (I would guess). I do not believe that it is possible to avoid a short delay when starting the second show (or some other application), but you will manage to get rid of the flashing desktop. Best regards Xaver H. Munich

Hello, As I mentioned above, I only wanted to point out that the said problem could be solved in principle, using the ideas of JPD, who actually cut a picture into 45 pieces which were animated simultaneously; in his case to realize a zoom in a window having a moving background. By the way, last weekend I attended a workshop led by a German expert on diaporamas. Here, examples of Werbrouck, Bidouze, Coles, Bateman, and others were presented. Having this in mind I ask myself if the problems of making good slide shows find their solutions in technical finesse. Best regards Xaver Munich

Hi, the falling water should consist of 20 - 30 separate (disjoint) files, like the image inside of JPD's frame, each one to be switched transparent after passing the surface of the lake. Best regards, Xaver Munich

Hello Lin, in your example you could apply (in principle at least) the technique of Jean-Pierre (JPD) from "Dis, la nostalgie": Cut the falling water into horizontal stripes and switch them off when they are no longer needed. Best regards, Xaver Munich

Sorry Alan, but the PTE developers allow for the value of shadow seize also numbers smaller than 1, e.g. 0 for really sharp shadows. The problem now is, that on a slide where all texts should have such a sharp shadow (e.g. seize value 0) the long text entries cannot achieve it, their shadows are blurred. I helped myself by splitting a longer entry into two shorter ones. Best regards, Xaver Munich

Hello Colin, Wouldn't it make sense here to recommend PTE v.4.49, or v.5.5 with deactivated hardware acceleration, instead of buying the next product? Best regards, Xaver Munich

Hello, Has anybody made a similar observation when using shadows for text objects? In the attached example (made with version 5.5) all texts have the same size, and all shadows have the same parameters: distance 50, size 1. Observation 1: The sharpness of the shadow depends on my computers (monitor: 1280x1024) on the length of the text, see slide 1 in my example. Observation 2: After rasterizing to PNG, this effect is still to be seen but the distance of the shadow has changed (but not the distance parameter), see slide 2. Observation 3: Shadow parameters - In the size field I can enter values smaller than 1 only using the slider. The input field does not accept the input "0.**" (automatically changed to "1.**") Best regards, Xaver Munich ShadowTest.zip