xahu34
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Hello Dan D,
as far as I know, you can upgrade to Version 5.1 (PTE-deluxe) using your old registration key (or even make an additional installation). The part of the new software which is used for generating PC shows should work anyway , but not the so-called Video Builder. The latter component can be used for burning DVDs from the PC shows you generate with PTE. It needs a separate key. If you decide to upgrade to the full version (including Video Builder) you only have to pay part of the price (20 $).
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xahu34
Munich
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Hello admin1,
just a question: Will Version 5.2 open the possibility to mix 2 or more audio sources (music and spoken words) in a more sophisticated way than today, e.g using independent volume control curves?
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xahu34
Munich
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Hello,
today I am in lack of arguments. I checked the time when I generated my attachment and when I uninstalled version 5.0. So it must have been version 5.1 which produced the corrupt image. Today, I reinstalled 5.0, and both versions, 5.0 and 5.1 do not show any problem. Thus, I cannot reproduce the shown effect on my own machine. Sorry for producing a storm in a glass of water (or a cup of tea, as you may say). A strange feeling still remains.
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xahu34
Munich
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Hello,
sorry, but let me quote the text that I added to the images inside my attachment:
"Greyscale version of the well-known water liles image which comes with Windows XP in IrfanView and in PTE 5.1. This image has only one channel, generated as follows: Photoshop > image > mode > greyscale".
If there is anybody who does not like my style of writing which may be old-fashioned and may not have an American touch, I could offer him to communicate in German;-)
Grüße aus München
xahu34
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Hello,
let us finish the discussion. Just regard my contribution as I meant it to be: a warning to be careful with 1-channel images, and as an indication of a possible bug.
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xahu34
Munich
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Hello fh1850,
actually I did not change any parameter. If you look at the uploaded file closely, you will notice that PTE shows the same image 3 times at a changed ratio. When you replace the water liles image by a version which is an ordinary RGB-image with 3 identical channels, anything is ok again. I just want to indicate that PTE seems to have problems with 1-channel greyscale images, which you obtain via the Photoshop greyscale function.
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xahu34
Munich
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Hello,
the attachment shows a well-known image, saved with Photoshop in greyscale mode, as it looks like in IrfanView and in PTE 5.1.
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xahu34
Munich
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Hello,
the attachment contains a copy of the file "German.ini" for version 5.0 with a few proposals for changes.
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xah34
Munich
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Hello admin1,
I am sorry, but my last post was not as clear as it should have been. The association is ok; by the way, I already did what you recommended. So, pte-files show the PTE icon, and PTE really starts when double-clicking pte-files. BUT: PTE starts with the wrong project (the previous one or an empty one, depending on the "Load last used project" option); it does not start with the clicked one. As I said: The effect occurs only on one of my 3 PCs!
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xahu23
Munich
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Hello mhwarner,
I think what you noticed is a rather natural effect, which you will also see with shows produced with m.objects, a professional German presentation SW (at about 20 times the price of PTE). Moving and even more zooming very sharp images produces flickering effects. I think, this is the reason why PTE even offers a blur-option within O&A. It isn't that bad, if the image is only really sharp when it is still. The mentioned blur-option of PTE isn't that comfortable, as it blurs the image, if it is in motion or not. Here programs like m.object and Wings Platinum (30 times the price of PTE) behave more intelligent. Using PTE it might be good to have the blurred version during motion, but to replace it with the sharp version immediately after motion has stopped.
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xahu34
Munich
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see
http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....ost&p=46861
Release-Candidate (December 5, 2007)
* Fixed bug of previous versions when "Load last used project" option in fact always was enabled.
ken
Thank you for sending me the link. I am not sure if it really hits my point!? In my case PTE 5.04 really respects the "Load last used project" option. But it refuses to open a particular .pte-file (double-click). It either starts with the last project or with an empty one, depending on the said option. I installed the software on 3 computers (home, office, notebook) but only one of them shows this effect.
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xahu34
Munich
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Hello,
when opening a .pte-file (double-click, call it A.pte) with version 5.04, I observe the following behavior: PTE starts with a previously opened project (say B.pte). I have to open A.pte via the file menu. I use WinXP SP2 on a new machine. PTE was installed using an administrator account. It is used with an account with restricted rights. On my older computer, the behavior is different (as I would expect it to be). Are there similar experiences?
Another Question: Is it possible to start PTE from the program menu without opening the last project?
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xahu34
Munich
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Hello,
just an additional remark to my message from last night to make things more clear. At least for my
former, very old PC (with rage 128, no calibration via ATI panel) there are 2 probably independent
effects which can be can be noticed:
1. During the period where a PTE-exe runs, a profile loaded by Adobe Gamma, say, is not used.
2. There is an additional shift in brightness, if a profile is loaded or not.
The new PTE-Test-Exe seems to reload the lost profile, i.e. it solves problem 1, but not problem 2.
Question: Is the brightness shift only a problem for old ATI cards? Al's Radeon card isn't that new either.
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xahu34
Munich
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Hello,
I compared v.5.04 and the test program on an old PC (WinXP, SP2, new version of DirectX) with Rage 128 card and driver from end of 2001:
No difference if no profile is loaded. After loading a profile with Adobe gamma loader, a difference could be noticed. ATI panel has default values.
But: In any case the images looked significantly brighter compared with IrfanView (even if no profile is loaded)
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xahu34
Munich
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Hello,
it is as I said: I started an exe-file with a 2-image show with rather standard settings (double-click). Then there was a very short kind of flicker where I could guess that it showed the first image. Then the regular show started. This effect itself would not be very harmful, as hardly to be noticeable.
Then I made the simple experiment to have a kind of master show consisting of black images (each of which initiated a program call) just for the reason of concatenating several other shows to be presented without showing the desktop again and again, and without intermediate user interaction. In my experiment I just called the simple 2-image test show from above several times, mainly to see how the desktop behaves during the repeated program calls.
In this scenario the flicker effect from above was significantly stronger/longer: I could really see the first image (of my 2-image test show each time being started from inside the master show) for a short time. Then the image vanished, and then it appeared again and the test show really started.
The whole thing isn't that troublesome as I usually start a show with a black screen, and in this case the effect does not occur or at least can't be noticed.
My proposal: Just make the same experiment and see what happens!
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xahu34
Munich
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Hello,
has anybody also noticed the following effect:
Starting a show (with 2 images, 4 seconds each, random transitions, D3D on), the following happens: Before the show really starts, the first image is shown for a small fraction of a second (hardly to see). The effect is visibly stronger if I create a show (D3D off) of black images, each of which contains the advanced option to run the 2-image-show from above as external application. So I have an iterated view of the said show with a visible preview effect. Of course I can avoid the effect if the first slide starts with alpha-blending, or the show starts with a black image.
By the way, I have a new computer, WinXP, Athlon 64 X2 5000+, 2GB RAM, nvidia 8500GT, PTE 5.04.
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xahu34
Munich
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Hello admin1,
maybe you know that the German AV-software "m.objects" (a very nice program with features beyond the amateur's requirements, but at about 15 times the price of PTE) has actually manged the ATI problem for quite a long time (same situation with Wings Platinum (~900 Euro) as far as I know).
If you will be able to solve the problem, as well, this will be a significant step forward with respect to the acceptance of your product!
Kind regards,
xahu34
Munich
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Hello,
I have the same problem with my own old PC. From WnSoft I obtained an explanation of the following kind: PTE v.5 uses a certain mode of DirectX (usually used by PC games) and relies on the correctness of the driver software. But in this particular mode the ATI drivers are said to ignore color profiles. Sorry to say, but possible solutions read as follows (any of them is said to work):
1. Deactivate D3D in PTE (pan, zoom, rotate will no longer work correctly)
2. Buy an nvidia graphics card
3. Change to Windows Vista
My new PC (still running with XP) has an nvidia card and works perfectly.
Kind regards,
xahu34
Munich
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@ Bombardier
Do you think that it is a good idea to publish your personal registration information? You should not wonder if these keys will soon be on an blacklist and will not work with future versions.
@ Conflow
Sorry, not a very secure solution, not even ready for EAL1;-)
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xahu34
Munich
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Hello,
don't you think that IrfanView were a possible solution. You can use the thumbnail view of a particular folder as a lightbox (possible thumbnail sizes from 50x50 to 800x800). Using mouse and shift/control you can select any subset of images, which then can be shown as a slideshow (file menu or right mouse key). In the main appication, shows can be configured in many ways (manual advancement, alpha blending, display options etc.)
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xahu34
Munich
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Hello,
my PC (Athlon64 X2 5000+, 2 GB RAM, WinXP) has a grahics card of type ASUS EN8500GT SILENT. Will this be sufficient (e.g. alpha blending of zooming images) for a monitor with a resolution of 1920x1200.
Thanks to the experts.
xahu34
Munich
animating lines
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Hello,
just a simple way to draw a line, provided that it does not differ that much from a straight one:
1. Open the map (original_map.jpg) in your graphics editor (Photoshop or other one) and draw the line using a brush tool.
2. Save the new map (map_with_line.jpg)
3. Import the 2 images into PTE and make an appropriate transition from original_map.jpg to map_with_line.jpg, using page effects or advanced hour hands with small values for "own thickness of smoothing line". The "transition line" should be rather orthogonal to the line on the map.
This effect can be iterated in order to achieve more complex routes (flow will not be steady).
Kind regards,
xahu34
Munich