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Right Click & Select Mute or use CTRL+M Jill

I now realise that you are wanting to create a Custom Transition, this wasn't obvious from your post. It is not something I ever do as to me every 2 Slide combination is unique & Transition Duration would not apply to another 2 Slide combination. Jill

You can create Transitions of any length you want. Just make sure that the Slide Duration is longer than the Transition Time. You can set the Default Transition & Slide Duration in Project Options. You can Change it in Slide Options, or by Clicking the Times shown on the actual Slide in SlideList View. But I find the easiest way is in Timeline. Simply drag the Slide to extend/Shorten it's Duration & Drag the Grey Bar above the Slide to adjust the Transition. Jill

I agree this could be very useful when trying to find points in say a speech or Song track. In one very old program I have you can hit the M key while playing the track & it will drop a Marker (Vertical line) at that point. You can then add a Label to that Marker to identify it. This greatly helps when splitting an audio track into sections. Jill

I agree, it would be very helpful to adjust the volume with the keyboard. It is not always easy to get 2 points to have the same volume. Even being able to use the arrow keys would be better. But other sound editing programs I have used are also the same. So maybe it is not an easy task to do this. Jill

Hi Igor, Thanks for the new Beta. However I am still having problems, please see email with a description. Jill

What you are trying to do can be done in PTE & I have been trying to do something similar, but not with a GE video. It doesn't seem to be working as it should at the moment. You need to Tick the Box 'Speed Keyframes' to be able to add them. This then disables the Speed Adjustment box. In previous Beta's (7 & 8) I could add the keyframes at the Start to slow down, or Hold, the video. But as the Green bar does not change in duration to match the new Video time, it was difficult to add the Keyframes at the end in the right place once the Speed had been adjusted. Now in Beta 9 I am really struggling to get the Keyframes at the Start. I can add them, but when moving one to a Zero Speed it seems to move the Start Position of the Video. It would be really helpful if the Green bar could change in length to match the new time. Also if it can be possible to show the Transition In/Out positions as it does in O&A. Jill

Hi Igor, Forum now working again, thanks. Still struggling with the Speed Adjustments! Jill

Hi Mike, You need to use the 3D rotation to adjust it. I have used 3D movements X, Y & Z to correct converging verticals. It may not be as accurate as doing it in something like Photoshop, but with some trial & error you can get it near enough. Jill

Yes adding Motion Blur will greatly increase the time to render. Jill

You can easily do all of this in PTE. Simply start a New Project, edit your clips so that each portion is on a separate Slide. You can then add whatever Transition you need between each one. Publish as an MP4 & then insert that into your final Project. I always use PTE to edit my video clips & find it quick & easy. Jill

I doubt if many people would need this. If I do have a Slide that has Objects which don't appear at the start of the Slide, I simply go into Timeline & drag the Playhead along. I have never found it an issue. I would say leave it as it is. Jill

You just click in the Green bar & add keyframes just as you do when editing sound. Click & then drag it up or down Jill

No, I have never had this either. Is there anything different about the last few Slides? Try saving the Project as a different name, remove the last few Slides & see if that works If it does, then keep adding the Slides back 1 by 1. Not sure what else to suggest. Jill

Are you waiting for Publish to finish before checking? You will get a green Tick when it is done. It can take a while to finish. Also make sure nothing else is running on your computer while you do the Publish. If using a laptop, make sure it is plugged in & not running on battery - it will complete faster when on mains power. Jill

Hi Ian, It is easy, but as it is something I have never changed it took me a while to find it! Settings/preferences/System - at the Top Double Click in Slide List - Click the drop down Arrow & change to what you want Jill

If you have the Font Size on your Computer set to a large size this can cause the boxes to overlap. Mine is set to 125% & it is OK, but any larger & starts to overlap. Jill

Hi Igor, yes I am using beta 8. I just downloaded and installed as a separate version. I will try later to see what it does in beta 7. I am trying to finish an AV for a competition and the closing date is Tuesday. It works ok for now as it is, so no rush if there is a bug. Jill

PPS. In fact the keypoints at the end of the video don't seem to be working at all. It doesn't matter where I position it, the video isn't slowing down at the end. The starting points work great, but the end doesn't Jill

PS It would be really helpful if it is possible to show the Transition points as in O&A. At the moment I keep having to make a note of the times & keep coming in & out of the Speed window to try to get it right. Jill

Not sure if I am doing something wrong or it is just the way it works. I am trying to adjust the speed of a video so that it is static during the fade in & fade out of the Slide. I put a keypoint at 0 (start of Slide) & set the Speed to 0 I have another keypoint at 2 (end of Fade in) also at 0 Speed I then add another keypoint at 3 sec & set Speed to 70% This works fine at the start of the Slide. However the green track does not increase in length, so trying to position another keypoint at 7.6 Secs (start of fade out) Also for 70% & then a final keypoint at 9.6 Secs for 0% Speed I can't The original video was only 8 secs so I cannot select 9.6 secs Should the Green track expand to the new adjusted length or am I missing something? The Overall Duration shows as 15 secs but the green Track still shows the original duration of 8 secs. Also it would help if the actual window was wider as when the cursor is at the end then the displayed time & Speed are off the window & can't be read. I will keep playing until I get the keypoints as I want, but it is a bit trial & error. Otherwise it works great Jill

Very easy to do by using a Text Symbol. In O&A Click on the down arrow next to Add Text. Scroll down the list of symbols, you will see there is a Square and further down a Circle. Add this & then you can repostion over the face, change the size, colour & shadow. Very quick & easy. Jill

Hi Rosemary, I understand what you mean about keeping all the Text the same throughout a Show. If you are using a lot of Text, I find it best to type it out in something like Word first. That way you also have a Spellchecker. If you know that you can get say 15 lines of Text on one Slide, then simply add Blank Lines to each section, so that you always have 15 Lines. Then you can just copy those 15 lines needed for a Slide & Paste it directly into PTE. That way it will always be the same size. To make sure all the Lines are aligned then set the Text Object to be Left adjusted & set the Center Point to -100. Your Pan X is then set to say -90 and you know that all of your Text will start & be aligned to the same position. Do this before you add any actual Words You then just copy & Paste from Word for each Slide needed. Maybe set up a standard set of 15 lines - doesn't matter what it actually says. Add this to Slide 1 & then using the Quick Slide Style, Apply this Sample Text to all the others you need - It is then done in one go. You then can quickly change the actual words by Copy & Paste from your Word doc Quite quick really. Hope this helps Jill

You don't copy & paste the Slide with Text, just the Text Object in O&A. At least with this method you are certain to keep the same Font, Shadow & colour throughout the show. I don't find it a problem. But then I mainly only use Text for a Title & end Credits. And each of these would be a different size anyway. I never look at the Zoom size & just drag the Text to the size that looks right on the image. The ability to easily use a different colour or Font for some characters in a word or line, without having to create a separate Text Objects would be much more useful. I have recently needed to create a line where the first letter of each word was a different colour & size took much longer as they all had to be separate Text Objects. And keeping the spacing correct, especially if there is animation was difficult. Jill

Multiple image Tracks were asked for a long time ago & have been worked towards for equally as long. It is not that the programming itself is complicated, but that it changes the whole way in which PTE will work It is far more than just adding in extra code, the whole structure will need to change. I am not involved with the development of PTE, but I can fully appreciate what is involved it trying to do this. It is a major rewrite of the basic code. To enable existing Projects to still work will be even more complicated. PTE is extremely powerful as it is, you can do so much in O&A. But some things require a bit more effort from the user. Adding in extra image tracks may make some things easier to do, especially for beginners. But we still need to retain the power & flexibility of O&A. Jill