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Hi Mark, You use Master & Linked Video when you want a single video to run over multiple slides. What I think you are trying to do is run a short video over a single slide which has a duration that is longer than the video. By slowing down the video - I set the Speed to 50% - it gives you a duration of just over 12 secs which is long enough to cover the side & the Transition. I also put a very soft blur on the video. Depends how visible you want it to be, but on my laptop anything less that 30% opacity is not really visible. May be different on your Mac. If you want to keep the rain at 100% speed then you need to add a second copy with an Offset of 6 secs (the duration of the video) This 2nd copy will then start to play as the first copy runs out. Both are single video clips. If in your final project the slide duration is longer than 12secs then simply add more copies with the appropriate offset. Hope this helps - but email me if you need more. Jill

Hi Mark, PTE does not have blending modes - although I think it has been asked for in the Suggestions at some time. I assume that you are trying to overlay the video with a still image? Reducing the Opacity is all you can do. Jill

the frame shows when the image is selected. To select multiple images Ctrl+ Click on those you want Jill

I agree, this would be very useful. Also the ability to 'Solo' a track so that you don't have to mute all the other tracks. Jill

The sound of the video will be heard over the transition to the next slide. If you wish to adjust the sound, volume, length etc. then right click the video in the Timeline & select 'Separate Audio from Video' You can the adjust as needed. Jill

To get Text to be the same on multiple slides simply set up your first one, then copy & Paste the Text Object onto other slides. Jill

If you create your file in the same folder as all the component parts, then you will have no trouble finding it. Jill

Click on the first keyframe & then shift click outside the last on the bottom object & it will select them all Jill

Hold down shift & they will all move as 1 block Jill

Gary you can easily switch between the two in O&A. Click on Tools & there is an option to switch to Global Times. Click again & uncheck Global & it goes back to Local times. Jill

I often copy & Paste Slides from 1 project to another & have not had any problems. Jill

Ken, if you open the .pte file with something like Notepad then you can see the version of PTE that it was created with. You can then start that version of PTE and open it from there. Jill

Gary it isn't physically triming, it is only setting the point for the video to start playing. When you add your 2nd clip you also 'trim' that to the start point you want and so on It really is very quick & easy to do. Have a try. Jill

Gary, you don't drag the end. In Timeline just position the playhead & add the next slide/video at that point, very quick & easy. Even if you trim front & back by using Adjust Time range in O&A the video will still be the original length. You are just adding instructions on what to show, which is why you can always go back & alter it at a later date. If you are using lots of video then you should be publishing as an MP4 not an exe With an exe the file size will be dependant on the original file size of the videos. But even if you use multiple parts from 1 video it will only be included once in the final file size. With your method of converting before hand and adding multiple seperate video files to the project, you could actually end up with a larger file size than by simply adding the one video & triming in Timeline/O&A Hope this helps Jill

Gary, you don't need a trim end function. By positioning the following slide at the point you want the video to end you are effectively trimming the video. No need for extra clicks to do this. Jill

Sorry Ken, that is not a bug but the way it works and always has. Resizing any of the panes in the Main window, slide view, timeline or in O&A and they will retain that position until you resize them again. Jill

Ken, all major versions can be installed still leaving the previous versions. If you have several verions of PTE installed, then open the version you want to use, then use Open from the file Menu to select the .pte file you want. Jill

Are you maybe looking at a 4:3 show on a 16:9 monitor. When watching full screen you will still have black borders either side. Other than that I have no idea. As Barry says O&A always reflects what you see. Jill

Igor & his team are working on PTE11 & already have some new features in place. He said a while ago that there would be a new type of simple slide style that would preserve any existing setting that are already in place. Hopefully we can begin testing sometime in the next few months Jill

Even using the fit/cover style will alter any settings you already have. As you are amending an old project which already has animation etc I didn't suggest it. If you are reworking an old project then you will be looking at every slide anyway? Hopefully in PTE 11 we will be able to simple styles like these without changing any previous settings. Jill

O&A Properties tab you can do it slide by slide. Or simply zoom the slide to fit as you need it Jill

yes but the capital Q can make a difference

maybe it is because it contains the letters 'Quit' - just a thought! Jill

Hi Peter, I am using Windows 10, but was speaking to someone last week who uses Windows 11 & he said that Windows Defender does not like .exe files & will throw them out. So he has to disable Windows Defender. I have also found that PTE does like any strange characters in a file name, so I always rename everything to just have standard characters, numbers and hyphens. Why are you using a link to a Shortcut rather than to the actual file itself? Jill

Good to know you are still around Peter and still using PTE. I have never tried to open a folder or shortcut with open application, but regularly open other programs or PTE projects. By workbench do you mean a PTE project? Jill