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Ken, all of the older versions will open in newer versions. An easy way to see which version you used is to right click on the .pte file in windows explorer. Select Open with & select Notepad. This opens the .pte file in the Notepad text editor. The 3rd line shows which version of PTE was used to build the project. I never double click a .pte file to open it. I always open the version of PTE that I want to use & then from the menu select File Open & navigate to the .pte file I wish to open. This way you can work in whatever version you wish to. If you do open a project in a newer version, the first thing to do is to save as a new name with the version number in the name. So if your original was made in V6 & you now open it in V10, then save as Project1-V10.pte You can then always go back to your orignal if you need to. If you are happy with using PTE7 then fine, but the changes in V10 make things so much easier. Being able to see the waveform in O&A really speeds up any processing with keyframes. I have just finished updating a project that was originally made in V6 Opening V6 to look at what I had done I couldn't believe just how much has changed & how much easier the program now is to use. The changes really do help to speed things up & you will soon get used to them the more you use it. Have fun updating your shows. Jill

This has been requested & will hopefully be included in the next version. Jill

Welcome to the Forum Dave. Are they jpg or png images that are not showing? If you have any very large png images they sometimes do not show in fullscreen preview. If this is the case then simply reduce the file size of the png. Jill

Make a one or more slide exe in PTE - any version. Set each slide (or the whole project) to wait for keypress. List the names of your shows, I use text objects but you can use images, rectangle, blank frames or buttons. Set each object to run application and navigate to the correct show. Remove the full path and just leave the show name in quotes. Make sure mouse is not hidden or you can't click on anything. Launch your menu exe and then single click the show you want to run. When that show finishes it will return to the menu screen and you can click on the next show etc. Jill

I have been doing it that way for years & never had any problems. The only slight problem is that sometimes a Proshow exe will start behind the Menu, but usually works OK the 2nd time it is started. When running a competition I always start each show & then ESC out of it. Then everything normally runs smoothly. You have to take the full path out of the run command & just leave the show name in "" Also the Menu exe has to be in the same folder as all the shows. This then allows you to run on any computer as JT49 says Tom when running a competition the entries can be made with any versions of PTE or any other program so you cannot use Run Slideshow If only running your own shows then there is no problem Jill

you can easily set VLC Player to 'quit at end of Playlist' so that it will exit straight back to the menu. I run exe and MP4 etc all the time from the same Menu like this. Simply set a text object with the title of your show. On Mouse click set it to 'run Application or Open File' & have VLC Player as your default player for MP4, Mov, Avi etc You can set it up to always open up fullscreen & not show the file name or other on screen commands Exe files made with different versions of PTE can also easily be run using the 'Run Application' command Apart from a brief black flash when launching the exe or MP4 it is seemless wth the Menu We have just run the Great Northern Festival with 55 entries last weekend. The AV's were a mixture of PTE Exe, ProShow Exe, Wings Exe and mov & MP4 made with different programs as well as PTE Jill

This is something I have asked for in the past. It would be very nice to have. Jill

Hi Rosemary, in Settings/Preferences/System tab - Click on Set Graphical Editor, use the Following program & then navigate to your chosen program file & select that. Do the same thing for your Audio & Video editors. When you want to open a file in one of those programs, just click on the file - image, video or audio in PTE & press CTRL+W. This will then open that file in your chosen editor. You will then need to save your changes in that program & then replace the file within PTE. Jill

I usually use smaller images, 1920 x 1080 if widescreen, but still 1024 x 768 or sometimes 1600 x 1200 for 4:3 aspect ratio. All at 72dpi As mentioned above, PTE upscales without any problems. Most festivals & competitions in the UK use either 1920 or 1600 projectors. Although some camera clubs still have 1024 projectors. Jill

PS I do find that downscaling can look worse, especially when people have used large images at 300dpi. To me it makes them look oversharpened. Jill

Running many competitions and festivals, I have never had problems with upscaling and find that PTE does it very well. Even from 1024x768 to 1920x1080 and shown on a 20 foot screen. Leaving it at fixed size you can end up with a small image on a large screen, which looks worse when compared to all the other full screen entries. Jill

I am working on a project where I am adding several Objects. I add 1 object, set it's parameters, then copy that Object & amend the parameters to a new position/time Once I have added all the Objects I then realise that at the end of that slide I need a keyframe to turn the Opacity to zero for all the Objects. It would be very helpful if we could select all the Objects & right click at the end of the timeline to Clone a new keyframe for each Object. Currently I have to do it one at a time. I can then select all keyframes to turn the Opacity to zero. Jill

It is very possible to have 2 different images with the same file name in 2 folders. This happened to someone at our club recently - we were trying to create a Template. If PTE can rename the file, in both the BIZ and/or Template this would be best. eg files called image001 - rename to image001-1 and image001-2 Yes the PTE project file would have to be updated so that the correct file was referenced. Also display a warning to say what has been done. Jill

Will this also work for Templates? I tend to use them rather than backup zip. Jill

Yes please, this will be a big Plus. The project I am currently working on I have a group of objects - in a frame that I want to change opacity at the same time. Now I have to select each individual object & change it's opacity. To be able to adjust the parent & have all the objects change together would be a big time saver. Perhaps have a new type of frame that will allow inherited opacity? Jill

Not sure if VLC Player has a version for Mac ? If it does, then you can press spacebar to pause. Use the left & right arrow keys to move 10 secs at a time. Hold Shift & arrow keys to move 3 secs at a time. Jill

It has been removed in V10. Suggest you make an MP4 instead. When the Mac version comes out soon you will be able to make an exe for a Windows computer. Jill

You can have DB, mine is set to that. But only on the actual Timeline, not in project Options Audio Tab See Settings/Preferences/TimelineSound Volume and change to Decibels instead of Percentage What would be more useful is a VU meter so we can easily see if a sound is clipping Jill

Have a good vacation and come back refreshed. Jill

What is really needed is a VU meter so we can easily see the overall level of the soundtrack. Jill

I think this would be difficult to achieve automatically as every clip will be different depending on the level of sounds in the video, background sounds and what the author actually wants. It is quick and easy to do it manually and will be more accurate. Jill

If you are inserting it back into PTE then make an avi file instead of an MP4. This should give better results. Jill

Which program are you using to play the MP4? Anything produced from PTE should be very smooth. Jill

Thanks. Creating MP4 is probably better both ways. Easy to run MP4 in competition. Jill

Good that this will be possible. Will you put back the create for Mac into the windows version? Jill