[Screen Menu to Show mixed .exe and mp4]

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

 

 

 

 

[Enable / disable visibility in the list of objects]

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

Jill

 

[Access to external applications]

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

 

 

[Fullscreen, fixed size ??]

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
 

 

[Fullscreen, fixed size ??]

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

[Fullscreen, fixed size ??]

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

[Insert/Clone Keyframe for several Objects at once]

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

 

[Cannot Create Backup in ZIP, because of Duplicate File Names]

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

[Cannot Create Backup in ZIP, because of Duplicate File Names]

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

Jill

[propagation of transparency]

3 hours ago, Igor said:

We plan to add possibility to add inherited opacity for child objects in future version. As an option.

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

[Mac file]

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

[Mac file]

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

[Volume settings in the Audio Tab]

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

[Vacation [DONE]]

Have a good vacation and come back refreshed.

Jill

[Automatic lowering volume of background track during a video clip]

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

Jill

[Automatic lowering volume of background track during a video clip]

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

[MP4 juddering]

If you are inserting it back into PTE then make an avi file instead of an MP4.

This should give better results.

Jill

[MP4 juddering]

4 hours ago, RobC said:

the only juddering I get is from MP4 slideshows that I make within PTE

Which program are you using to play the MP4?

Anything produced from PTE should be very smooth.

Jill

[PC - MAC Integration]

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

Jill

[PC - MAC Integration]

2 hours ago, Igor said:

Mac version will able create EXE shows for Windows

Good that this will be possible.

Will you put back the create for Mac into the windows version?

Jill

[The first ever PTE exe]

I started with V3 in about 2004 but was only playing around with it then. Didn't really produce anything properly until 2006.

Jill

[Scale timeline in O&A]

2 hours ago, Igor said:

Jill,

I understand and apologize for this problem.

No problem I don't do that much animation & if I do, then I try to break it down into smaller slides so I can see the keyframes.

Also as I work with 2 monitors i can always drag the window across both to get a wider view if I need it.

But a way to expand the Timeline will be a great help, especially now we can see the waveform it is helpful to expand that to get exact timing with the sound.

Jill

[Scale timeline in O&A]

Thanks for the suggestions.

If key frames are very close together then having larger keyframs can make it more difficult.
It is the width of the Timeline that is the problem when you have a long slide.
If it is only a few sevonds it is not a problem.

With some text even at 150% I struggle to read it, especially when my eyes are tired.

Jill

[Dropping levels [SOLVED]]

Can you connect some different speakers, just to try it?

If the sound is fine on your laptop, then it must be something to do with the desktop speakers.

 

[Scale timeline in O&A]

56 minutes ago, Igor said:

We plan this possibility in future version

Great News, this will be a really useful feature.

 

I do work with a maximised window on a 1920 monitor.
But as my eyesight is poor I have the text size set to 150% otherwise I cannot see it.
This means the Timeline in O&A is not as wide so very difficult to see when keyframes are close together.

 

Jill