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I have read the post on Alpha Channel with Lagarith Codec & installed PTE 11.02 build 2 but I still cannot get an alpha channel video to display without showing a black background instead of transoarent. If I import the video into Photoshop it displays with a transparent background. How do I tell PTE to display as Alpha Channel?? I have tried creating the video as a straight Alpha & also as RGB+pre multiplied Alpha & still can't get it to work. It is in ProRes format as a .mov file Importing into Photoshop & then exporting as a .avi file greatly reduces the file size from 890 mb down to just over 7 mb, but PTE is still not displaying the transparency. The only way I can get it to work is to reduce the opacity to enable the image underneath to show through but this darkens the image as the black background of the video is still partly visible. Any help would be appreciated. Jill PS Some videos I need to keep as RGB+pre multiplied Alpha to keep the individuals colours within them. Others are fine as straight Alpha as I can easily colour them as one colour within PTE

best to render at 60 fps for smooth playback. PTE can handle all frame rates on input, no need to convert anything Jill

Silly question, but do you have an image underneath the .png? If you are just adding the png on it's own then the standard black background will be showing. My laptop is Win 7 & I don't have any problems with png files Jill

I don't use Styles, but guess that the standard ones that come with PTE are built into the actual program. So when you install PTE on a different computer those should all be there. Jill

Centre X 100 moves the centre point to the right hand edge of the image If you look at the 2 keyframes for the Pan Left you will see that in the first Pan & Centre X are set to -100 The 2nd keyframe is set to 100 All this is doing is making sure that the image starts at the left hand edge of the frame & ends at the right hand edge. I suppose this allows it to cope with different sized images always giving the same result But it doesn't work well for portrait images. For something simple like this it is better to do it yourself rather than use a Style, then you can get exactly the effect you need Jill

It is a common mistake that even experiened user make sometimes. But once you know about it, it is very easy to correct especially now with the new Drag'n'Drop The Help files are useful https://docs.pteavstudio.com/ as are Barry Beckhams video tutorials https://www.pteavstudio.com/forums/forum/8-tutorials-video-lessons/ Jill

It sounds like you have them as parent and child ie attached to each other. Add your text image. Then make sure you click off that so it isn't highlighted in the list of objects. Next add your frame image. It should appear above the text image in the list of objects. You should now be able to move the text independently. Also if you are trying to grab it in the main viewer it may be grabbing the frame as it is over the top. So make sure that you click on the text image in the object list. Also go to Tools (bottom right of the window) and tick Ignore objects not selected. You should now be able to do what you want. Jill Ps if you are using PTE11 then you can simply drag n drop the objects into the correct order.

you need the Default Tab

Project Options - Default Tab - then Tick Cover - click Apply to all Slides

Rosy, Closing PTE either way is exactky the same, you should get a message asking if you want to save. If you click on 'Don't Save' then your original project should remain untouched. Doing something like you describe it is always best to save as a new file name first & then work on that so that you still have your original. If you have lost it all I hope you can recreate it easily. Jill

Rosy, if you cannot easily break the show into parts due to the sound changes, then you will have to edit the sound. It is very easy in PTE to copy & paste a group of Slides into another project to make a separate show. To copy the sound as well then you need to Link each sound clip to a Slide. You can then maybe adjust the sound so it ends naturally or fade it out for each part. Jill

what aspect ratio is your Project? If it is 16:9 then any image/video will fit to that ratio Your image above is how I would expect it to look Jill

Videos on YouTube appear very quickly, unless it was a large 4K video, then it will take some time for YouTube to render it it 4K The Link is there as soon as you start the process. Jill

That should work

But it only works within the same project. It would be nice if we could save a Quick Style for use in another Project as it doesn't change the Slide Timing like normal Styles do - which is why I never use them. Jill

Copy & Paste the Slide to the new Show, then just change the image to the one you want. All of the keyframes will be copied with the Slide Jill

Just move the next Slide up to the point you want it to stop. If this is the last Slide, then either add a Blank to fade it out or else shorten the duration of that slide. As long as 'Scale Keyframes' is turned off then it shouldn't affect anything else. Jill

if you have turned off 'Scale Keyframes' then they shouldn't move. Also check in Slide options Main Tab for the Slide with the video on it. I always have scale keyframes off as it can cause a lot of problems if you are not aware of it. Jill

turn off 'scale keyframes on time change' in settings/preferences/project Then in O&A properties tab click on Adjust Time Range and drag the right hand 'triangle' under the video to the left to the point you want Jill

Key frames are in milli seconds you cannot change that. I very rarely if ever type in the keyframe time, just drag it along the Timeline in O&A to the postion you want. If you display the music in O&A it makes it easier to position the keyframes to fit. You can switch the time shown in O&A between Global times & local Times - see Tools Jill

Barry. glad that you are now sorted & understand what Master Video does. I think it is very user friendly & a quick way to easily play a video over several slides. Mostly it is used with longer videos where you want other elements of the image to be changing while the video plays. Your 8 secs one is quite short for this use. Jill

Barry, it is doing exactly what I would expect. The video plays for it's duration of 14 secs & then stops. I cannot see what the duration of each Slide is, but managed to make out that the total duration is 20 secs? So your Slides are longer than the length of the video. If you want the video to keep playing for the entire length of the project, then you either need to shorten the Slide duration to be the same length as the video, Or you need to add the video again after 14 secs, resetting it back to Master Video from 14 secs & then Link on the following Slides where it will play for another 14 secs and so on. If the Slide durations mean that 14 secs comes in the middle of a Slide then just put the appropriate Offset on the 2nd occurrence of the video so that it will start playing when the first one finishes. Once you grasp the principal it is quite easy to set up Jill

The point of Master/Linked Video is to play a longer video continuously over/under several Slides - It is NOT for looping a video The Slides may be still images or a video themselves It is to build up a montage effect and when I use it I usually have the video in a Mask to give a soft edge to it rather than just having a smaller sized video. But it can be used in different ways depending on what you are trying to produce If you just want to repeat (loop) a video then just add it several times as a normal video Jill

Hi Barry as I said above, you need to add your video in O&A to 2 or more Slides. Don't add the video in Timeline or Slide view The Slides - Still images need to be added to the Timeline as normal. The video (smaller than full size) is then added ontop of the still images, or the size of the still is reduced & the full size video set to be behind the still The duration of your video needs to be longer than the duration of at least 1 Slide. So if your video is only 8 secs then you need at least 2 slides where the first has a duration of less than 8 secs. The video will then continue to play into the 2nd Slide until it runs out. You would normally use Master Video where you have a much longer video that needs to play over several Slides. If as in your example above you simply want to repeat the video then just add it as narmal several times. Jill

Barry, your video needs to be longer than the duration of at least 1 Slide. You add your Slides to the Timeline in the normal way. In O&A add your Video on Slide 1 (or wherever you want it to start) as a Master Video Adjust it's size/position/opacity etc as required Easiest option is to Copy & Paste the video onto the next Slide It will automatically be set as Link To Continue to Copy & Paste onto subsequent Slides for the Length of the Video. The video will then play continuously over several slides Hope this helps Jill