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Just use a normal blank slide with the circle transition and it will do what you want. With PTE11 you can now easily position the centre of the circle to be exactly where you want. Jill

Hi Igor, Thanks. I have just completely uninstalled PTE11 & done a fresh install & it is now working. As you say something was corrupted. But as Windows 7 no longer does any updates I do not know what. The only other update I have done recently is to FireFox Browser. Anyway it all appears to be working OK now. Jill

Hi Nelson, thanks for reminding me of your problem. But I have tried all the steps that I can think of & it still is not working. It is getting more strange!!! I have the Icon for PTE 11 on my Taskbar - as are all the programs I use frequently. When I left click the Icon PTE11 opens with the last project as expected If I right click the Icon & select one of the files - all created in PTE11 - it opens PTE10.5 & I get the warning message that the file was created in a newer version. Right click, then left click on PTE AV Studio 11 opens the correct version with the last project. Something very strange is going on. With all the beta installs I left the 'associate PTE' box unticked & only ticked it once PTE11 was finally released. But for some reason it is not working. Jill

After checking last night that double Click from explorer worked corrctly on my Desktop, I have just manually associated .pte files with PTE11 on my Laptop. But it is still not working. But today it is now opening in 10.5.9 rather than 10.0.10 as it was yesterday. I found I still had lots of beta versions from 9, 10, 10.5 & 11 so I have uninstalled all of those, not that that should make any difference. Not sure what else to try now? Jill

I have installed the latest V11.0.1 on my Desktop & double click in Explorer opens in V11.0.1 So looks like my Laptop is doing strange things again. But I notice that the date of the program.exe is also showing as yesterday 17th January at 18:12 even though I have just installed it now on 18th January at 19:40. This is the Date Modified so I would expect it to show the current date. Jill

I have just installed the new version 11.0.1 ( 18/01/2023 at about 16:00) and made sure that 'associate .pte files' was ticked during install. But when I double click a .pte file in Windows Explorer it is trying to open in PTE 10 Not even 10.5 I created a new test file with just a blank slide & Text, making sure I was in 11.0.1 Saved it, checked in Notepad that it was created in 11.0.1, but double click from explorer still tries to open in PTE10 I have reinstalled 10.5.9 build 3 again, making sure that 'associate pte files' was ticked, but a project saved in 11 still tries to open in 10.0.10 build 8. Creating & saving a project in 10.5.9 also tries to open it in 10.0.10. Sample Test projects with Blank Slide & Text TestOpen10.5.pte TestOpen11.pte I have checked in Control Panel that the .pte file is Associated with PTE AV Studio & it is but doesn't show the Version I clicked on Change Program to make sure it was using PTE11 But looking at the install dates for both 10.5 & 11 neither are correct. 10.5 is showing September 2022 even though I have just reinstalled it today 18th January 2023 And PTE11 is showing yesterday, when I have just installed it today and didn't do any installs yesterday 17th January. Something strange is going on!! This is all on my Win 7 Laptop Will check later tonight on my Win 10 desktop I don't normally open PTE files from Explorer & usually Open the Version of PTE that I want to use first, then do File/Open So I don't know how long this has been incorrect. Jill

For doing talks, you mainly need to know what you are doing & rehearse it before each talk. That's what I do. With the new feature in PTE11 you can easily export all the Slides as smaller jpgs & then print them out with some notes if you find that helps. It would be useful if in a future version we could run PTE so that the FullScreen view could be put on a different monitor (ie the Projector) but still be able to have the Project open on the laptop to be able to see what the following Slides were. Good Luck with the Talks. Jill

Firstly welcome to PTE, once you get the hang of things you will realise how easy it is to use. Secondly, Yes PTE 11 is well worth upgrading to for the new features. Drag'n'Drop in the Objects & Animations is worth the upgrade alone without all the other new features. To try to answer your questions. To add, delete or move images to a different place do it in Slide View, not Timeline view. Use Timeline View to adjust the Durations & Transition Times of Slides & to sync with the music. When adding a new Slide the reason that the times will change on adjacent Slides is because the Default Setting are to have 'Show Full Duration' This can be very confusing for new workers as if you have changed durations or Transition times, then moving a Slide can change the Transition Time or Duration. The 'Full Duration' includes the Transition Time of the following Slide so it will change depending on what is following the current Slide. Have a look in Settings/Preferences/Project and see if the options are ticked - see screen shot below. It is up to you how you work and some people prefer to have these settings on, but a lot (myself included) prefer to have them Off. Try both to see what happens & then decide which you prefer. Enjoy PTE and you will soon be making some great shows. Jill

Hi Ken, All PTE versions are forward compatible, so if you created a show in 8 then you can open it in 11. They are only backwards compatible if you haven't used any of the new features in the later versions. But you will get a warning message saying that it was made in a later version & may not work. So if you have made a show in 11 & only used the basic features of adding images with simple transitions, then it should open in 8. Although not sure why you would want to go back as each new version is so much easier to work with. There is no Batch Publish feature and to be honest I am not sure there would be enough need for it for the developers to spend time on such a feature. As I said above, if you use the 'Run Application' to make your Menus then there is no need to republish the individual exe's All you have to do is change your top level Menus & all the shows will still work. Hope this helps. Jill

if it says Beta 7 then you are not running the latest. Download direct from the WnSoft website & save the Download with a different name eg PTE11 V1 Then delete any icons from your Desktop or where ever you run it from, install the new version and check what it says. Jill

have you got 'Full Slide Duration' set on? 5 - 1.5 = 3.5 Jill

Hi Mike, Interesting discovery, perhaps you could mention it on Friday so that all our members know about this. Jill

Thanks for the reminder about the Photo Flip. It is coming in very useful for something I am currently working on. Jill

does it work with PTE10.5? If no then it is Affinity, if yes then maybe PTE. Also try a reboot. Jill

Just that I am usually making an MP4 last minute to get it into an event/Competition, so need it done soon so that I have still have time to check it all out before sending!! Also I always make an exe as well, sometimes they come out smaller, sometimes the MP4 is smaller. Depends on how much video input is in the show. Jill

I agree, but resized images may help speed up the process if you have a slower computer with not much RAM? Jill

Multiple image/video tracks is what we need and hopefully this will come in V12. Although we can do so much in O&A and have so many Objects if all those were on separate tracks it would become very unfriendly. So we still need O&A to work the way it does. Jill

If you are using the Pro version, then right click the music at the end of the last Slide & select Split Clip Drag the second bit to the right slightly so that there is a gap between the 2 parts & then hit delete Does this get rid of it for you? The other thing to check is that Syncrhonise Soundtrack & Slides is ticked in Project Options/Advanced Tab When you installed the Final PTE 11 did you tell it to copy settings from PTE10.5 when asked? Jill PS I am always up late betwen 2 & 3 am but don't 'do' mornings

You can easily shorten the video simply by the moving the following slide to the point where you want the video to end. Right Click on the Video to check if the 'Trim start of Video' Option is available, I think it will be. Jill

The latest live version is available from the main WnSoft website and was released on 29/12/2022 as far as I know is the same as RC4 If you installed V11 before then & haven't updated since then download from the main website. Jill

I suspect most people will use the ON settings as they are the defaults and unless they go looking don't realise there is anything to change. I have used both Win 7 & Win 10 to update earlier projects. Jill

I have done the same & all OK. I have recently updated a 20 minute project containing several Video clips from 10.5 to 11 with no problem. I always work with Full Duration - OFF and Adjust Keyframes with Duration Change - OFF DG I believe you work with these setting ON Could this cause a problem? Jill

Good Luck When I am moving to a new version of PTE I always save a copy with a different name. So if anything does happen I can then go back to the previous version of the project & start again. The .pte file is so small it pays to keep saving with different names at regular intervals. JIll

When you changed the Transition to Dissolve did you make sure to click on OK before closing the Slide Options Window? I only mention this as it is something I have done myself. I am so used to clicking on the X to close the O&A window, that I just automatically do it for other windows such as the Slide options forgetting to cick OK first. Still not sure why the Transitions would have changed to the Displacement Map ones. The easy way to mute a Track is to press CTRL+M and the CTRL+M again to unmute. Jill

there should be no problem at all in opening a 10.5 project within PTE11. You certainly shouldn't get any random Displacement Maps. Are you using any Slide Styles? I never use them, so they may be a cause of your problems but shouldn't be Jill