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Thanks all....think I've got it Ford, Chevy, Toyota, Jeep?? Depends on where I want to go, how I want to get there and my driving skills. Ciao for now...

[Old Timer Yes I hit the wrong button or something and the post was sent before I finished it. I edited it straight away, so you must have been on it just as it went up.

Barry, Oops...when I looked at your message originally it only gave me the first 2 and 3 was blank...now when I went back to it the entire message shows up..with 5 items...strange...thanks. Tim

Hey all, Thanks for your input. Cheapest tool to do the job adequately is what I was looking for. More evals and shopping I guess.... Barry, I particularly like your #3. Tim

All you guru's...could you please tell me(if you have compared) if the Big boy(CS3) is worth the extra money. I don't really have it to spend and would hope that all that I see in these beautiful shows can be done with Elements. I also don't have a "full" lifetime left to spend exploring the capability of CS3 if I really don't have to. Any thought would be appreciated. Thanks.. Tim

Barry, Sorry this may be abit "back" to the subject and techniques of your slidshow. Hope you can stand that. Realize you have become "caught up" in the idea of changing things to meet your customers..HA. I posted on my original thread about how much I enjoyed your show. Absolutely FANTASTIC. Any tutorials would most certainly be welcomed on your techniques. Count me in. Again..thanks for the inspirational show. Tim

For bbdigital ....I finally have my computer problem fixed and downloaded and watched your show "Another Age." Holy cow and WOW....I am in awe at just how powerful and magnificent that show is. Haven't checked out any others but believe me I get the picture(pun intended). You said steep learning curve...OH YEAH...can see that now. May not live long enough to accomplish the task I have set out for myself. Have to start somewhere so plan to comletely digest anything and everything available on your site, tutorials etc. You are the man. I can see now that two projectors banging out "straight" slides cannot in any way shape of form compare to all the digital manipulations possible once images are in digital form. Hope there's enough room left inside my brain to let enough in to master this new process. Again, thanks for your comments, slideshows, contributions to photography, etc etc..

Oops...wrong reply button sorry.. Talk about download problem...I can't download anything, anytime lately if it is international(I think). Does that make any sense? I have downloaded a trial version of a software from a USA vendor and no problem...but a week or so ago I was unable to download a bios update from any of the ASUS sites and now I cannot download any of slide shows from the Beckham site or a trial version the PTE 5.1. I have pretty much pulled my hair out and spent toooo much time trying to figure this out....anyone ever have this problem? Running Windows 2000, IE6?? Tim

Thanks all...unfortunately..right now, well really for awhile now I have been unable to download "some" things. I tried to download some of the slideshows from dbdigital site and NOPE...also tried to download a trial version of PTE..NOPE... I had this problem awhile back while trying to download a bios update from ASUS tried5 different sites available worldwide..NOPE. Think my IE6 is crapped up somehow, have been trying to figure it out for days now. Anyone ever have a problem like this?? I get the, "The page cannot be displayed" with notes at the bottom saying, "Cannot find server or DNS Error, Internet Explorer." Running W2K.

Has anyone done a comparison of the features of PhotoDex's Proshow Gold vs Picturestooexe 5.1? Appreciate feedback please....thanks..

Thanks for all the input. Yes, I am well aware of the time consuming nature of the beast. Just spent about 40 hours scanning for one show...and still have to do all the programming. Fortunately I am retired but even then I still have a life. Perhaps I did not explain myself adequately on some of my questions...let me try again. Noted some of you said that the pics2exe show was "much" better than the old two projector, audio, dissolve unit set up. I guess I can not grasp that in my minds eye yet. I can understand that if you had two digital projectors doing the show it would be comparable. But..without two projectors it seems to me it could not be as good. Reason: Slide A and slide B in two projectors. slide A does a 10sec dissolve onto the screen, after 5 secs slide B starts a 10 sec dissolve onto the screen, at 15secs both are full power on screen and after 5 sec on screen full slide A starts a 10sec dissolve off the screen. My point is that from 15 secs to 20 secs slide A and B are both 100% power on the screen at the same time from two 1500 watt projectors(example) you are really throwing 3000 watts of light at the screen. Doing this on your PC screen is "not" the same since there is only one light source and lets assume it is 1500 watts. You can never give each slide individually the same amount of light as the individual projectors...am I getting wrapped around the axle here...anyone see what I am saying?? Guess what I was asking was...in order to accomplish the above..assuming it is correct? one needs to get two digital projectors? Thanks again...appreciate your help...thoughts.

In the process of converting about 30 old slideshows to digital(lots of work)from my travels around the world. Still have all the old tech equipment...two slide projectors mounted on a rack, Sharp RD6888AV recorder/playboack tape deck, dissolve unit, etc. I have discovered after converting one slideshow that the new technology does not offer the same brilliance as showing on the big screen with two projectors. Two light sources. Of course I viewed the show after conversion to DVD and played back on an HDTV. Do folks now days in fact do two projector slide shows to music using two digital projectors? As you can tell I am just getting back into this after being out of the loop for a LONG time. Could you share with me what type of equipment/software folks are using if this two projector method is being used? The one slideshow I have converted was put together with the 3rd image as the main concept. 3rd image being the combination of an image from projector one and projector two as they blend and dissolve on and off the big screen. Without two powerful light sources the same effect is not achieved doing the slideshow on your computer screen with only one light source. Appreciate any help/guidance anyone might offer...thanks so much.