[PTE 6.5 deluxe]

My question relates to the latest upgrade for PTE 6.5 deluxe.

Having just upgraded the software, can this be added to my laptop? since I normally present AV shows to Charitable organisations and often am asked how certain effects are produced. It would be helpful if I could load PTE to my laptop for convenience in demonstrating the methods included in PTE, since all of my initial work is carried out on my PC

Many thanks

Bob Copeland

[DVD production]

Hi!

I am interested to find out if it is possible to burn a DVD using PTE5.6 so that it can be viewed on television in Mission Canada.

I have a friend who has asked me to take some photogrpahs o the village that He ans i were born and brought up in as a nostalgic trip for him. He emigrated to Canada in 1958 and we were 'best pals' until he left.

can you advise if it is possible to creata a DVD which can be viewed in North America. I understood that there is some difficulty in doing so.

I would be very grateful for any advice on this matter.

Bob Copeland

Carluke

Scotland

[Animation]

Bob,

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Thank you and I'm glad you got some great idea's here from above on how to help solve your animation question.

Good luck!

-Fred

[Animation]

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Report:

Have receive two items of advice regarding direction changes during Animation.

Will try these this evening and advise on my hoped for results as soon as i can.

Many thanks to both subscribers.

Bob Copeland

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Hi Bob,

All you need to do is to break your animation down into steps and then program each step between a pair of keyframes. You can use the animation features (pan, zoom and rotate) in any combination that you want and can have them all take place at the same time if you wish. There are just three limitations ;

- your graphics card: older ones may not produce smooth animation on large (in pixel x pixel terms) images or on images made up of many objects

- you can work only in 2D not 3D (although Igor has hinted that 3D object animation might come in a future version of PTE - i.e. subsequent to v5.6)

- your imagination!

Have a good play! There's no substitute for trying it for yourself. To get you started, download some of Lin Evans's excellent tutorials.

regards,

Peter

[Animation]

I am interested to learn if it is possible for an object to change direction during animation. For example if I have an airplane travelling diagonally from bottom left can I change the direction of flight during animation so that the plane will move vertically?

Would appreciate any advice on this.

Many thanks

Bob Copeland

[PTE 5.6 BETA]

Hi.

Can you advise me if PTE 5.6 Beta is available and how i can receive a copy. I have already asked winsoft by e-mail buit so far have not received any reply.

Many thanks,

Bob Copeland

[Juddering of images]

Hi Lin,

Greatly appreciate your help. I will resize the balloon images because until you mentioned the point, I had sized the whole of the image including the chequered portion which addds condsiderably to the file size.

I will also check the laptop video card as you suggest.

When i have resized and created a show with the balloons I will let you know how i got on but I am certain you have solved my problem.

Many thanks,

Bob Copeland

[Juddering of images]

Hi Bob,

The issue is very likely related to the ability of the laptop to properly render motion because of the video card. Many laptops do not have sufficient video card resources to enable proper smooth movement of pan, zoom and rotate. The next thing I would try is to be absolutely certain that the PNG files containing the hot air balloons are as small as possible in original dimensions. That is, crop all the "checker-board" transparency around the balloons to an absolute minimum then resize the balloon PNG files so that they are only as large as your maximum needed zoom. Of course it's much easier to create these files at full size but it greatly loads the video resources and laptops typically have little reserves in terms of video power.

The size of your original jpgs are a bit large for some laptops in terms of RAM and Video RAM but not so much that I would expect to see the video card overloaded. Do the same diagnostic on the laptop and see what type video card and RAM it has available.

The Video chipset on your desktop as reported by dxdiag is marginal but sufficient if the video requirements are carefully monitored (I had to actually purchase video cards myself for a couple of my computers which used this on-board Intel chipset).

My best guess is that if carefully cropping and resizing the PNG balloon files to get the video loading to a minimum doesn't cure the problem, a different laptop might be necessary to run pan, zoom, rotate on the projector.

Best regards,

Lin

[Juddering of images]

Hi Lyn,

Many thanks for your speedy response. I have tried to dfollow your instructions to obtain the information you requested and due to my lack of technical know how with the mechanics of computers I have taken a note of the info. given in the "DISPLAY" section to which you refered me.

Intel 82915G Express chipset.

Chip typoe Intel ® 8215G Express.

DAC Type Internal

Memory 128.00mb.

Dispaly mode 1024x768 (32Bit) (60Hz)

Drivers

Mini- ialamrnt5.dtl.

Version- 6.14.0010.3847

WHQL Logist;yes

Mini VDD; ialmnt5.sys.

DDI Version 9(or larger)

2. The jerking in animation mostly happens when i use a digital projector and laptop. Using my own computer there is very very little jerking. I am attempting to get hot air ballooons to move accross the sky and it is during the start of this movement thqat the jerking occurs. However as the show proceeeds the jerking diminishes consioderably.

3. The pixel size of my images are 1024x768.

4. The iomage size in bytes is 644kb on average. Sometimes a little smaller if I have reduced the size for effect.

5. My operating system is Windows XP Home Edition

I truast that this is the information you require and i do appreciate you helping me in this way.

Regards

Bob Copeland

[Juddering of images]

HELLO ALL!,

At present when I have created a AV show with animations I find that several of the moving images shudder accross the screen, which becomes annoying and distrcting.

I have re-sized all of the images and use a resolution of 72 DPI.

Can you help please.

Bob Copeland