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Hi Jose,
I'm not familiar with DAP so am looking into it. I'm not certain about how it works - how it's possible to really accelerate the downloads beyond the limits of the connection and the server. I'll get back on this as soon as I know more about it. My gut feeling is that these "accelerator" type programs don't really work but I could be very wrong about this because I really don't know exactly how they do what they claim to do.
I was able to find this mini-review and partial explanation. Nothing I have seen leads me to believe that there is anything "illegal" or "forbidden" about using it, it appears to just split large files into smaller pieces and seek out multiple sources and the best "connection" speeds - at least that's what I gather from first read.....
http://www.download.com/Download-Accelerat...4-10037157.html
Best regards,
Lin
Hi Lin,
"My gut feeling is that these "accelerator" type programs don't really work".
I couldn't think that you are not used to DAP, I am sorry for the trouble I am causing.
On the other hand, I am glad to call your attention to DAP, because I really find it a 200% necessary tool to have.
I am using DAP for the last 4 or 5 years, first the free version (5 connections possible and lots of adds), and latter the paid PREMIUM version (10 connections possible and no adds at all).
It really works, it's really true that acceleration is always 200%-400%, 2 minutes instead of 8 minutes, big difference!
I agree with you, I think it downloads several pieces of the file, in my case, 10 pieces, which process we can follow, seeing each piece downloading, all 10 at the same time, from only one server (in my case, my POWWEB FTP address, when for example I download a PTE executable). At the end, only one complete file is available, of course.
In terms of a FLV/MP4 player, considering Progressive Download (the one I use), even if we should wait for the complete download of file in order to start playing, I think I would prefer, instead of beeing obliged to practice lower bitrates and lower quality, and even so, beeing still dependent of usual Internet low speeds. Because DAP is really very fast...!
So, as I dream, in case a type of DAP could be "introduced/embed" into a FLV/MP4 player's "code", viewers of our videos (in a blog) could have very fast downloads and much better image quality.
I find strange, and curious, that neither DAP nor JW builders, reply to me on this subject, only JW said that it was forbiden...! Strange...
Best regards,
Jose
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Hi Jose,
O.K., yes I did get that one, I thought you were talking about a new file, sorry.
No question is ever silly, only perhaps silly answers - LOL.
Best regards,
Lin
Hi Lin,
OK, no problem at all.
My ATI RADEON Graphic Card X800XT is 32 GB/s.
Thanks for your help concerning "DOWNLOAD SPEEDS" (other Topic).
I did "ping" and "tracert" all Internet around, and I discovered an European Hosting Service in Amsterdam with ping 67 ms (compared with my actual POWWEB 120 ms).
I contacted them, I made a test download and I got 1,8 Mbps average (compared to POWWEB/USA 850kbps average). This is not bad...! In case I transfer my hosting to them, it will be to a VPS, which is more expensive than actual shared POWWEB, I hope it is a good service.
Lin: what about second part of my question? Concerning the use of some kind of download accelerator like DAP? Forbiden or not, possible or not, too much "silly" or not...?
Thanks and regards,
Jose
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Hi Jose,
Thanks very much for your excellent report and explanations. I agree, it could well be that 512 meg GPU RAM may be necessary to play the 1600x1200 youtube video at HD. I'm not certain yet what role, if any, system memory may play in the issue. Hopefully, more forum members will try this file and report back on the results.
Yes, Windows XP can only use 3326 meg of RAM as reported by dxdiag. Since it comes in even increments of one or gigabyte modules I chose four to get the most out of the system.
I didn't get the slideshow you sent - could you send it again please?
Best regards,
Lin
Hi Lin,
Yes, I sent it to you, and you comented it, on January 14, under topic "SCROLLING TEXT...
By the way, I just started a new topic under "DVD, Video,..." because I am getting really upset with download speeds from my host server. I need some help and I risked to put some (silly?) questions...
Regards,
Jose
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Dear PTE Experts,
I decided to open this new topic in "DVD-Video, AVI, VideoBuilder", not exactly because of some PTE problem, but because of a more general situation which includes PTE users as well, mainly when a PTE user wishes to post some PTE-AVI file in a blog, which is my case.
I know that instead of puting a PTE-AVI Project file in my blog, it will certainly be better to put a link to EXE file itself, ok. Anyhow, in terms of my blog, which is exclusively for videos and slideshows, my real problem is to get higher download speeds, in order that I can increase video bitrates in my movies, and get a better presentation quality in the blog.
This takes us to recent discussions about TRANSPARENT PLAYER, started by Lin Evans, and I copy/paste part of my last post on this subject:
Concerning TRANSPARENT PLAYER, I have missed your recent first article on this subject, but I went to it now and read all 18 posts, including long Josh explanations, as well as visited Josh's site, saw demos, etc.. Inclusive, I asked Josh a lot of information because I became very much interested in this new TP for my "unique" private video blog...!
I considered your opinion, of course, about TP beeing, now, the very best FLV H.264 or MP4 H.264 web player in the world, and I am considering buying it to install in my blog.
The purpose is almost exclusively to get a much higher download speed, and so, to be able to put much higher video bit rates in my videos and get more quality.
But, in fact, I doubt...!
As you say, TP does not turn download speed higher. That's what I think as well. But Josh says that everything is instantanely! He gives his embeded demo video as example, made with some 128 kbps video bit rate, or so.
As I can understand, 128 kbps is not a good example at all in a steady video piece like his. I don't like to be "convinced" with such tricks!
In my videos to post in blog, I always use FLV H.264 800 kbps plus 48 kbps for audio, so a total of 848 kbps, 25 fps. I wished I could use the double!
But I have a download speed 1000 kbps maximum from host server, so it is necessary to pause a little at start before playing without interrupting.
On the contrary, downloading HD from Youtube, I have a 2400 kbps download speed. I measure all these speeds with DU METER.
My point is: could TP get a download speed similar to this 2400 kbps? And I could start using MP4 H.264 instead of FLV H.264.
Ok.
Josh replied to questions I put, but I really regret to say that (for the 3rd time in 1 month!) some of my emails get loose, disapear...! And Josh's reply has disapeared from my computer.
However, I remember he stated that his TRANSPARENT PLAYER does not increase download speed, just as I thought!
Josh said something like "... only video bit rate has something to do with download speed...", just as I thought.
So, honnestly, I can not find any reasonable argument to sustain that TRANSPARENT PLAYER is very fast, it starts playing at once, etc., etc., unless video files are converted at very low bit rates...
In conclusion, I think I can go on saying that time of miracles has not yet arrived, concerning good video quality at the web, facing actual download speeds from host servers.
I am sorry for the time I am taking to all of you... but I should like to put some questions, trying to get reasonable thoughts on this subject, as usual among PTE users.
1. I am using a host server which is POWWEB. I host there all my FLV video files as well as my EXE PTE Projects. It is from POWWEB that my blog's viewers download my files. POWWEB is a paid service, not expensive. In POWWEB I use a FTP account (which seams to be faster...)
2. I never got more than 1200 kbps maximum download speed, which leads to some 800-900 kbps average.
3. When I download HD Youtube, I get 2400 kbps average download speed. So, my computer, my connection and my service provider allow, at least, this 2400 kbps download speed.
4. POWWEB says that they can not increase my download speed. (I worked before with WEBNG, which download speed was 600 kbps maximum!)
5. QUESTION: Can somebody let me know of some "high speed" host server service? At least 2400 kbps, like Youtube?
6. Another point: all of you know DAP- DOWNLOAD ACCELERATOR PLUS 9.0, which in its paid version (PREMIUM) allows 10 connections to server, so downloads are really very fast.
Would it be possible to "incorporate" some kind of DAP in our FLV Players?
I asked this to the builder of my player, which is JW FLV PLAYER 4.3 (the best player in the world, #1 in quality and versality!), and his answer, till this moment, was: "DAP 10 connections are forbiden, and you risk to be banned from servers and sites...".
I was astonished with this! Is this true? I asked details but got no reply till the moment.
I put same point to DAP itself, some 5 days ago, but got no reply till this moment.
I put this point now to you, dear PTE experts:
#1 - Forbiden or not forbiden?
#2 - Technicaly possible or not possible?
7. As you can easly understand, I am not at all an expert... but why not "embeding" a kind of DAP in our own player "codes"?
Click "PLAY", real download speed around 4000-5000 kbps, big cache, start at once, no interruptions till the end. High video bit rates, excelent quality!
Is this a dream?
It is most probably a big mistake of mine... I only should like to know where and why!
Regards,
Jose
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O.K. guys,
Here's what I have discovered. It's apparently a situation of both Flash player iteration AND hardware which is causing the difficulty. All following systems are running Windows XP home edition.
I have three systems up and running simultaneously with different video and processing power. My main system is a Dell with 4 meg RAM, an nVidia 8800 GT video card with 512 meg RAM. The second system I have running is a Gateway with two meg RAM and an nVidia 8600 GT OC (overclocked) with 512 Meg RAM. The third system is a notebook with only one meg RAM and a Trident 16 meg video card.
All three have the latest iteration of Flash player 10 and the latest Macromedia Shockwave Player.
The notebook displays the images well but totally hangs up on the transitions and sometimes just locks between fade of one image and another. Simply not enough power to run the 1600x1200 files with fade transition.
The Gateway with a very good 8600 OC GT card plays the animation smoothly but "steps" slightly on "some" but not all fades between images.
The Dell with the 8800 GT plays flawlessly both transitions, ripple animations and images. Since the Dell has the most video power and the most system RAM with a slightly more powerful CPU than the gateway, I suspect that the differences we are seeing have more to do with the video card than other hardware.
What this leads me to believe is that perhaps 1600x1200 is a bit much for the "average" system, especially if the video card isn't one of the top game cards. What I should do is probably redo the slideshow at perhaps 1024x768 and see if it makes a big difference.
The more people who test and report back on their experience, the better we can determine how well this will work for the majority. Please tell us your video card, amount of video RAM, pc processor, etc.
All this information can be easily obtained by going to the "start" then "run" and type in "dxdiag" without the quotation marks then "run". After the diagnostic has run, click on the "System" tab to get the CPU and RAM then on the "Display" tab to get information about the Video card and video RAM.
Knowing these details and how the 1600x1200 slideshow performs on your system will go a long way toward helping decide optimal output for Youtube to present your slideshow to the most people.
Best regards,
Lin
Hi Lin,
I am amazed with all your interest, and fellow PTEs as well, trying to find reasonable explanations for (not only mine!) problem of "step-by-step" fades in Youtube HD.
I have been away for some days, that's why only now I step in the discussion.
Ok, my report is:
01. I have indeed latest version of FLASH PLAYER ACTIVE X (10.0.12.36) installed.
02. I didn't have SHOCKWAVE PLAYER 11.0.3r471 installed. I installed it but problem persist.
03. My computer: INTEL PENTIUM 4 CPU 3.60GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 3072 MB RAM
Graphic card: RADEON X800 XT ATI 400MHz 256,0 MB Driver: ati2dvag.dll v 6.14 dated 29.09.2007 (there is a new version 8.12, dated October 2008, and I will install it soon, trying to see if problem is overpassed)
Considering your own reports, Lin, and other fellow who made his report, I am starting to think that "step-by-step" fades are due to Graphic Card's memory: problem occurs with 256 MB, and it does not occur with 512 MB. Besides, I think it's logic. May be that updating driver (as told above) problem is overpassed, but I doubt. However, I don't see why your GATEWAY (512MB) "sometimes" gives problem...! Is it because Memory RAM 2GB is not enough? By the way, I saw somewhere that more than 3 GB memory RAM in XP is of no effect at all, 3 GB is maximum usefull. Is this true?
So, I agree that 1600x1200, is perhaps too much for many, many people who only have 256 MB in Graphic Card.
But 1024x768 I think is too "little". I know that you want to keep 4:3 format, but I should prefer changing format a little bit and have more resolution, such as 1280x1024 (5:4), which runs perfect with 256 MB graphic gards like mine. The small slideshow I sent you, Lin, is 1280x1024, lots of fades and one big pan, and no problems at all.
Best regards,
Jose
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Hi Jose,
Actually, fades are that way with Flash and both Youtube and Vimeo convert the very excellent MP4 h.264 to Flash FLV. This is one reason I suggested looking at the Transparent Player which supports streaming MP4 h.264
The water effects actually look quite good on my system - they are not really "bubbles" but circular ripples from a "drop" of water. I suspect your broadband is responsible for them not looking normal. Out of curiosity, are you certain you were watching the show in full screen HD? The reason I ask is that I went back and checked again and it looks pretty good even on the fades. The really "jerky" fades are at low resolution, low bitrates.
Web presentations can't equal a good executable, but the HD on Youtube allows users to display slideshows without fancy animations in very good quality and that's about as good as it gets over the web unless you want to use very small images. The essence is that there are trade-offs all around and PTE can put out HD resolutions which the competition can't match at this time over the web.
I don't thing the output of Youtube is low quality for internet video at all. I think internet video is all actually low quality compared to BluRay or HD. HD on the web is in its infancy and only if and when broadband can support much higher bitrates will we be likely to see seriously good web video.
I would agree that executables are far better, but executables present problems as well. They are not cross-platform compatible so people with MacIntosh systems can't see them. Also the trend today is to use these web video services such as Vimeo and Youtube. No, they re not nearly as good as we would like, but even someone with a slow broadband can see high resolution images this way where they could not do so with DVD, etc.
I know of no way to split the executable. What you can do is divide the show by copying a number of slides to a different show. You would have to handle the background sound manually and then perhaps have one show call another via either a menu or last slide calling next show.
Best regards,
Lin
Hi Lin,
Thanks for your comments which are very reasonable, as always.
I went back as well, and I can confirm that I used HD mode fullscreen. Fades are seen in a "step-by-step" mode, as well as water drops. Besides, I downloaded 100% MP4 file before start playing, so I think that it can not be a broadband problem. On the contrary, seeing in Standard mode, fades are perfect but image quality is "bad". So, I can not understand how is it possible that you get good results in your system. My CPU, memory and graphic card are very, very good, so I can not imagine that it is a problem of my computer.
At last, what I mean when I spoke about Youtube/Vimeo low quality, is exactly what you said: "HD on the web is still in its infancy"!
Concerning TRANSPARENT PLAYER, I have missed your recent first article on this subject, but I went to it now and read all 18 posts, including long Josh explanations, as well as visited Josh's site, saw demos, etc.. Inclusive, I asked Josh a lot of information because I became very much interested in this new TP for my "unique" private video blog...!
I considered your opinion, of course, about TP beeing, now, the very best FLV H.264 or MP4 H.264 web player in the world, and I am considering buying it to install in my blog.
The purpose is almost exclusively to get a much higher download speed, and so, to be able to put much higher video bit rates in my videos and get more quality.
But, in fact, I doubt...!
As you say, TP does not turn download speed higher. That's what I think as well. But Josh says that everything is instantanely! He gives his embeded demo video as example, made with some 128 kbps video bit rate, or so. (I can not go back to his post to confirm, because this is second time I am writing all this again, I lost first script...!).
As I can understand, 128 kbps is not a good example at all in a steady video piece like his. I don't like to be "convinced" with such tricks!
In my videos to post in blog, I always use FLV H.264 800 kbps plus 48 kbps for audio, so a total of 848 kbps, 25 fps. I wished I could use the double! But I have a download speed 1000 kbps maximum from host server, so it is necessary to pause a little at start before playing without interrupting.
On the contrary, downloading HD from Youtube, I have a 2400 kbps download speed. I measure all these speeds with DU METER.
My point is: could TP get a download speed similar to this 2400 kbps? And I could start using MP4 H.264 instead of FLV H.264. I don't use MP4 now because I don't want to wait for total download to start playing.
That's what I am waiting for Josh's reply.
What could be your comments on this subject?
Thanks, and best regards,
Jose
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As those who have been following the progression of output to Vimeo and Youtube discussions know, Youtube supports very high resolution HD output.
One of the new features on PTE 5.6 is the addition of "custom" output for Youtube. For those photographers who don't wish to crop their slides to 16:9 aspect ratio but still would like high definition, high resolution output on Youtube, you can now set resolutions as high as 1920x1200 for your output. I find 1600x1200 works very, very well and is equivalent in optical resolution to 1920x1080 (2 megapixel).
I have posted a slideshow using PTE to upload to Youtube at 1600x1200 resolution. I believe it works very, very well, especially is you don't need pan, zoom and rotate. As you will see in the slidshow it is possible to have some smooth "animation" if you do it correctly.
For broadband - click on the link below then on the "watch in HD" at the lower right. Then click on the full screen icon and watch in full screen. If your display supports 1600x1200 you will see the show in full resolution and if you are watching on 1024x768 it will automatically downsample for display.
I suggest starting the show then hit the "pause" icon and let the "gas gage" move ahead a couple inches depending on your broadband connect speed. This will avoid stopping for download to "catch up."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzmfXwJCFnE
Thanks again to Igor for implementing this possibility without having to jump through hoops to get this resolution! I think it's a great feature for PTE and to my knowledge not shared by the competition.
Best regards,
Lin
Hi Lin,
I just saw your Youtube HD Slideshow, which is marvelous in terms of pictures and music, and HD as well, but... Youtube HD is still missing a lot!
Look at your fades in/out, always "jumping", look at "bubles" in water, near the end... May be it is HD but it is as well Low Quality in terms of Internet video, don't you think so?
I don't like Youtube, neither Vimeo, for these purposes because both suffer from this low quality in terms of movement. Besides, when you say that we must avoid pan, zoom and rotate (and "bubles", I would say...) you are puting aside necessary items to build a good slideshow, and PTE doesn't deserve such a punishment...! This is just my opinion, for sure, but I am so much enthousiastic of PTE that I can not consider to minimize all its great performances just because Youtube and Vimeo have still a long way to walk.
Besides this, PTE "invented" this fabulous ".exe" way of sending and viewing at once in true HD, I think it's not at all necessary to use Youtube or Vimeo.
I had to say this...
I am sorry to insist, Lin, but could you give me some advice about what I asked in my post dated 15 Jan in topic Scrolling Text Over Multiple Slides, concerning size of my project (100 MB)? Is it possible, when project is ready, to split it in 3 or 4 parts, I mean, executable parts.?
Thanks and regards,
Jose
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Hi Jose,
First, save your slideshow under another PTE name so you have a backup. Next save each bmp as a jpg with your desired level of compression but do not delete the original bmp or change the folder where they reside. It would be better to first copy them to another folder and work from there.
Use Irfanview or other batch conversion tool to copy all files to jpgs then open your duplicate slideshow (the one you saved under another PTE file name). Go to the main slide list and look above the mini-player and find between "comment" and "add sound" a tab which says "Change ima...." This allows you to substitute any image selected in the slide list with any other image while preserving all timings, keyframes, etc. Do this for each image.
Best regards,
Lin
Hi Lin,
It worked!!!
You can not imagine how helpful you have been! I thank you very much!
This project will be around 200 slides. Now it is 42. Using JPG I changed from 192,3 MB to actual 51,3 MB. Audio (42:06, mp3) is 38,5 MB. So I think final project will be around 100 MB.
To convert BMP to JPG I used my favourite image software ARCSOFT PHOTO STUDIO 5.5, which I always use to work on my pictures. I used a 90% quality and I got the mentioned 51,3 MB estimating a final 100 MB. What do you think? Is it a great mistake? I can imagine my viewers downloading 100 MB... and waiting for a long, long time!
The problem is that all these slides (and some more thousands...) were shot in 1968/1970 with a CANON QL 25 (aperture 2,5), in Africa (hot, high humidity, etc.) and they are not in good order. I have scanned them now, the job was not brilliant, so, actual quality is not so good. This is why I use 90% because I can not sacrifice even more their poor quality. Am I right? What would you suggest?
Best regards and thanks again,
Jose
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Very nice job Jose! The only improvement I see which you might consider would be to click on Anti Shimmering (mipmapping) in Objects and Animations under Properties tag for a couple of the slides which have shimmer as they are zooming. Otherwise perfect!
Yes, this is very near the release version. The essence is that there are betas until the developer believes that the product is ready, then perhaps a couple release candidates then the release.
Best regards,
Lin
Lin, thanks for your opinion and advice. You are right, I never used (I never tried!) the anti-shimmering, but I will pay attention to this in the future.
Can I profit to ask you something?
The other project I am building with PTE is now with 8 minutes and 42 slides. This project I started before the "Invitation" and I will return to it now.
But... I used BMP slides and project is already some 200 MB! And it will have some 200 slides when ready...
So, I must convert BMP to JPG, all slides. Ok. No problem.
Problem is: is there any way to replace actual used BMP slides without loosing all timings, effects, zooms, pans, etc., etc.?
Please, don't say that I have to build everything again from start...
Hope to have good news!
Best regards,
Jose
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Hi Lin,
Thanks, may be I downlowd Beta 20 of 5.6, but I have a point to clear before doing so.
You say that both versions can co-exist without interference. Does this mean that they are 100% separate installations? No "mixture" at all?
On the other hand, I am now working on a project, obviously in 5.52. Could this project run on Beta 20 of 5.6 without any problem? If so, how to "transfer" it? This "transfer" would apply as well to future projects made in 5.52, in case I would wish to rebuild them on 5.6.
Thanks again for your interest and help!
Regards,
Jose
Hi, Lin,
I just received today a post about new version "5.60 RELEASE CANDIDATE".
After what you told me, I decided to download and install this 5.60 CANDIDATE VERSION (what does this mean? No more Beta? Not yet REAL version?)
Congratulations! Some important improvements, indeed.
I was just finishing a small project with 5.52, but I concluded it with 5.60. Great! No problems at all. It is my very first project with PTE. I am glad. It is an "Invitation" for my family and friends to watch my first Blog... to "open" next 20th. Here it is for you to have a look...
http://orizaba2.powweb.com/CONVITE(comSOM).exe
Regards,
Jose
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Hi Lin,
Thanks, may be I downlowd Beta 20 of 5.6, but I have a point to clear before doing so.
You say that both versions can co-exist without interference. Does this mean that they are 100% separate installations? No "mixture" at all?
On the other hand, I am now working on a project, obviously in 5.52. Could this project run on Beta 20 of 5.6 without any problem? If so, how to "transfer" it? This "transfer" would apply as well to future projects made in 5.52, in case I would wish to rebuild them on 5.6.
Thanks again for your interest and help!
Regards,
Jose
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Hi Jose,
As Xavier said, you can do this with masking in the Beta versions of 5.6. Remember, you can create a gradient mask so that the text dissolves gradually as it moves into the mask, so it's quite possible to make the text dissappear inside the parameters of the image itself.
Here's a sample you can use to modify the mask as you need.
http://www.learntomakeslideshows.net/sampl...xtdisappear.zip
Best regards,
Lin
Thanks Lin, once again!
I am using PTE v5.52 (the one I bought), so I think I can not take any result from your sample.
I opened your project in my 5.52, and I only can see a fixed beautiful chipfriend!
I added your mask, I added some text... but nothing happened.
Am I missing something? Or should I have version 5.6 Beta?
I don't like to use Beta versions, so I would prefer to keep my 5.52 till true 5.6 is delivered.
Anyhow, I am glad to see that this effect will be possible in a near future.
Thanks to Xavier, as well.
Regards,
Jose
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Jose,
Rasterizing the text object turns it into a PNG format graphics file. So, even when you run your sequence on a PC that doesn't have your chosen font installed, the appearance is exactly as you intended.
To rasterize the text, simply select the text object in the O&A window, and then "tick" the check box on the Properties tab. PTE will ask you where you want the png file saving. Job done! If you want to change the text content, simply untick the box, edit the words and then re-tick the box. Simple!
regards,
Peter
Peter, thanks for your help!
I never imagined such a possibility but it's clever and usefull. I am always learning...
By the way, concerning vertical text scroling:
Is it possible NOT to see up-vertical-scroling text starting exactly in the low slide border and disapearing exactly in the up slide border? Instead of such exact border's limits, I would prefer to see such limits inside slide itself, through a fixed wipe-dissolve, I mean, like scroling text fading in and out the slide, away from the exact slide's borders? Did I make myself understood?
I think this is not possible because I couldn't find in PTE any kind of wiping mask, or so. But I never know, may be there is some trick to get this...
Thanks and regards,
Jose
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Hi Jose,
Slides on the timeline are marked as "used" by their identity on the list changing to "bold".
The fonts are often rasterized to PNG (your choice) and they are not embedded. Size can be made uniform by observing the "zoom" numbers for the text object. For technical reasons it's difficult to use a fixed size font. One of the problems is that different computers have different installed fonts, thus the reason for having PNG rasterizing which makes the actual font a "picture" of a font and thus not amenable to precise sizes except via the zoom factor. It is less convenient in some ways than having a numeric association or font "size," but infinitely more flexible.
Objects can be "linked" as children to slides thus adopting their attributes of zoom and position or they can be independent objects thus not affected by position or size (zoom) of the slide itself. Just be certain that when you add text that the main slide or other objects in the Object's List are not selected (blue) and the text will be under your complete control independent from the slide itself. This way you can zoom, pan or rotate the image and text independently.
Best regards,
Lin
I thank you very much for your help.
I am sorry for my former questions because it is my fault not to have "studied" PTE carefully, concerning "used slide bold" mark, for example. That's why friends are helpfull!
I found fantastic not to have text dependent from main slide. It was a tremendous problem to try to use same size, fixed position, etc.. Good!!! However... sorry for my ignorance, but what is that of "rasterized"? I already had found this but never worried about what it means. Now I see that it is important to understand "rasterizing" because this leads to fixed size fonts, as I understood. But I have no idea how to rasterize a font...! Could you please give me some starting procedure?
Thanks again and regards,
Jose
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Unfortunately there is no way to choose where music starts in your case without modifying the music itself. Because of the scrolling of text over multiple slides, the slides were placed as objects of the first slide.
In a normal slideshow where slides are separately placed in the slide list you can insert sound three different ways and limit the sound or background music to beginning with a certain slide, but since the additional slides are inserted as objects to accommodate the scrolling of text over multiple slides, the only way I know to do what you want is to take your music into a sound editor such as Audacity and add silence to the beginning of the mp3 equal to the amount of time from the beginning of the show until you want the sound to start. This is not difficult to do, but it does require modifying at least the first part of the background mp3.
As an alternative, you could create a silent MP3 playing for the duration of time you wish at the beginning of the show. This could then be your first music selection. Place the regular music as the second MP3 and it would then begin after the silent MP3 had played. However, for more precise timing it would be better to do it in the first suggested way.
Best regards,
Lin
Hi, Lin,
Thanks for your advices.
In fact, suspecting that it was impossible, I had already used AUDACITY to create a complete stereo soundtrack with several noises and music, synchronized with slides' timings. But mainly I decided to use my movie editor PINNACLE LIQUID 6.10 PRO, by far the easiest way to deal with slideshow soundtrack (till 99 stereo audio tracks to use, and all possible sound mixing, fading and effects!)
By the way, Lin, I am a beginer with PTE and any kind of slideshow, but I work for a long time with DV movies.
And this makes me think how PTE could be improved, if possible, by some small utilities or details which I miss (only because I am used to DV editing), such as:
1. Each used slide in timeline should be "marked" in the list as used.
2. In text, font size should be numeric defined, not through zoom (draging corners) effect. It is dificult to adopt exactly same size from slide to slide.
3. Is it necessary that "objects" are "connected" to main slide? I mean, for example, a text on a slide "suffers" the same zoom or pan as the slide itself. If we want to zoom the slide but keep text still, we must correct the text introducing an oposite zoom, is it not?
Sorry for such "impertinences", may be it is not possible according to program's structure, but I should like to hear your opinion.
Thanks again and best regards,
Jose
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Here I am again with same problem, one step forward!
How to start first music not in second 0,000 but only on second 14,500 (example)?
In other words, how to position music(s) where we wish (not necessarly at start of the show (if we wish to have silence during first 2 or 3 slides)?
Thanks for your help.
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Hi Jose,
This is possible, but depending on your hardware may be limited by memory. The way you can approach this is to place one slide in the slide list and the others as "objects" of the first slide in Objects and Animations. Set the display time for the slide to the length of your music.
Turn your slides on and off via the timeline with opacity control. This will limit you to fades between slides but you will be able to do this if your hardware can handle the size of the slides as objects so better to keep the pixel dimensions to a minimum.
This is, of course, not an "elegant" solution, but it will work if you have sufficient memory in your video card so be sure you keep the image dimensions down to about 1024x768 or less to conserve memory. You may be pushing the envelope if you use 30 slides.
Here's a quick sample using a few slides: About 35 meg zipped PTE sample....
http://www.learntomakeslideshows.net/sampl...crollsample.zip
Best regards,
Lin
Dear Lin Evans,
Do you remember your article dated April 27, 2007, posted in Luminous Landscape Forum / The Coffee Corner?
I never saw a so decisive opinion on a product!
I was working with Soundslides trying to build my first slideshows. Soundslides is good, I must say, and the owner never let me down with my questions and doubts, I must thank him. However, I was looking for something more sophisticated when I entered in Luminous Landscape Forum and found your article.
At once I looked at your site and saw some of your slideshows, I tried PTE, and some days after I bought it and I am now building my first slideshows. What a pleasure is working with PTE and look at final results!
Thanks Lin!
And thanks as well for your quick reply to this actual problem of mine. I never expected to receive an answer directly from you, a true expert! I am lucky!
I understood your advices, I already tried some quick approaches, I think I will be able to manage the situation, but I will need some time.
Do you mind if I will come back to you in case I have some difficulty?
Thanks again and best regards,
Jose
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Dear PTE experts!
I should thank a little help!
I can not believe that it is not possible to create a long vertical scrolling text which runs over multiple slides, but I still didn't find the way!
I know how to create a normal vertical scrolling text running during 1 slide, using -pan to +pan, etc..
My problem is that I have a very long text which I should need to scroll during some 3 minutes (time of music), and so, I must use some 40 slides during this process.
How to make text scroll from 00,000 second till the end of the music, so, overlaying some 40 slides in between?
Thanks for your help.
Jose
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Welcome orizaba to the PTE Forum!
As you say, PTE is amazing software. One amazing aspect is the quality of photos that are displayed in the .exe file which is the primary output of the software. The .exe file you produce can not be "embeded" and run as streaming video on a blog. But you can easily embed a video by PTE software. One way to do it: In PTE, when you have your slideshow ready, select "Create" and choose the option to produce video and upload to Vimeo. This can all be done in PTE. Then on Vimeo you can view and receive the embed code which you post on your blog. You can see a couple of examples on one of my blogs here: Life Shares. All but one item posted is by PTE. Some of the PTE items are there for downloading the .exe which you then run on your own computer only. The more recent posts on this blog (near the top) are examples as I describe above. They are made in PTE and then the embed code came from Vimeo. You will probably find it very easy, but feel free to ask if more info is needed. There are many PTE users eager to help. Enjoy!
I just wish to thank you, LumenLux, for your informations.
I saw your blog (Blogger, like mine still under construction) but I didn't get conclusions for the moment. Anyhow, I understood that there is a possibility of embeding (by Vimeo). I think I must study Vimeo first and understand all the process.
I just discovered PTE today, and I am very enthousiastic with its quality, that's the main reason of my interest. I wish such quality could be 100% preserved when embeding and converting, as well, to FLV or MP4 (which CODECS does Vimeo use?). I must study all Vimeo process and ask some more questions on the subject.
In the meantime, could you tell me how to make a simple "cross fade transition" in PTE? I see a lot of transitions but not the "cross fade".
And how to "delete" the pre-applyed transitions, and put new ones? Sorry, I know I must learn by myself, I just wanted to test as soon as possible some details. And these transitions are making me crazy!
I will come back to you tomorrow, ok?
Thanks again.
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This PTE is an amazing software!
How is it possible to put (embed) a PTE slideshow in a blog?
As other slideshows's software (like SoundSlidesPlus, for example) an embeding code must be generated, which is done by a small utility of its own. Besides, it "prepares" a "publish-to-web" folder to be uploaded to host server.
How to deal with this in PTE?
Another important point: in a blog, how to "put" the PTE slideshow into the usual 500x282 pixel window (16:9 video usual blog's window), with option to fullscreen? As before, in other softwares it's the "embeding code" to include all these parameters. The same with PTE?
Thanks to someone who can clear this for me.
Notice To All my Friends on the PTE Forum
in General Discussion
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Hello Lin,
I will miss you, all of us will miss you, your nice on line company and helpful advice, but I understand your actual problem and I only hope to have you back in a very near future, mainly because it will mean good news on your family health.
Good luck and regards,
Jose