Barry Beckham

It was the same in the UK although I am not sure there was a name for them. In the UK some people go to the south of france and spain during the winter. Its like summer all year round here I am told with the temp rarely getting as cold as 10c in winter time.

If you go to te Objects and Animation screen you can create buttons and assign those buttons to carry out a task. Click the button lop left of the Objects and Animation screen marked OK. With the button selected (you will see a green line around the edge) go to the common tab on the right hand side of the Objects and Animation screen and you will see "Action on mouse click" There are loads of options, but one of them is go to a slide number of your choice. You can change the name and shape of the button too. Hope that helps

It still rains here Tom and when it does you generally know it, but at least its warm rain and soon over.

Lin Thanks for the heads up, but right now I don't really want to start installing anying on this laptop. I have not long arrived in Australia and this laptop it is my only way of keeping in touch with my web site and family. I have no other PC's and no software to effect any repairs. I know the risk is slight, but leave well enough alone is my motto under these circumstances.The rest of our PC's are on a ship on their way and then I can get back to normal operation. I will have to live without seeing the slide show unless the author publishes a link to to full exe file.

I do get lots of questions about PTE accepting video clips, so there is little doubt that the inclusion of video would raise the acceptance of the software as Xaver says. I have been one of those who have not looked favourably on this idea as the inclusion of video would not be the same great quality as the stills, but things are changing now. Perhaps we are moving into an era when the quality of the video will be indistinguishable from the stills.

Ken Yes, I appreciate what you say about bringing the shows to a wider audience, it is a very valid point and one I fully support. However, the fact that I could not click the link and see the show as it was intended rather destroys that idea. Yes, I suppose I could have found a way around the fact the slide show wouldn't play for me, but I didn't. Rightly or wrongly I couldn't be bothered at that time. I would suggest that most casual observers who would be the target of these streaming shows won't either. This is the PTE site and I for one would rather see the executable version, with perhaps a second streaming link that might reach that wider audience.

I agree, much better to pave the way for a Mac version of PTE. Dump the Midi

Well, all I get is a black square and no slide show when I click the link. Much rather see the full slide show as an exe anyway. I don't have any problem downloading and viewing executable shows and wonder what the big attraction of Vimeo is. Maybe it is me getting old and past it these days, but on the PTE forum we want to see the shows at their absolute best don't we? Well, I do! Am I all alone in these thoughts or is everyone jumping into Vimeo because it's there.

If I am reading your problem correctly, isn't this all going to come right once 5.6 moves from being a beta to a full program. You can then sever the links with earlier versions and all project files will open up in PTE5.6

Tom No, we are not Snowbirds, never heard that term before. We are now permanently resident in Buderim Australia. I know a few Australians visit this site and I need to spread the word that my demos are available. I want to get back into the lectures, which is something I enjoy and something that often provides that spark of inspiration for me. You could always invite me to California

While not a great help to those outside of Australia, we are now getting some demos and seminars set up in Australia. One of our first is a full days seminar on the subject of Digital AV with the new PTE5.6 Redlands Camera Group in Brisbane Check out the details below http://www.beckhamdigital.co.uk/lectures/redland.htm

DaveG Surely you will not be approached regarding something which is not working in a BETA? No, of course not the beta, I am just trying to catch up and be prepared for when 5.6 is launched thats all. I came a little late to the party this time because of my move to Australia, so naturally I have not been able to keep up with all the chat on the forum. As far as I know that Utube part of the beta version may not yet be fully working, but if not then I expected someone to say. No-one has so I can only assume there are some issues there, which may have nothing to do with PTE at all. Just trying to get up to date, but perhaps you would be surrpised what problems people can have with what we feel is a simple issue. Remember, no matter what your knowledge or skill level, you can be a complete idiot in the eyes of one man, while being an expert in the eye of another. This is something many forget when giving advice, as they assume a certain knowledge that is not there.

There is little worse in modern software than a new option that doesn't work. I know I will get lots of questions about this, so I would like to be able to offer some answers to those who have bought PTE from me. I also need an answer myself, but there doesn't seem to be one at the present time. I am sure it is just a matter of time and a small issue when compared to the rest of the software.

I sort of guessed that as I created my original Utube account from the UK and was currently accessing it from Australia, that may have caused the issue. So I created a new account, but sadly the same error message appears. A Utube video can be created andf uploaded by creating a Vimeo upload and then using the option to create a stand along video and uploading that to Utube, but I would rather do it through the PTE5 software.

I can't wait for our desktop PC's to catch up with us in early January. Unfortunately most of our belongings have to travel by ship and it can take 4 weeks before they even leave the UK. They are now on their way, but I doubt they will clear customs in Australia much before the 10th January. In the meantime we are getting our workstations organaised and ready. I can't wait to get back to some real productive work. I just cannot get on with laptops. They don't inspire me to get creative

After my Ipod issues I thought I would try out the Utube option and I chose to keep a video after uploading. My Utube username and password are correct, because I can get onto Utube no problem, but when I click the next button on the publish to Utube window from PTE5.6 I get the attached error. Has anyone else had this error at all?

It was a setting in my Ipod that I never noticed before. We only bought the Ipods for entertainment on our trip to Australia so we are not very experienced with them and I havn't had the time to spend as I ussually do finding out all the various aspects of an Ipod. Anyway I have it now and the little PTE5 test I made is now working. As is usual it is a simple setting, but one that can be overlooked untill you become experienced with an Ipod. The idea works very well, despite the image size and I can see whay Igor included this as an option in PTE 5.6 I also notice that the animation also appears to work much sweeter, not the physical movement, but the ease of how the animation can be contained within any size or format you make your images. That is going to make is so much easier for newcomers to PTE Well done Igor

OK, I have found the answer myself.

Hello Guys We are just becoming a little more settled in Australia after our move from the UK and although we don't have any of our PC's yet. (still on a ship on the way) I do have a laptop. I have just tried the new PTE5.6 a bit late, but for understrandable reasons and it is looking rather good as usual. However, I cannot get a slide show on my Ipod and would welcome some advice. I can create the video from PTE5 and it makes an MPEG-4 movie. I can play that movie on the PC and I can also add the file to the Ipod Library. It appears in the library and will play in the library. However, when I connect my Ipod up to the PC to sync it, it goes through the sync motions, but the video is nowhere to be found once the process has completed. Because I have been out of the loop, forgive me if I am jumping the gun and that part of the software has not been hooked up yet. If it has, what do I need to do to get the show on my Ipod Any help would be appreciated

I did intend to document our new life for a slide show, but will not be able to get started on that for a few months. Most of our belongings are shipped by boat and can take up to 12 weeks to arrive. However, house purchase here seems to take around a month or so, it really moves quickly. Watch this space as they say I feel a little out of it at the momemt, unable to do anything with the new beta PTE5, just too busy doing other things

Having just moved to Australia I have not had the chance to keep up todate with the forum, but I thought I would chip in here. There are a number of filter techniques that add a great deal of charm to a slide show. I have a couple of examples at the links below. Try the top two slide shows. One used filters available in Photoshop and one uses Alien Skin filters. http://www.beckhamdigital.co.uk/freestuffdigslidesw3.htm There is also another couple of great watercolour type affects that I have used before, but not with slide shows. What needs to be remembered with all these filters is they rarely give you a great result straight out of the box. You need to work at them a bit using the filters and the other Photoshop tools to get something really special, but it is worth the effort. We have some tutorials at the links below for anyone interested. http://www.beckhamdigital.co.uk/downloads/...reducenoise.htm http://www.beckhamdigital.co.uk/photoshopc...ers/filters.htm

Tom In my view the slide show is now far more appealing, but those voices are just not working for me at all. Its easy to impose your own views over another persons slide show and suggest all sorts of things you might have done different. There are three things that I would highlight. The chattering voices, the red flame fires and the brass band music. The red flames are not convincing and for me I think your intentions are having the opposite effect. The flames draw my attention for the wrong reasons. The other music was perfect, but not played with a brass band. What you start off with fits a treat and that also sets a scene that is compromised by the brass. Not easy to find suitable music I guess. This is a far more difficult project than it may first appear.

If the resolution of the PC matches the new monitor and you still cannot see the words correctly the problem may be that your icons are set too large. Make your icons smaller and I think you will find the solution. You will find the options to change these in control panel. With Vista I think you need "Ease of Access"

Peter Sorry I am a bit slow replying at present, but that warble wasn't your voice it was electronic. I have heard that sound before when I was trying to clean up a H4 sample that someone sent me. When I got the background noise of birdsong out, sometime it left that odd sound.

Igor I see what you mean and you may well have the answer, but I am unable to test that right now. As you know we are moving to Australia next weekend and I have most of my equipment ready for the international shippers. However, I will remember that and try it in a couple of months when all my stuff catches up with me in Australia. Thanks for the imput