Barry Beckham

I started to use them quite a bit on the samples and demo's I made to accompany a tutorial video, but I stopped when I realised that not all options would run in a Mac. For tutorials, I found them great for setting the scene of what was to be dealt with in that presentation and showing what was actually achieved. It also forced the viewer to stop and take in any info I wanted to get across. It was also helpful to provide links to related subjects and web pages. However, your right and I cannot recall seeing them used in any PTE presentation that I have seen, so even though I used them a fair bit, I would not mourn their loss. I also use dedicated menu creation software where I can do the same thing. You could spend weeks programming all the stuff you need and I doubt it would encourage any extra sales of the software. Whereas, keeping it simple will

The geology is all true, I went back to verify it. Glad you liked the slide show, I was beginning to think I had created a bomber.

Hist101 I don't think I have specifically done anything on the falling leaf, but I have with a falling drop of water and the techniques are the same. Its not a really difficult thing to do, but once you start writing the steps, you realise there are a fair few stages to it. As always, its easy for those who have worked with PTE for a long time, but not always so easy for others. Perhaps I can deal with that subject in a newsletter, maybe July. Glad you enjoyed the slide show. Unless our presentations appeal to others, what's the point, but for me its a way of showing images that otherwise would never be seen

I have just posted a new slide show of our Scotland trip late last year. Unusually for me it contains three video clips, but I think they fit in rather well. Its available for PC - Mac and iPad. Download from HERE

Lin My experience of Camtasia is that it doesn't capture enough frames to really do justice to PTE transitions and animations. In all other aspects it's great. I haven't tried any others, so perhaps some can I don't know. I have always assumed that if they did, then the capture rate would have to go way up and the file size for downloading may become too great. However, that is getting less and less important these days too. Things move fast don't they I know you would have considered this, but to make sure my demos are top notch, if necessary I will break the video and suggest the viewer watches the exe coming up next. Then continue the video. I see your tutorial is an AVI and I used to use those for quality, but gave up because of the large file size. Your tutorial is 12 minutes at 1280px and its 192 meg. Through Camtasia you would achieve a 1600px video of the same duration which would come in at about 25MB. But, as already stated, it will not show PTE off at its best

I agree this is a good deal and have been saying so from day one, but not sure of a link that does not go to the Adobe site. I would want to buy from Adobe myself Creative Cloud

Sounds like a good idea to me, but I always have difficulty imagining the practical aspects of improvements explained in text. I have to use it to fully understand the opportunities. So, I look forward to that

Training wheels (stabilizers) on your first 2 wheeled cycle are great when you're 4, but a pain when your 14 You can't protect people against every eventuality. That's called a Nanny State isn't it?

I am sure that a method could be found, like Lightroom for example. You can't make a slide show until you have created a project folder and imported the images, sound and all else into that folder. Or, like a web authoring program that prevents you from using an image that is outside the web file structure. The trouble is that once the beginner gets over that initial learning curve, solutions like these can then become a pain in the backside

Tutorials for 7 and 7.5

No problem

Wideangle How long do you think it would take to cut out 60 puzzle pieces from one image? Well, with Photoshop actions and with a little help, it will take you under 3 minutes. In a video I made a while ago, I supplied a number of 16:9 and 16:10 format templates of this jigsaw with a variety of pieces. In addition I also created a Photoshop Action that does all the hard work. If you would like a copy of this video with my compliments, please send me a PM with your email address and I will send you a link to the video http://www.beckhamdigital.com.au/store/pc/DAV-The-Jigsaw-Puzzle-Technique-34p65.htm

Wideangle I have done a jigsaw effect a few times and took the view that lots of Png's and keyframes made it far too complicated. I chose to do the planning and prep in Photoshop so each change on screen was an individual jpg image. I have a short demo on this page This is very short, but may help You could use jpgs mostly to keep file sizes down and png's where you need or want to animate.

Have you thought about creating a blurred mask in your image editor

Thank you for that explanation. I think I understand now, silly me

Thanks

I am not trying to be difficult here, but surely if you can do that in Audacity, why can't you tap your finger in PTE and add the image to the timeline at the same time (Insert Key)

Me too, but it was very odd

Igor A graphics tablet as Peter has said does not have a wheel and I don't have a mouse attached to any computer I own. There are buttons on the Pen, but I need those set for double left click and right click operations. I don't want to have to change the tablet settings to achieve a scroll. That would defeat the whole object of what I am asking for. Currently a graphics tablet user has to go to Settings > Preferences > Timeline > Audio Track Height to make the adjustments they want To use the graphics tablet with a scroll option is Start > Control Panel > Wacom Preferences > Pen > pen Buttons > set one to scroll - Then back again later. Can anyone point out the benefit of first losing either a double left click option or right click option to achieve this or how there is any benefit at all. Can't the width of the sound file be adjusted by a click and drag like other aspects of the main screen? With silence, I mean like audacity does it. You can place your cursor into a sound file and decide to add 3 seconds of silence. It does make the sound already there silent, it just adds the 3 seconds of silence and the sound file increases length by 3 seconds.

Igor I have mentioned a couple of these thoughts before, but practical and extensive use of PTE over the past few days has reminded me of those suggestions. I am aware that ideas often get buried in the work around suggestions so I don't require any response here. I just offer them as ideas only 1. Audio Track Height. I am a graphic tablet user and already I am getting tired of having to go to Settings > Preferences > Timeline > Audio Track Height to make the adjustments I want. Then of course back again to return it to normal. I would really like a right click > Select Track Height, or a key stroke. 2. Fade Curve. I find the straight linear fade often in need of adjustment to bias the fade towards the beginning or end of that fade. It means I have to go through the above sequence to do that, but I would like a way to create my own fade curve and save that as a preference. 3. Insert Silence. I still find myself wishing for the ability to add silence into a sound track in any place I highlight.

OK, but I think we have to put this down to user error. Its just that usually we do eventually find out what the issue was, but this will have to remain a mystery. Never had that sort of issue before and may not ever again

I am a little baffled here, because I have found that you cannot always place an image directly on that one peak in the music without it being slightly off visually. While it's drifting off the point a little, if you use a long fade transition and try to match it to the peak/sweet point of the music, the image often needs to be half a second before that music peak. The reason is, that the longer fade and/or the two images are of a type that one image masks the other a little as they change. The image can require a fraction of a second to become visible and therefore register on our eyes. Many, many times I have had to move an image left a fraction so that my eyes and ears told me it was right, while looking at it visually, it looked wrong Am I the only person who has found this? I doubt it.

This issue now appears resolved, but I can't say I am any wiser with regard to the cause My last suggestion was to remove PicturesToExe from his PC and then re-install it. I suggested he did this as the administrator and then once it was re-installed the original product key be copied and pasted in. The customer has told me that this has worked ?????????????????????

Well, I have tried that by using the key myself, but to be sure I sent it to my wife and it is accepted on her PC no trouble with a copy and paste This is probably going to turn out as user error, but right now I can't think what

Your going to think I am taking the p___ here, but I am not. You have to use your eyes and ears to tell you when it's right. Use the time line and just move the image a fraction either way till it looks and sounds correct. Then watch what you have done a number of times over a few days to be sure.