Barry Beckham

The animation contains no video and the majority is done in PTE, but you will need an image editing program to do some of the work. I have loads of video tutorials that cover the techniques. http://www.beckhamdigital.com.au/store/pc/PTE-Tutorials-c36.htm

SDS I have been doing what you have described for some considerable time and file size has never been a problem (from an Internet posting point of view) as long as you stay with the exe file as you have suggested you will. Take a look at the slide show at the top of the page below, called "The Concept of Layers" as it sounds like it is the very thing you have described and you will be able to see the file size in relation to the format. I am away from home at present so when I say I think I created the slide show at 1920*1080 (16:9 format) I may be mistaken and it could be 1920*1200 (16:10 format) http://www.beckhamdigital.com.au/store/pc/Page-5-Demos-1-c79.htm ,

Steven I think your intentions are honourable, but I would have to vote no to your suggestion. I am not in favour of any segregation like we see in some camera clubs. This grade and that grade and it gets to a point with some that you need to be a member 2 years to understand how it all works. The forum is OK as it is as long as those who have a different view can express them freely. That has not been the case for a while, but perhaps the latest episode will clear the air.

I had a long journey today towing our caravan North up the Australian Coast, so as I sat here tonight a little tired I watched the show on you tube. I have only a mobile stick for the internet while travelling so I only saw a picture about 3 inches by 2 inches, but what I saw made me wish even more that I could have seen it as the group created it. It looked and sounded extremely good. You Tube to get to a wider audience maybe, but amongst AV enthusiats on the PTE forum you should post an exe, even if it's only to please me :lol:/>/> PS. 2 of the 10 bus garages I managed while working on London's Buses were due to be closed and moved to make way for the Olympic Stadium. They were Stratford and Waterden Road. Luckily I had retired just before all that hassle, but I expect it would be interesting to see the area now. To walk around what was old derilict streets. Might get the chance in 2014 perhaps Good show and very different and refreshing to what is generally seen, just small :rolleyes:/>/>

Personally I don't feel inclined to download a program just to watch a slide show. One of the strengths of PTE is we don't need anything installed to run a slide show. It's a pretty simple matter to provide a link via one of the many free services and then we get to see your show as you intended, not degraded via a video. If there is no other option then a video is OKish, but there are options, loads of em! .

Roger This is a personal view, but with the new found honesty within the forum perhaps I can risk making it :lol:/> I can't help wondering Why? We have a terrific software program and a forum packed with enthusiasts. The best way to view a slide show is as an exe file, so why direct me to YouTube. Post your exe here and I would be very pleased to view your show, but as soon as I see a link to YouTube I lose interest. Audio Visual is ALL about presentation and the beauty of still image AV it the great image quality we can view. I wonder why we skimp on that part when we don't have to. We do have Beechbrook to post shows, but it is hidden away almost like a secret society. Its not something you would stumble onto easily as a new forum member.

Brian I doubt this will be in the same league as the doms templates, but worth a look maybe 16:10 format for 24 - 36 and 48 images 16:9 format for 24 - 36 and 48 images There are samples on the pages so you can check what is does

Dave I know where your coming from here, but I think many people would rather stay with something they know. I have always assumed it is a confidence thing and it's why Travel Inns and McDonalds are popular. People know exactly what they are gonna get, even if it isn't perfect. We are more comfortable using what we know, rather than spend time learning something new. As we have discussed before, there are benefits to staying with what you know, because you get to be an expert. The downside is the possiblity that you get left behind when you should have took notice, but didn't. :lol:/> Story of my life Back to PTE sound, I don't think an external editor adds anything to what PTE can do and it is convenienet for everything to be in one spot. If you use an external editor you still need PTE timeline to give you the timings, so it may as well be done within the program. The only downside is that if you use a 10MB sound file and only use 20 seconds the whole 10 MB is still locked into the final exe. Other than that I am sold, but I still want to see it a bit more visual.

Rudi Is this what you mean LINK

Gogs These issues get reported from time to time and the answer often lies in how the Mp3 file was aquired. For reasons unknown to man or beast the music will not play in the exe file as you describe. Re-creating the music often gets things working. Importing the sound files into an external sound editor like Audacity and then exporting them out again have been known to cure the problem. I assume you have placed the music into your project via Project Options Audio, or dragged it onto the time line and not attached it to an individual slide

Colin These things are annoying arn't they. I am far from a technical wizard, but something to try. A long shot perhaps. In the Project options of VideoBuilder, look at the program settings and try a DVD with Temp folder set to another location other than whats attached. I don't do many DVD's but in the past when ever I had a hic up it always seemed to be in this location

Dawn I was thinking you may have a neighbour who wouldn't mind popping the disk in their DVD player for you. If it did work OK, then at least you would know where to look

Try the disk you made on another DVD player to make sure its not the player itself

Gary Maybe it would be nice in PTE But I feel for Igor at times. Some users want PTE to also be an image editor, some want a menu maker, others want a sophisticated animation tool. I don't know about you, but I would rather it concentrate on what it's designed for. We need the sound editing finished first :lol:/>

Yes, you end up with the line on blanks when you don't want it. What we really want in the objects and Animation screen is a paste to this image, and a paste to all images. Then it would be cracked

Gary There are a number of advantages to the stroke PNG line that Dave mentioned. Firstly, if it's applied as the top object in the Object and Animation Screen, then it will provide your edge effect irrespective of how much animation is going on beneath it. Secondly, if you get the line too thick or too white, you only have to remake one Png and overwrite the original and PTE will pick it up on all images. Its the best way I have found, but the only disadvantage is that you have to apply it to every image, but there is a quick way. Add the Png to image one, then hit Ctrl+C and copy it from the objects box, skip to the next image and Ctrl+V will paste it, then skip to the next and so on.

My advice re slide show format is 16:9, but I respect those who are not so keen on that shape, I wasn't myself once, but I have grown into it and seen the inevitablity of it. :rolleyes:/> On the rare occasion when I have an image framed in such a way that a 16:9 crop will not work well. (cutting off bits of the top/bottom) I distort the image a little and so far not one person has ever noticed. :lol:/>

I hope I understand your question correctly. Assuming I do, I would say No. Because it will mean the flag operates in two ways, one for a single object and another for multiple objects. That wouldn't affect most of us, but these thing confuse the hell out of newer users

Its just that I bought a new Dell 27inch and it was that resolution, so it sort of jogged my memory. I recall when we struggled to create 800*600 shows and now look what PTE can handle. Anyone remember Kai Power Show?

Well, personally the last two slide shows I made. Hot in the City and Schools our Surfs Up were made at 2560*1440, but I appreciate that some are not keen on the 16:9 format and as AV is all about presentation we all have to like what we do ourselves.

Geoff What was in my mind when I answerd were the thoughts I had when I moved from the old style monitor to a new large widescreen one. Suddenly all my old shows that looked so good at 1024 pixels now looked puny and I regretted staying with 1024 for so long. I am not saying 1728 pixels is quite in that same league as 1024, but if you have chosen 16:10, make the shows 1920*1200 because it will make little or no difference to you now, but if you ever move up to a higher resolution monitor and that is almost a certaintly at some stage, your shows will still fill the screen. Well, apart from the black bars if a 16:9 screen is used

Sorry Roger, this is not right. Rules are the enemy of creativity and this is one rule AV organisors have no business with at all. Show size is the creative decision of the author not rule makers. The pixel size of the show you make is NOT governed by the projector being used, that is completely false, but it is said over and over again to imply a rule is needed where none needs to be..Using 1024*768 in club circles these days is just plain daft, times have moved on and it's about time some club committees did too. Make three slide shows, one at 4:3 format, one at 3:2 and one at 16:9 All three will play back perfectly on a digital projector which runs a native resolution of 1024*768 or one running 1920*1080 I do it all the time and have done for ages.

Geoff If your preference is for a 16:10 format, I would respectfully suggest that you should be considering 1920*1200. Then put those values in the virtual size of the Slides and let the format take care of itself from those values.

Peter As Dave has said, a sample will help, but just to say I have found exactly the reverse of what you describe, so I am sure it's something simple that can be addressed. I am also a long time user of PTE and I find that it has become better at the core job or making slide shows. In the meantime, have a look at updating your graphics card drivers, that sometimes helps, but a sample for us to see how your show works at our end may show up the problem

Well, I don't think you can complain about my sarcasm, not you of all people. My original post to you, believe it or not, was sincere, I have been doing a web project myself recently where similar small frustrations grow into something annoying because it seems we don't have control of them, but they affect what we are doing badly. So my original suggestion wasn't made in a condescending way, implied or not. I was making a real suggestion and in some way commiserating with you. I was also making the point that most of us don't want our software to even try to be a master of everything. I am just happy if it does the core job and gets that right, which PTE does. The fact that you seem to find offense in EVERYTHING I say is a little baffling from my end. Lighten up and don't try so hard to be the stubborn old Yorkshireman that you are. Most of it comes naturally anyway. Now that was sarcasm :P/>