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Lin, I changed the motion to smooth for both the rectangle and the text. It does seem to move better. I think that should be the default. Thank you. Andrew

Thank you Ken and Lin, I can remember playing with the motion thing Lin, and cant remember why I didnt change it back. Where are my notes Andrew

This is a trial run using all the elements I have learned over the past week. 99% of the work was done in P2E. I have used Rectangles, with text as a child thereof. 3D effects, and Keyframes with motion. So a lot of new things learned. PC Version here: http://www.mediafire.com/?30nyxtoxowt Mac Version Here: http://www.mediafire.com/?bymmiijez2n Image size: 1920 x 1080 BG size 1920 x 1080 14.8 meg 28 slides 2m:45s Soundtrack: Freeplaymusic.com All images are freely available for copyright free use from magazine distributed discs. Hope you see something you like. Andrew [Crawling my way up the learning curve]

Ed, These are points I never even considered before I put my show up. Perhaps I should have. It's funny you mention the position in the set, 'cause mine was #4 on the list when we handed in, and they didnt show it till #12 of 13. After the interval. I wonder if they like you had thought it out, and perhaps I'm being unkind. However, as you say shows like mine must still have a place no matter how upsetting. Perhaps tho as you point out not in a competition. It just never occurred to me. I find it amazing the things I learn here, and I thought at my age I had a good grasp of life and its trials. Andrew

Peter, I think I have it. I made a dedicated slide with a sound file for it and used 'Customise slide' to get it to wait for a mouse click. I must pay more attention to those menu's. Then I added a blank, then the sequence with a sound file embedded in the first [or 3rd] slide and set it to play all the way thro. That seems to have solved the problem. Now when I start the show, I have to click 'Play' before it moves on to the 'show' proper. Sorted. You guys know so much its scary.

Fancy me finding a 'glitch' Never mind. I'll live with it. Thanks Peter. Andrew

In the border settings box thingy...it keeps going back to 34 when I wish to use 10. Is there any way to get it to stay at 10? That should be a simple one guys. Thanks for all the help today. Andrew.

Exactly peter, now how do I do that?

Hi Jim, What I want is a clickable slide that wont transition till it is clicked. I sort of found a way while I'm waiting and that is to make the word 'Play' have the action associated with it to run slideshow. I set the time at 60 seconds to give the slide viewer plenty of time for the viewer to read and 'click' the slide to start the show proper. That means however I cant have the music staring with that slide cause its stood still!! Any other methods? Andrew

That looks like a unique experience. Love France too, but spend most of our time in Normandy. Great shows. Never understood the work, but you displayed it beautifully. Andrew

Love it. I especially like how you used the 3D to introduce the verticals.

I have created a slide with a piece of text [Play] which I have assigned the action 'Run Slideshow'. However, How do I get that slide with the text on it to NOT transition to the next slide until the text is clicked. Hope I have explained that properly. Andrew

Hi Colin, I'm sorry the show upset your friend. I sort of thought along those lines myself. Maybe it wasnt really suitable for that type of selection, but it was my choice and you all helped me to do the best I could. So I really wasnt downhearted, and I was joking about sulking. It is back to the drawing board tho. Andrew

I just new I had something to learn about this. Thanks nobeefstu.

This has me baffled. In OA when I have two objects or more when I try to 'grab' one of them the 'box' always goes back to the original image. That is to say: Image 1 is first in OA Image 2 is added Then when I try to select image 2 to move it around [not using the counter thingy's] It immediately selects image 1 again. Any help on that. Andrew

And the worst part is...it's pink. I'm going to have to lie down with dark glasses on now.

Thanks for the kind encouragement. Yes the judge must be respected in that they are our choice to make the selections/comments. I think if the 4 selected were shown here there would be a revolution. They [honestly] are that bad. Still on the + side, I learned a lot, and next year I'll do it very differently. My sulking day is over, so its back to the learning curve. You guys just wont let a chap get to far down will you!!!

Nah its cool guys really. I guess I'll just have to learn a bit more and do better next time.

Well last night my Auschwitz show went to the club for inclusion among 13 for consideration. We needed to select 4 for our coming competition against 2 other clubs. I watched in horror as verticals replaced horizontals and cut outs flashed across the screen.Images with nothing to hold them in their position panned and zoomed with abandon. No mounts or textuers on the BG's to compliment the images were in evidence.No presentation of any kind could I see. "I'm in with a chance here " I thought. Then up it came...Auschwitz played its soulefull refrain from Schindlers List and the intro slide scrolled smoothly giving the viewers time to read the preface. I was bursting with pride and thanking everyone of you for the help you had so freely given. It looked wonderful up there on the big screen as it transitioned from Camp 1 to Camp 2 and displayed the horrors of the place in full colour. Then it was over and a few minutes later the voting papers were collected and counted. "This is it" I thought,I must have a chance. The president read out the 4 in reverse order of ballot. Not #4 ..ok not #3 I was getting excited, could I have got the top spot...not #2 Here we go Andrew...And the top spot goes to....Not Auschwitz!!!! I didnt get selected. Then the reserve was called ...maybe...no...not even #5. WTF!!!! How could they. Conspiracy abounds I thought. Rubbish !!! The 4 chosen only proved that audiences prefer bells and whistles. So now I'm going to sulk for a while before I find another subject, and on the competition night I shall be there to cheer on my club while secretely shouting "I told you so" when they get pulverised. Mind you at may age I thought I had used up all my disappointment genes. Guess not. Andrew.

OK Done mine.

Thanks Dom. I'll do that Andrew

I want to try creating my own buttons, and getting them to work in the shows. I had a look at the default ones and it looks complex. Is there a tut on this or can anyone advise please? Andrew.

Superb. Thank you Xaver. I couldnt see the box. Its very....white Andrew

I've been reading the tut's on buttons and trying what I learn. However, when I add a button and select the property 'Go to slide number' as its action, I cant find the place to enter a slide number to go to. I'd appreciate a pointer. Andrew.

Thanks Peter. Trying that now . Andrew