trailertrash

Ken, Thanks for the compliment. I tried hard to get it right on this one. This was a personal ambition trip, so it had to be as good as I could get it. Unfortunately its not at all wheelchair friendly, so I had to get on my sticks and step out as best I could, so Composition was determined by many factors not the least of which was stability

I visited Auschwitz-Birkenau during 19th-21st of May and came back with 400+images. I want this subject to be my entry for our AVI night in 2009. Therefore the audience will be Camera Club members, but I would also like it be available on my web site to a broader audience. I broke away from the tour and went off on my own to take images that were not the usual tourist pics. In many places photography is discouraged, but I did manage to get some that represent the conditions of life and death in the camps. This visit has been the top of my wish list for many years, and to have actually made the trip was..well I can't tell you what it meant. The museum [that's it's status now] is so busy, getting pics without people in them is very difficult, but I did my best. The overview images of Birkenau are taken from the watchtower.Yes I've actually stood atop that awful building. The presentation is 7:15secs 24.6meg 49 slides I have tried various transitions and effects, but feel that a presentation of this kind does'nt need bells and whistles. The presentation can be downloaded here: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zkmmmkitz2z I'd appreciate your thoughts and comments, and if anyone is interested, I've uploaded the presentation files for P2E to Mediafire if you'd like to have a play with them and maybe help me out for any improvements. Just PM me for the link. This one needs to be right, so any help at all would be appreciated. Andrew.

WOW! That is Fantastic. The use of masks and the quality of the show is off the scale for me.

Thank you all for the help and explinations about masks. I now realise that my understanding of what a mask is, is totally different to what it is in the programme. Dom's reply is what I understood a mask to be. An image in front of another with an aperature through which the image behind can be zoomed or rotated without showing the edges. I now see that I have to rethink my understanding of this programme. . I downloaded all the tut's linked above and now actually understand a lot more than I did, so thank you all for that. I'm off on a short 3 day trip tomorrow and hope to come back with enough material to create my entry for the CC selection in September. So get ready for loads of questions. Andrew.

I have been trying, without success, to get the right dimensions for a mask. Just a bog standard rectangle mask with a cut out, to enable me to use the zoom function without seeing the edges of the image. I set the size of my attempt at 3400 x2200 but it just doesnt cover the image or fill the screen, thus allowing me to zoom the image sucessfully. I'm fairly sure this is a basic question but I need to know what outside dimensions masks should be to fill the screen. Any help would be appreciated. TT. edit: I realised I put this in the wrong section [Tutorials] Sorry.

I have been trying, without success, to get the right dimensions for a mask. Just a bog standard rectangle mask with a cut out, to enable me to use the zoom function without seeing the edges of the image. I set the size of my attempt at 3400 x2200 but it just doesnt cover the image or fill the screen, thus allowing me to zoom the image sucessfully. I'm fairly sure this is a basic question but I need to know what outside dimensions masks should be to fill the screen. Any help would be appreciated. TT.

We visited the Beamish Museum recently and I loved it. A candy shop for a photographer. I came back with so many images. I tried not to get carried away. Details: 13.2 meg 4:36secs 35 Slides [image size 1400 x 933] BG Image - 3000 x 2000 Any advice/comments be they good or bad is most welcome and gratefully recieved. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?nwy4wqnjodt

I read all the topics I could find on sizing and it throws up a basic question. My presentation will be for a camera club audience [our AV selection night is in September], and we are told to limit our images to 1400 x 1050 for normal club competitions. Our AV shows are burned to DVD and displayed through the clubs projector, via the clubs DVD player or laptop. 1. Would it be best for me to crop my original images to 1400x1050? 2. Fill the screen or apply a fancy BG and perhaps a border? [i know this must be a real personal preference thing, but any advice would be welcome] 3. Masks - Is it best to colour any masks [basic rectangle masks etc] to compliment the BG colour? That'll get me started and I'll try to keep the questions sensible. Thanks for the help previously and in future. Andrew.

Hi Ken, I started out with around 6:30secs, but after reading the handouts I was directed to in another question, I started again. I'm now on v.3 My tipple of choice back in the day was McEwans Export [bottled]. Nowadays I'm forbidded 'cause the last thing you want to see is a drunked Scotsman in a power wheelchair. Does'nt bear thinking about

Hi Peter, I agree with you entirely. So I think a few masks with some slight zooming or panning is in order. I've been looking at examples all day, and hopefully have a few ideas. The images are almost straight out of the camera. A small tweak in levels and thats it. Great lens the Canon EOS 28-90 zoom. I'll definately look at the choice of music again. I dont want to go down the drain on that when everything else is coming together. Thank you for the help and advice, it's nice to know I can get that kind of support as and when I need it. Andrew.

Hi Dave, I never gave a thought to the way the page turns!! That's a great point. Thank you. I will zip the file in Mediafire in future. Is that .Rar or .Zip tho? I have Winrar but not Winzip. Andrew.

I've been pondering this project since returning from a short holiday recently. The subject is Beamish Village Museum in County Durham [England]. Its a living museum with characters, shops, houses and is dedicated to the 1800's. I came back with over 200 images and want to do the show as a picturebook. I've done this short show as an example and would appreciate any feedback as to presentation,sizing,and is the picturebook a good format. The example is: 6.25meg 10 slides 1:30secs The problem is since there was nowhere my wheelchair could'nt go, I have a wealth of images and it would be very easy to get carried away. The final show would be for a camera club audience in September. Thank you for any help given, I do appreciate it. Andrew. Show here. Edit:Thanks to TheDom for the Photocorners

That is amazing. The photography is stunning too. Makes what I do look amateurish, but gives me a goal.

Thank you all for the help and thoughts. I downloaded all the files that you pointed me to JRR, thank you for that. I've started on my project so have some reading to do. I'll be back with more questions tho. andrew.

I'm keen to learn everything I can on PTE shows and this may well have been asked before, if so please accept my apologies. When you experienced authors start your sequence of work, I know the images must come first, but then what? Do you have a plan in mind before you begin? Do you [like me right now] open the folder, load some images then think about it? I have just returned from a short holiday and took all my pictuers with PTE in mind, so now I have set about the enhancement of the images in PS and have PTE running and setting the images in as I enhance them. Sound selection, is also playing a part in my creation. Does this sound to fragmented a sequence? Any advice would be most welcome. Andrew [Trailertrash]

As a very basic newbie to P2E,I pondered over this question when first trying it out. I searched for shows [before I found this forum] and watched hours of them. What got my attention was the fact that the authors did in fact fill the screen. I love to see that, but I do like the image within a border too. Thus far I have learned to keep the shows I have done [which will be for CC audience's ] to around 6 mins - 40 slides. As yet I dont know enough about monitor size and resolution to add anything usefull. I will watch this discussion with great interest tho, to [hopefully] learn a bit more. This is of-course a newbie's opinion, not as Barry, asked an experienced author's view. Andrew.

I visited Dundee last year and went aboard the RRS Discovery [scott of the Antartic's ship] which was built there and now is on permenant display. I hope this is a further advance in my use of keyframes and I even created and merged the sound track/effect. So I'm feeling quite pleased with myself. I hope you enjoy the presentation. Andrew http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zkhzmqayjzm

I know envy is a sin, but right now I am being very sinful. Best of luck for the future in your new life. Andrew

There were police everywhere Ken. You get your collar felt for public drinking in Scotland.

It was so hot that day I could have used a few of those. Thanks Ken.

Thanks Dave. I have a long way to go with this programme. I never gave a thought to the viewing aspect of different monitors, but will include that in future. The frame was by way of ' playing around '. I also felt that I needed more images to pad out the Soundtracks. #2 was to short I felt. Thank you for the advice and encouragement. I do appreciate it. Andrew

Thanks Peter. I saved it and will print it out. Lots to learn.

I spent the day on Sunday at the Scottish Ploughing Match in Ayrshire. I just love those big horses. They're so patient and elegent. Hope you like it, and a big thank you to the guys who helped me with the soundtrack. http://www.mediafire.com/?mmmowyymjmj

Thanks guys. I'm in audacity as we speak. It looks complicated but I'll get it.

I cant seem to find anything which tells me how I can get a second sound track in the project options to play immediately after the first. There is a gap of 1 full slide [8secs] which is too long. I downloaded the manual and printed it out and have searched the help but to no avail. Any assistance would be appreciated. Andrew