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Many thanks for your reply Eric. I have managed to complete what I wanted using the opacity as you and Contentawarephil suggested. Snapcam

Many thanks to Contentawarephil for his prompt suggestion on opacity being timed using key points. I think that will do the trick. Many Thanks Snapcam

I am trying to subtitle a sequence with fairly lengthy pieces of dialogue. This means splitting paragraphs over several slides. I can create the text in a slide in O/A, that's fine if the comment matches the slide. My question is, if a slide has e.g. a zoom happening lasting several seconds can I get the subtitle to appear other than at the start of the slide. I have tried creating the text as a transparent png. file but that appears black on the screen Snapcam

I don't normally use ICONs but decided to this time......... I have assigned an ICON to a completed sequence and saved. The Icon does not appear on the file in my saved folder. If I save a second version named e.g. ver 2 the ICON appears on the file and the original does not. If I open the save as a third time both the others show the ICON but the original does not appear in my saved folder.

Iceland , Scotland AND India seems a lot for a 15 min maximum I think . Don't give the PAGB panel tooooo much to criticise.

Hello Mark Just came across this and as you ask for comment. I think there could be improvement with the image progression i.e. There is a change from Landscape to graphic stone and frozen water without taking us there first is an example and there is change of mood snow to no snow back to snow or bright sky dark sky bright sky that could be improved with better grouping. Small points that would improve a very nice show. Lastly and this really is lastly in the sequence Drop the last image, the two horizons are so far apart and by taking out one image you improve the ending sequencing with the music. I may sound harsh but if you are using this for DPAGB then it will help. Beautiful photography as usual.

I recently produced a Menu page for a show I was putting on.It was created on my HP desktop and the title was written in OA using the Ancestory SF font. I transferred the files to my ASUS laptop and was surprised to find that the Title had changed both size and font in the production file. Ancestory SF font was not available to me. I am right in thinking that the fonts available in PTE are dependant on the computer in use or is that silly? I'm using PTE v8.0.9. Snapcam

Hi, I have posted a new sequence in Slideshow Club. The images were taken during the recent Solar Eclipse.

Thanks Peter, will do. Raymond

I thought I should post after all your assistance. I finally did another system restore then reinstalled PTE on the laptop. This seems to have resolved the problem but I am at a loss to understand the original cause. Thanks all who responded. Snapcam

Very much enjoyed your sequence. Great to see a sequence with commentary. The commentary was well paced and very well delivered. Please don't mind me nit-picking but I thought the last image of the cathedral was diminished by the corrugated roof at the bottom of the frame and I would have liked a few seconds after the last image faded rather than the sudden bounce back. Perhaps a fade to black? Snapcam

I have posted a slideshow of images on Slideshowclub from Venice taken last year. I hope you enjoy them if you decide to watch. Snapcam

Thanks Ken, my son has been a fan ever since he visited Canada in his teens. So big Giants fan now we have it in Belfast.

Hello Ken I'm a bit rusty at uploading to the club I have updated and you should get the sequence now. Snapcam

I have posted a new slideshow on Slideshowclub today My sons and grandsons decided I was going to see the Belfast Giants Ice Hockey match over Christmas 2014. This is a sequence of the pictures I took. All shots are from the one position i.e. my seat so the quality of some may suffer from such a high speed sport. Sound was recorded live on the night.

Hello Peter Yes that article was originally published in AV News and is the one I have posted above. However that should not affect,(leaving aside a festival menu),a simple programme I make on the laptop with or without the dedicated graphics.

Hello Maureen Just found this sequence and I must say having like you, cruised to Mykonos, you have made a lot out of very little. Like Antbrewer I thought your mono fades went nicely without jarring the flow. One question where are all the pelicans on the waterfront. Maybe they have been victims of Greek austerity. Snapcam

Attached is a PDF copy of the article describing the card problem with this particular laptop. Snapcam Laptops 1215.pdf

Hello Eric THE problem with this model is that it wont permanently switch. Apparently it bounces back to integrated if the show is not associated to the graphics.

Bert, Very nice sequence, I thought the music set a relaxed pace throughout giving time to enjoy the images. I presume the faces that appear are associated with the particular buildings . Not knowing the template myself, I thought it was going to show like an album throughout so the change to slideshow was very pleasant and worked well. Lovely images. I see Gilio asks why not in Mono, I think we are used to seeing old time images in mono and can forget there was colour then. So it is good that places like Bannack survive to let us see the colour of those times. Maybe a second show in Mono as well. Snapcam

The laptop is an ASUS N55s, Intel i5 processor, GEFORCE 2GB dedicated Graphics, 6GB Ram 450 GB on C drive, After I had bought this laptop a problem with this model was discovered by folk in the RPS GROUP in that the dedicated graphics card cannot be made to operate unless the programme it is running has been associated with it at production. In other words (if I understand it correctly) If I create a PTE exe file and associate the programme with the graphics then fine, if I play another not made using that card the laptop uses the lesser integrated graphics and the laptop cannot be forced to use it. So if I am running a festival with exe. files from different produces the dedicated graphics card is useless. I have used this laptop for several large shows previously and it seemed OK until now hence why I am now suspecting a fault with the laptop itself. Snapcam

I am almost convinced I have a Laptop problem. I set up a menu window with 3 shows containing 2 slides intending to send as Peter had suggested. This did not run coming up blank. This morning the same programme ran initially then stopped showing some. I have had numerous combinations of results when I show from the menu but normal running if the exe is shown itself. From the menu I get music and blank screen the nav. bar does not move however manually moving the bar reveals the images. I lifted the folder to my desktop and it seems to run normally. Hence my laptop suspicions or could my PTE8 be corrupted? What do the computer buffs think?

What sort of info do you suggest Dave.

Firstly I have previous successfully created menu windows for my shows. I now have a problem I can't understand. When I create the menu window and test in preview it seems to work normally. When I publish the exe. it only opens the sound and I have a blank screen. The exe. files I am opening run normally outside the menu window. I think on one occasion it did open picture and sound but then failed on the next attempt.

Hi Lin It's a bad day when you learn nothing. Wasn't aware of this feature. However I think the reverse of this where the template sets it on would serve better folk who can't even remember to un- tick the show nav. bar might be better. I will pass on your template suggestion to my group (RPS Ireland)anyway. Thanks Snapcam