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Okay I have to ask. What exactly is this mask function? Is it something in PTE or Photoshop or another program. And did you have to have hundreds or thousands of slides to make the show? Sorry if these are obvious techniques to everyone else ... but I'm clueless. I would have asked in my first reply to the show but was hoping someone else would ask first.

Wow! All I can say is pure genius. I'm thinking I could work with PTE for another hundred years and never come up with anything that imaginative or impressive. Thanks so much for the show ... and as Ken says ... definitely a keeper!

Excellent! Doesn't look like madness to me ... looks like pure genius! And awesome music to boot. Thanks!

Beautiful pictures Gayland! And I don't think you can ever go wrong with Enya and flowers. Sometimes simple is the best and you did a great job of putting your wonderful pictures into a show. Thanks for posting!

Thank you SO much, Gerard!! I have downloaded both full sized presentations and they are just so wonderful. As a side note ... I think the title Fears Little Creatures is perfect. Because I fears little creatures ... and I'm scared of them too ... especially when I see them up close in your pictures!! Also, thank you for the names of the songs. I am already looking forward to Fears Little Creatures 2009!!

Absolutely excellent pictures, Gerard! Thank you so much for sharing them with us. I do agree with jfa though. I would love to have watched your show in full screen (on my computer that would be 1024x768). And could you tell us the source and/or name of the music that you used. I just loved it! Great job!!

Excellent job! It's just amazing what can be done with PTE nowadays. Or I should say it's just amazing what OTHERS can do with PTE nowadays! Thanks for sharing your card with us, Herhey.

I think we are following Highway 12. The route is Moab, Torrey, Bryce Canyon, Zion NP, Page AZ, Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Mesa Verde NP, and Colorado Springs. I think it all looks good. We've got lots of hiking planned. I figured it would be impossible to see and do it all in three weeks but we'll sure make an effort! I'll let you know how it goes and who knows ... maybe even make a slideshow. Carol

Very nice presentation! The pictures are just awesome. I think we're going to see part of that area this month. We're taking a trip in the motorhome to the Grand Canyon and one of the stops along the way is Bryce Canyon at Torrey, Utah. Another couple planned the route and their itinerary says we'll be seeing the Grand Staircase at our stop in Torrey. I guess we won't be seeing all of it!

I can't seem to be able to download the file. I get a box that asks for a user name and password.

According to the box I have a VisionTek XGE 512Mb AGP 8X/4X ATI Radeon X1300 Windows Vista Ready and some other stuff graphics card. My son got it for me and installed it after I was crying about having trouble hitting the monsters in Gothic 3. After installing this video card I had no trouble killing anything. And yes ... my children and granddaughter think that besides being a "blonde" that I'm weird ... but I like to think of myself as eclectic. Carol

Ken - thanks for putting the link to the old post. I sure do remember those hair-pulling, head-banging days. Used up lots and lots of blank media before getting something to work. I got Version 5 today, created the same menu system that I had been making in 4.48, and everything is working perfectly. On my monitor of course it looks as expected. On my son's wide screen the buttons line up perfect with what they're supposed to. There's a small black bar at the top and bottom of the screen but we think that's better than seeing the desktop. And there's no problem with the video card. So I'm happy! And thanks once again for everyone's help and suggestions. One of these months or years when I find some free time again PTE V5 is on my list of things to "play" with. Carol

Thank you all for your comments, suggestions, emails, and help! If I weren't so pressed for time I'd put my project on hold, upgrade to Version 5, spend some time learning its new features, and start over. Unfortunately I don't have the luxury of doing that right now. I think my fix for the moment will be to upgrade and make the menu in Version 5 while keeping Version 4 to make the individual slideshows that I'm using the main menu to connect. I did try all of the suggested tricks though and they all worked! The hardest part was figuring out how to create a transparent object to stick in the four corners. As Ken Cox will testify to ... I really am a blonde. Using the menu slide as an object on a black slide worked too. So thanks to everyone for all the work arounds. And I'm sure my system will run Version 5. Pentium 4, 3.20 HGz, 2 GB RAM, Radeon X1300 graphics card, 250 MB hard disk drive. A friend of mine just purchased Version 5 having never used PTE before. But after looking at some of my shows and hearing my praises about not only the program but the support I've gotten he was sold. I first purchased PTE in October 2001 and have always felt it was the best money I've ever spent on any software. And not just for its features and upgrades over the years but for the help I've gotten from this forum. Thank you all again and again! Carol

One more question then. Brian you say "there is an 'anomaly' in the Pte.4 Series of Programs ...". Does this mean that it's different in Version 5? In other words if I upgraded to Version 5 would it be easier to fix the problem I'm having or would there be a better way to create a menu driven show? Carol

Limey - I have one slide that I made in Photoshop with text. I'm inserting the buttons (which are jpegs) onto the slide in the Object Editor in PTE and placing them in line with each texted menu choice which is in two columns. As long as the monitor's resolution is 1024x768 or less everything looks perfect. It's only when I try to go larger than the 1024x768 that the buttons get out of whack. Until I come up with something better I am running the menu itself in Windowed Mode. The actual menu looks good at any resolution in that mode but on the wide screen monitors you can see the desktop around the window. After a choice is made on any monitor the individual shows look fine at any resolution because there are no buttons or objects to worry about lining up. This is the only thing I've come up with so far but if anyone has another suggestion I'm open. And I do use the preview option in Object Editor to view other resolutions. Thanks, Carol

Limey - that doesn't seem to work. The buttons stay in the same position as they were before I grouped them. My son tried setting the resolution on his wide screen monitor to 1024x768 and everything looked like it was supposed to. But then when he set it back to his normal 1280x1024 all the icons on his desktop had moved. And he wasn't too happy. Is there some other way to link about 25 individual PTE shows with a menu system other than the way I'm trying to do it? Thanks, Carol

I am currently using Version 4.48 and trying to create a menu driven show and working with two other people. The menu was created in Photoshop but I am using buttons inserted in the Object Editor for selecting the different menu items. I have made each slide 1024x768 and have checked Fit to Screen under the Project/Screen option and Full Screen Mode. This works fine on my monitor but does not work at all on the wide screen monitors that my friends are using. The buttons don't appear in the right place on their screens. Is there any way in this version of PTE to resolve the problem so that it will run on both a normal monitor and a wide screen monitor and still look right? Thanks!

Ran absolutely perfect on my NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200. Carol

Excellent show Jim ... thanks for posting it! The pictures are just awesome and the audio very well done. The show was well put together and timed ... but then you always do such a good job! We have lots of bird brains down here in the states too so you're not alone there! Carol

This is the best news I've had all month, Bill! It was really hard for me to imagine using PTE without the Cottage. We all really do appreciate your efforts and also thanks to Igor and Ken. So now I have to get busy and start working on my Fiji slideshow again!

I was wondering the same thing. I noticed it was down yesterday. Anybody know what's going on? Carol

Excellent presentation, Brigadier! Very well put together and I enjoyed the commentary immensely. Thanks for sharing! Carol

Very nice presentation! Thank you so much for sharing it with us. Everything was just perfect ... the photos, backgrounds, arrangements of pictures, music, transitions. I just loved everything! And that was definitely the best version of Music Box Dancer that I have ever heard and I thought I had heard them all. Thanks for listing the artists in the credits! And thanks for posting this show! Carol

Hi Dave, It was an excellent show ... right up to the picture of the yellow car where it hung up. The music kept playing but the slide didn't change. But up until that point I thought it was really good. Nice transitions, excellent pictures. I thought some were just a tad bit too small but then I probably need glasses. Carol

Absolutely breathtaking presentation George! What an amazing adventure you had and thank you for sharing it with us! I have always enjoyed your underwater experiences and trip reports at the Scuba forum and your website. I can't even imagine taking a trip and not diving but it looks like you had lots of above land creatures to photograph! I had no idea there were so many kinds of birds in Africa. My husband and son are there right now for three weeks (Limpopo Province South Africa, Namibia, and Kruger Park). They took two digital cameras, one 35mm camera, and one digital video camera. I sure hope they get to see what you saw and can manage a few good photos! Excellent music, perfectly timed transitions, and postcard quality photos. Great job and thank you!! Carol