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Thanks Lin. I just wanted to know what was the reason for a 2 GBytes limitation. I think you gave me a reasonable explanation which I was not aware of . So the limitation is not due to a specific sw but to a specific operating system. I am aware of the techniques for reducing the size, but I was stimulated by a friend who uses a different sw for slideshows and was curious to know wheather such limitation was also present in PTE. Now I fully understand the problem Thanks again Saluti Claudio

I have a simple question. Is there a limit, in PTE, for the generation of a 4k exe file? I know of other system where the limit of 2 Giga Bytes can not be exceeded. What is, if any the limit for PTE? Thanks for your help Saluti Claudio

Thanks Gary. I will see your slideshow Saluti Claudio

Thanks Dave, I will follow your suggestion Claudio

Hello, I just made the upgrade to PTE 9 and I have some problems with The Masks. Unfortunately I did not understand the real value of the new parameter Mask Stencil, which was not present in version 8. I refer to the online instructions: "http://docs.picturestoexe.com/en-us/9.0/how_to_v9/mask" In the case of "Add Mask Image/video" I realize that images or video can easily be added, and, depending on the color intensity, a mask is obtained, with effects in some way similar to layer masks in Photoshop. I have difficulty with the sentence: "A Video could also be added as either the Mask Stencil or Mask Content" (see last line just before the paragraph Text as a Mask) My problem is : 1. I do not understand what Mask Stencil means. 2. I do not see any way to work on it, because I cannot activate any key frame for it. Moreover, if I add an image on the Mask Stencil it comes out semitransparent and I do not see how to process on it. If I ignore Mask Stencil it is all right, but I think I am probably missing something. Could anyone help on this? Thanks in advance Claudio

Thanks Gary. I downloaded Parapente with no problems. I will wait for the new one until it will be available. Claudio

Thanks Ronnie, Dave and Gary (Gary: I did not yet succeed to download your new show) Claudio

Does anybody know if there are slideshows relevant to the south American state of Colombia?

Jan, congratulations for such a beautiful project. Excellent techniques for video elaboration I might come back to you for some guidance!! Saluti Claudio

Excellent and fantastic! Congratulations!! Claudio

May be I did not understand what you said. If I open a new project the window opens always with 4:3, but I can select the wanted ratio, and it is applied correctly Saluti Claudio

Lin, I had some exchange of mails wiyh Phil Williams and then I finally ordered the Xtenda-a-View Pro 3.0 I am anxious to receive it asap! Saluti Claudio

Thanks Lin I will see it in details. I hope I will have a final solution for this problem. Saluti Claudio

Thanks LIn; a very comprehensive article on a big, big problem. Being over 70, and with sight difficulties, I gave up with any mirrorless camera . Nevertheless I like the fully articulated screen and the problem still arises when I need the live view. And even worse for movie! The solution you suggest seems very promising. Do you think that this device may easily been installed (easily and not in a fixed mode) also on an articulated screen? Thanks Saluti Claudio

You can save it as an exe file (for PC or Mac) and load it in drop box. You should also inform your friends to avoid that the exe file might be blocked by their antivirus. Saluti Claudio

Very nice Dave: simple and effective! Thanks for such development Saluti Claudio

Thanks Lin, I am now in contact with Jean Cyprien. Back to my original point of my topic I think that the lesson I learned is that in order to move the center of rotation of a multiple object ( eg a solid figure) the normal way of "Shift+Mouse" may not be used. The multiobject should be child of a frame and the center of the frame should be considered as the rotation center. I think this discussion may be closed, and if necessary (in order to avoid mishandling of multiple objects) this difference could be recorded in the PTE online help under the "objects and animation" Thanks again Saluti Claudio

Sorry, malheureusement I do not understand PM (?) Could you clarify what do you mean?

Thanks Jean Cyprien Actually I succeeded in doing what I wanted. In the sense that I have been able to construct a circle of 9 cubes rotating around the center of the slide, and each one with the possibility to rotate on its own axis. Then I made all this as child of frames, so I can change any angle of view according to my whishes. In order to achieve this, I made 6 slides, each one covering 60 degree of rotation, so I was able to avoid any overlap of the cubes, but I had to adjust the order of the cubes in each slide (OK, this is painful, but it works!) I do not know if there is a simpler way to achieve this result. I would like to show it, (so you could verify the correctness of the procedure) but I do not know how to do it. If I make an exe file of the project, I can not add it to my post, because the dimension of the file slightly exceeds the limit of 3,13 M, (actually3,45) imposed in the rules of the Forum. Do you have any suggestion? Thanks for help Saluti Claudio PS. I am a fan of your slideshows and I am well aware of your superb realizations for Advent and Christmas, but I am still far away to achieve such results.

Thanks Dave I am well aware of this style to produce a cube. In the 9 cubes of my circle I used another style, and sometimes I also use a third one. It is still not clear to me if anyone of these three styles (or even others) is the best for normal use in PTE, or if the choice is irrelevant. By the way do you have a template for a sphere or a cylinder? Thanks again Saluti Claudio

Dave, I succeeded in my target to have 9 cubes rotating on a circle, with the possibility of each one revolving on its own axis. I split the original circle in 6 slides, each one covering 60 degrees of rotation, in order to cover a full circle of 360 degrees, without any overlap of the cubes. I can not annex an exe file because the size (3,4 Mbytes) slightly exceeds the allowed limit of 3,14 Mega. I annex 2 pictures showing the implementation. For simplicity I have only put one cube rotating on its axis Thanks again for your help Saluti Cladio

Thanks Dave, I will try your suggestion and see if I get what I am trying to achieve: eg 9 cubes rotating on a circle , each one revolving on its own axis and no averlap! Saluti Claudio

Thanks Dave I tried with different numbers of cubes, from 3 to 9, changing the degrees accordingly. So the solution to avoid overlapping is to split in more then one slide I am now working in revolving each of the cubes on its own axis Saluti Claudio

Lin, I succeeded in realizing a circle of 9 cubes, each spaced of 40 degrees. Now the problem I see is that I do not know how to properly set their order in such a way that they appear without overlapping. In the annexed figure you see that cube 7, 8 and 9 are partially overlapped, and I do not know how to solve the problem. If I invert some order, the problem is moved away to other cubes. Would it be necessary to split the slide in two parts, or are there other ways to solve the problem? Thanks and saluti Claudio

Lin, I think I solved my problem. My mistake was to set a cube as a child of a frame ; then move the cube, and finally try to move the rotation point back to the center of the image (using the mouse and the shift key). The correct way seems to be the following: OK set cube as child; then move the cube to the new position and finally rotate the frame whose rotation point is still correctly positioned in the center of the image. Thanks again and thanks to Denis who also contributed to clarify my point Saluti Claudio