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Great Denis, that's the solution to my problem! And Igor, looking forward for improved gradient maps! Thanks both! Jan

Hi. I want to try some advanced effects using the displacement map feature. So I studied how the effect behaves (see picture). I made a mask with three fields, white, 50% gray and black. And I noticed that a mask with 50% gray doesn't make any displacement shift. And that a mask lighter than 50% gray do make a displacement towards the upper-left corner and that a mask darker than 50% gray make a displacement towards the bottom-right corner. My question is, can the displacement direction be changed somehow? Now it is 45° (between vertical and horizontal). I would mainly want the displacement direction to be horizontal. I have tried to "cheat" the direction by rotating frames etc. in Objects and animation, but so far haven't found a solution. If you ask me why I want to do so,... no, I'm not trying to do any fancy transition effects etc. What I want is to try out some 3D effects and for that reason I need the displacement direction to be horizontal. Thanks, Jan

I often return to PTE and MANUALLY align images in e.g. a hyperlapse sequence. There are software that automatically do the alignment quite well, but if the sequence is really off-lined then they just don't work. I like to work with PTE for doing this, even if there are other software for doing manual alignments. I have now been using the grid to help manually aligne the images in PTE. But there are a few, in my opinion small things,that would really help in the alignment process: 1. Being able to chose a number of images on the slides-line and then apply a scale factor for all these images (e.g. change the scale to 150% for all the selected images). 2. In "Objects and animation" be able to change the increment to one decimal when scrolling the variables in e.g. Pan X,Pan Y, Rotate C (in stead of the intervall of one integer). I mean when you "scroll" the variables with the mouse. This would help when making the manual alignment. 3. Also (even if not having to do with the alignment), to be able to change the Blur value for all selected images in the slides-line. Ps. I think I have been requested 1. and 3. before. So if there already are a method to do these, please advise me and I would be happy. Ps. Of course there would be much more that would help in the alignment, like choosing reference points in the images - but I don't want to be too demanding... :-) Thank You, Jan

Two years back classmates celebrated. I only had two images from that meeting but tried to catch the atmosphere... :-) Regards, Jan

Thank you John. I usually publish on Vimeo. I have used different techniques and the most seen one is a panning animation based on NASAs images (HiRise camera) taken of Mars. This video ( https://vimeo.com/207076450 ) has been seen 1.6 Million times and have been published on Wired, National Geographic, CNN, BBC, etc. :-)

Thank you Barry. This presentation was manily made as information about places where I take photos, which purpose I hope it fulfilled.

Thank you Kieron!

Thank you! I live in the southern part of Finland where we only can see auroras a couple of times per year, so it is best to take the chance then. But in the northern part of Finland, in Lapland, they can watch auroras wintertime almost every clear night. I filmed "The Post Train" mainly in 2010 with an old EOS D7. This year I finally filmed one missing scene which made it possible to finalize the project. My mother who act in the film passed away in 2015 so she didn't see the final version. The trains seen in the film are maintained by enthusiasts who take passengers a couple of times per year.

Good suggestion! I tried with a solid color rectangle at the bottom, and that helped. By choosing the right degree of darkness and color you actually can minimize the issue. Thanks

Oh, thank you!

True... Thank you.

Tack. Jo nog är naturen fin här fast man lätt blir blind för den. Och då ljusförhållandena är de rätta så då måste man ut och fotografera...

Thanks, agree... :-)

Hi. I made a simple slideshow for the local camera club, where I show places where I like to go and photograph nature. The area is the southern part of Finland. Unfortunately, all text is in Swedish, but images and nature are international so please enjoy the images. And as usual, the climax is in the end... Regards, Jan

Great! :-)