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Greetings, I opened a show in V.8.0.1 and I noticed something strange. On the main screen, two icons were overlapping each other. At first I thought that my screen was having problems so I re-opened PTE. After a few seconds, I happened to move the Files List window to the right and the icons then separated. I think this could cause a problem for someone who might not realize that this can happen. Perhaps, the dropdown menu (with Fit All Slides...) should be moved to the right so that when the Files List window is moved to the left, it will not cause an overlap of icons, one sitting on top of another one. Or reposition most of the icons to the right of the Files List window border so no icons would be 'hidden' if the Files List window was adjusted to the left. And the problem varies whether you have the 'Show File Tree' selected or not. Gary

In my Cholesteral show I went back to adding timed points on the fly. I did this as there were 40+ slides I wanted to appear at a precise time in the narrative. Having the mini player stop & start buttons some distance from the + & - buttons makes the proces awkward. Would it be possible to re-position them as per my screen shots. On the same theme I suggested the blur buton in O&A is in a bad position as one can inadvertently hit that when one really wanted the opacity button. Yachtsman1. :)/>/>

It would be nice if we could change a color for all the slides with one click. Examples are font and rectangle colors. Not sure if it is currently possible. Tried the search engine but it does not like the search term replace color and then flood control sets in (sigh). Tom

Hello In fact, i don't need resize files with AVI, MP4, VIDEO publish Why, it's not similar with EXE publish ? A proposition to work faster with PTE and have a new public (grandmother, ...) - PUBLISH SHOW – EXE – Automatically resize every visuals files during the creation of EXE according to an exit definition and ZOOM level of each file. If a file has 3000px and the chosen exit definition is 1920 large… The EXE must be contains a 1920px (100%) or 2304px (zoom 120%) or 960px if the zoom level is 50% Cordially Vincent

Hello A proposition to work faster with PTE, - Add an option in PROJECTS OPTION to choose for all slides COVER SLIDE / FIT TO SLIDE cordially Vincent

Some time ago, pre 8 & 7.5, I suggested it would be a handy addition to be able to set the incoming & outgoing transition times which may cut out the obvious confusion of how when & where to apply KFSD or not. The amount that has been written about it would fill 10 pages of a manual. Just out of interest I downloaded a trial copy of the oppositions basic programme & noticed the feature was included, maybe their spys picked up on my suggestion. :P/> Yachtsman1

I suggest add this logo or another as equivalence of ToggleFullscreen F4 located in settings menu into pte area

I can add audio to a slide by adding video to slide. The video was created in PTE and is black 640x480. I can make the video transparent or set the order so the video is in background. The problem is when I save it as a style and then try to apply the style to other slides the video sometimes turns from black to green and there is no audio. Not bad enough to be a bug but it would be nice if we can use video and audio in slide styles. Thanks, Tom

Most of my custom created styles are very simple without key frames. After applying my style I have to reset the duration of the slide back to the original duration (example is a video slide). I click on the full duration link before applying the style but it does not change duration. I don't know how to set the style duration equal to the duration of the slide. Maybe add new option for style duration to be equal to duration of slide when creating style (unless there is already some way to set this). Thanks, Tom

I believe I am like most, in sizing the images prior to using them in PTE so as to optimise the performance of a slide show. I think it would be a productivity boost if it were possible to set your desired screen size i.e. 1024 X 768 for example and then to be able to drop your full size images in (doing away with pre resizing) , set the image as you want it within the slide and for PTE to optimise the image based on the parameters set . Also options to Auto fit, stretch, crop and do nothing to be able to set preferred default for this feature.

There are some points in Lng editor 2 must be modified or change : If Wnsoft can not Add Online Translation page Atleast please Add more facilities into it like features , fix bugs ,... Thanks inadvanced 1-Enable copy&paste in Search box area it's necessary 2-Use filtering must not be sensitive to upper case please [capitalized] 3-"Always on Top" option please 4-Remember Last position in minimizing 5-In WinXp area Box of Minimizing of LngEditor isnot being seen please fix it 6-Add rightclicking on toolbar or status bar in Lngeditor to disable enable features or options Current LngEditor area is without flexibility and is not Translator friendly at all 7-Some features in LngEditor1.0 had existed that is removed in LngEditor 2.0 for example in LngEditor 1.0 If all threads be translated then A dialog window warn user "All Translated" why you removed it [in lngeditor 2 just is being seen "Untranslated : 0" in status bar

Thanks for a great program ! But I suddenly found that I was missing a single function : When you create a multi-page presentation is very useful (in my opinion ) would be able to select " SET UP A SLIDE " add window transitions one more point : Go to the first slide after the specified time. For building blocks based on information in your program this function would be very useful . Otherwise, when you call one what that particular page , then the presentation of all the remaining Leafs continue the program. And you have to use the home button , and it is not always appropriate to have on the page. If this is possible , it would be very grateful ! ____________________ Спасибо за великолепную программу! Но я вдруг обнаружил, что мне не хватает одной функции: При создании многостраничной презентации очень полезно (на мой взгляд ) было бы иметь возможность в опции "НАСТРОИТЬ СЛАЙД" добавить в окно переходов еще один пункт: ПЕРЕЙТИ НА ПЕРВЫЙ СЛАЙД ЧЕРЕЗ УКАЗАННОЕ ВРЕМЯ. Для построения информационных блоков на базе вашей программы такая функция была бы очень полезна. Иначе при вызове одной какой то конкретной страницы, презентация затем листает все оставшиеся далее по программе. И надо пользоваться кнопкой ДОМОЙ , а не всегда ее уместно располагать на странице. Если такое возможно, то буду очень благодарен!

Following my last course in Cardiff I suggest the following items 1. Ability to edit a sound clip on a audio track ie - if you have a voice over track to have the ability to cut it into sections and move individual edits to correct positions. 2. Ability to save the final mixed audio track on its own as a wav or mp3 3. ability to see the audio graphic display in objects and animations. 4. ability to move multiple key frames ( by pressing tab or control keys) 5. ability to choose different transitions to images added in objects and animation section 6. option of both percent or position of key frames in objects and animation 7. ability to import 3d objects ie *.obj

Please please please ad a timer function "show from ... until..." To every seperate slide. For example " show this slide from 12.30 on nov 22 till 12.30 on nov 24". In this way PTE can be used for professional Digital signage purposes like no other app. I am ready to pay the double price for a pro license if you offer this extra feature. Also this feature will open a new market for your wonderful PTE.

My knowledge of PTE is based upon a few hours each week during the evenings and weekends. It's just a hobby in my spare time. Does PTE support hidden surface removal? If yes how is it enabled? I tried show front side and show back side options. I think it must already support this because there a so many slideshows that work properly. Examples are a cube and the very excellent first person perspective Christmas village (sorry I don't have the link). http://en.wikipedia....e_determination http://en.wikipedia....r%27s_algorithm http://en.wikipedia....iki/Z-buffering Microsoft API http://msdn.microsof...6(v=vs.85).aspx Sample slideshow. I think the red object would be hidden depending on location. https://dl.dropboxus...bject_order.zip Thanks, Tom

Hi Igor, Great software, as usual. Just a minor point. On the screen, in addition to tooltips, you have 'Preview' written out next to 'Publish'. 'Start preview from slide' is an optional button (with tooltip). Can I suggest you add wording 'Start from slide' next to the button? Regards, Jeff

Greetings, Trying to understand some of the postings and menus that deal with the 'Duration' term has me frustrated in trying to understand what they are talking about. Here are some suggestions that I think will help clarify some of the problems I think are going around. At least with me... 1- In the Users Guide and in the PTE program, change the references to the 'Duration' of media files to 'Length'. Use 'Duration' only for slide's actions in the 'Timeline'. 2- Remove the 'Settings|Preference|Toolbars|Duration of a Media File' menu item and add a column for 'Length' of media in the File List, next to the Date/Time column. But remove the 'Time', to make room; I don't think it is needed. Remove 'Duration of the media file (for files highlighted in the File list)' on page 19 of the Users Guide. It would be more useful to see all the lengths of media files in the File List as opposed to having to click on each media file, one by one, to show in the Status Bar. 3- There are too may references to 'Duration' in the Users Guide and the Forum that seem to be inconsistent or seem to be used to refer to the same definition. Here are some of them in just a couple postings: Total Duration (this is the only one with a definition in the Users Guide: 'Total Duration (means duration of the slide and the next transition effect)'. Full Duration Total Full Duration Pure Duration Transition Effect Duration Default Slide Duration Slide Duration Can we come up with a set of consistent terms with defintions for the different 'Duration' terms for use in the Forum and the Users Guide? It makes it very difficult to understand the discussions in certain postings, such as the KFSD discussion, and what these terms mean. 5- In Users Guide, page 11, it states 'Keep slide duration is helpful...'. Shouldn't it say 'Keep full slide duration is helpful...'? 6- Shouldn't the 'Default slide duration' In Project Options|Main|Timing' be 'Default full slide duration'? Gary

It would be really useful if when we insert new slides into the Slide List they were inserted before or after the current selected slide. I am finding it more & more frustrating that I position the slide view at the point I want to add new slides with a slide selected. Then when I double click on a slide in the File List it is inserted at the end rather than the point I want it to be. I know I can drag the slide from the File List which is easy for one slide or even a group of slides to be inserted at the same place. But I often use CTRL+D to select & add the whole Folder. This normally occurs when using PTE to display single images at the Camera Club for competition or appraisal. Each person's images are in a separate Folder so it is easy to go through the list of Folders & CTRL+D to add all the images into the project. If we could choose to add the images at a particular place this would be a great addition & speed up workflow. Jill

please add posture of "Diagonal display view" in watermark display dialog position dropdown menu section

Igor Yesterday I was putting together a camera club presentation with a long section of comments all stitched together. (one file) It wasn't until I got right near the end that I picked up an error (bad practice on my part :rolleyes:/>/>/> I made a mistake) I could correct the sound file reasonably easy, but thought it would be nice to be able to exchange one sound file for the other leaving the fade in and volume levels untouched. However, I am not sure how practical this is because the new sound file was slightly longer than the one I wanted to replace it with. Just an idea. When I corrected the music I had the individual takes stitched together as an Mp3 in Camtasia, but I allowed the new sound file to be converted directly into my working folder. I used a different file name so it could be created alongside the one I wanted to replace. PTE showed that music stitch with a big blue flag saying it was damaged. I have sufficient experience to know what it was causing the warning and I ignored it. The sound file could be dragged to the timeline and was fine. Of course closing and re-launching PTE will cure that flag, but it you didn't know what had caused it and that the sound file was in fact perfectly OK, it could cause some frustration for a user.

Hi, While we are in a period of relative calm regarding the development of PTE and following on from recent discussions in this section and elsewhere in the forum I would like to make the following suggestion. Would it not be beneficial to take a long hard look at the usability of the product? We have seen fantastic developments in recent years, all of which have moved the boundaries. However in order to use many of these facilities the user has to have an intimate knowledge of not only PTE but also increasingly has to be quite computer savvy. I believe that the time has now come to take stalk and examine what can be done to make the program more user friendly (WITHOUT compromising its flexibility for those who need this facility, after all it is primarily those people who have driven the development up till now). I know that this has been discussed in the past. Suggestions included the possibility of two programs - basic and advanced etc. I think an example was given in the past of Adobe CS and Elements and I'm sure many arguments on both sides ensued. However, lets narrow that down a little and just consider how Elements is now presented. Three levels built into the one package, perhaps there is something to be learned from that approach? I know it can't be just as straight forward as this but I also know from my personal experience of life, the longer you delay in reviewing, taking stalk and facing change the harder it becomes. I'm no marketing expert but based on my own experience (and this has been highlighted elsewhere recently by others) many potential photographers are put off getting involved with PTE due to their fear of its perceived complexity. I will now get controversial! As a committed Mac user I would far rather see Igor spend time and resources on making PTE more user friendly than on producing a Mac version. Regards John

The year is drawing to a close, I have my Christmas public show in the can & looking forward to 2014 where my first show will be one of this years cinema blockbusters. So what next? My spring presentation will be a mixture of my stuff, internet image based shows & shows from other sources. As my audience has come to expect a fancy menu led show, with video, 3D transitions & the like how can I go one better? I can't. This afternoon I downloaded version 4.49 which is supposed to be able to accept any PTE exe from different versions. After struggling for a couple of hours, I have given up, there are so many improvements in later versions, reverting to 4.49 is not an option for me, I might as well put all the exe's I want to use into one folder, number them in the order they are to be used in & leave it at that. :(/> My point, instead of concentrating on features that will have minimal useage, why not go all out & make PTE menu construction universal to exe's everywhere. I'm sure every AV group & camera club in the world would rejoice if this was available, just think of the millions of exe's there are that could be given a new lease of life. :rolleyes:/> Yachtsman1.

Suggestion .... In a future version, you might have a meter that would adjust the sound level .... ?

What about adding drag and drop feature to reorganize objects in the object hierarchy? That could ease reworking complex sequences. Moreover, i'd love to see a new "wrap selection into frame" command, and similar "unwrap children from selected node". This would simplify the tedious task of: 1. Adding a frame 2. Moving it in the right place 3. Cutting objects 4. Paste them into the frame Maybe not only for frames, but for any kind of container object.

Igor, I wonder if some thought could be given to improving the method of identifying the location of identically named images when creating a "back up in zip". I totally accept that this is a problem caused purely by bad working practice …….. but none of us are perfect …….. certainly not me. Two suggestions come to mind - Rather than show the offending files singly which entails re trying to create a zip each time in order to identify the next file, could all instances not be shown together in a list? This list could then be grabbed and printed out. My second suggestion would be to not only show the file paths but also the slide number in which the duplicated files are located. If I could only have one of these enhancements it would be this one! Hopefully, John