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Like video builder You can add more gadgets to p2e too : GifEditor&Maker PhotoEditor like pixbuilder Music composer ,... Can u ?

Those days i'm facing a really annoying issue with a theatre 4K projector that cuts the lower part of my video frame. Well, not really, it projects everything but the image falls off screen in the lower part, cutting my subtitles. I asked the projector man to adjust it so the entire frame will fall on the screen but no way. Looks like i'm not a big fish there. So i needed to keep the original video resolution but to "compress" the image a bit leaving a black area on the bottom to tweak that annoying projector. No way to get the result from inside the video ancoder of PTE. So i needed to use XMediaRecode to get the result. But this way i lose sharpness because the PTE encoded video is re-encoded again. And a third time to get the final DCP encoding. The last encoding is not avoidable, and i don't think PTE should deal with DCP format. But what about adding a "tweaks" panel in the video encoder (or the project options?) to being able to size and move the video into a virtual frame? This is difficult to achieve in no time on a lengthy video because you must tweak all slides. Umberto

It would really help more precise and quick settings of keypoints time if it would be possible to add a graduation (a ruler) on the timeline (in O/A window), every 25% and 10% by example. In the same spirit, I would like the position parameter of the keypoint to be displayed within the slide time (and not in the project time). I would also like the waveform to be visible in this O/A window. What do you think of the suggestions ?

The enhanced handling of audio files in v8 is fantastic but it still has some shortcomings. One feature that I feel would be of great potential benefit is the ability to change the volume of all clips on a track by the same amount. The screen grab below is from my current project. Track1 carries a continuous mix of location ambience sound. Track2 carries the narrator's voice and Track3 carries the main character's voice. Let's assume that I now decide that the balance between Track2 and Track3 is not quite right. If all the clips on Track2 are already at the same level (which they are) and all the clips on Track3 are at the same level, but a level different from those on Track2 (which they are), I have no alternative but to change the volume of each individual clip on one track or the other. That is time consuming. If, in Project Options > Audio it was possible to select the Track item (which it is) and have there a volume control that applied uniformly across the entire track, it would make this action so much quicker. From a user interface point of view I would rather see the volume slider in a "Track header" panel at the left hand edge of each track in the Timeline. This header panel would remain visible even if the user scrolled a long way across to the right. regards, Peter

Can the Tools pop up in the O&A screen be made to stay on the screen when making multiple changes, at the moment, pressing undo it disappears & the tools button has to be re-pressed to make another change? Only a little thing but causes slight annoyance. :(/>/> This is how it works in other unmentionable software. Yachtsman1.

Hi, Newby here, I was wondering why I can only have two keypoints for text on an (inclined) plane (frame). It zooms in from a distant vantage point to a prefered stopping point. Then after a few seconds, I want it to move again. So I create another keypoint and it "ruins the middle keypoint. So I delete, (so everything is back to the same) then add keypoint (to keep everything the same) and then add another kepoint to move the text. Still, it just "melds" all of them. Thus, I am limited in my object movement options... or am I just limited in my understanding of the program (hopefully). I posted here because the how to wouldn't let me post, there. Thanks

Continuing with my trial version 8 show. I have set the background to a common JPEG image, however, there doesn't appear to be any adjustment to alter the opacity or size on the background screen? Yachtsman1

I've downloaded the latest beta of 8 & tried assembling a show for a commission I have for a new Kampro lamp. Now the ability to spread the waveform as it was in 7.07 has disappeared, I find it difficut to see the line projected down from the slide flag to the waveform. The timer pointer line is quite defined & no problem to see. I have a blue waveform as that is what I have been used to. I don't remember this being mentioned before. My screen shot is at 200% to enable viewers to see what I'm talking about. Yachtsman1

Slide Styles would be a great way to apply edge effects, lines and special effects to our images. We could apply them to one or all the slides in our show except for one thing. The Duration from one slide to the other is part of the style. So applying an edge effect after making a show would upset all the timings. The edge effects could be applied first of course, but sometimes we want to try options after the show is made. In the Slide Style window I was wondering how hard it would be to have a tick box to turn off the slide styles ability to include the duration. Just leave all effects in place, but no duration changes.

Many of my slide shows are used with verbal comments. Due to my crumbling memory I need script. To create this an option to export a file list from a P2E project to e.g. a comma separated file for use in e.g. Word or Excel would be very fine. Thanks Peter R.

With the increased interest in 3D including 3DTV it would be nice with e.g. a slide style for creating symmetrical stereoscopic images. I have made a slide style with two symmetrical masks, where left and right images are added. However, it would be very convenient if the two masks could be locked together (like e.g. the zoom function) so zoom, pan and other operations only have to made on one of the images. When creating show the “Executable for PC” works fine for a set-up with two projectors, But an option to create exe and avi files horizontally squeezed 50% will make it possible to use the files for 3DTV. Thanks Peter R.

When the colour picker is selected, in my case to change the colour of a rectangle, we have a large number of choices from three different styles of picker. Often when doing presentation work, the best colour for text or backgrounds can often be one cloned from the image colours itself. There is a certain visual harmony retained when we do that When the colour picker window is selected (any of the three styles) we have an eye dropper tool to enable us to do exactly what I ask, but it doesn't work quite right. If you click the eye dropper tool and move off the Choose Colour Window, the eye dropper cannot select a colour from the image itself (see attached) If the eye dropper is clicked and while holding the left mouse down, it's dragged off the panel, you can select a colour from the image. (keeping my Wacom graphics pen pressed to the pad surface in my case) Given that it sort of works OK, it would be a nice touch if when the colour sampler tool is selected with one click, it can be moved anywhere on the screen and still function. Without the need to hold down the left mouse or keep the pen hard on the tablet surface. One false move and option to sample from the image is lost and you have to return to the sampler tool for a second go.

Greetings, If you try to Convert an 'Added' video clip (a video clip that has been added to a background image), it does not get automatically replaced with the converted video clip. It does get replace if the video clip is the main file but not if it is an 'Added' video clip. Also, there is no 'Replace Video Clip' icon that lets you replace a video clip when the video clip has been Added to an image if you are in O&A.. Can you add these functions, since it will work with video clips that have not been 'Added' to an image???? Gary

I probably have a greater need than most to record my voice for tutorial reasons, so the new feature that allows me to link my Record Voice comment to a slide is very welcome, but it needs a key stroke. In fact it needs two. I right click a slide, but then have to select Audio Comment and then another selection to Record Voice Comment. Then a window opens and I have to click again to start the recording. OK with one or two comments, but I need to do 100 or more and then those key strokes and selections are a pain. I would like an option to start and stop a Voice comment recording with a key stroke, probably an "F" key if possible. Camtasia employs that type of function and it makes recording many takes sweet. Remember, we are amateurs and fluff our lines enough times that we need a quick and easy way to start and stop recording

When I am working on animation in the Objects and Animation screen and need to adjust the speed options for multiple key frames (more than 2). I would select the setting up option that opens the Speed Options window. In 100% of all the times I can ever recall going into this screen, (a considerable number) it has always been to separate the sections of animation so I can make my adjustments. Never to glue them back. I doubt I am much different from anyone else, so wouldn't it be a better idea to have the key frames already separated as a default with the glue option as the choice if you want it.

I am just testing the 8.0 beta-versions . Congratulations to the impressive list of new functions and their implementation . But ... not all PTE-users will make use of the complete range of the offered sophisticated features . There are certainly also users , like me , who are using PTE to assemble simple manually contolled slide-shows to present their slides to some friends in an home environment . Manual control does allow to have free discussions about the slides and the stories behind them of not predefined length . In this field of application PTE shows in my oppinion weaknesses - there is no support within PTE for Color profiles for the chosen presentation medium - Monitor , TV , Beamer . Correct display of colours is therefore impossible (when PTE is the only SW to support the show) - the support for Audio is optimised with respect to the timeline only . Features like : Change of an Audio title with the beginning of a certain slide , required controls eg. volume control independant of the timeline are only achievable with difficulties or not at all . Therefore my question : should a sophisticated product like PTE not also insist on basic functions for basic users? Thanks - Paul

In a discussion elsewhere on the forum (see here), it was suggested that it would be helpful to have the mini-player available in a floating window, especially when working in the Timeline with multiple tracks expanded to their full vertical height. I have opened this topic so that the original thread does not become hijacked by further discussion on this subject. regards, Peter

Some Audio editors, Soundbooth for example, have a feature called "Time Stretch". With it you can alter the length of time a piece of music plays, albeit with the inevitable change in Tempo of the piece. Example: Using Time Stretch on a short clip of 23.3 seconds it is possible to vary the duration of the clip from 2 seconds to 3 minutes with great accuracy. However, with my 23.3 second clip I would not foresee stretching beyond the 20 - 30 second range. It is extremely useful for making a piece of music fit a sequence of slides as opposed to the present "Fit Slides to Music" - within certain limitations. Care is needed to maintain the "musicality" of the clip but nevertheless it is a very useful tool. Would it be possible to include "Time Stretch" in the Audio section of a future version of PTE? DG

Greetings, It would be helpful if we could have a Default Folder option for the File List window. This would be similar to how Excel and Word allow for a default folder. I recently copied all of my PTE slideshows from my desktop to my laptop. When I first open a .pte on my laptop, I have to browse in the File List to find the folder associated with each .pte show. Once saved, it keeps that association. But it would save a lot of time and mouse clicks if it would default to the PTE folder where all the shows are saved. Thanks... Gary

Greetings, I know this issue has been raised before. In Dec. 2011, a request was made for all files used in a show to be bolded. Currently, only the primary file that is used in a show is bolded in the File List. I am currently going back to one of my old shows to do some tweaking. This show has the same background (or primary) image in each of the slides. In O&A, I have added video clips to each background image. So each slide contains only the background image and the added video clip. The problem is that the File List shows only the background image in bold, but none of the added video clips are bolded. I have the original untrimmed videos and other images in the File List that were not used in the show, but they all look the same, unbolded. Those files that were used as non-primary files and those that were not use are all unbolded. So here are my suggestions: When an image or a video clip is used that is not the primary image in a slide, have it highlighted in the File List is some way, such as a different color (for example). Also, it is difficult to identify the images (as a group) that are used in a particular slide. For an example, if you have added several images or videos in a slide, it would be very helpful if, when you highlight a slide in the Slide or Timeline View, all of the images and video files that are associated with that slide are highlighted (perhaps in a background color) in the File List. So as you go from one slide to the next in the Slide or Timeline View, the different images and video clips used in that slide will be easily identifiable. As it is now, you have to go through the O&A's to determine the file name of each added image or video clip in each slide. Thanks... Gary

I have a problem with video clips on the timeline : If I trim a video clip with video converter, changing for instance its end time, it keeps the same length on the timeline. Is there a way to solve my problem ? Thank you.

Igor When placing text over an image or a video, one of the nicest ways to select that colour is to sample a colour from within the image/video. Personally I find this the best way to ensure the image and the text have a visual harmony that is important in AV. Once our text has been created in PTE Objects and Animation window, we have three different colour picker styles to change the text colour. Style 1, 2 and 3. In each of them we have an eye dropper tool, but I think it can be made to work better. I use a graphics tablet, so I expect to click on the eye dropper to select it. When clicked it appears to be selected, but as soon as the pen is lifted from the surface of the tablet the sampler is lost. I believe this is the same with a mouse where the left button would need to be held down for the sampler to remain in use. If the sampler is selected and the left mouse held down or the graphics tablet pen is held onto the tablet surface, it is possible to move outside the colour picker window and onto the picture surface. There a colour can be selected and we can see the colours and sliders changing in real time within the colour picker window. (Not in the Text) However, to see the colour I have just selected in the text, I have to choose OK in the colour picker window. That applies the colour to the text and closes the colour picker window. If I didn't get the colour right I have to repeat the process a number of times till I find a colour that works really well. (Fig1) Suggestion: Is it possible to have the colour picker remain selected when it is left clicked with a mouse or the equivalent with a graphics tablet? Can the pointer now be allowed to move outside the colour picker window onto the picture or video surface so the user can click a number of times and see the colour reflected in the text instantly? If you were to create some text in Photoshop and do the same thing with the text colour, wherever you sample/click in the image, that colour is instantly reflected in the text (Fig 2) Can PTE be made to work this way?

It would be great if the item Color, especially concerning texts, would be present in Animation and not in Common only. It would be very useful to be able to animate the color of a text in the same slide, for me at least. And if others specifics text animation could be available in the future, welcome. Everything else seems perfect ! Thank you for this great software (and for the indispensable french manual !!!) at an accessible price. It is very precious !

Hi, I don't think that the following is presently possible but I believe it may be worth considering for the future. I have been working with Masks on a recent project and have been reminded how irritating it is to have to remember to ensure that the Mask is activated to be made "Transparent to selection". This is, I find, particularly necessary when working with multiple Masks on the one slide. I notice that the contained object when loaded is automatically made Transparent. My suggestion is that either the Mask should also have this property by default or alternatively an option within Preferences should be provided to switch this on or off. The latter would probably be better given that people have undoubtably got used to working under the present situation. John

New project, single slide with a .MOV file. Try to preview. PTE suggests optimizing, I agree. I don't want "Same folder", so I choose another. The new folder field needs to have a trailing backslash inserted. I found the optimized .AVI file was in E:\xxx\folderfilename, rather than E:\xxx\folder\filename. Should be the easiest fix ever? Thank you! aplman (Ken T)