johnchap Posted November 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 Ken - if I had known how to publish it I would have done so - I just followed Igor's instructions.Yachtsman - I am intrigued. What is the average file size of each image in your show? Those in my sample clip are of between 400KB and 600KB each - and that was greatly reduced from their original ex-camera size. I am in need of guidance as to the smallest file-size one can use while maintaining quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted November 4, 2009 Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 I HAVE PUT A ZIP UP TO MEDIAFIRE as a test for youthe link is below the words share this urlhttp://www.mediafire.com/?uwtnmvdqmkuthis is similar what you would have to send Igorsee screenshot attachedso the url that you sent Igorcopy and paste it into this threadre the zip:i was trying to master macro settings/shooting -- also included in the zip are a bunch of links for how to do macro shootingken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yachtsman1 Posted November 4, 2009 Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 Ken - if I had known how to publish it I would have done so - I just followed Igor's instructions.Yachtsman - I am intrigued. What is the average file size of each image in your show? Those in my sample clip are of between 400KB and 600KB each - and that was greatly reduced from their original ex-camera size. I am in need of guidance as to the smallest file-size one can use while maintaining quality.At present all my slides are sized at 1024x768 with a resolution of around 150 which gives an average size of around 125KB per slide.Yachtsman1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnchap Posted November 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 Thanks Yachtsman. I guess I have been using a higher resolution than I need, hence the higher file-size.Ken - Thank you for your guidance. I did discover how to get the link (for my Gridiron test.exe file it is: http://www.mediafire.com/?fmi5hboymcd ) and have now sent this to Igor. He has promised to run the test tomorrow.John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted November 4, 2009 Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 show runs perfect on my system with a 256 mb ati all in wonder card - 2 gb ram 4 gb swap file intel 2.8 ghz xp sp3great looking pictsken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yachtsman1 Posted November 4, 2009 Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 The show ran OK on my 265mb card laptop. The page turn needs slowing down to look OK, no portcullis.Yachtsman1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnchap Posted November 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 Thanks, Ken and Eric. Your findings seem to confirm my feeling that there is something peculiar about my particular set-up - or some conflict with other software. I have just made another 40-image program - with files from a different folder - and, in spite of using several page-curls, there is no sign of a portcullis. I'm baffled! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted November 4, 2009 Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 go back to the original folderadd 5 pict - no musicset 5th pict to curl transitionadd pict #6 with straight fadeand previewif alll ok repeat adding sequence as above until it screws up then start taking picts outreport back findingsken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnchap Posted November 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 Ken: I have run an extensive series of tests, along the lines you suggest, but also randomly varying the order of the slides and changing the custom transition on the one 'special' slide. What emerges is as follows:1. The portcullis or gridiron defect always appears if the 'special' slide is set with a Curling Page, Push Effect or Slide Effect transition. It does not appear if any other transition is used.2. The defect normally appears on the third slide after the 'special' one, and on alternate slides thereafter. If the special slide is No. 3, the defect appears on slides 6, 8 and 10. Certain settings of the page-curl - e.g unrolling from right - would alter this, with the defect appearing on the fourth slide after the special.3. The issue seems to be independent of the order in which the slides run, or of which slide has the special transition applied.One further observation: I ran the same tests with pics from another folder - but taken also in 2008, with my current camera (a Canon EOS 450D). Exactly the same defect appears. However, the same test done with pics from 2007, taken with a Canon compact, show no defect at all. Could it be that this problem is in some way camera-related?Later: Taking a cue from Yachtsman, I have now resized all the images in the troublesome sequence to 1024x768, at 150dpi - and lo and behold! it runs without defect. So it looks as though the issue does indeed relate to a high megapixel camera such as my 450D. Problem solved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 If you ave the time can you put one of the "bad" sequences up to medifire for those interested to test -- dont forget you are limited in size to 100mb fileit might help in finding the causeken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yachtsman1 Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 I have a Canon 50D which has the facility to add a copyright lable to the image, could this be a case of inadvertantly adding this. Similarly this could have been done in your editing software?Yachtsman1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnchap Posted November 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 Ken: As the original test file I uploaded runs OK on your computer, and on others, there doesn't seem much point in uploading further 'bad' sequences. I think I must accept that the phenomenon is peculiar to my set-up; and at least I now know how to avoid the problem! And I have learnt quite a lot about PTE in the process. Thanks for everyone's contributions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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