Fit to music proportionally

[ianbutty]

Hi 

How can I easily fit my slideshow to music, without making all the slides the same length?  

For example, I have a slideshow that is 10 mins 15 sec in length with say 150 slides.  120 of the slides, each containing one image, are 3secs each, and 30 slides (with multiple images) of 8.5secs each.  My music track is exactly 10mins in length... ie 15sec too short for the slideshow.

If I use Fit to Music - it makes ALL the slides exactly 4sec - this means the single images now show too slow and the multiple images too quickly.  What should happen is that each slide should be reduced proportionally, eg the shorter slides reduced to 2.94s and the longer slides to 8.24s

The above is a very much simplified example - in reality my slide shows have short slides, medium length slides, long length and very long length slides in them and the total length is often well over 10mins.

Prior to moving to PTE AV I used an old version of Proshow Producer, which did the proportional fit to music with a single click and which I used on almost every slideshow I produced.  How can I achieve the same with PTE AV?

Thanks

Ian.

[jkb]

It is much better to do this manually so that the Slides fit the Tempo of the Music.

In Timeline View, you will see that each Slide has a grey bar above it. This is the duration of the Transition.

The White portion is the static Time on Screen.

By looking at the Waveform you can see the peaks & troughs of the Music.
Just drag each Slide to correspond by clicking on the thumbnail & adjust the Transition Duration to fit the images by dragging the edge of the Grey bar to lengthen or shorten the Transition.

This will give a much better & more pleasing result than any automation could.

And you could also adjust the length of the Music if it is too long or short.

Jill

 

 

 

[davegee]

Barry Beckham's Method might be worth a try?

In the Timeline, Click on the Time Line Options and Cut all Transitions (from the second slide to the last). This will send all of your slides to the end of the music track. Play around with a copy of your project.

Play the Project while still in the Timeline View and at the appropriate moment relative to the music, press the INSERT BUTTON on the Keyboard. This will place your Slide/Transition at the exact point that you want it. Carry on until all slides have been placed.

It takes a little practice but once you get properly acquainted with it you will find it to be quite useful.

DG