Basic Snow Style 1920x1080

[davegee]

Snowing 16_9.ptestyle

Please see Rebuilt version lower down.

DG

[jienense]

Thank you very much for sharing this style; it’s always a great choice, especially for the upcoming season.

While I’m at it, I’d like to mention something—I’ve run into the same issue quite a few times: the file size is 10.75 MB, even though it should be about half that. I’m not sure why it sometimes ends up duplicating the style. It’s not a major problem, but since I don’t know why it happens, I thought I’d bring it up.

I’ve included an image.

[Igor]

Thanks for sharing

33 minutes ago, jienense said:

While I’m at it, I’d like to mention something—I’ve run into the same issue quite a few times: the file size is 10.75 MB, even though it should be about half that. I’m not sure why it sometimes ends up duplicating the style. It’s not a major problem, but since I don’t know why it happens, I thought I’d bring it up.

Agreed, we’ll check tomorrow.

[davegee]

I agree with the discussion - the Main Component of the Style is the Snow Video and its size is 5.7Mb. 

I did notice that on one occasion the Style was just written when I expected an "Overwrite" warning. Could there be two Styles with the same Title?

Maybe I will try deleting the Style and rebuilding it.

DG

[davegee]

Rebuilt Version:

Snowing 16_9 - 2.ptestyle

DG

[AleAle5025]

7 hours ago, davegee said:

I agree with the discussion - the Main Component of the Style is the Snow Video and its size is 5.7Mb. 

I did notice that on one occasion the Style was just written when I expected an "Overwrite" warning. Could there be two Styles with the same Title?

Maybe I will try deleting the Style and rebuilding it.

DG

No, there will be only one style in the PicturesToExe folder. The files will not be overwritten. Instead, the existing files will be added to the folder, causing its size to double. To prevent this from happening, you need to start a new project.

[davegee]

6 hours ago, AleAle5025 said:

To prevent this from happening, you need to start a new project.

This I have already done, please see above. When building a Style it is inevitable that there will be interim versions. Instead of overwriting, it is probably best to give each a unique number.

DG

[Igor]

19 hours ago, jienense said:

Thank you very much for sharing this style; it’s always a great choice, especially for the upcoming season.

While I’m at it, I’d like to mention something—I’ve run into the same issue quite a few times: the file size is 10.75 MB, even though it should be about half that. I’m not sure why it sometimes ends up duplicating the style. It’s not a major problem, but since I don’t know why it happens, I thought I’d bring it up.

I’ve included an image.

A created slide style (and exported style) contains TWO variants if the author chooses the "Use aspect ratio of this project.." option and then creates another slide style under the same name with a different aspect ratio option ("Any aspect ratio" or "Use aspect ratio of this project - 4:3", for example). The two styles will be combined and displayed as one virtual style.

In other words, author creates 2-3 visually optimized slide styles for "16:9" projects and for “1:1” (or 4:3, etc.) projects under the same name. When the user applies this smart style, PTE will automatically choose the optimized version according to the current project’s aspect ratio (or the nearest variant for a non-standard aspect ratio).

Generally, I recommend to create a single universal style with the "Any aspect ratio" option. The exported style will then contain only one version, for projects with any aspect ratio.

[davegee]

Thanks Igor - great info!

DG

[jienense]

Thanks Igor, I wasn't aware of the reason; now it's clear.

[AleAle5025]

7 hours ago, davegee said:

This I have already done, please see above. When building a Style it is inevitable that there will be interim versions. Instead of overwriting, it is probably best to give each a unique number.

I saw that you fixed the problematic style related to the folder size, but you didn’t explain why the folder size increased when the style was created.