HaroldB Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 When I try to run this presentation, downloaded from Beechbrook, it ends abrupts after the fade-in of the word "Presents".Anybody else have this problem?Harold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGL Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 Hi, Harold!I have no problems.My PC is: P4 Intel 1.7GHz; 512Mb RAM; GeFose2MX-400/128Mb video; CreativeLive5! sound.Regards,Oleg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 no problem with my win home xp 1.33ghz 512 rammaybe you got a bad download -- worth a tryken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alrobin Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 When I try to run this presentation, downloaded from Beechbrook, it ends abrupts after the fade-in of the word "Presents". Harold,I have the same problem - in Win Me.Maybe it's the mis-spelling of the word "metamorphosis" on the next slide that's doing it??? (.... oh, that's awful - sorry Tom, it slipped out before I could catch it!!! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alrobin Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 I just tried Tom's "Metamorphose" show on my laptop with Win XP, and it got about 10 or 15 slides into the show before cutting out. The slide on which it quit was the picturesque street scene which metamorphoses from a line drawing into a photo, just after the portrait which in turn follows the Tower bridge scene.Tom, which version of PTE did you use to create it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGL Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 To alrobin Hello, Al!On my PC in Win2kPro and in WinME no problems.Oleg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alrobin Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 Hi, Oleg,There is definitely something strange about this show. I suspect that the problem is too tight transitions (new slide fading too close to the end of the previous one, possibly). Or else images too large? The first time I downloaded it I ran the show completely through (don't remember on which pc, but I suspect it was on the desktop with W2K.) However, the last time I ran it in Win Me, I resized my screen to 1024 x 768, and it got as far as the two policemen. Go figure!!! None of the other shows react this way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGL Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 This there is mysticism! Oleg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmanz Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 For myself It played fine.Unless I move my mouse and then it exits.My arrow keys will also control the slides.So it is not a Sync show. cc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alrobin Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 cc,You solved the mystery! I must have jiggled my mouse while I was watching it! It works fine for me now, too!! Very nice effects! Tom, you're quite an aritist!! Even if you can't spell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomuk Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 I just tried Tom's "Metamorphose" show on my laptop with Win XP, and it got about 10 or 15 slides into the show before cutting out. Â The slide on which it quit was the picturesque street scene which metamorphoses from a line drawing into a photo, just after the portrait which in turn follows the Tower bridge scene.Tom, which version of PTE did you use to create it?Hello to Alrobin.I used v4.0 for this show, but recently (like the rest of you) I have upgraded to v4.10.You have hit the nail on the head, I must have forgotten to disable the mouse in p2e before creating, I'm sorry for any inconvenience, It just proves that I must be stupid as well as illiterate .Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomuk Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 For myself It played fine.Unless I move my mouse and then it exits.My arrow keys will also control the slides.So it is not a Sync show. ccHi! CC.You are correct it isn't a Sync show, I like to be creative as much as possible with my transitions, using the sync feature takes this away from you as each slide is assigned equal air time so as to fit the length of the music (this is how I understandit,please correct me if I am wrong), I create the visuals to my liking and preview the sequence without any music or sound effects, I then edit my music track to fit using a free programme called Audacity from the Web.Audacity will edit all formates of audio and after editing exports it as an mp3 file, very cool.Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaroldB Posted August 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 Tom,It's possible that I was inadvertently jiggling the mouse, too, when I looked at that show. I have it on my work machine, so I'll try it there when I get back to work on Monday.Is it possible that you had the box marked "Exit on mouse move" checked accidentally?BTW, in synched shows, you have complete control over the length of each slide, and PTE pretty much guarantees that the show plays the same way on different machines.Harold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmanz Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 I like to be creative as much as possible with my transitions, using the sync feature takes this away from you as each slide is assigned equal air time so as to fit the length of the music (this is how I understandit,please correct me if I am wrong) Hello Tom,You are right about the Sync mode, placing each picture equal amounts apart.But as Harold pointed out you also have the Custom Sync mode too. I have two computer one is a P2 300 and the other is a P4 2.53.I am sure you timed this PTE Slideshow correctly on your PC.But with it not being Sync. My slower PC Started to play the song a secondtime before it finished showing all the pictures. And the Faster one.finished the pictures first and the sound was cut off quickly before it was done.If you use the custom sync, both my pc's will be showing the last picturewhen the song is coming to an end.cc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaroldB Posted August 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 I tested this without touching my mouse, and it still ended after the "Presents" slide.I am mystified.Even more mysteriously, if I hit the arrow key to advance the show while it is showing that "Presents" slide, it does run.System= Windows 2000 Pro.Harold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guru Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 No problem for me with metamorphosis'...BUT "Photoshop Effects - part two" ends abruptly during painter's images (never at the same point) !(AMD Athlon 2200+, 512 MB Ram, Nvidia TNT2 video card) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alrobin Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 That's strange! It works fine for me on my old Celeron 3 system (even if I jiggle the mouse! ).By the way, great demo, Tom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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