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Merry Christmass, Happy New Year and all the best to all of you! The Link:https://drive.google.com/file/d/14zNpJIO7e2CogcZE7cTvEejYlNe83I7u/view?usp=sharing

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! To all the young at heart - Health, Happiness, Peace, Goodness and Love to everyone!

Hi, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Happiness and health to you and your families! And many new creative ideas. Thank you for your support! P.S. We've released the final version of our new product - PTE Video Optimiser for PC and Mac. Video stabilisation, noise reduction, triming, colour correction, file size optimisation. Batch file processing and live preview: https://www.pteavstudio.com/forums/topic/46950-pte-video-optimiser/

There is no limit to perfection! We'll think about how to develop this new product, but we want to keep the simple interface and low price. Now our main efforts are concentrated at improving PTE 12.

To Igor and all forum members, Merry Christmas and a happy, safe, healthy, and prosperous 2025.

For a year, every Wednesday, a group of eight friends - set off into the breathtaking landscapes of the Northern Rivers region in New South Wales Australia. Their cameras in hand or slung over their back and adventure in their hearts. Each of them had a distinct style, but it was their shared love for the unassuming beauty of the world around them was what bound them together. They were not just a group of wanderers, but more than that, they were explorers of the mundane, artists with a shared curiosity for the overlooked beauty of their local area. It wasn’t about the perfect shot or specifically the latest trend; it was about the joy of discovering what others might walk past without noticing. The joy of locating new places or revisiting old places looking for that unique shot. Each week, they met at a different spot – weather permitting. Sometimes it was by the Richmond River, where the water in the river flowed into the ocean or one of the nearby Ballina beaches. Other times, they wandered through ancient rainforests outside Lismore, where the green of the trees was so thick it felt like stepping into another world. They also ventured through the coastal hills of Byron Bay, Iluka and the country charm of Grafton, the rocky outcrops and rolling fields creating the perfect contrast of nature’s chaos and calm. One of their favourite places was the beaches, on the outskirts of Ballina. There was an unspoken rhythm to their wanderings. They didn’t rush, didn’t have a schedule. The day unfolded slowly, one frame at a time. Once on site, the group would wander in different directions, checking in with one another for the famed morning cuppa, sometimes showing a photo, they were proud of, sometimes solving the problems of the world or laughing at something ridiculous. Often the discussion was about a bird caught on the edge of a frame or a picture-perfect moment ruined by one of the wanderer’s in the image. Occasionally, after the famed cuppa, they’d gather for lunch at a pie or fish shop, for a well-earned and hearty lunch. They’d swap stories, discuss new techniques they’d tried, or share the odd frustrations of a shot that didn’t quite come out as planned. They all saw the world through a unique lens and camera. All were digital aficionados, on the lookout for dramatic contrasts and bold, vivid colours, or soft pastels hues plus the odd stick here and there. Here is one of my images from each Wednesday Wander I attended in 2024. Cheers Mark

Thanks for the great price, Igor. I bought the PTE Video Optimizer today. This truly is excellent value for an excellent product, and I will be telling the good news to others.

Frogs generally don't croak when a light is on them. Thanks to a technique shared by Craig Mayne in another photograhic group, I was able to capture this series of 68 images last night. To croak, a frog inflates its lungs, closes its mouth and nostrils, and forces air through its larynx and into its vocal sac. The air then passes back and forth between the vocal sac and the lungs, causing the vocal cords to vibrate and produce sound. This side on view endeavours to show this process. I recorded the sound of the frog calling on the mobile but flash and sound are not sync'd. With some editing it could be improved but the sound does give some idea of the process. I am not sure that any more will happen with this so spending more time is probably not warranted. Camera set up on tripod - framed and focused, flash modelling light off, capture the 68 images with flash when frog starts croaking. Grateful to have this wildlife in my backyard and the very patient frog who assisted with this process over a few hours. Full frame Sony A7RV, Sony 90 mm Macro Lens, Godox Sony Flash plus pateince and practice. Cheers Mark

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I wish you and your loved ones health, success and optimism! Igor and the team, thank you for everything you do for us!

Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy 2025 to all of you

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to Igor & your team. Thank you for the work you do to keep improving this great software. Wishing you all the best for 2025, health, happiness & success Jill

Also Happy Holidays. Merry Christmas and a Happy 2025! Health, Love, Happiness,... Thank you for the Christmas present: PTE Video Optimiser, a wonderful addition to PTE AV Studio. I wish you and WnSoft Ltd. a lot of success with it. Cor

Hi, We're planning to release the final version in December this year. You can purchase a personal license for PTE Video Optimiser for 29 USD now: https://www.wnsoft.com/en/pte-video-optimiser/buy/ Special 20% discount for all PTE users until January 10th - 23.20 USD with this discount. Apply the following coupon code on the order page: PT95231 It's one-time purchase, not a subscription. The license is suitable for PC or Mac. To activate a new license, run PTE Video Optimiser. Browse the main menu > Help > Enter new license key.

PTE AV Studio 11.0.16 Beta is available: Improved Unsharp mask effect (or negative Blur value for an object). This prevents thin white lines at the bottom and right of the image/video that covers the entire slide. Download Windows: https://files.wnsoft.com/test/pteavstudio-setup.exe Mac: https://files.wnsoft.com/test/PTE-AV-Studio.dmg Player for Mac: https://files.wnsoft.com/test/PTE-AV-Player.dmg (About window shows: 11.0.16 Build 1)

Looks like a subject rich environment. Great opportunities and you used them well The background explanation sounds as though the group was a one year "event", I would hope you all continue the Wednesday adventures I'd love to see a collection of photos taken by the group on a visit to the same place. It is always fascinating to observe what different people see in the same environment

Hello, In PTE Video Optimiser we have added a new video output option - AV1 (.webm) in addition to H.264 (.mp4). AV1 (.webm) is a new video codec with high compression efficiency, which is becoming more and more popular now. You can create AV1 videos with HD, 4K or even 8K quality. To create 8K, you need at least 16 GB of memory! AV1 is an open standard. New TVs manufactured in the last 2-3 years usually support playback of AV1 video files from a USB memory stick. VLC player can play AV1. Netflix uses the AV1 format for its streaming service. In PTE AV Studio 12, we will also add support for creating AV1 videos. The downside of AV1 format is that video playback often does not yet have hardware support, using more of CPU loading on a PC or Mac. Also you need to install the latest video player apps (VLC, for example). More details about AV1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV1

Once upon a time there lived He and She. They loved each other, were always together. But something happened and they broke up, ran away in different directions. And now, two halves, previously one whole, yearn and rush about alone, like wounded animals. Take care of your loved ones! The video was created for the song Tommo & Melisa - I'm Alone. The project uses the works of the famous contemporary Argentine artist Fabian Perez

Hi, PTE Video Optimiser 1.0.1 Beta is available: Fixed issue with Reverse playback option. A green picture could appear. Fixed issue with Zoom parameter not working. Download Windows: https://files.wnsoft.com/ptevideooptimiser/test/ptevideooptimiser-setup.exe Mac: https://files.wnsoft.com/ptevideooptimiser/test/PTE-Video-Optimiser.dmg (The About window shows: 1.0.1 Build 1)

Always looking for relatively inexpensive sources of royalty free music for my travel shows. Needless to say, there are not many decent ones out there that don't cost an arm and a leg. An advertisement kept popping up on my Facebook page for Melodie Music so I checked it out. They are listing a "Lifetime Creator's" license at a special price of $59 US. Before purchasing or even creating an account, you can browse (and play) their complete catalog of music through this link: https://melod.ie/browse#browse-page-results Couldn't find the sale price on their regular website so I contacted them for a link to purchase from my computer. It is: https://melod.ie/lifetime-early-bird-85-off. While I think the "Creator" license will be sufficient for my needs, there is also a "Pro" license that allows for use on multiple channels per platform, 3rd party content creation, stems, etc. And it is apparently possible to upgrade from one license to the other if you need to. To check out "international" type music for travel videos, just select the Genre "World" and search. And Merry Christmas to all of you!

Just as Mary posted, there is an 'early-bird-85-off' for the Melodie Music site. I wondered how long it would last. Here is their reply: "If anyone in the group is interested in purchasing a Melodie lifetime deal at the currently discounted prices, they can do so via this unique link (please feel free to share): https://melod.ie/lifetime-early-bird-85-off This promo will be available via that link for at least the next few weeks. " Gary

Hi Igor I also wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and the best for 2025

Hi, Release Candidate 4 is available For Windows: https://files.wnsoft.com/ptevideooptimiser/ptevideooptimiser-setup.exe For Mac: https://files.wnsoft.com/ptevideooptimiser/PTE-Video-Optimiser.dmg The About window shows v1.0 Build 2. It's not a final version yet. Changes in this version: Fixed stabilisation issue (bad result) when trimming the beginning of a video. Fixed main window freezing when setting video duration to zero. Note: You can purchase a personal license key with a 20% discount before January 10th - for 23.20 USD. Read more

Funny coincidence a few months ago I put together a slide show for our trip to Scotland and England and that routegenerator software would have been great but I was not aware of it. So what I did for the initial slide was to use a Google Earth feature that ends up generating a movie and it is a rotating globe starting from the US and ending in and zooming in on the UK area. For the legs of the trip where I was driving from one place in Scotland to another I searched for downloadable pdf or jpg maps on an area and used Photoshop to draw on my own route (in red) to create a slide that I would pan and zoom from the starting point to the ending point of that leg.

Thank you for sharing this beautiful show. I hope you have a Happy Holiday season and a Happy 2025 Rosemary

Hi, Release Candidate 3 is available For Windows: https://files.wnsoft.com/ptevideooptimiser/ptevideooptimiser-setup.exe For Mac: https://files.wnsoft.com/ptevideooptimiser/PTE-Video-Optimiser.dmg The About window shows v1.0 Build 1. It's not a final version yet. Changes in this version: Added “Camera Lock” mode for video stabilisation. Explanation: Camera Lock mode simulates recording with a stationary camera on a tripod, when in reality the camera is handheld and there is small unwanted camera movement. Additionally we recommend to apply the Unsharp Mask (Sharpness parameter) to improve a result. Do not use this mode if you're recording on the move or if the camera is intentionally moved/rotated. Note: You can purchase a personal license key with a 20% discount before January 10th - for 23.20 USD. Read more

Igor, Nice Christmas gift Denis

Hi, Release Candidate 2 is available For Windows: https://files.wnsoft.com/ptevideooptimiser/ptevideooptimiser-setup.exe For Mac: https://files.wnsoft.com/ptevideooptimiser/PTE-Video-Optimiser.dmg Changes in this version: Improved Unsharp Mask effect (Sharpness parameter). This prevents thin white lines at the bottom and right of the video. Added "Faster decode (web)" option in advanced output settings. This mode allows web browsers to show partially loaded video file for faster start. You need to disable the Hardware acceleration to access this new option. Note: You can purchase a personal license key with a 20% discount before January 10th - for 23.20 USD. Read more

Thanks for sharing, Mark. Obviously you know what you're doing. Alex

No need to apologize. It was probably some oddball thing I did that triggered the shift. I will keep an eye on things though and let you know if it happens again.

Thank you Jill. Easy when you know how! Merry Christmas to you and your family. Rosemary

Hello SeismicGuy. Tried to duplicate your problem. Everything worked fine. Are you making adjustments while in Timeline view? That will mess things up. I always make changes in Slide view and only use timeline view for adjusting music timing to Slideshow view. Hope this helps.

Thanks for getting back, should have thought of selecting all by holding down mouse and ctrl. I cannot believe how well the clips merge together, mjuch better than doing it in PTE Studio. I am sure it will improve all the time and I shall be using video on my camera more often.

Hi Alex, Thank you for sharing your wonderful work in 2024. I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, as well as all the members of the forum and the Wnsoft Team.

Hi, Release Candidate 1 is available For Windows: https://files.wnsoft.com/ptevideooptimiser/ptevideooptimiser-setup.exe For Mac: https://files.wnsoft.com/ptevideooptimiser/PTE-Video-Optimiser.dmg Changes in this version: FPS is displayed in the status bar of the main window for the selected video. It's possible to create videos in portrait format (vertical orientation). Possibility to rotate video by 90, 180, 270 degrees, fitting the picture into a new frame format. Various small improvements. Note: Free license key for previous Beta versions is not working with the Release Candidate version anymore. moreYou can purchase a personal license key with a 20% discount before January 10th - for 23.20 USD. Read more

Hi Alex, thank you for sharing your work. As always very impressive and very beautiful. Happy holidays and happy new year to you and your family. Greetings

chanfi22, Igor, vbl2007, Thank you all for the comments. Once again, happy 2025. Best Alex

Thanks Alex! Have a nice Christmas and a happy new year!

Hi Alex, Nice show, thank you!

Hi Alex nice and very dynamic this slideshow. A big thank you also for sharing. I wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year

Nicely done Alex

For greyscale picture, it's Ok

I ordered for the price (perfect for 2 PCs) I have the new one from Ashampoo Ver.3, very sluggish despite a fast computer. I think I have found a very good alternative. Greetings

We plan to release the first version this December.

Looks good Igor. When will the first release be available to buy?

Interesting experiment, much patience on part of frog and moreso your patience.

hi, I did some tests, for me the hardware acceleration problem has been solved. Thanks for the work done

Hello everyone, Thank you so much for all the very helpful suggestions and links to check out. I have recently retired and am finally going on a few holidays. Creating a slideshow with the photo's of each holiday destination is great fun, and PTE is making it so much more fun. Lots to learn but what a great product to use, and a great forum when I get stuck. Hopefully I will not bother everybody too much :-) Regards, casman.

Hi, go to the Project Options, Main, Background and select Image and the background you need. Denis

Me too! I can't imagine adjusting a video clip without having the audio tracks (with my Atomos recorder I often record on 2 different stereo tracks), and these tracks must be of adjustable height. Currently, PTE only takes into account the first stereo track, which forces me to go through Da Vinci Resolve to prepare my video clips. For the moment I continue to use Da Vinci Resolve to edit the videos, since unfortunately PTE does not offer me the tools I need. Igor, I am sorry to have to write such a negative message, because usually I greatly appreciate the work you do with your team and I am the first to promote it.

In the Objects and Animations window, the slide display time is displayed in minutes. And the key frame timing is displayed in milliseconds. On long slides this is very inconvenient and makes it difficult to convert minutes into milliseconds. It would be more convenient to be able to switch minutes to milliseconds and vice versa.