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For a limited time, you can download three photos of Bridges with fine details in the suspension cables (and one road sign), so you can compare different definitions on your TV screen, and also for "pixel peeping" on your computer. Download from: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5f2h7tdk73vrbeu/AABAdUz9MXGjtBZFdfsvGyYza?dl=0 These JPG files are at full camera definition (20 Mpix), 4K (8 MPix), FHD (2 Mpix) and 800 pixels wide (0.5 MPix). You can create a 4K slideshow incorporating these three samples at four definitions to check the visible difference, as well as check each image directly on your TV (I use a USB memory stick for that). Let us know your findings and what younger eyes (your granddaughter) can see. Of course, the ultra high definition (UHD = 4K) will be noticeable only if the picture is visible for a minimum length of time, not for a typical 5 seconds during a slide show.

To me the difference is most noticeable when getting really close to the TV screen, and, then, yes, it makes a difference. Try looking at a suspension bridge and inspect the individual cables. BTW, I was astonished to read that you had a "14K TV", since my high-end TV is only 4K and I know about 8K TV, nothing (yet) beyond that.

Me too. And this will serve as a great introduction to my fellow photographers at the photo club before I launch my workshops on the use of PTE in 2020.

Thank you all for letting me learn another trick. Only one of the borders is moved, as opposed to both when changing the zoom factor in X (or in Y). Great.

Thank you, Lin, the example works perfectly. Stanger2156: Maybe you need to refresh your web browser and delete the cached pages, so that you get the updated contents.

For me too, the solution proposed by Igor is the way to go, simple and effective. I fully agree with Bruno.

Denis I have used a red circle about 50 times in my various slides and their origins are in two different folders for historical reasons. I have no practical way to modify the PTE for each use of that object with the same name. If these objects were different (even if only slightly different), the only practical way is to give them two different names in the zipped file, as proposed by Igor. In my case, the two objects with same name are identical, and the way to solve my problem has been described above, and it is perfect for me. No "bof" at all.

I have been too impatient this time. Or, rather, lucky, to have checked that a new version was just released.

Now that "PTE AV Studio 10.0.2 is available", I expected to be advised automatically when loading PTE, since I have been using: "Main menu > Settings > Software updates: Auto-checking for updates = Yes". Instead, I happened to check (just in case) the Auto Update feature: Main menu > Help > Check for Free Updates. The update worked fine, but not the auto-check feature. Does it apply to "Check for New version" and not to "Check for Free Updates"? Do I need to change some settings?

Good idea, Igor, as I may have forgotten the work-around next time it happens to me. And many other users can have the same issue. But first, the efforts are devoted to the much awaited Mac version, right?

Sheer magic Thank you to you both. I have changed the names of my two 'remote' instances of the "RondRouge" image (instead of only one of them previously) and copied one into my current project Folder, alongside my new images. Then I asked to "Create the backup in ZIP" and it worked perfectly. I was almost there but not quite, and now realise that the "local" folder of the project takes precedence for all objects scattered around my disk. Great. A big thank you, again.

Thank you, orizaba, for giving me an answer. Good idea to go that would apply when going from scratch to a fresh new project. Unfortunately the news project is quite advanced, and I do not want to re-do it. For musical files, PTE can tell in the "Project Options" what audio tracks are used and also to which slide they are attached (when "audio clip" is linked). No such features for images used within a view.

Help! I need help for a way out! I have patched together two different PTE projects, taking parts from each one to create a new project. That works fine. However, because each project had its files in a different folder, some files have the same name (in fact they are identical). For instance, I have twice the same image of a red circle ('RondRouge') in different folders, both used within the new project. So that I cannot create a backup folder to clean up the files and have only the ones that are now being used. When I go to: <<File / Create Backup in ZIP>> I get an error message: << Information Project contains two or more files with the same name, but they are located in different folders. Please use unique file names for evert file if you want to create a template or backup. Disk:\Path1\RondRouge.png Disk:\OtherPath\RondRouge.png >> I have then renamed Disk:\OtherPath\RondRouge.png as Disk:\OtherPath\RondRouge-bis.png and tried again, but this time I get: << Missing Files This projects contains missing files. You can try to search these files: xxxxxx (But I have no access to the "xxxxxx" text to make a substitution). Missing image = RondRouge.png >> I have about 100 slides in my project and have not been able to identify where these two files are used and their origin, in order to substitute one by the other. If anyone had the same problem, I will be happy to heare about any solution. Thanks.

You're quite right. ACR is shared between Photoshop and Lightroom, and Lightroom also shows the ACR version when you check its version

Yes, and Adobe also released version 9.0 of Lightroom Classic (and version 12.0 of ACR).

Well deserved holidays, Igor. Thanks for the good work leading to PTE AV Studio 10.

There is yet another way to do that, if you're shy with styles: First copy the image (the one with the animation that you want to keep) to another slide, then, in that new slide, simply substitute that image by another: in Objects & Animation click on the animated picture to select it, go to properties and select another "Picture" by clicking on the small triangle at the right of the name; that takes you to the list of files in the default folder (and you can navigate at will).

That's right, and I use that feature a lot, every time I have inserted an object as a child of a parent when I did not want to: I cut it from its parental branch, move to the right level (or out of them all) and paste it down where I really want it.

I feel very silly as I am still unable to "drag and drop". It must be something obvious that I am missing and if you could show me on my keyboard it would probably be straight forward. I can easly highlight a group of slides (contiguous or not) and the black frame around them turns blue (PTE-10 beta 34). So far so good. Now, I realise after many aborted attempts, that I have to select my group of image, then do a left-click in the MIDDLE of one of the slides. In fact I was clicking at the Bottom Right corner which got rid of my selection. Many thanks, Jill, Dave and Gary for pushing me into a succesful "drag and drop" at last. Strange as one can repeat the same procedure without seeing the slight change required to make it wwork. SOLVED. No real need to suggest anything more, apart from a "Cut = CTRL X" option perhaps, along the Copy and Paste existing options.

Not quite between different projects (the "Copy" works ok). I want to reorganize a given project by shifting a sequence from the start, say, towards the end of the slideshow. So far I can only duplicate a sequence and then I have to go back to delete the slides from their initial positions.

Yes, Dave, I did check the on-line guide first, searching for the keyword "cut" and nothing seemed to apply to the moving of slides around a given project..

Diolch (Thank you), Jill, for your response. The fullscreen Slidelist is indeed a good place to start. But I can only move one slide at a time by "drag & drop" and have not succeeded, after selecting a group of slides to move them all together, as only a single one seems to respond. When I do a right-hand click on a group of slides, I can only do a "Copy", not a "Cut". I have tried PTE-9 and PTE-10, and no difference for that. Maybe that worked with an older version of PTE?

Similarly, I would be interested in the ability to easily enter special characters, which are supported by PTE, like COPYRIGHT, REGISTERED, Greek letters ; Currently I have to type "ALT 0169" for Copyright ©, "Alt 169" for Registered ®, "ALT 230" for the letter "Mu" µ ; But "Alt 9792", "Alt 9784" do not work for the Zodiac signs: Venus (female), Mars (male), etc. Those could be accessible in a special "Maths" alphabet I suppose? Or is that supposed to be provided by Microsoft in some kind of "webding or wingding" ?

The procedure to COPY / PASTE a sequence of slides from one project to another works fine, as described in: It also works from / to a single project. Good. What I want to do, is MOVE the slide sequence from one location on my timeline (or rather Slide List view ) to another location, i.e. perform a CUT and PASTE of a group of slides, rather that COPY / PASTE and then DELETE the sequence from its intial location; this is for a single project. Is that already possible in PTE? It does not seem so. Anyone else interested in that feature?

Gary Thank you for your comments. This is the first time that I use my internet provider's “cloud” space, since my MP4 file is much larger than the allowed 125 MB of the slideshow club. I now realise that the interface is in French, so please accept my apologies for not giving adequate notice and instruction. At first you get the header « Le fichier ... est trop gros pour être lu. », i.e. the file is too big for immediate display, so that you cannot view the slideshow directly. Indeed one needs to hit the “Plus” button near the top right and then choose “telécharger”, i.e. “DONWNLOAD”. The other option (“Signaler du contenu injurieux”) is to report inadequate content. The rented car was a spacious Citroen Picasso C4 with seating place for 7 people. We were two couples with ample luggage and everybody had a good viewpoint from the windows. Near the end of our trip a little stone hit the front windscreen and a crack developed progressively (out of direct sight from the driver), and the replacement cost was taken by the insurance we took. When we left Lochcarron travelling through Ardarroch, we have not been able to go south of Applecross and had to drive all around on the eastern road via Fearnbeg, Kalnakill, to Applecross (from the North) and back again the same route. You can read the relevant article in the newspaper (and see the picture of the scene): https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/1771097/scenic-nc500-hill-road-closed-after-lorry-becomes-stuck-on-twisty-route/ <<The scenic Bealach na Ba hill road on the North Coast 500 was closed for several hours today after a lorry got stuck. The incident was first reported to police around 12.45pm with a road closure put in place to allow recovery. The route was cleared at 5.12pm allowing traffic to freely pass. A couple who had been travelling behind the lorry in their motorhome said they “felt sorry for the driver who must have been shaking as the front of the lorry was touching the safety barrier”.>> Voilà (that’s it).