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Impressive sphere and AV, thanks for sharing.

Hi Rosy There are numerous models here Link on Amazon. Mine was bought at an AU store on ebay but I am sure they will be available in the UK. Have not used mine on the job but hope to do that this week. It has a single battery and is a standard format which did not come with the unit. You can buy models that are cheaper and have less features. Mark

Nice to see your set up. Mine was not that elaborate and used A3 printed backgrounds and only front lit. I used a MIOPS Water trigger but still takes a lot of patience. Nice crown in your image. Mark

No I have not used anything like that. I just bought a Field Monitor that goes on my camera for macro, video and replay etc but that is only around 6 inches but image quality is great and even has a touch screen.

I am just starting to get interested in video and the popularity is growing. Like many photographer/AV enthusiasts still images were the go and movement could be created in the AV. With static objects, single image animation has an impact in the AV (pan, zoom etc which I use for property photography) but it is still not as good as video which gives you a 3D-like effect. With moving objects and people, video is quite powerful in an AV albeit it takes more time to capture, edit and produce. On saying that AI is making video editing more user-friendly.

Hello Pascal Great transitions and thank you for sharing. I love the water drop image also, something I need to find more time to do. Here is a link to an old video edited with the transitions above. Cheers Mark

Stunning work extremely creative and very entertaining. I cannot imagine the time and effort to create something like this and I am in awe of your skill and creativity. Congratulations once again and thanks for sharing. May you enjoy many more years of audio-visual animation. Cheers Mark

My interest in photography did not begin till 1988 at the time of the Expo in Brisbane. After that, I joined a local camera club in Brisbane and became interested in AV's. I can remember sitting with an old friend at his house and making AVs with slides and adding pulses to an accompanying tape well into the early hours of the morning. Barry used to write articles and tutorials for a UK magazine before moving down under. The magazines were ordered each month from the newsagent and collected as soon as they came in. The advent of digital was a boom to AVs and they became easier to make and save and had many more features - transitions, styles, effects, etc. Our club ran the Metropolitan Audio Visual Club competition for one year. It was conducted on a rotational basis with other clubs and some used Picture to Exe while others used different software (no longer available). At the time I was assisting the projectionist. We had to bring a desktop PC in for the judging/presentation as our laptop was unable to run the PTE EXE application. In one of the Metropolitan Audio Visual Competition in Brisbane (another old friend Bill Smit) was the judge. His comments about my AV stuck in my mind "Just because there are over 100 transitions in the software, you don't have to use them in your show". The advent of digital video affected AVs for a while but then people started to incorporate still and video images. It is also a testament to Igor and his team that PTE continues to grow and prosper all these many years later. Thank you Barry and Igor for your stamina and dedication over the years.

Thanks Dave - this will go next to the other one.

I looked at the Nikon, Canon, and Sony bridge cameras about 12 months ago. The biggest negative for the 125 zoom was blur due to camera shake and the image quality was not all that good. In the end, I bought the Sony RX10IV and even bought a second one to be converted to IR. The menu and controls are different to my other Sony's but they are my regular "wandering" cameras. I also have a Samsung Galaxy S23 and absolutely amazed at the quality of still and video images. You can get a gimbal for it that makes shooting videos much easier.

Thanks for looking. Yes it is a great spot. I also took some drone images as well as some infrared but that is for another day. May visit again tomorrow as I have a small job in the morning.

Using the same style created by Davegee and extending the slide duration plus changing the transition provided this version. https://youtu.be/eKkft21BvPg

Each Wednesday, a group of local photographers go for a wander around the local area. There are around 6 - 8 members of the group, each with different interests and camera gear. I am the most diverse and use, mobile, visible light cameras, infrared cameras and drone. This is one from last week using the camera click slide style created by davegee. It is only short and made primarily for social media but still effective. Cheers Mark

Nicely composed and interesting story. Can imagine now how the children climbing on the pallet stacks would be frowned upon. Also interesting to see the textiles sent to Australia and New Zealand. The crash of the building being demolished was dramatic as was the sombre music. Nice work. Mark

Thanks Dave, this works like a treat, very useful I appreciate you taking the time to make it.

Thanks Dave, I will try this out and see how it goes. May redo the Swell Sculpture AV.

Thanks, Kieron, I do like them both, and glad I took the time to make this one.

Thanks, I understand. From my old AV slide days, something like this would be too long. It is hard to keep a viewer's attention for over 3 minutes usually (unless you are an AV maker). It is hard to get a balance and there are a lot of images to show and I did not capture all of them. I guess they both meet different markets and are good for different reasons. Thanks for viewing.

Here is a longer version of the Swell Sculpture Exhibition on the Gold Coast Australia recently. Cheers Mark

Nicely captured, created and presented.

Thanks, Dennis, I will try that and let you know how I go. Sounds like a great idea and should be easier to do as the sync in this does creep through the show even though the images and sound are the same length.

Igor is such a great developer but this is just an issue for me and not everyone would use it I suspect.

Thanks for your feedback. I should modify the project and make a longer show. I will do that and post again.

I made this AV for social media so it is under 60 seconds. All images captured on the mobile. Syncing the images to the sound of a shutter was difficult and time-consuming. I ended up using Audcatity and making several new audio tracks that were 10, 20 and 30 seconds long. Is there any quicker way to do this one slide, copy the music and a blank slide and duplicate it 50 to 60 times in PTE only? Cheers Mark