nixiejames

I guess in the PTE community, I may be but all the editors I know rarely do animations on linear. The only reason I said 1 sec is for the test to be fast. And I do believe it's enough to see the difference. But let's agree to disagree. The option to change defaults would be nice, even though I think this type of software would really benefit from having said defaults.

As a video editor for over a decade, I almost never use a linear speed curve for an animation. I use easing options and smooth out keyframes to make animations look less rigid. One of my problems with PTE AV is how many times I had to click add modifier > animation speed > then input my settings. The first time I used it, I though just using the Smooth animation speed would be enough but honestly, it's not too different from using the default speed with both its accel. and decel. time (%) set at 26. Funny thing is when I choose Custom, both are set at 50 which feels like the supposed values for a smooth pan, zoom, etc. Maybe someone can vouch for me. Just test out an image panning from one side of the screen to the other for one second at default settings without modifiers vs smooth vs custom. Tell me which of the 3 feels more professional? So for my suggestion: 1. change default animation speed to have 50 accel. time (%) and 50 decel. time (%). 2. just have linear as an option in the modifiers.

But that will be useless if we don't have the option to have a transparent background. Will you consider number 1 as well? Whenever I do cartoons from a software called Cartoon Animator, my output is around 5 to 8 minutes long, and in PNG sequence. The file size can go as low as 3 GB and as high as 20+ GB. I don't export at 4K, so it can easily double or triple that if 4K is what you want or if the file contains photos that have a lot of details. But when I import that into Resolve, then make my final edit, the resulting mp4 video will only be at 500 MB to 2 GB maximum.

Yeah, PTE is surprisingly viable. It's just that with an editor, you are able to do microadjustments.

Yup that's why if a transparent background feature is added, a corresponding video format that supports transparency on export should be added as well. I usually go with 'PNG sequence' when I export animations from other software, then when add my finishing touches in Resolve, I export it in mp4.

That's what I've been doing actually but with different colors depending on what creates the most contrast with the slides. Still, the requested feature would make post processing less resource intensive. This would benefit people like me who currently don't have the most suitable rigs for heavier jobs.

Sometimes I make videos that just partly has the slideshow. So my simplified workflow is to make the slideshow in PTE AV and then add some more content in Davinci Resolve. Also, maybe I only want to create the slides with animations and do the background in Resolve. That would mean an option to change the background to transparent but right now, we only have solid colors, gradients and images. Lastly, if I'm going to continue my work in an editor, the export quality from PTE AV should be high otherwise it would get a noticeable downgrade in the end when I do another export in the editor. Not sure if the High Quality options are enough. So to summarize: 1. Option to have transparent Backgrounds 2. Publish/Export options that support transparency and of high quality (maybe PNG sequence? Prores?)