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For those users of PTE who are looking for some alternative Backgrounds for use in their shows they can follow this link, and for a moderate charge of $7.95 US, you can dowload over 5000 backgrounds. Regards, Trev C http://www.grsites.com/modperl/download.cgi?site=abta

Hi Big kev, I'm no expert, however if the posts above don't fix your problem I guess you are looking at alternative software to transcode and write to your DVD burner. I recently purchased Sonics My DVD Studio Deluxe 6.1 which does the trick although at £75 I thought it a bit steep. There are bound to be other software packages that do the business, prior to my last purchase I used PowerProducer Gold with reasonable results, this software came with my burner. Another link you might want to try at $40 or thereabouts, is www.realconvert.com, but I can't vouch for this shareware product. Regards, TC

Brian, I'm no expert but I have a view that may be of some value in resolving your problem, however, I do not wish to insult your intelligence by stating what you may consider to be the obvious. I presume you know of the different formats of DVD disks and that some machines (new machines) can play almost all variants, whilst the older generation machines are somewhat more choosy. How old are the two machines that you have tried? I too experienced similar problems to yours and seem to have overcome the "rejected" disk syndrome by using different software. Recently I purchased Sonic's "My DVD Studio Deluxe" and have managed to play the (newly recorded) disks in my machines that previously returned error messages. Hope this helps. Regards, Trev C

Jack, No doubt you'll get an expert to respond soon, but in the meantime, this novice suggests you use Audacity, a free bit of software that is downloadable from the web. You can record your voice on an audio track and then time your slide show to your voice recording. Hope this helps until an expert reads your post. Regards, TC

Rod, Hope I don't add to your confusion, however, when using Photoshop you must use layers and save each pic as a jpg and save the layered Photoshop project as a psd. For instance, a frame that you produce using the "Stroke" command, under the "Edit" menu should be combined and placed over your other pics and then saved as a jpg. You build up the psd file gradually by importing each jpg file into the psd file as a separate layer. Obviously for a large slideshow there will be lots of pics, so I suggest you save the psd file as "Titles", and then "Part 1" then "Part 2" and so on. You only bring the resultant jpg files into PTE to make the slideshow. Hope this helps. Regards, TC

Hi Russell, May I suggest that you vist www.beechbrook.com and find and download the slide show entitled "Create Slideshow" by Oleg, he provides an amazing example of what can be achieved. Regards, Tc

Michel, Just want to add my praise to the accolade above. This is the first of your slideshows that I have viewed....what a treat, excellent composition and I was enthralled with the birdsong that seemed to continue right through the show. Did you put several tracks together using Audacity? Very well done anyway. Regards, Trev C

Shelley, What are you trying to do? Are you trying to create a Video disc that will play on some DVD players, or are you just trying to create a PTE show that will play on a computer? Without a DVD burner, you can create a video disc that will play on some (not all) DVD Players, it usually gives some indication on the front of the machine e.g. "Suitable for VCD, SVCD". The difference between VCD and SVCD is quite marked in terms of the quality of the playback, believe me VCD is not worth bothering with whereas SVCD is better although not at the high standard of DVD. There's another question here as well, is your TV standard NTSC (USA/Canada) or PAL (Europe)? If you are just trying to burn a PTE Slideshow then you just select "Create" and then copy the resultant PTE.EXE show to a CD. I'm not an expert by the way, but I hope the info helps. Regards, Trev C

Nettleton, May I suggest that if you haven't done so already, pay a visit to www.beechbrook.com, click on the PTE Shows button and search the pages for "Create Slideshow" and then download. You will need a fast modem by the way for all of these shows as they are several megabytes in size. The "Create Slideshow" show consistes of 3 seperate shows put together by Carol Thomas (USA) and Oleg Lobachev (Russia) who demonstrate mostly through Adobe Photoshop the ways to achieve the effects you are after. They create layers and save each as a seperate jpeg file. They then insert them into PTE and apply the differing transitions to achieve remarkable effects. Hope this helps, regards, Trev C

Boxig, Please excuse my ignorance if I overlooked the obvious, but how do I, or anyone else for that matter, find your latest release of the program "Multishow"? I've visited your website but can not find "Multshow", however on page 2 of this Forum there is a link that will get me there, is there not something more obvious that I have not seen? Regards, Trev C

Brian, I forgot to add that by using a SVHS cable, as opposed to phono, you get the best possible video signal even though taping to VHS. Regards, Trev C

Brian, I'm not sure that I have the answer you are looking for, however, I overcame this problem by connecting a SVHS cable from my computer to my video recorder and recording straight on to the tape. You will also need to output audio as well by connecting to the earphone socket with a cable that terminates in a phono plug for connection to the video recorder. I use a laptop by the way. For the life of me I can't remember precisely which software I played the avi file through, although it may have been "Photos on CD & DVD". I didn't try it but it may be possible to tape straight from the PTE show when it is running??? Regards, Trev C

Davel, Just remember that the file size of the picture that Granot's software captures is too small to get a reasonable print out. That is only true of course if you reduce your photographs to 1024 x 768 at 72 ppi and then save as jpeg at about 6 level. I make a copy of all the photgraphs first and save them to a CD just in case the unthinkable should happen, I then do the size adjustment on the photos remaining on my hard drive prior to making the PTE show. Regards, Trev C

Steve, Check out Barry Beckham's site and download his Wedding Slideshow. This link http://www.beckhamdigital.co.uk/ Regards, Trev C

Ron, Yes, location is inside and image size set to 1024 x768. When I use a larger stroke selection, 5 pixels for example, the line is there in PTE but on some slides it is not uniform on all sides. I have noticed a similar problem in the slide show "My Little Friend", some of the slides in portrait mode have no edge on the right hand side. Regards, Trev C

Steve, My screen res on my computer is set to 1024 x 768, when I use PTE I set the slide size to 90%, so I should see the edges that I see in Photoshop, but I don't! Trev C

I'm using the stroke function under the Edit menu in Photoshop to create a thin border of 3 pixcel thickness around my photographs in preparation for use in Slideshow. The photographs have been sized to 1024 x 768 and the stroke set to inside. Although the lines are clearly discernable in Photoshop, when played in the slide show the top horizontal and right side vertical line are either much thinner or not there at all. I'm stumped, appreciate any help. Thank you. Trev C

Am i missing something here? When I click on the link I am asked for a login and password! Trev

Roger and Ron, Thank you for the response. I did the title in Photoshop and used onboard fonts for the sub titling. I read afterwards that not everyone has the same fonts so perhaps that is why the sub titles went off screen on your machines. I had sinchronised the show to the music, perhaps that is why the transitions were so brief. Once again, thank you for your comments. Trev C

Ian, I know this comment won't help you, but, I have the same lap top I presume "Amilo" and a 19" monitor attached. I am not experiencing any problems with landscape slideshows on either display. Regards, Trev C

I have uploaded my first PTE Slideshow to www.beechbrook.com. I followed guidance from Barry Beckham as featured in the Digital Photo magazine (no plug) as well as all the other fine examples to be found at Beechbrook. All plaudits and criticisms welcome! Regards, Trev C