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====================== Peter, That makes sense. Give me some time and I will try to recreate the process and do a Save As. I know I have done it before with no problems so I must have missed doing something. Thanks. Gary

Greetings, I have an old .pte show that I had created with somewhat lower resolution images than I now want. So I did a 'Created a Backup in Zip' of the old show. After unzipping the 'zipped backup' in a new folder, I then copied/pasted the higher resolution images into this folder, overwriting the lower res images. When I openned this 'new' show I expected everything to be the same, except it would be showing the higher res images. But it is not. Even though the File List is showing the high res images (and they are not bolded) in the new folder, the 'new' show's Slide List is still showing the low res images. I then went into the .pte file in the 'new' folder, and the references are still showing paths to the old folder. So, I've done something wrong. Can you tell me what the correct steps are? Do I have to go into the .pte file and change every old path to the new path manually????? Thanks... Gary P.S. I did not want to change my 'old' folder. I assume it would have worked out correctly if I just copied/pasted the high res images over the low res images in the old folder, but I wanted to keep the old folder as it was until the high res pte show worked. Later: I replaced all the paths for the images in the new .pte file to show the correct folder location. Now all the high res images show up in the File List and are bolded and in the Slide List. However, all of the text that had been in the slides, now are gone and replaced with 'Text'.

================== Lin, For a second or two, I thought you had snuck into the CES and stuffed one of your PTE projects into their audio/visual devices. Then, I came to my senses and figured you pulled a fast one on us!!!;)/> Great creativity! Gary

========================= Lin, Both, just too cool for words!!!! :D/> Gary

================================== Greetings, Just to add to the list of screen recorders, I have had CamStudio (free version) for a while and only today was I able to figure out how to get it to record audio off the screen. I had to search their Forum to find the workaround. Also, their tech person said it can not record audio off the screen AND from a microphone at the same time. They also said they might work on it to fix this problem. However, I then openned up my BB FlashBack Recorder program (free version) and discovered that I can record audio from two sources (off the screen and from a microphone) at the same time. This is good news to be able to create tutorials of PTE so you hear the inserted music and instructions from the microphone. Just some things I have just learned. Gary

=================== It seems you want to do a Backup In Zip. I happen to still have 6.5. Here is what Lin was referring to. One attachment is for creating a Template and the other for creating a Backup in Zip Gary

==================== Dave, Done. And thanks for getting into this question. I hope my other 'ideas and suggestions' will get some discussion going, too. :D/> Gary

====================== Dave, I gave your steps a try and, yes, I got the same results as you did. Gary

======================= Dave, I gave it a try and, yes, I got the same results. Gary

======================= Dave, I gave your suggestion a try. What I see is the problem with using KFSD with Scale is that the Keyframe that was placed at the precise end of the Slide Duration (beginning of the ending transition) gets moved to the end of the ending transition zone. And, if the last keyframe is placed just to the right of the beginning of the transition zone(just into the ending transition zone), and KFSD and Scale is applied with an increase in duration, this keyframe moves to the left of the beginning of the ending transition zone. My logic expects only the Keyframes that are in between the transition zones would be moved relatively (or scaled) when applying KFSD/Scaled. I follow most of this discussion, but I must admit that I do get a bit foggy with some of it. Gary

========================== Dave, I have been trying several ways; the last keyframe not in the ending transition zone; the last keyframe in the ending transition zone; and with and without KFSD clicked. Since I am not sure what the proper results should be, I think I can say that when the keyframe is within the ending transition zone, the results are confusing. Sometimes the keyframe is sent to the end of the transition zone; sometimes not. I can not explain what I am seeing but there seems to be something not consistent when the keyframe is within the ending transition zone and KFSD is applied with Scaled. Gary

======================= Nobeefstu, I see, said the blind man! Ok...there is a good reason for the different results. Thanks for clarifying the question. In an effort to fully understand what KFSD means, does it only just SHOW the Full Slide Duration (adding in the transition times)...it doesnt' really change any settings for the slide durations? Gary

======================= Lin, Interesting that we get different results. I am using Win7Pro/32bit. The text in the Users Guide, I agree, is correct, but the examples they show don't seem to be correct. How can the duration times be the same before and after the Scale, as show in the attached screenshots in my previous posting? What am I missing??? Gary

================================= Lin, I have been playing around with this Scaling. I see it does change the relationships of the Keyframes in a relative way, but the results are not exactly what I expect. I tried your example of putting in a Keyframe at 0:0, 2:0 and 4:0 for a slide with a duration of 8 seconds. Then, I changed the duration to 16, with the 'Scale' on. The results did not produce the expected exact timings of 0:0, 4:0 and 8:0. I got 0:0, 3.684 and 7:368. Close but not as expected. See attached. Maybe it has to do with the transition times, but I really don't know why. So do you agree that the User Guide is incorrect? Gary

=========================== Lin, Thanks for pointing out these menu items. I did not understand what they did so I had not fooled with them. They kind of work to a certain point but not in a way that I would like them to work. The 'Scale Keyframes' only works image by image. It does not work if you want to adjust the duration of the entire slideshow and have all the keyframes in every slide to be 'scaled' when the duration is changed. It would be nice if it also worked in the Project Options/Main/Timing menu. I had not notice the Ctrl E choice. It is OK but wouldn't it be nicer to be able to highlight the keyframes you want to move as a group and then just drag them to where you want them to be. There is so much to understand in the PTE menus that just does not pop out right away. I think one of the best improvements that Igor can make is to put 'mouseovers' on most every menu item to explain what it really means and what it really does. It is obvious once you know; not so when you don't. I took a look at the User Guide for 'Scale Keyframes'. Now that I have a better understanding of what it does, I don't think the example in the Guide is correct (?). See attached. Thanks for the help. Gary

========================= Dave, That is pretty funny. It looks like my brain is not as fast as yours! After re-reading your post, I now remember reading it back then. But it did not dawn on me what you were referring to. I guess I had to come to the same conclusion on my own. But we are on the same page on this. /> What about my other ideas? Thanks... Gary

Suggestions for improvements: 1-Autosave Notice. I was playing around with a slideshow, experimenting with various different menu items. I didn't want to actually save anything. I was just testing different menu items to see what would happen. After a long session I closed the slideshow (without saving). I noticed that some of the last changes, in fact, had been saved to the slideshow. It was fortunate that I did not make too many drastic changes and I was able to get the slideshow back to its original state. I had forgotten that the Autosave had been selected in the Settings/Preferences menu. My suggestion is that, when the Autosave has been selected, a notification warning will pop up in the main screen, perhaps to the left of the Comment window. It can be very dangerous to forget the Autosave has been selected if you make changes that you don't really want to save. A notification in the main screen might help to avoid a potential problem. 2- Relative Keyframes. I have noticed that keyframes do not adjust in a relative fashion when the slide's duration is changed. When a slide's duration is changed, the keyframes remain in their absolute positions. I suggest that there be a way, when you increase or decrease the duration of a slide or group of slides, that the keyframes will adjust in a relative way to the total change. This would be helpful, for example, when you need to increase/decrease the duration of a group of the slides to match up with the audio's length. Currently, if you increase/decrease the duration of a group of slides, you have to go back into each slide that has multiple keyframes and readjust them. If we could have the choice to have the keyframes readjust relative to the increase/decrease in a change in the slides' duration, it would help to maintain the keyframes' relative positions. 3- Latch audio files in Timeline. It would be helpful to have the ability to temporarily latch adjacent audio files together. This would allow the shifting of a group of audio files together, without disrupting any crossfading you have already carefully set. Using the Ctrl key to select the audio files would be intuitive. 4- Latch keyframes together. It would be helpful to have the ability to temporarily latch adjacent keyframes together. This would allow the shifting of a group of keyframes without losing their relative positions. Using the Ctrl key to select the keyframes would be intuitive. 5- Allow the expansion of the O&A's keyframe timeline. It would be very helpful to be able to expand the O&A's keyframe timeline when you are working with multiple keyframes that are very close together, similar to how the Timeline can be expanded. Gary

====================== Igor, That would be great. Here is another example of this problem. I just happened to take a look at a PTE tutorial that someone had made for sound editing. When I openned the PTE project, the File List showed my files from one of my previous projects. It would be very helpful if PTE would automatically show the the files in the File List window that pertain to to PTE project as it is openned in PTE, so we don't have to Browse to set the proper location of the source files. Thanks, Gary

===================== Dave, Ok...So I have to 'fix' each of the older shows that don't 'remember' their associated folders that apply to them. And it should not happen again. Future version will remember the associated folders. Got it. Thanks... Gary

========================== Peter, Ok...but I am not sure if I am understanding fully. If I read these posts correctly, my problem occurs because I have tried to open an old show in a new version. The old version did not have the code to remember the associated folders. So, if I go through the Browse process for each of my older shows in our latest version and set the folder locations for its File List and Audio and do a Save As, the problem will not occur again with those shows? I just have to bring them up-to-date? Thanks, Gary

Dave, Ok...I will get into it later. Thanks... Gary

=================== Dave.... Hmmmmm.... I am using 7.5.2. It would be nice, if after setting the folder for the project in the File List location, PTE would use that location as the intial default for its initial Save As and adding Audio and other functions. Gary

=============================== Dave, "If you open an older project and save it as a 7.5 version it will always open the correct folder from that point onwards?" Perhaps that will be the case. Time will tell as I use the 7.5 version. But as we get new versions, won't the 'problem' persist? Now, let me add a couple other similar 'aggrivations'. Let's say I now have the correct folder displayed in the File List window. When I do a Save As, I have to Browse to that same folder location. Wouldn't it be nice if PTE would pick up that same folder that is in the File List window as the initial default location? Then, let's assume that I have now done a Save As to save the new project into the proper folder (that contains all of my images). Then when I want to add an audio file to the project, I go into Project Options and choose Audio, the location that appears is not the folder that I just did a Save AS to. I have to then do a Browse again to find the correct folder. I would like it to default to the Saved As folder because I am using the logic to put all of my images and audio files in the same folder. Wouldn't it be nice if PTE would select the Save As folder as the initial default folder for the initial look for Audio files? Gary

Greetings, When I open a previously created PTE show (.pte), usually the files associated with the show will appear in the File List window. However, every so often, the files in the File List window will display the files from a different show and I have to hunt to the location (folder) for the correct files for the show I want to work on. What is creating this difference? I am not saying there is a problem but it is just an inconvenience that I'd like to avoid if I understood why this is happening. I know that if I browse to the correct folder and then show it in the File List window and save the project, the next time I open the project, the correct folder appears in the File List window. But why did it the correct folder not appear in the first place? Thanks… Gary

================================ Thanks Davy. We didn't have a 'white Christmas' , but we did get a Day-After-Christmas-White Christmas! Gary