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Greetings, I see that many are mastering the new video capabilities with Ver. 7. I seem to be a bit behind everyone with the use of video inserts. I can see how to insert a video clip into a slide. But once the slide goes to the next slide, the video ends. What I want to do is to take an existing slideshow and insert a video in a small window in one of the beginning slides and continue playing through the exisiting slideshow. But when I insert the video in, say, the first slide, the video does not carry through the show, but it ends when the show goes to the second slide. Can someone clue me in on what the technique is? I have tried various things but I can't come up with the proper method. Thanks... Gary

============= Peter, Dave and Igor has got it. My point was that when your are in View/Main View, and untick View/Slide List as Thumbnails, the little horizontal line icon shows up but it does not work. Igor says he will fix it in Beta 3. Thanks Igor, Pete and Dave. Gary

============================ Peter, Yes, that is the icon. I'd like it to actually work. Gary

================ Peter, Thanks. That is good to know. But...why not be able to adjust the size of the windows? When you move the mouse to the proper location to make the adjustment, the icon shows up but does nothing. I'd say, make it adjustable as it does in the other view. Gary

======================= Yes, Igor. That is true. However, in prior versions, the Slide List area defaulted to a much larger area. Now in Ver 7, it is too small and can not be adjusted to be larger when View/Slide List as Thumbnails is unchecked. The icon to adjust the window appears but it does not allow any adjustment. And wouldn't it be nice to be able to have more than one row of images in the Slide List area when View/Slide List as Thumbnails is checked? Thanks, Gary

======================================== Igor, I hope the attached screen shots explain it more clearly. One attached image has the View/Slide List as Thumbnails selected. I am able to reduce the viewing area of the selected image and increase the area below to show a larger Slide List. In this View, I would like to be able to have more than one row of images in the Slide List. In the second attached image has the View/Slide List as Thumbnails unselected. I am not able to reduce the viewing area of the selected image as I can when Slide List as Thumbnail is selected. Let me know if you need more information. Thanks... Gary

Greetings, I just installed Ver 7 beta 2. The first thing I noticed (when the Slide List As Thumbnails is unchecked) was that the Slide List view area is much smaller and the slide viewing area above it is much larger. I would like to increase the size of the Slide List view when the Slide List As Thumbnails is unchecked. It seems that you an do this only if you have checked the Slide List As Thumbnails view. The double-line icon is there to make the change in size of the window but it does not work. Also, when in the Slide List As Thumbnail view and you increase its viewing area of the slides, they all increase in size in one row. Is there anyway to make it so you can get more than one row of images when in that View when you increase the area of viewing Slide List As Thumbnails? Thanks... Gary

Jean-Claude, I just went through your 4 tutorials and I found them very helpful. I have played with the audio functions but not to the extent you showed in your videos. I learned some new tricks! Thanks for putting them up and they are very understandable and appreciated. Thank you, Gary

Hi Gary, I'll try to find out how that works. I haven't gotten around to using the Nav Bar much yet, but soon I'll ring it out and get back to you. Best regards, Lin ========================= Lin, I don't want to install Ver7 yet because I am in the mist of a computer problem. But, I do have a question. What about the Navigation Bar? If you have video in the show with still images, will the Next button skip to the next image, regardless of what the video is doing? Or will it Fast Forward through the video and not skip to the next image? Or....? Thanks, Gary

============================ Dave, I really appreciate that you putting together the above data. It helps to understand what is going on. The bottom line seems to be the money. I think the best we can do is the SX80. I recently have seen two slide/AV presentations with two different projectors that would not be acceptable for any digital competition, in my opinion. This Canon SX80 should be a big improvement. But, unless we rob a bank.... Thanks... Gary

=============== Kieron, Thanks very much for the confirmation. At least we will be in the same boat! I will pass on your comments to our club's president. Sincerely, Gary

=========================== Thanks for the link, Eric. But I notice that they don't even mention the LcOS projectors. That seems to be the newer technology. Things change so fast it is difficult to get info on the cutting edge. But it has some good basic info. Limitless funds? Nope! Gary

=================== Dave, I did see the WUX10 but the price is beyond our club's budget. The SX80 is on sale for $2,290 and the WUX10 is going for $5,563. It is unfortunate that we don't have the bucks for the better projector. But I still don't understand, if the brochure says "the projector operate brilliantly in both 4:3 aspect ratio and 16:9 aspect ratio", what am I missiing here? It seems to be telling me that it will show the 16:9 format as the WUX10 will. Perhaps the SX80 will show the 16:9 as a smaller footprint on the screen than the WUX10??? Most of the use will be for individual digital photographs but I am trying to get the club into displaying PTE type slideshows. Thanks, Gary

======================= Peter and Igor, Thanks for confirming this glitch. Since I discovered the "View New Content" some time ago, it has really helped in being able to read all new postings much more efficiently. It will be great when the fix is in to perfect it. Sincerely, Gary

Greetings, I found the brochure on this Canon Realis SX80 Mark II and it stated the following: "Canon REALiS projectors operate brilliantly in both 4:3 aspect ratio and 16:9 aspect ratio. So, no matter which screen you own, you won't need to purchase another." http://i.b5z.net/i/u...e_10-2009_2.pdf Is this sufficient to not worry about the 4:3 vs the 16:9 issue? I read that the LCOS projectors (as this Canon is) is highly recommended. Gary

==================== Dave, I am still trying to digest all of this. In the meantime, which Epson did you get? I see that the 16x9 Canon is more than twice the price of the Canon Realis SX80 Mark II. Gary

============================ Igor, It still does not do what I expect it to do. Maybe I am just not understanding the settings. I just tried it out again. If I have my Profile set to "Show me all content that I have not read," it seems to dump all the postings that I have already read and shows only new unread postings. So this makes sense. However, when I switch my Profile to "Show me all content since my last visit," and then click on View New Content, all of the previously read postings return and also shows any new postings. This happens even if I close down Firefox and reopen the Forum. I would think it should, again, dump all the postings I have already read since I closed my 'last visit' to the Forum. What constitutes a 'last visit'? If I am interpreting this incorrectly, please let me know. (This all started when I was out of town for a week and came back and wanted to read all of the unread postings. When I clicked on View New Content, no postings showed up and I had to go back to each Forum topic to pick out any unread postings.) Thanks... Gary Added later: I noticed that when I had the setting at "Show me all content since my last visit," there was a notice at the top of the page that said "There are 5 new entries since Yesterday, 10:05 PM". It was at about 10:15 AM this morning. Not sure where the Forum's time of "10:05 PM" came from. It was certainly not my 'last visit'.

Greetings, Our photography club is about to get into the digital presentation world. They are planning on purchasing the Canon Realis SX80 Mark II projector. The resolution is stated as 1400 x 1050. I make my shows with the aspect ratio at 16:9 and I make my MP4s at 1920 x 1080. So my question is: What will happen when my exe's and MP4s are shown using this projector? I am concerned about the images being distorted or resized or whatever. I am not familiar with the ins and outs of using a projector. I also assume whatever laptop that is being use will have an effect??? Any input would be appreciated so I can understand if I have to alter the way I make a slideshow for this projector. Thanks... Gary

===================== Dave and Peter, I have seen the 'Mark all items... ' a few times and have used it. But it does not show up on every screen, I think. I will try to pay attention to do that after I finish reading all postings. It does seem to be a bug to have to do that extra step. It does not seem to be tagging the postings that have been read. If you read only half of the new postings, you don't want to 'Mark all items...' yet, so they, I guess, will reappear until you have read all the postings and then did the 'Mark all items....'. Thanks for the reminder. Gary

Greetings, Recently, I seem to be having a problem with the Forum not showing me only the new content when I clicked on View New Content. For example, I had my Profile / My Settings set to "Show me all content since my last visit". It repeatedly showed not only new content but many of the previously read content. This happened many times. Then I changed my Profile / My Settings to "Show me all content that I have not read" and it showed content from today (3/21) all the way back to 3/16. I then switched it back to the "...last visit" and it then correctly showed only the new content. I usually check for new posting several times a day and only want to see new postings. I expect to get only the content I have not read regardless of either choice because I read each and every posting. But the Forum keeps giving me posting that I have read more than once. Is this a problem with the WnSoft program??? Or is there something I am not aware of to get correctly show only the new and unread postings??? I have switched back to "...I have not read" but it is still shows me previously read content. Thanks... Gary

================== Igor... Please keep the Classic View!!!!!!!! Gary

=========================== Lin... I wonder how this will affect us putting our slide shows with video on Beechbrook or MediaFire to share our work.... Gary

========================= Lin, I don't have the illusion of being able to come up with something 'novel' when video drop-ins will be available. On many vacation trips in the past, I have shot video along with still shots. I have converted the Hi8 video to AVI files. At this point, I only plan to do my regular slide shows and then intersperse the video sequences where it will add something to the still images. Or maybe, if possible, put a small window running some video sequences in a box next to the slide show. It is hard now to envision what to do and what will be possible. I will, I am sure, get great ideas from the more creative guys in this Forum. My big concern is the final size of the slide show once any video is added. Thanks. Gary