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============= DG, I just took a look at this and I had no problem copying slides from the Slide List from one show to another. I used Ctrl C and Ctrl V, and I tried the Paste in PTE's menu in the recipient show. No problem. I am using Ver. 6.5.3. I opened the first show and did a Copy; closed it; opened the recipient show and did a Paste (not greyed out). All images showed up. Gary

========================= Greetings Mickp, I don't use a lot of different transitions, etc. because I have seen some shows that tend to overuse them, and, I guess, I shy away from making it too glitzy. But you have a point in making it more interesting. I usually prefer to just use the simple 'fade', maybe a zoom or pan, here or there. The show (number of images) was so long, I was afraid of extending it with the more, longer transitions. The point of the show was not to demonstrate my 'good photography' (thanks for the compliment) , but to lead the viewer through the (long) trip, more of a travelog. But I appreciate your points and I will strive to do better and be more creative. It really is a learning process of not only in the presentation but in learning what PTE can do. One of the big debates that goes through my head is, "I've got the right piece(s) of music and I have to put the right set of images in its length", and "I've got the right set of images and I need to find the right piece(s) of music to fit the images into". Drives me a bit nutty. It's like trying to hit a moving target.... Thanks... Gary

==================== Mary, Yes, I can not disagree on the length being loooooong and the size of the file. I was almost embarrassed to post it. But I always put in the NAV bar for those impatient like me. But whittling the 1500+ of my images down to under 300 was quite a feat for me. And I didn't include any of my wife's almost 1300 images! The opening map sequence was a real bear for me. I had to use 7 red rectangles to create the route. I did tried to make it move faster. I got it to work but I could not get the speed adjusted to move faster for some of the sections. It got so complicated that I was happy to just get the darn thing to work. Glad you did enjoyed the show anyway. Besides going on the trip itself, I like making the PTE shows almost as much. Gary

=================== Greetings Greg, Thanks for the comments. I didn't really know how to handle the ride up the mountain on the gondola. I sort of wanted to give the impression of the quick ride up. And then I didn't want people to get bored with a longer drawn out assent. I cut out many of the interim shots. The show was long enough! It was a great trip to Croatia and Slovenia and I just want to share it with everyone so they might want to see that area of the world too. Gary

Greetings, This is a show of our drive through Slovenia to Zagreb, Croatia. The show is 16x9; 100Mb; NAV bar is active; 18:32 in length. It's a long show but it is a long route. I didn't want to break it into 2 parts but I hope you enjoy the trip. These two countries are beautiful and worth the visit. The show is fast moving so I hope it keeps your interest. Comments, critiques are welcomed. http://www.beechbrook.com/pte/downloadfile.asp?id=1887 Gary

============================ Mark, It is always nice to 'visit' a place that I have not been to before, via PTE! Nice show. I'd like to make a few comments, if I may. First, I think I would have sync'd the voiceover. I, for example, after I viewed the entire show, wanted to fast-forward to the images of the dogs and pause the show and call over my wife to see this section...she loves the huskies. However, the images paused but the voiceover continued. My second comment is about the length of the transitions. The transition period seems to be almost as long as the image is on the screen. I noticed this also with Barry's recent show. I feel I am looking at the faded-in image for too long and not enough of the 'clear' image itself, so I tend to want to look away until the transition is finished. How long do you have the transition set to? I am curious. Also, I would have put in a title slide at the beginning just before the voiceover starts. Seems to start a little abruptly without something telling me where I am about to visit. Thanks... Gary

Greetings, I have just posted route up the coast of Croatia. I made it into 2 parts and are posted on Beechbrook. Yes, they are kinda long but it is hard to put several weeks of travel into a shorter show. But the NAV bar is active so it is easy to zoom through it or just esc. I just hope it keeps your interest. Part 1 of 2: The show is 16x9; 62Mb; NAV bar is active; 10:52 in length. http://www.beechbrook.com/pte/downloadfile.asp?id=1885 Part 2 of 2: The show is 16x9; 43Mb; NAV bar is active; 8:40 in length. http://www.beechbrook.com/pte/downloadfile.asp?id=1884 Comments, critiques are welcomed. Gary

================= nobeefstu, I figured it out just before I read your email. I did not see the F11/F12 text in the mouseover. I thought using the keyboard arrow keys were more intuitive. But thanks for the quick reply. Always something new to learn in PTE! Gary PS I tried to delete my previous duplicate posting but it won't allow me to do it.

Greetings, It would be very helpful if the numeric keypad's arrow keys (#4 and #6) could be made to do the "Next" and "Previous" function in the O&A window. The Tab key already allows you to jump from item to item in the O&A menus. To give the arrow keys the ability to do the "Next/Previous" would make it less tedious to do a repetitive selecting an item in the O&A menu. You can have one hand on keypad to do the "Next/Previous" and the other hand on the mouse to click on the menu choice. Thanks... Gary

============================= George, My slide has 49 objects in it and I was afraid that I would miss one of them by having to select each one in the actual O&A window. But, after reading your posting, I discovered that I can do the Copy in the Objects List window (all at once-Shift/End) and then Paste them in a new slide. Works like a champ. I just didn't think I could do a Copy of keyframes within the Objects List. Thanks for the tip. It also works if you have only one PTE opened and then do the Copy. And then close it and open the other show where you want to paste it in and then do the Paste. Thanks for the tip. Gary

Greetings I know I have done this before but now I just can't seem to make it happen. (Windows7) I want to copy a slide that has a very complicated map route with many keyframes from one PTE show to another PTE show. Can someone point me in the right direction? I do the copy/paste but nothing shows up. I have opened 2 versions of PTE at the same time to try to make the copy/paste but it does not work. Thanks... Gary Added later: I does work if I have only one PTE opened and do the copy and then close that show and then open the show I want to paste it to and then the paste works. Why will it not work when I have 2 PTE shows opened at the same time???

========================= nobeefstu.. Yes, I understand that is one way to do it. Still too much mouse movement and clicking. However, I prefer to be in the O&A screen because that is my 'working' area. I can keep my mouse pointer on the 'Show Next...' button and run through each image. When I want to dump one, I can then just click on the Remove Slide button. If I want to tweak an image (pan, zoom, add text, etc.), I am already there on the 'working' area. The workflow you describe is doable but I think adding the 'Remove Slide' to the O&A page makes working on the slide show a bit easier. And, being in the O&A, you have control over how large you want to view the image as you run through them. Doesn't this make a fair amount of sense? Thanks... Gary

Greetings, I find it easier to do a review of images in the O&A window since we have the opportunity to increase the size of the image for a larger size. It would be nice to have a 'Remove Slide' button while in the O&A window. This would reduce the need to hit the 'Close' button and click on the 'Remove Slide' button and then have to go back to the O&A screen. Gary

Linda, I am no expert in these matters. But, if I remember correctly, others may have solved similar problems by bringing the MP3 file into Audacity (free program-download from Internet), and then just 'Export' it as an MP3. Sometimes, this has fixed such problems. Worth a try, and Audacity is a great program to have with PTE. Gary

=============== Peter, I've recently been having some problems (long story) with my BitDefender Antivirus 2011 so I just uninstalled it and re-installed it. I went back to the site and it didn't show any problem with it. So, perhaps it was just a fluke with my software. Thanks, Gary

======================= Greetings, As I startied to view this website, I got the following warning from my BitDefender Antivirus Pro 2011: "This webpage was considered untrusted and has been blocked by BitDefender!" Can you tell me why this might be happening??? Thanks... Gary

=================== Greetings Trailertrash and Mickp, The clouds appeared early in the morning and I really felt 'up in the clouds'. There are many other little towns to be seen in the area. Having a rental car gave us the ability to zoom around and explore towns that you don't even see on the maps! Thanks...Gary

============================ Xaver, I have tried different setting for the creation of MP4s and haven't found any improvement from the default settings. Perhaps the additional settings are for certain circumstances that I have not run across yet...like heavy animation. With my particular model of Samsung TV, it will recognize the MP4 file created in PTE (like yours?). So I can play the MP4 that I copied onto a thumb (flash) drive (or an external hard drive) and plugged into my Samsung's USB port. Not all Samsung TVs can do this. I had a list of those that could, but can't find it at the moment. It is a very nice feature. And actually, I like the Samsung's operation better than the WD Media Player box because it will allow rewinds and fast forward operations in a much smoother fashion. Gary Added later: I just found the reply I had received from Samsung on which units play the MP4 format: "The units listed below will offer MP4 video playback from either a USB device or from your PC. LCD: LN26C450 through LN46C750 LED: ALL LED TVs Plasma: PN50C530 through PN63C8000."

===================== Xaver and Denwell, I was curious about your recommendations for creating the H.264 files. I usually just use the defaults settings, so I created a duplicate of a show with your settings (only changed your settings to 16:9 and 1920x1080, to match how I made my default show). I played both, back and forth, over and over. But I could not detect any improvements. So I am wondering what do you see as the advantage of using your settings. I do see the disadvantage of creating a much larger file size with your settings. What am I missing? I have a Samsung UN40B600 LED, I think similar to yours. One other observation. When I was trying out these 2 shows, but using my WD Media Player, the sound became 'unsynced' with the images. I figured out that when I tried to 'rewind' the MP4 show using the Player's remote, I noticed the point at which the 2nd music selection should have started, actually started a second or so after when it should have. This did not happen when the show was played on a thumb drive in the Samsung's USB port. I am curious how this can technically happen when using the WD Media Player. Any ideas? Thanks... Gary

Greetings, I took to heart many of the comments from my last shows. I hope it shows some improvements. On our trip through Croatia, we visited several hill-towns in the Istrian Peninsula of Croatia. Here are 4 of the towns. The show is 16x9; 46Mb; NAV bar is active; 7:08 in length. The show is hosted at Beechbrook: http://www.beechbrook.com/pte/downloadfile.asp?id=1881 Comments, critiques welcomed. Gary

Barry, Thanks for the comments. My replies are below in blue. ================

==================== David, Thanks... Yes, the Plitvice park is just waterfalls after waterfalls and lakes after lakes. The water is crystal clear. Truly a wonderful nature spot! This entire trip had so many great places, I have had to break them up into sections or I'd have to call it a 'movie' . Now, I am working on the hill-towns in Istria, Croatia, trying to be 'less-is-more'. And, then, the beautiful Slovenia. I am be huge fan of travel and just hope to inspire others to go see the rest of the world. Gary

================= Almark, I just went back and changed the title page with green as the main color and white as the shadow line, and enlarged the text. It does look better. I also moved the overlay text to the bottom as just 2 lines with a white rectangle background and it is easier to read. Thanks for the ideas. They bothered me in the back of my mind but I think I was just too drained from getting it this far... And another reason I had the route continue past the Park's location toward Slovenia is that at the end of the show I stated that the trip continued onto Slovenia. I guess that did not come across as I expected. Improvements made... Gary

================== Mickp... I can't disagree with you about being more ruthless. I have tweeked and tweeked and re-tweeked the images in the slideshow. It really is a hard thing to do. I get to a point and then surrender! But you are right. I started out with almost 200 images for this show and got it down to about 80. I don't like to see shows that have long views per slide (with no user controls) so I tend to put more images in and activate the NAV bar so people can zoom or pause through them as they like. My wife would prefer to not be in so many images, too. But I like to have a body in some pictures to give a better perspective/scale and she is more available than a stranger... . Thanks for the comments. Gary

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