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Hi Kieron, There is an article about Midi 2.0 in a recent issue of New Scientist (May 9-15 2020.). In California most of us are still wearing a mask and social distancing in public areas. I hope everyone stays healthy. Thanks, Tom

Remember the original 7 bit MIDI from 1983? The sound was not that great. The new MIDI 2.0 is 32 bit. I never used MIDI in PTE (version 5?), but for sound content creators this should be good news. https://qz.com/1788828/how-will-midi-2-0-change-music/ Tom

Hi JJB45, I like your grayscale to color. It is a really nice addition. I'm trying to add a circular wiggle using multiple masks. If it works I will post. Thanks, Tom

Hi Dom, That looks great. So many ways to make transitions... Thanks! Tom

I am not aware of any video container (avi, mp4,...) that supports a menu structure. It's possible to add chapter markers to mp4 video but I don't think that PTE 10 has the capability. It was added to suggestions. Tom

Hi Dom, Strange. If you rename the .pteff to .zip you can see the mask images are in Mandalas.zip. I deleted the transition in PTE, downloaded from the forum, imported, and it works again. Not sure what might be wrong with the transition. I will do some more testing. Thanks, Tom

Four Mandala transitions. Mandala images from svgsilh.com. Photos from pixabay.com. Thanks, Tom Mandalas.pteeff

Hi Dom, Amazing animation. Looks very professional. Thanks, Tom

Hi Dom, Thanks for the idea about the second slide. Tom

Great suggestion. Updated transition. Thanks, Tom

Hi JJB45, Welcome to the forum. It's good to see another Californian online. Tom

Using a programming language like Pascal/C++/.. it must be harder for you to compile for different operating systems compared to something like Unreal or Unity. I'm sure your team is up to the task. I'm still thinking about an AMD 4000 or 5000 series laptop with onboard Nvidia graphics. This laptop looks interesting but it doesn't have a webcam. https://www.pcworld.com/article/3534771/asus-rog-zephyrus-g14-review-the-first-ryzen-4000-laptop.html Thanks, Tom

Hi Dom, I think I understand what you mean. Just do the same modifier action to slide 2? It would be interesting to see how it turns out. I will not be able to test for awhile though. If you want to try it and publish here that's fine with me. Anything I post to this forum is in the public domain for others to improve upon (and for me to learn). Thanks, Tom ps. I noticed the Y pan value should be increased to maybe 8.9 to make it more visible due to the narrower width of Y (108 px) vs. X (192 px). I have updated the values in the transition and uploaded again.

Hi Kieron and Rosemary, It might be good for a flashback or dream type of slideshow or maybe as a water effect. It was easy to create. Thanks, Tom

Simple dissolve transition. Images from pixabay.com. * Updated with slide 2 animation and smooth acceleration. Thanks, Tom Wiggle Dissolve.pteeff

Hi Gary and Dom, I was almost ready to give up and tell Gary it would be easier just to add a frame around the image in a photo editor but then you were able to solve the problem. I like both of your versions better than mine. Thanks, Tom

Hi Gary, I think it would take two rectangles below the image crop layers and in front of the water gradient. The top rectangle would be a blue gradient rectangle and then a slightly larger white rectangle below that for the border. I'm guessing it would not 'bend' like the water so maybe it will require a different method. I will see what I can do. Thanks, Tom

Gary, This one should work for both images and video. I was having a hard time getting the videos to link to the master video but it seems to be working now. I'm not sure how much use a video water reflection will be due to the movement in the video. I tested with your video and it seems to work. I might try to work some additional wave movement in X pan direction and maybe a better gradient mask that makes the edges a little softer in the future. Thanks, Tom Water Reflection.ptestyle

Hi Gary, The style might still have some issues with duplicate video and audio. I might have to convert from image cropping to masks. Thanks, Tom

I agree. It would be a great feature to have displacement mapping. It must be possible in PTE sometime in the future. I thought that when video was first added to PTE years ago there would not be anything else to add, but it seems the list keeps on growing. Tom

... and when we all have Nvidia 3080 Ti cards maybe PTE will support Ray Tracing... Tom

Hi Dom, Cool. I might try to make a transition using the same concept. Thanks, Tom

Hi Gary, It looks like the video is not linking to the master video clip so many duplicate videos running, causing problems. I will try to link the reflection videos to the master. It seems to work with image crop but have never tried on video before. Thanks, Tom Here is an updated version that *appears* to be compatible with video and images and SlideID blank. Let me know if you are still having problems. Video Water Reflection.ptestyle

Hi Jill, Alt-Tab is a good idea. It's just that I recently upgraded my graphics card and had 3 extra monitors so I connected all 4 monitors my PTE computer using one hdmi and the remaining with dvi to displayport adapters. Everything works great but I sometimes have multiple apps open and send the PTE preview window to an unused desktop. I was thinking PTE editor could trap the escape key and close any preview windows open instead of actually having to navigate to that window. Also it would be great if number keys could launch preview. Maybe ctrl+1 for monitor 1, ctrl+2 for monitor 2, ... Thanks, Tom

Hi Dom, If you are looking for new ideas maybe you can make a water reflection style. Thanks, Tom