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Derek, No need to apologize - just happy I could be of some help in getting you going with v.5. Best of luck with your shows!

Fred, My key is called "PTE.KEY". It may be different in different installations, depending on when you downloaded the program??

Ken, Open two instances of PTE v.5. Open the O/A window of the slide you want to copy objects from, in one of the shows, and the O/A window of the slide you want to copy objects to in the other show. Select the objects you want to copy (use "Shift-select" to select more than one). Hit the "copy" button. Select where in the other show you want to copy these objects to, and hit "Paste".

Fergy, You might try another piece of music temporarily to see if you have the same problem. Also, when you play any of the demos or v.5 shows on Beechbrook can you hear the music OK? You might also check to make sure that none of your transitions, as shown on the timeline, are overlapping.

Igor, That's great! Good to hear you've solved the video card problem too!

Igor, I suspect this is related to the problems referred to above, but in beta 5 I notice thin wavering vertical and horizontal lines between the images in the "Push effect" transition for viewing vertical and horizontal panoramas composed of several images. My video card is an ATI Radeon 9600 with 128 Mb of video RAM, dual-monitor setup.

Ronnie, Did you uncheck "Use music" as Igor suggested?

Ronnie, You have to "attach" a file to your post first!

Guess I'm one of the "old school" trying to cope in an increasingly technical world. I use "peer to peer" on occasion to download music. I do have an MSN account, and I used to use MSN but gave up on it when I started having technical and logistic difficulties. I used MSN while coordinating a project last fall, but found it too frustrating, and it also resulted in some serious mis-understandings, so I gave up on it completely. For a while MS was having problems getting both sound, images, and text to all work together in Messenger - on certain systems, mine included, you could either have text and sound, or text and images, but not all 3 together. Don't know if they have solved that, or not.

No, I really meant "face to face". Ronnie, will you, by any chance, be going to the RPS International meet in Cirencester in Sept.? We could settle it there!

I think, as Roger says, "Enough said". There are plenty of excellent technical explanations about this on the net, available for anyone who really wants to understand this confusing topic. Unfortunately, digital technology is complex, and it is sometimes difficult to describe what is happening without speaking in fairly technical terms. Especially in a Forum setting - if I could speak to Ronnie face-to-face, I think I could explain what is involved in less than 5 minutes. I would then run away before he could "KIS(S)" me! Re the "Registry Key dilemma", I see that Ken C. has already posted an article on this.

This topic is like "quack-grass" in your lawn - you can't kill it! (see also post #1 in this thread.

Marian, As you noticed, the "comment" function doesn't seem to be activated yet in version 5. No mention by Igor as to when it will be available again.

v5_Project1_AR.zipDerek, Is this the result you want? I think your other images were starting to change opacity too early. Dom, The number of downloads appears automatically after you select "Add into post". I wasn't even aware that one could attach non-image files to posts in the Forum.

I admire the ability of those of you whose native language is not English to express yourselves, as I know how difficult it is for me to translate things into French, even with the help of AltaVista "babel-fish".

It was a long "box". Re the "position" timing, I personally prefer to see it from the beginning of the show, as it is, so that, in the current absence of accompanying sound, it is easier to synch the music with object keypoints in a sound editor.

Thanks, Fred, I guessI should have been a little more explicit in my post - it's not really a "box", but an item on the bottom line. Thanks for the screenshot - that is a much better way to indicate where it is.

Ronnie, You are correct, except, please make it your New Year's Resolution to never even mention "72 Resolution" ever again!

Lin, Unless I misunderstood your request, this feature exists already. There is a small box called "Position" just below the "Project Options" button.

Ronnie, I'm going to publicly "groan", but probably not for the reason you were thinking of! You stated: This is a "pet peeve" of mine. "300 dpi" has no relationship at all to the resolution of your images so it is impossible for them to be sharper at 300 dpi than they are at say 72 dpi. The only dimensions that affect the resolution (and perceived sharpness) are the number of pixels horizontally and vertically in the image. You can have the same number of pixels at 72 dpi as you can at 300 dpi. (try it sometime in Photoshop if you don't agree with me). This is an old bone, and should have been buried long ago, but every so often rears it's head, and we go through the arguments all over again. (if you do a search on the archives, you'll see lots of old discussion along these lines). To answer your main question, however, if your images are smaller in pixel dimensions than 1024x768, you should resize them (not just increase the size, but re-scan or re-crop from the original, so that they are the "original" pixels.) If the image is larger already, it is not necessary to crop to the projector resolution, but it is advisable to do so as then you will be choosing the exact pixels yourself that you want to show, and not relying on your computer to make the decisions for you as to what colours, densities, etc., to apply when such compromises are necessary in the downsizing process . This may be a little academic, however, as you may not be able to notice any significant difference in the resulting images.

Sorry, Jeff, my oversight - forgot about the title to your post - should have known it was in reference to a post on Beechbrook. Really enjoyed your show - sort of a combination of Bryce Canyon, Antelope Canyon, and the Hoodoos, all rolled into one. The slow zooms (all inward, except toward the end) help establish the feeling of adventure and journey into the canyons. Very nicely done, with interesting photographs and compatible background music, too!

Jeff, The rest of us who have tried v.5 are enjoying it too. (Witness all the interesting demos that forum members have created.) "Tent rocks" sounds intriguing - any pics to share? We were through NM in March this year - stopped at White Sands for a day or two.

JP, Your English is very good - I understand the process very well from your explanation, and will probably try something like it when I find time. It's a lot of tedious work!

Very nice, JP! A keeper!

Lin, This is a stellar show. Beautiful wildlife shots! I didn't find many of the actions unnecessary or objectionable except maybe the one where you were rotating the image - didn't feel it added anything to the overall show. My rule of thumb on PZR actions is "only apply where they add to the overall message or theme of the show". IMHO, if you can't think of a good reason for including an effect (same goes for a specific transition), it's best not to. One other rule of thumb of mine is regarding the direction of the zoom or pan. (i.e. how to decide whether to zoom in or out, or pan left or right - or up or down.) IMHO, generally zooms and pans should be used mainly to accentuate motion in the show. My feeling is that pans should be in the direction of the object's motion (except for panoramas, of course), and that zooms should generally be inward to a subject, so that the viewer has already seen the object in it's context, and now the author wants to highlight a particular aspect of the object. If this isn't the case, then perhaps the action shouldn't be used at all. I find that it is much easier to concentrate on and admire an image if it is not moving at all. Zooms out are generally most effective when leaving an object or scene. One can come up with "rules" but they are always meant to be broken, so these "rules of thumb" are just that - one should always use what the individual situation dictates. These are just my personal views on the subject, and will probably change after watching a few more slideshows using these effects and creating a few more myself. I thought the reflection added a nice realistic touch - after all, one reason for using an action could be that no one has ever done it that way before. Once it has been included in umpteen dozen shows, however, it could become passé. (unless, of course, it is a "trademark" of one's shows).