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Hi Lin, I know about that technique but didn't have to use it here. There are two slides only and the quick transition is between the X axis 360 degree turn and the Y axis 360 degree turn. In other words: NO TRICKERY! Each 360 degree turn is carried out in its own slide without the need for re-ordering the objects. DG P.S. Everything you see in the demo can be done IN ONE SLIDE with keypoints needed only to change direction of spin etc. However, when doing it all in one slide the "second" image would appear upside down.

Ken, Tried Lin's and did not get AVG warning. I'm up to date. Lin, We have all seen demo's of 3D objects where all sides are equal (cubes etc). My difficulty was grasping the relationship between objects where the sides are not equal (Corn Flakes Packets etc). I think I have it now. Having the cutout introduced new problems with "ordering" front to back. You learn more from doing these things than examining other's efforts! DG

Sorry Ken, Made in V7 Beta 9 - nothing taxing about it - no big images - no video. Any error message? I have downloaded it and run it on my aging Sony Laptop from the forum - no probs. DG

The attached Photo Frame EXE is just an excercise in understanding better how the Pan Z function in 3D Parameters works. Please forgive the "gaudy" colours - they are only there to prove that everything works as it should. Now that I understand more about Pan Z the next version will be thinner and possibly have more bells and whistles. I see it as a possible short Title Sequence and not as a means of displaying images for 30 minutes at a time! DG 16:9 - 1920x1080 - 1MB - just two slides repeating until esc is pressed. Photo Frame Mk2.zip

Customize Window will not be available until you have added an image to the Slide Panel? At that point you can edit the Start Up Window. DG

Paul, It's a place I'm going to investigate one of these days! Titles: Try using a different transition like Curling of Page to avoid the text overlaps? Also allow a little more time for the viewer to read. Aspect Ratio of images: Try placing the portrait format images (with border and shadow) over an appropriate Landscape Format image which has been Faded Back / Blurred etc. I'd like to see a thin white line framing the whole show. It fits my 16:10 monitor perfectly but on a 16:9 (for instance) there would be black lines/bars either side and nothing to stop dark tones bleeding into these black lines. DG

Hmmmmmmmm........... DG

Check to see if it also has a USB input - if it does it will act as a Media Player (Probably!). The one I have is a Ferguson. DG

Is your Freesat Box a "Freesat + HD" box? If not it probably does not have HDMI. DG

John, Apologies - if your TV is NOT 1920x1080 I don't really know what the result would be. Theorizing here - if your TV is wide screen but NOT 1920x1080 the Media Player would "possibly" play a Full HD PTE MPEG4 file interpolated down to your TV resolution. This is far better than Interpolating a PAL DVD output UP to your screen resolution. Thinking out loud - if your TV is not full HD it is (possibly) not going to have an HDMI input so once again the Media Player would not be of much benefit. It looks as though you are stuck with the DVD approach! Two questions: What is the resolution of your existing wide screen TV? Are you thinking of upgrading your TV anytime soon? Maybe someone with a Media Player can offer some info on their output options? DG P.S. To buy a NEW Media Player you would have to spend around £100. IMHO that money would be far better spent on a new HD TV which would have the facilities you require. An example: http://www.johnlewis.com/230950649/Product.aspx

John, If you don't want the expense of a new HD TV try looking around for a secondhand Western Digital or Iomega Media Player. There must be a lot of redundant units for sale these days. The downside of these units is the extra leads necessary. DG

Most new HD TV sets will include a "Media Player" which allows you to plug in a USB key and play Video / Audio / Images. It will NOT allow you to play EXE files. So, instead of creating DVDs we create H.264 MPEG4 files and play them via the TVs Media Player. File sizes are pretty big - typically 1Gb or bigger - and are created via the HD Video for PC menu. I think that the TV Safe Zone is about 92% (?) and that if you are making a 16:9 show you should UNTICK the Fixed Size of Slide box. DG

Peter, Are you talking about DVDs or MPEG4s? I suspect that for a PAL DVD the TV Safezone is still relevent. For MPEG4 files played via a Media Player it doesn't come into the equation at all. DG

It CAN modify your image. You can prepare images either with the stroke, if no zooming is applied to them, OR you make a "stroke" PNG file, as described, to apply in PTE. If you zoom an image with a stroke line you lose the line so it has to be applied on top of the image seperately. An example is a 3:2 project to be shown on a 16:9 monitor. To me it should have a border or stroke line around it - 3 pixels is ample. DG

The recommended players are listed on the creation page. I just tried your settings on a short H.264 MPEG4 and it played Media Player Homecinema with no problems whatsoever. DG

Are you using the players recommended by Igor? DG

Hi Peter, No, I was dealing mainly with the STROKE feature which I use for just about every application of this kind. For the shadow I think I would use a FRAME with the Mask stack as a Child. Then add a plain rectangle to the frame behind the Mask stack and size to suit. The rectangle can have its own shadow. Even better, use a Shadow PNG instead of a rectangle. By use of keyframes/opacity you can then move the position of the shadow to different size/position while the Frame/Mask is subjected to PZR. DG Edit: FRAME---------- |-------------------| |---------------Mask Container |-----------------Stroke.PNG |-----------------Image.JPG |-----------------Mask.JPG | Rectangle with shadow or Shadow.PNG All PZR carried out on Frame

Lin, Jeff is talking about the White Line around an image or frame which is achieved in PS by selecting the whole of the image/frame or whatever and going to EDIT>STROKE. This adds a line of any colour you choose, at your desired thickness. It can't be added to a mask but it can be overlaid as PNG which has transparency with a 3 pixel (for instance) stroke line. It's similar to what Peter described except that it would sit on top of the "stack" and not need adjustment of the underlying image size. DG P.S. In the OBJECTS panel it would look like this: Mask Container Stroke.PNG Image.JPG Mask

Robert, Try latest Beta (9). What's the source of the Video Clip that you are trying to use - was it edited - which software? DG

Seems OK in Beta 9 on my Laptop (Vista). DG

Hi Lin, Sorry I couldn't reply properly last evening. I agree the shadow can be made any colour. Here's the one I did yesterday using photoshop. DG

hi lin my requirement would be text with moving image as per yours with text stroked by WHITE line. i don't think black would work. dg (from Kindle)

You need to look at MASKS. DG (from Kindle)

I think that for what I want the Photoshop route is going to be quicker and easier. DG

Well, the reason I mentioned it was because I was in the middle of a project and hadn't done the title. Your post spurred me into using that technique again. I couldn't see a way of getting the stroke line when doing it completely in PTE so I reverted back to CS4. DG