davegee

Great! It is now working fine.

Thanks Igor. DG

Try changing the file extension to .mp3 on one of the files as a first step. If it then recognises the file you know that it is at least saving it as mp3 albeit with the wrong extension? DG

Ron, The option I use in Audition is as shown in the JPEG below: DG

Thanks Gerard, Your description is exactly how I did (tried to do) it. Unfortunately the same error message keeps coming up and has done so since the new forum. http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10551&view=findpost&p=68367 Have you tried making a small edit to yours? DG

I'm still not able to change my signature. Any news of progress on this? DaveG

Downloaded OK. Unzipped OK. I'm using the Windows Extract - which isn't strictly necessary - simply double clicking allows access to the EXE without extracting (saving on HD space). DG

The FAQ section has this: http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10522 DG

Hi Michel, I am assuming 5.6.4. Clicking "Size" in the "Size/Position in pixels of parent" will fix the size of the image at 100% (in pixels) and centre the image. Apologies for the shorthand. As peter said, O&A is Objects and Animation. DG

Edited: This post was in response to Mike's post above. Eric and I were apparently typing at the same time.

That's excellent info Lin and my advice to Mike was to thoroughly research and make up his own mind. DG

Michel, I am going to make a couple of assumptions: Firstly that your 5:4 screen is 1280x1024. Secondly that your 16:9 screen is 1920x1080. You want to make a 5:4 show to fit the monitor with the largest height resolution i.e. 1920x1080. In project options set FULLSCREEN 5:4 - enter 1350x1080 and tick the Fixed size of slide in pixels. Insert/add your images and go to O&A. In "Size/Position in pixels of parent" click on Size and it will change the image from "Fit to Screen" to 100% of the resolution of the image i.e. your suggested 1000x1000. You will see that this does not allow much room for comment without either moving the image upwards (each time!) or dropping the 100% to 90%. My suggestion would be to make your images 950x950 or 900x900. The examples show (roughly) what you will see on each monitor - I don't have 1280x1024 or a 1920x1080. My monitors are 1920x1200 and 1280x800. DG

Mike, One thing that I would advise is that IF you decide to go with the NIKON D300 - PLEASE consider downloading Nikon NX2 60 day trial. The two go hand in glove, like M&S, Pinky and Perky. You won't regret it but it will cost about £100 extra after the 60 day trial. The money you save by not going for a D300s will more than cover it. DG

Mike, The Nikon D300 and the Sigma sd14 use totally different technologies. Research the Sigma THOROUGHLY before deciding. If, like me, the last thing you want in a DSLR is video, then the D300 (not 300s) is the way to go. DG

1400x1050. DaveG

Hi Malcolm, When talking about resolution and aspect ratio it is EXTREMELY important to get the figures right in your mind, otherwise mistakes can be made and accumulate. Your club's projector is (I'm willing to bet) 4:3 and 1400x1050. If you decide to do a 16:9 PTE show the resolution you would set would be 1920x1080. I think this issue is the most important one in AV these days and just thought that I would mention it. DaveG

I take it back Ken - it does what I want of it. It is not nearly as versatile as the Karen version but it is useable. DaveG

Thanks Ken, I'll check it out. At first glance I'm not happy about ANYTHING writing to my C drive without giving me the opportunity to save elsewhere. A lot of programmes do this and some are almost impossible to re-direct. I try not to use them if there is another alternative. The Karen version gives the option to save anywhere. DaveG

I have been looking for a utility which will print an editable list of directories and folders on my Hard Drives. I found "Directory Printer" at: http://www.karenware.com/powertools/powertools.asp I also found at the same address "Replicator" which will, automatically or manually, back up files from one folder or hard drive to another. I have been using these programmes and can recommend both. DaveG

Same/similar bug as the Signature problem? Linked to it in some way - multiple bugs? DaveG

Lin, I knew that I had made a mistake by giving an example such as the rotation thing! I realise that if one searches the forum that one will get the answers to everything, but these people don't do that! They need to be led by the hand by someone who can show them step by step. The FAQ section is the nearest thing to what they want and it is, I believe, the best thing to happen to this forum in a long time. It now needs to turn its attention to even more practical matters with contributions from a few more people. Anyway, I had no intention of "rubbishing" the idea of updating the manual. I just think that it is not as high a priority as a "How To Do Everything in PTE" manual. I won't labour the point. DaveG

With respect Jeff, what most people want is a "HOW TO" manual. Every Thursday night at club I get questioned, not about where a particular switch is etc, but HOW DO I USE IT? Your excellent first edition explained all of the controls in the animation tab but that doesn't tell the user how to rotate one object around another for example. These are the sort of questions I get - people can work out for themselves where everything is - it is another matter to actually put it into practice. Just my 2 pennyworth and IMHO etc etc etc. DaveG

Dave, I wrote a long piece only to find that because of a forum error I couldn't post and couldn't copy!! I am not going to do it all again but I'll precis it: Don't rely on others experiences. Do a test using "Save for the web" gradually decreasing quality and when you see a patch of clear blue sky in an image start to pixellate you know (roughly) the limits of your camera's images at a given resolution. Do the check at "ACTUAL PIXELS"! I use quality 10 but I could probably use between 6 and 8. 10 gives me a margin of error and I don't have to keep checking for pixellation. Barry can probably go further because of the size of his sensor - I did some tests in conversation with him some time ago and found that a 23M camera will allow greater compression than a 12M camera of the same make (NIKON) after resizing both to 1920x1080. 1920x1080 file sizes are: Quality 10= 1MB Quality 8= 660K Quality 6= 460K That's with MY camera - yours could be different. DaveG

Eric, I DID NOT - repeat - DID NOT - infer that your images were anything other than your own. My question was whether YOU had posted these images before. I would welcome an apology. I will not reply to any of your threads in future. It is not worth the hassle. Best wishes, DaveG