davegee

I can sympathise with both points of view here, but hasn't I gor said that if you don't use the Pan and Zoom then Ver. 5 will work quite happily as before? Too much Pan and Zoom is going to have me reaching for my vertigo pills! DaveG

No problems up to 100Meg shows on Pentium 4, 3Gig laptop with 512Mb Ram and NVIDIA card. DaveG P.S. The symptoms you describe sound as though you have transitions too close together - could it be that they will run on higher spec machines but falter if the spec drops because of the transitions and not because of the file size?

Yes, Stand -alone is not a problem. All you will need is an e-mail account to recieve the registration key. DaveG

Hi Jeff, Yes, I did say "if your mini-disc has an optical output" - however the UA-1EX will also take normal line input (I think) to USB which is ideal in the case of laptops. Check the spec before buying. DaveG

As long as the images do not exceed the Window measurements in PTE there is no need to go to PS - the PTE background image will do. DaveG

Perhaps I am missing something in the question. However, the answer depends on the means of getting the collected information to the customer. If it is going to be viewed on a monitor, what is the resolution of the monitor? For instance my existing monitor is 1280x1024 so that is what I am currently cropping to. If you have a mixture of Lansdcape and Portrait formats then the Landscape material should be no more than 1280 wide and the Portrait material no more than 1024 high. If the customer is going to use a projector, what is the resolution of the projector? Chances are it will be 1024x768, in which case these are the figures to work to. Also, if this is the case the computer/laptop should be set to the same res as the projector for best results. If you don't have to fill the frame then you could use any aspect ratio which fits inside the monitor/projector resolution. However if all material has to fill the frame then your monitor/projector resolution will give you the aspect ratio you are looking for. Hope that is what you were looking for? DaveG

Hi Jeff, The device I use is an EDIROL UA-1D which has apparently been superceded by the UA-1EX (more and better facilities). More details can be found at: http://www.edirol.it/europe/details.asp?ct...&la=UK&code=409 The RRP is £69 but worth every penny if you have an optical output that you want to route into your laptop etc. It needs no external power supply - powered by USB. You will need an optical cable in addition which, if you don't already own one, will bump the price up by around £20. Prices in the USA are probably 50% of what I quoted above - the price we have to pay for living here! DaveG

Hi Jeannight, I have posted this elsewhere and previously: If your Sony has an OPTICAL output, EDIROL make an OPTICAL to USB converter which will allow you to input directly into Audacity / Audition / EZCD Creator etc. in real time. It is a simple matter to then to save as a WAV or convert to MP3. If you intend to link more than one file together be sure to save as WAV file and create your linked file from a group of WAV files (not a group of MP3 files). If you decide to go down this route I'll talk you through it and not provide you with links etc or rude suggestions. DaveG

Tim, This has been discussed many times. Igor has, I think, promised that the next version will allow "back to back" transitions but for now allow around 300ms beteween transitions. DaveG

I would like to be able to see the items added in the Object Editor in the "Light Table" view. DaveG

I mentioned this as a suggestion for the next version, Ken. To be able to see the text that has been added to a slide, blank or otherwise, without having to go into the object editor......... DaveG

I'm pretty sure that your 1024x768 show will project OK but on the Laptop it might appear as a "stretched" show. I get wierd effects on a widescreen laptop when projecting Powerpoint shows but the Projected Image is OK. My opinion? - stay away from widescreen Laptops for this purpose unless you are sure it will do what you want. DaveG

Hi Ian, I'm not 100% sure of the facts here but I think, to be able to do what you suggest ("converting the original PTE AVI file to Mpeg instead"), it would have to be done in the interim stage where the AVI is still a "Temp" file. I have tried in the past, to copy the temp file to a different location but this does not work. Any thoughts? DaveG

Thanks Ken, I was looking for a recommendation - I have been through the search processes and remain confused. DaveG

Hi bjc, Can you recommend a good dual graphics card (for PC)? DaveG

Hi Tim, This will probably be of no help at all to you but it is interesting that I (and a host of other people I know) get exactly the same problem with shows created in Pro Show Gold. I tried and rejected the programme a long time ago for exactly that reason. After intensive research a group of us came to the conclusion that it was not worth pursuing and have used PTE ever since. I am not suggesting that you change your programme but wish you luck in finding the solution. If you do, please post it so that we can see here if the same problem is preventing us from viewing PSG shows? Upgrading to SP2 did not change our problem one way or the other. DaveG P.S. Many thanks to whoever transferred my "old account" details to my "new account" details i.e. number of posts etc.

Patrick. It is an option when you log in - to the right of the log-in. If you are logging in automatically you will have to log out and then back in - but be sure that you know your password before doing this? DaveG

For some reason, when all the changes took place, I was asked for my user name and password to enter the forum and, of course, I had forgotten my password. In spite of Igor taking a personal interest I have been unable to recover my original account, so daveg is now davegee. It is not worth pursuing this as it will take up valuable time which could be better spent on other things. davegee

Richhaas, Having just purchased a 1280x1024 monitor I have some sympathy with your dilemna. Up to the purchase of the monitor my shows have always been 1024x768 but the advantages of the extra resolution outweigh any other considerations so what to do? Allowing "fit to screen" is not an option for older shows as resulting image degradation is not acceptable so for those I do as you do: 1024x768 in a window or make the show 1280x1024 and show the 1024x768 images over a plain black 1280x1024 background. But this only works if you have no panoramas i.e. push transitions otherwise there is a vertical black line between images in the push. Re-doing the panoramas at 1280 width is a good solution if there are not too many of them and you can accept the jump in size. From now on (until I purchase a monitor with higher resolution) I'm working at 1280x851 for images (to take advantage of full width for panoramas) on a 1280x1024 background for my own uses and producing a 1024x768 show in a window in addition for those still using that format. Cropping images to fit screen formats is not the answer because it makes batch processing difficult/impossible. DaveG

Hi, The Forum is still loading VERY slowly and the "Forgotten Password" function is still not working? I get a message saying that an e-mail has been sent but it never arrives - anyone else? DaveGee (DaveG)

You can approach this in a number of ways - here's one: Firstly the music can be added as two seperate files or merged in Audacity, Audition etc into one continuous mp3 file (prefered) and added to the project (Project Options / Music). Then, using the timeline and Custom Synchronization you can position the last slide in the first section and select all of the slides in the first section (click on first; shift click on last). You can then (in TIMED POINTS) click on ARRANGE SELECTED POINTS. This will evenly distribute the slides in the first section. Repeat this process for the second section. Hope this helps, Dave