Lin Evans

Geoff, please check your messages... Best regards, Lin

Hi Geoff, This thread is going off topic - please move questions concerning future pricing to the off-topic section. Igor posted this to announce new features in PTE 8.5 and he has stated, pricing considerations have not yet been established. Best regards, Lin

Here's a link for you on the French forum: http://diapositif.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=35945&hilit=bezier Best regards, Lin

Hi Eric, Click on Slow Down, then click on the little arrow beside "setting up" then "separate" all keyframes. I would suggest even if you have no rotate or perhaps no zoom, do likewise for all animation possibilities - it's a "safety" measure..... When you make a change, such as add a keyframe after separating, you have to go back to "linear" and start again or the results will not be as expected. It's not a bug it's just the way it works. Essentially you have to do all keyframes as "linear" then make changes so that when a keyframe is added you have to begin again as linear. Also even if you are only using zoom and not pan or rotate, set them also to slow and separate. The secret to getting it to look like you want is to do all keyframes in linear then make your separations. Best regards, Lin

Hi Igor, This display makes the problem quite evident. What we are faced with is trying to decide how to proceed essentially with defaults. If it would not be too terribly difficult, perhaps you could use the new method as a default but preserve the existing ability to prevent upscaling beyond the show's creator as an option? That way users like David or JT could have the option to prevent their shows from being upscaled and thus loose quality on higher resolution displays while those who prepare their shows with sufficient image sizes to take advantage of the newer high resolution displays would be assured of the full resolution being available to those who watch on high resolution devices? Best regards, Lin

We need to keep in mind that a number of newer displays being sold are rapidly increasing in resolution. Already there are displays such as the Dell UP2414Q which is only a 24" display, but at 3840x2160 pixel resolution. Dell also just previewed the UltraSharp 27 Ultra HD 5K display (14 mp) with a resolution of 5120 x 2880 which is expected to release in Q4 this year. The 4K+ revolution is coming quicker than expected. Just how long it will take to filter to sufficient number or PTE users is unknown, but PTE must be ready to respond quickly which will further solidify its position at the head of the pack! My suggestion would be to make the "defaults" for PTE simple and easy for the unsophisticated user, but under the hood (bonnet for our UK folks) keep the complexity we have available as option choices for those who understand how to use them? Best regards, Lin

"Without a CPU and operating system designed specifically for this purpose, there is no way to run executable code. Most tablets have no CPU and operating system capable of using computer executable code." Pretty plain to me and most who read it. I suspect you just like to argue and nit-pick. As I said most tablets can't run executable computer code. Computer executable code which PTE creates is code which runs on Windows or OS -X. Guess what? My Casio watch has a computer in it also and it won't run OS - X or Windows either. You're argument is frivilous. Most people here on the forums understand exactly what I mean without it being explained. When we discuss computers on this forum we are discussing Windows and MacIntosh, not tablets, watches, cell phones or other devices which may have their own unique operating systems. Keep that in mind and you won't have to keep repeating yourself - this isn't the first time you have tried to start an argument over this. Lin

The product is designed to run on Windows and in the future on the MacIntosh. Android and iPads do not have a compatible system which can run computer software. Computer, in the relevant sense means Windows or OS X. Yes, a company could produce shows in an executable fashion should they have the time, resources and inclination to pursue each and every manufacturer's idea of executable code. Right now the product produces video to run on these products and that is quite sufficient. Apple doesn't run their OS X on iPads, and their MacIntosh applications are not compatible with iPads. Why in the world do you think Wnsoft would even consider creating code to make their executable files run on Android or iPads. What I said was quite clear to most. Sorry you seem to have a problem with understanding it. Lin

Hi Eric, The issue with most "tablets" and an exe file is that executable code requires a computer with a central processing unit (CPU) and an operating system in order to "execute." Executable means that the code produced gives instructions to the computer to do or "execute" commands. These commands in the relevant sense take the form of changing the size and position of our images, videos, graphics, etc. It determines the length of display time, the intensity of the display (opacity) and so on. Without a CPU and operating system designed specifically for this purpose, there is no way to run executable code. Most tablets have no CPU and operating system capable of using computer executable code. There are a few produced now (ASUS and Microsoft have models) which will actually run Windows. These "can" play executable files, but no "App" can be created by Wnsoft to run executable code on a tablet which does not have the necessary operating system and CPU to interpret it. Best regards, Lin

There are potential logic issues with moving a group of files in the center unless there is sufficient space to do so. One way to accomplish this would be to just click on the audio selection to the left of the group you want to move and drag it down to the next track. It won't change the play relationship, it will just get them out of the way so there is no connection with those you're moving. Likewise those to the right of the cluster you want to move. Once you have them moved and if there is room, then just drag the ones you moved to another track back to their original positions. Best regards, Lin

Gary, Did you read MUR's solution? Just hold down the Shift key, click on the audio you wish to move everything to the right and including the one dragged and drag. Thanks Mur - that's a solution - no need for a suggestion, the feature is already in PTE> Best regards, Lin

Mur, You have solved the problem. No need for a suggestion to implement a new feature to move all in sync. Best regards, Lin

Hi Mur, O.K. I think there is something else going on here. I believe what I suggested will not work. Because of the length of the audio selections I used in my sample it "appears" that the slides are moving together but in reality they are not. What is happening is that the first audio selection is being diminished by the amount it is moved. That is the back end of the audio is being effectively removed. when clicking on the front end of the audio block to move it. When the end close to the junction is dragged you see an overlap. When the front end is moved the back end just disappears. Let me investigate further. Let's assume for now that I am totally wrong because I interpreted the lack of overlap as evidence that the audio files were moving in sync. I made short mp3's of about 15 seconds and that doesn't appear to be happening. Best regards, Lin

Hi Gary, No, it's not related to the fade or not fade. The thing which you haven't yet grasped is that you need to click on a specific area on the audio link to drag it and drag the other linked audio files. It's not a matter of clicking on the first linked audio file, it's a matter of "where" on that first linked audio file you click and hold to drag. Think of it this way, go to the extreme left side as you look at the audio in the timelilne. Go to the earliest relative time on the timeline corresponding to the audio file being dragged. Click on the audio file immediately underneath. I don't know how to say it any differently. If you click and drag where you did on your sample it won't work. Look at my video again. I cover it carefully... Best regards, Lin

So Peter, post the suggestion in the proper place with Gary's and perhaps it will be instituted in a future version. Gary asked if there was a way. There is and I created a brief video showing how to do it. This isn't the place to debate suggestions or critique work-arounds, that belongs in the suggestions section. Right now the way he and you would like it to be done is not available. This doesn't mean PTE's "design" is fundamentally flawed. What it means that the feature doesn't exist yet. Sorry if every possible solution to every conceivable issue which users might want isn't available yet. If you want to see what convoluted is like, use some of the features of Photoshop CC. All good software products are continually being upgraded with new features being added and existing features being refined. Best regards, Lin

Gary, just wait a few more minutes, the video explanation is uploading now. I'm just guessing that you are trying to move the linked audio stream by clicking and dragging from the wrong place - you have to go to the beginning of the first audio to be moved to click and drag. You can't click and drag from the end or near the junction of the adjacent audio clip. Wait a few minutes and I'll modify this answer with the link to the brief tutorial/explanation... Done... Click link below: http://www.lin-evans.org/pte/gary2.zip Best regards, Lin

Gary, It works perfectly. Just wait a few minutes and I will make you a short video to show you exactly how it works. I don't know what you are doing wrong, but if you follow the instructions to the letter it "will" work perfectly... Give me a few minutes... Lin

Gary, Listen carefully - Link all audio you want to move to slide one then drag the first audio clip linked in the timeline and the others will move with it.... You are overthinking this... It will do exactly what you want to do. Lin

Hi Gary, You asked if there was a way: "So let me try again. Is there a way to highlight a group of audio clips in their track and then move the highlighted group as one group?" The answer is yes. As I said, you should not even try to do this from the timeline. It's exceedingly easy to do. I can move seventeen or twelve or three or whatever number in less than 20 seconds. Click once to highlight the clip, click again to link it to slide one. Click, click, click, click. It's not difficult unless you make it difficult. Put your suggestion in the Suggestions for Next Version section of the forum and I'm sure it will be considered. Best regards, Lin

Barry, To survive in a changing market, a product must serve both the existing base and the future base. The worldwide market for video and animation is growing exponentially while the market for still frame audio visual presentations is diminishing. I can only speak for the market potential for a presentation product here in the US with which I am quite familiar, but in order to grow, when you essentially "own" the relevant level of AV market in the UK and most of Europe, other markets are very important. In the US there essentially is no market for the same purposes as PTE is used in the UK and Europe. So to gain market share here, features are required which that market requires. To be fair to Wnsoft, supporters must get beyond their own personal interest. I realize that you and most of the users of PTE in the UK and perhaps Australia as well have little or no consuming interest in video and animation so those features are of less importance. I understand this very well. PTE must be easy to use and be able to allow the user to create, as Robert so accurately said, an attractive AV in a half hour. This is paramount. Without this type capability the product will simply not sell to the existing AV market and without a tool which has this capability, there will be fewer people attracted to AV oriented clubs, etc. To give us the features which we want for AV purposes, there must be sufficient income from sales.To continue to produce PTE and keep Wnsoft viable, the product must expand into alternative lucrative markets. Both existing and new markets must be served. It's really that simple. Best regards, Lin

Hi Gary, Go to Projects Options, Audio Tab and link each that you wish to move as a group to slide one (don't try to do it from the timeline) then when you drag the first audio in the timeline from the beginning the others will be attached and not overlap or change their relative positions vis the other audios. There really is no downside to doing this that I can think of. Best regards, Lin

Hi Roger, On the main page of PTE. Left click on the little blue arrow by Comment then click on "Insert Text Template" and you will have a drop down menu with the items which may be inserted automatically via the EXIF and Metadata including available IPTC data. The content of any of the fields you find when you further mouse over EXIF or IPTC can be selected. The data in those fields chosen will be automatically extracted. Other than these fields, no other data is available. Roger, since different camera companies slightliy modify the terms and since different software sometimes uses marginally different terms for these data, I would suggest filling in all IPTC and user available fields in Lightroom on a test file with the actual name Lightroom provides as the descriptive term. Then call all the available fields on a test image where they have been filled and you will then be able to determine exactly which fields are being extracted by PTE under which relevant title. For example, PTE calls an IPTC datum field called "Author Title" which "may" or may not be the same field LIghtroom describes as "Title" - by doing the above you can determine which is which. Best regards, Lin

Hi Bert, Sounds like you essentially know how to put the two images on the screen, you just need to understand how to place a black stripe between them? There are several ways you could go about this. Of course you could create a PNG file consisting of a stripe of black and just insert it into your image and position it between the two main images. I'll make one for you if you like - it's a very easy thing to do. The other way is to use the rectangle and you could copy/paste it into as many sequences of slides as needed. The way you do this is to create a solid rectangle - black in your case. Go to Objects and Animations.and click on the Properties Tab. Make sure nothing is selected in the objects list (click mouse outside of all objects) Right click and choose Add, then Rectangle. Change Fill Mode to "Solid" and choose black for your color. This will place a solid black rectangle which will cover everything on your screen. Next click on the Animations tab. Now click on the word Rectangle in the Objects List to select it. Look at the Zoom block which will say 100% on both the right and left sides. In the middle, between the two values of 100% there is a small square which looks like a window. Click this square and it will change to look like a button. What you have done is to separate the two values so you can change either of the 100% zoom values. Click on the little "down arrow" beside the word "Zoom" on the left as you view the screen. Hold down the left mouse button and observe that the rectangle eventually becomes a line. When you have it the size that you like as a separator for your two images, Move it into the desired position by using the Pan value (the Pan control on the left as you look at the screen). Now you can simply copy this new rectangle by selecting it in the Objects List and right clicking and choose copy and apply it to any subsequent slides, paste it to the Objects list (be certain nothing is selected there - you don't want it to become a child of some other object) and adjust the pan value to place it where you wish. Best regards, Lin

Hi Andreas, By now you have probably discovered that the 32 bit limitation (PTE is presently a 32 bit software) does indeed impose a limit on executable size which is around 2 gigabytes. Since 4K is actually 8 megapixel, there is no advantage for each and every one of your slides to be at a 14 megapixel size (14,155, 776 pixels). Only slides which have a zoom in to 1:1 size will be improved by using the full pixel matrix dimension resolution. If you resize them all to 8 megapixel and use compression equalling Photoshop 8, you may be able to get the show down sufficiently in size to fit into the 2 gigabyte limitation. If particular slides have a deep zoom-in, then use the full resolution for only those slides. In the future, PTE will be a 64 bit software and this limitation will be changed dramatically, but for now to stay under the 2 gigabyte executable file size imposed by 32 bit limitations and still provide for 4K resolution, just make resized copies in a separate folder with identical file names, and direct PTE to open the show there and everything should work fine. Best regards, Lin

Hey Barry, I had to look up the meaning of "digestive biscuit" - a term I had never heard. Apparently it translates to "cookie" here in the states. I agree - if PTE could make us an Espresso and a digestive biscuit, that would be "icing on the cake" - What do you say, Igor? Can it do that? LOL Best regards, Lin