Mike Reed

Thanks Dave and Tom I will give it a go.

I know the answer is there somewhere but my searches show nothing of any help. I have added an enhanced video to my av but wish to edit out some unusable frames. Just how do I do it. Thanks Mike Reed

Thank you Dave and Jill. Like all these things when you think about it the solution is so easy. Thank heavens for the Forum.

Dave I have done both but it still does not work. I am using PTE 9. I have even tried ticking apply to all slides but to no avail. Not too sure what you meant by use COMMENT

Thanks Dave

Mainly descriptive and as the font I am using is well down the list (mistral)it is a pain to have to start at Aerial each time. The text is not on every slide but enough to be a nuisance.

Is there any way to select a font and colour for the entire production rather than having to reset both for each slide.

Great stuff Lin.

I still prefer to compile my sound tracks using Adobe Audition 1.5 on Windows XP. For some reason of late when wanting to record a sound track from an MP3 file the record function does not pick up the wave form or record the sound. The programme does record off CD's without any problem Does anybody have an idea what has gone wrong? Mike Reed

Thanks Dave Just had a mental block. Mike

I just cannot fathom why I have managed to get the slide view just showing the slide titles not the thumbnails as has always happened before. I have pressed every button in sight and cannot get back to the thumbnail. The time line is perfectly ok. I am sure it is quite simple really.

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Thanks everybody. I think I might be there.

I will try it all out on my lap top instead of the desk top windows computer.

Thanks Send in the clowns worked after removing the Transparent selection but Thistlegorm and the Exit button still refuse to work and now come up with a Security warning even though I have disabled AVG which is what I use.

Hi Lin I attach the exe and pte files. The middle and the exit buttons seem to work but not the other two. Any ideas? I have tried to do it on four occasions each time with the same result. Menu 2.exe Menu 2.pte

Hi Lin I am using Version 8 and started from scratch this morning with a Jpeg image as the background upon which I placed the buttons. I will copy the exe file and prepare a template tomorrow and if you agree send it to you. I was asked to produce a memorial to a good friend who himself was a prolific Aver. It contains three of his AV's that I have downloaded into a new folder. Many thanks Mike

I have always constructed a menu for an AV show by using the button in the object and animation window and the instruction 'open file etc' Using v8. For some unexplained reason the buttons are not working. What am I doing wrong?

Hi Barry My solution was two images one with the building illuminated and the other with it in darkness (both cut outs saved as PNG's) and suitable sky on a separate layer I then did a long dissolve between the two. I thought that the moving sun was a bit too cheesy.

Thanks Lin and Barry. I seem to have cracked it so thanks for your advice much appreciated.

I am trying to create a sunset behind a building. I have got the background sun moving as I require but cannot see how to change the brightness of the foreground building. I have tried to drop new images of the building suitably darkened into the time line of the animation but this does not work. Any ideas will be gratefully received.

Thanks Lin I will give that a try.

This is not a PTE problem but I am tearing my hair out with a problem with my Epson Stylus Photo R3000 printer. I am hopeful that one of my AV friends may be able to suggest a solution. My printer has a perfect nozzle check pattern yet all my prints have suddenly become excessively printed with a magenta cast. I have carried out numerous nozzle cleans to no effect. I thought it might be a profiling problem so have printed the same image using different profiles but they all come out the same. I have recently upgraded to Photoshop CC 2015 and also gone from OS X Mavericks to El Capitan on my I Mac 27. I have also reloaded / updated the driver for this printer again with no improvement. I use a continuous ink system that has performed perfectly for some years. Having felt that I have covered all the bases can anybody suggest where to go next.

Thanks guys. Got there in the end.

I am trying to format a rolling list of credits as per a film ending. Whilst I have lined them up in the typing window when the slide is shown they are all out of alignment. Is there any way to correct this? I have tried typing it in word then scanning the out put as a JPEG but that is not satisfactory. Ideas are welcomed.