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Are you maybe looking at a 4:3 show on a 16:9 monitor. When watching full screen you will still have black borders either side. Other than that I have no idea. As Barry says O&A always reflects what you see. Jill

Igor & his team are working on PTE11 & already have some new features in place. He said a while ago that there would be a new type of simple slide style that would preserve any existing setting that are already in place. Hopefully we can begin testing sometime in the next few months Jill

Even using the fit/cover style will alter any settings you already have. As you are amending an old project which already has animation etc I didn't suggest it. If you are reworking an old project then you will be looking at every slide anyway? Hopefully in PTE 11 we will be able to simple styles like these without changing any previous settings. Jill

O&A Properties tab you can do it slide by slide. Or simply zoom the slide to fit as you need it Jill

yes but the capital Q can make a difference

maybe it is because it contains the letters 'Quit' - just a thought! Jill

Hi Peter, I am using Windows 10, but was speaking to someone last week who uses Windows 11 & he said that Windows Defender does not like .exe files & will throw them out. So he has to disable Windows Defender. I have also found that PTE does like any strange characters in a file name, so I always rename everything to just have standard characters, numbers and hyphens. Why are you using a link to a Shortcut rather than to the actual file itself? Jill

Good to know you are still around Peter and still using PTE. I have never tried to open a folder or shortcut with open application, but regularly open other programs or PTE projects. By workbench do you mean a PTE project? Jill

Gary, to be honest I have never looked at the Help Files. If you always look at what Igor posts in the Forum when a new version is released, then you will keep up to date with the changes. Jill

Gary, even in DaVinci you still need to work out where your cut point is by playing the video. You do exactly the same in PTE. Play the video in slide 1 to find the point you want to end it. Put the play head at that point. Drag and drop the video to that point to create slide 2. Then drag the play head over slide 2 to find the start point for your next section. It really is quick and easy. If you find the need to adjust the timings slightly, then do that in O&A adjust times. You do know that you can resize that window to make it wider to find the points more easily. I sometimes drag it right across both monitors to get a wider view. You don't end up with lots of separate clips as you still have to render (publish) the final output to a single video, just as you have to in DaVinci. But I find that PTE seems to be slightly faster at rendering than DaVinci. You can always make a separate project to edit the video down first and then add the final edit to your main project. Don't know how you missed the trim beginning of video as that has been available for a long time. Jill

Add your video to slide 1 Add the same video to Slide 2 In Timeline View Move Slide 2 to the point you want the video to end in slide 1. Move the play head to the point you want Slide 2 Video to start. Right click & select Trim beginning of Video Repeat until you have the all the bits you want. Add a short blank at the end if you need to trim the last part, or in O&A Adjust Time to trim the end Publish as an MP4 - or simply add any other video or still images as required before publishing your final show Easy Yes you can do it in Resolve, but you still have to render the final output after you have cut it to then use in PTE. I have edited a lot of Video in PTE without problems, I also use Resolve but usually only when I have a multi camera shoot & I need to sync up the cameras. Everything else can be done in PTE & usually a lot quicker than in Resolve. Jill

Doug you are replying to an old post. Not sure why you have just picked up on my reply to the original poster? I have never used Proshow, but I can do everything I need to in PTE, it is extremely powerful Jill

If your slides are longer or shorter than the music duration then adjust the music by adjusting a section in the middle. Images, Audio & overal concept should never be considered as seperate items, they all work together to create the whole AV. Jill

I agree Barry, the whole point of syncing slides to music is to match the music. It is so easy to look at the waveform to see as well as hear where to change images. It is the human interaction that puts the emotion in an AV. To have computer generated timings would be souless. If you need to delete or add images then the whole timing needs to be adjusted to match, not just the image content but also the transitions between them Listen to and feel the music and adjust your images manually to it. Jill

I am still using CS3 on my laptop (Windows 7) & CS4 on my desktop (Windows 10), although I actually prefer CS3. It does everything I need it to. Yes it may be slightly more long winded to do things that could be done in a couple of clicks in the latest version. But for the amount I use Photoshop it isn't worth me paying for it. I mostly use it for the final resizing of images for my AV's & maybe a bit of clonng or cutting out for creating .png images. I no longer produce Single images as everything I do is for AV. I have affinity photo on my laptop but never actually got round to using it and haven't even got round to loading it on the desktop Gary could it be down to the colour space your image has? I have never seen a YUV file, I always work in sRGB throughout. Jill

Hi Gary, it might help if we knew the properties of this image. Without that it is difficult to suuggest what the problem may be. Jill

Gary can't you rotate your image first to correct horizons etc, then apply the framing. Otherwise correct the image in Photoshop or similar then add to PTE Jill

Hi Jim, No the Fade from Desktop is no longer available. I believe it is due to the way Windows now works. Jill

Also in settings/preferences/audio tab set it show mixed view of waveform rather than compact view7 Jill

I think it should be the default, but perhaps have a global option to turn off for those people who like the vignette Jill

have you linked the sound to a slide? It will show an arrow with the slide number next to it on the sound clip When sounds are linked then they don't crossfade but do as you describe & start abruptly. If you unlink the sound then it will crossfade as expected Jill

I rarely look at the numbers & just the images visually to where i want them Much quicker & easier Jill

just drag one clip over the other one the same track & they will automatically cross fade. If you have the pro version then you can also adjust the volume line on clips to adjust the fade as you require Jill

Greenscreen does only apply to video. If you have a still image you simply take it into Photoshop or other editing program & cut out the part you want & save it as a .png. With video the subject is usually moving so you can't simply cut it out. You first need a background image that the greenscreen footage will sit over. The Chroma key image will usually have a green or blue background. This is what you are removing with the eye dropper. Jill

It's very easy to do. Off the top of my head as I am not at the computer. In O&A click on chroma key. A window opens. Click the little eye dropper and drag onto the background to select the green screen colour. You can adjust the strength using the slider. Then click ok. The green screen background should disappear leaving just the image. Jill