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Igor, I am trying to copy & paste a slide within the same project in 9.0.1 The Paste option is greyed out. Happens on both my desktop & laptop, both windows 7 64 bit Jill

I am trying to copy & Paste a Slide in Slide View in version 9.0.1 Paste is greyed out. This worked in RC2 - don't have anything later on my PC now. I am sure it worked in 9.0, but 9.0.1 has overwritten that. Jill

FX designer, if I am reading your request correctly, it sounds as though you want to build up several images on top of a static image. If these images are only part of the frame then they need to be .png images - ie with a transparent background made in something like Photoshop. These images can then be easily animated while the background remains static. The background image is at the bottom of the list of Objects, or it can be the actual background of the slide as DG explains. Jill

Lin, As long as there is at least 1 slide in the slide list (even a Blank) you don't have to add the video file. Just go to project options/Audio Select Add audio file & the select video files from the dropdown. You can then easily add the audio from the video without having to add the video itself. Jill

Hi Mike see PM The main thing I can see is that you have the full path name for the sequences which looks like a removable drive. Make sure the Menu & sequences are in the same folder & remove the full path. Also set the Slides to 'wait for Key Press' then you don't need set times for the individual slides. Jill

There are times when I just want the sound from a video without actually adding the video to the slide list. So maybe the button should be called 'add audio from a video file' Jill

I agree with Goddi that to include the audio from a video is not well known. A lot of people who use PTE do not look at the Forum or the documentation - Yes I know they should but they don't & this includes many established AV workers. Currently you have to know to click on the little down arrow to be able to select Video Files when you add an Audio File. Goddi's suggestion of adding an extra link at the top of the Audio Tab is a good one. Jill

The 22nd Great Northern Festival took place over the weekend of 2nd to 4th December. There were a total of 49 entries, 46 made using PTE. The introduction sequence made use of the new Modifiers & Masks in PTE 9 Form more details and link to Results see post in 'AV events & Festivals' Here Jill

The results of the 22nd Great Northern Festival are now available Here It was a great weekend with people attending from all over the UK, Ireland & the Netherlands. The Sequence played to Introduce the judges can be seen on our website www.gnfestival.org.uk It makes use of the new Modifier feature in PTE 9 & also text stencil Masks feature. Jill

We have a total of 49 entries in the 22nd Great Northern Festival, they are very varied in subject matter and should make for a very interesting weekend. Out of the 49, there are 2 which are MP4 files & 1 is Proshow, the remaining 46 entries are all produced using PTE. If anyone is in the vicinity of Manchester on 2nd to 4th December you are very welcome to join us at the event. You can pay at the door, but it would help if you can let us know you will be attending. Full details are available on our website www.gnfestival.org.uk Details of Timings & directions can be found in the Newsletter We hope to see you there Jill

Hi Tony, This is really easy to do if you set project options to default 'show next slide..' Then on the slides where you want to run them manually in Slide options set 'Wait for key press..' The show will then run or wait as appropriate. Forget about hyperlinks etc although they can be useful if you do want to miss sections out for a shorter show. I sometimes put a hidden button (zero opacity) in say the bottom left corner of each section of a manual show. I can then easily click on this hidden button (the mouse cursor will change to a hand symbol so you know you are on it) to jump to a different section of the show. Jill

Oops I have changed into Jill who has been using my phone on the forum - o bgr! Is me John posting unless I get picked on at the next playtime - if so it was Jill!

All very exciting - a good debate we should sell tickets! Couple if points - why cant the professional just hit control D and slap all his images into whatever size output he chooses. Yes he will have black at the sides but Lin is happy to accept that and every part of the proffesionals superb image will be shown be it on a TV projector Youtube or even magic lantern! The other point - I wonder how many proffesional wedding snappers/videographers there are that are actually current PTE users? We were promised that in America they would be queueing up to purchase the product once V8 with its slide styles came out. .... Maybe Igor can tell us if that happened? I assume at least that all Lin's proffesional colleages are Pte users?!! I await the next round with interest John

Dave, a lot of camera clubs & individuals have 4:3 projectors. I still make most of my shows at 4:3 as that is the format of my camera & my own projector. It is only if I am including video that I will now make a 16:9 show. I never even realised there was a 5:4, it was not something I have ever used. Jill

You should receive an email, or click on the envelope symbol top right of the forum window. Jill

Hi Susan, Please see you personal messages. Jill

Igor, anyone wanting to use the latest PTE will upgrade their system if the new features don't work on an old one. If they are happy with their current version & it does all they want (need) it to do then they wouldn't bother to upgrade anyway. If you can acheive more by using DirectX10, then I wouldn't worry about anyone still using XP. As Lin says they could just be using XP to go online & use a faster more up to date PC for working. I know several people like that who are afraid of picking up viruses so keep their main working PC offline. Your main priority once V9 is realeased is to provide a Mac version - everytime we give a talk we are asked "does it work on a Mac". Jill

The 22nd Great Northern Festival is now open for Bookings & entries. Held on 2nd to 4th December 2016 in Manchester, north west England, it is a weekend of entertainment, competition and learning for all Audio Visual enthusiasts. There are 2 competitions - The 'New Horizons' open to those who have NOT won a prize at any National or International Festival and the 'Great Northern' open to everyone. The only restrictions are that you must be resident in the UK or southern Ireland, or if overseas then you must attend the festival to also be able to enter it. Full details are available on our website www.gnfestival.org.uk where you can find a Brochure and Booking Form There is also a link to subscribe to the Newsletter to keep you informed about the Festival We hope to see a lot of PTE users there! Jill

nobeefstu, what you are refering to is the option to save an image from the exe & it only works if you have the navigation bar - something I never use. What I am asking for is to be able to say right click on a slide in slideview - or better still at a certain point within that Slide in the Timeline view & for there to be an option to save the image as a jpg. In some AV competitions the author is asked to provide a representative image from the AV to use in a catalogue. It would be so quick if we could create that from within PTE rather than having to do it in Photoshop. Also when creating an image for a 'Single Image' competition, it is often much quicker & easier to do something in PTE than to use Photoshop. Jill

Hi BarryH I totally agree with everything that Danmassefrance has said. "The devil is in the details" - is most important, never let anything distract the audience, for then they are brought out of the mood you are trying to create. This can be as simple as a highlight in the wrong place that catches attention. Look at each image critically on it's own & see if there is anything that stands out that shouldn't! Especially check the corners & edges. Then see how each image combines with the next, make sure horizons & lines/angles within the image combine well. As Almark says the music (soundtrack) is also very important. Any changes or sound effects should be seamless. If the audience notices you have done something then it has failed! Try to make it so that when something happens in the music - a crescendo - then something should also happen in the visuals. This is very easy to do in PTE by looking at the wave form in Timeline. If you are making a 'PhotoHarmony' type sequence then the images are the most important part & must be of high quality. Leave them on screen a little longer so the audience can appreciate them. If you are making an AV - to tell a story, or create a mood/feeling, then it is the overall effect that is most important & the images should flow with very little screen time - keep everything moving along. But the most important aspect of all is that YOU enjoy the whole process, from taking images, finding music, putting the whole show together & enjoying the reactions from your audiences. If any of it becomes a chore then it is no longer worth it. Please bear in mind that everything that has been said is to enable you to create shows at the highest level & this may take a long time to acheive. Work to your own ability & that will grow over time. If you are in the UK then there are many AV clubs, competitions & workshops around the country that you attend for help & inspiration. Take a look at www.avnews.org.uk on the calendar page to see what is happening. Jill

As PTE gets more powerful & we can do more & more without having to use a separate photo editor, it would be really useful if we could save a slide as a jpg image. EG I apply several effects to an image using O&A such as layering one image, with a border ontop of a blurred greyscale copy of itself. This is so quick & easy to do in PTE rather than having to go into Photoshop to do it. It would be great if we could then save this Slide as a JPG at the resolution of the original image(s) Jill

We also have suggested this several years ago (Jill & John) We always use PTE for projecting competition images on the night if we are operating (the Judge usually having had an exe file previously) Using PTE in Project mode it is easy to preview the images - and bring up fullscreen preview at the end if the judge needs to have a final quick look. At the moment the operator needs to keep a note of images NOT selected, then at the end of round 1 etc quickly remove those, leaving only the ones the judge has selected - time consuming & prone to errors. To be able to press the Spacebar (easy to find in the dark!) when a slide has been selected by the Judge to be held would be a great advantage & I am sure would be taken up by many photographic clubs. Another option which is used by Dicenta is the ability to keep scores, So the operator would type in 15 or whatever score the Judge gives the image. Then at the end of the round display all images with say 16 or above. Jill

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Your 3rd option is easy to do, just add the video over the first image & set the Video to be a Master Video Track (Objects & Animation/Properties Tab) On each subsequent image that you want the video to play over, add the video again in Objects & Animation & this time set it be Link to - video file name. You will need to make sure that you have enough individual images to last for the length of the video. Jill

Of interest to UK workers Story Telling with Images and Sound Workshop To be held on Saturday 5th March 2016 10:00 am to 16:30 pm cost £20 at Wilmslow Guild, 1 Bourne Street, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5HD Led by Jill K. Bunting CPAGB and John Smith APAGB CPAGB Closing Date for Booking - 22nd February 2016 We will start right at the very beginning. In no time you could be making simple pictures and music or pictures and spoken word sequences. However, audio visual is capable of much, much more! A few easily learned techniques can lift your work above the ordinary - techniques which will be of interest to established AV and video workers. We aim to make the day as interactive as possible, covering the problem areas highlighted on the booking forms of those who will be attending and trying to ensure that the needs of both complete newcomers and more established workers are met. Technical and artistic aspects will be covered We will be demonstrating using PicturesToExe and Audacity, but if you use other software then the techniques covered will still be applicable. Enquires to Jill & John Download More Details and Booking form or see www.avnews.org.uk or www.wilmslowguildav.org.uk