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I have placed an order for the Galaxy and will let you know how it works. I still have a month to finish my show. Thanks again for everyones input, Kieron As a side note, I have got carried away and have made the show quite complex. When running it on my Sony laptop I was not satisfied with some of the transitions and I think something may have been running in the background. The laptop is a core duo, not dual core. I have purchased a used Shuttle small form factor computer from my local computer guy at a very reasonable price. It is very light and it runs the program smooth as silk, no more laptop headaches and cheaper than purchasing a newer laptop.

I had the good fortune of photographing the Zuang fishermen on the Li River, Guangxi province China. As they were casting their nets in the dawn light, I shot the sequences at about 8 frames per second. My question is regarding the transition In PTE. I have the eight slides set to quick no transition effect. It looks decent, but I was wondering if there is a better way to speed things up? Thanks in advance, Kieron

Thanks Brian, I have updated my profile and will do a search in Canada or the U.S. for a similar device. It looks pretty slick and the price is right. Thanks again to everyone, Kieron

Thanks guys, I really appreciate the advice. Kieron

Just another thought. If I use my external sound system and use the Logitec volume control this will not happen as the control is downstream from the mini jack hooked into the computer. This would be similar to using the volume control using external speakers on your PC that has an off/on switch and volume control to adjust your sound. It seems to me that I would have to use an external sound card with a volume control and hook the connection into this? There sound system converts down to a mini jack for hook up into laptops. Thanks, Kieron

I will be using the same mini jack as if using my own external speakers into a sony vaio laptop. The projector is controlled with the laptop. If you are watching just using a laptop and turn the sound up using F4 on the Sony the small window or bar will show up with the plus /minus graph as you toggle it up. I also can use a volume control using a USB connection by Griffin Technologies http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/powermate/ and the same thing applies. They told me it is a Microsoft function. I thought I could have a USB wheel to control and tweak the sound, it works great but annoying not to be able to hide the small window. I am using a Canon projector and in their literature about volume control they state that you can control the volume with the remote and see the result on screen. I don`t want the audience to see this. Thanks for the reply Brian, I thought you would be the person to answer this query. Kieron

I am presenting a show in a large auditorium where the main sound controls are located in a booth away from where I will be located. I will have time to set up prior and hopefully have the correct levels. My question is regarding the windows that come up on your computer screen or projected image when you adjust the sound on the laptop. Is there a way to hide this window? If I have to tweak the sound levels part way through a show using the laptop sound control, it is very distracting to have your show super imposed with the plus/minus sound volume window showing up while you do it. I hope this makes some sense. I am using vista on my laptop. I can also have the sound in and out through the projector and use the controls on the remote. This will also bring up a window. Thanks, Kieron

Really enjoyed it, Is there a chance of explaining to a newbie how you did your dissolves while keeping images on the screen. The effect is very proffessional and I am sure it will do well in the competition. Thanks for allowing me to enjoy it. Kieron

Thanks Igor, Both for a fine product and quick response. It has started functioning again after several reboots. I should also have mentioned that I am running vistax64. I will check nvidia and drivers. Happy holidays from Canada.

I have removed pictures to exe and rebooted then downloaded again, same problem. R

Happy holidays everyone, When I click on the objects and animations box it dissapears from the desktop and nothing happens. Everything else works fine. If I try and use objects and animations from the slide pulldown the slide dissapears. I downloaded beta 18 and it still happens. I have rebooted and it does not help. Thanks, Kieron

Thanks for the quick reply. I had used that option but for some reason it did not help when viewing in full screen. I have just tried again at your helpful suggestion and it is working like a charm. This has been a great introduction to the forum, I really appreciate the help. Thanks, Kieron

I thought I had figured it out, but I don`t. Am I correct that the choices in objects and animation under the common tab, then mode, there is no longer the choice for original slide? Can someone inform me why it was removed, or how to get around the issue in project options. I am using a very high screen resoluton of 1600x2560 on a 30in NEC monitor. Therefore when viewing my show at 1024x768 in full screen it is very soft and poor quality. Before I would be viewing it as I would see it on my projector with the rest of the screen black. I can not find how to prevent the scaling as was possible in the previous version. Like I said I am a newbie so I apoligize for this question if it is obvious to others. I used Peter`s suggestion and it will work but it seems that I should be able to do this in the newer versions. Many thanks Kieron

Thanks Peter, I think I have figured it out by trial and error, still have a way to go. Thanks for the advice, I will also use your suggestion. Kieron

Hello to everyone, I have been using the demo of version 5 and purchased several tutorials and finally seemed over the intial learning curve. My reason for using the software is to show my creations on a digital projector at 1024x768. I was using the original slide function in objects and animation. I just purchased version 5.6 and feel like I am starting all over as the scaling has me confused. In version 5 there was a box to tick for scaling as I do not want to put the show together in the resolution of my monitor but stick with 1024x768 and use original slide as the option (no longer available in 5.6) How do I use the option of original slide? In animation there is now only fit to slide and cover slide. In project options I have a choice of aspect ratio of slide, and virtual size of slide, fixed size in pixels. Totaly confused