Barry Beckham

I have just put up a new slide show here http://www.beckhamdigital.co.uk/freestuffd...fdigslidesw.htm It is at the bottom of the the list and called Ely. It is rather large at 20+meg and was done with images taken on a few cycle rides within a mile or two of my home. regards Barry

I have just put up a new slide show here http://www.beckhamdigital.co.uk/freestuffd...fdigslidesw.htm It is at the bottom of the the list and called Ely. It is rather large at 20+meg and was done with images taken on a few cycle rides within a mile or two of my home. regards Barry

A coule of new slide shows have been posted on my new web site here http://www.beckhamdigital.co.uk/freestuffd...fdigslidesw.htm bbdigital

Igor I have not read all the suggestions, but what buyers appear to want is something in PTE that will grab an Mp3 from a Music CD and also some basic sound editing, fade in/out etc. Not sure if that is possible, but at present most PTE users get stuck on these issues, particulalry the creation of an Mp3. Build them in and charge more for the program. bbdigital

Forum Could I please inform the users of this forum that I have launched a new web site at www.beckhamdigital.co.uk Can I draw your attention to: Our new secure shop The May competition that is curently running The NEW bring and buy page More royalty free music for you to choose from, now up to 8 volumes A new audio visual slide show that you will find on the free stuff pages. The usual Movie tutorial CD's available for PTE Many thanks bbdigital

Forum Could I please inform the users of this forum that I have launched a new web site at www.beckhamdigital.co.uk Can I draw your attention to: Our new secure shop The May competition that is curently running The NEW bring and buy page More royalty free music for you to choose from, now up to 8 volumes A new audio visual slide show that you will find on the free stuff pages. The usual Movie tutorial CD's available for PTE Many thanks bbdigital

Joy You need the tutorial CD via the link below that covers the lot as a video tutorial including the picture in picture effect you want http://www.barrybeckham.co.uk/tutorials/tu...tips_tricks.htm bbdigital

One of my wants was the ability to sort images on a light box type scenario and then rename them as a sorted group of images. It is not so important for me now since the Photoshop CS browser can do this, but others would find this very usefull. Can you take the default tick out of the repeat music after playing option in the music tab. Those that want this option can add the tick, but I never have yet and it is a pain when you forget to remove it. Is it possible to pause a transition (fade) for a second or two before it continues the transition to complete. For real beginners the sizing of images still causes them real grief, is there a way to have PTE size images automatically for those who want it. bbdigital

ED. Why are you so concerned about someone stealing your images at such a low resolution. Do you not think that your perception of the problem is far greater than the actual? bbdigital

Ronnie If I understand you correctly you are displaying your image at print size. At 72 ppi your image will be too big for the screen at 100%. Not sure why you want to have it all showing at 100% but the answer is to increase the resolution. Don't resample the image though. bbdigital

I think I have found my own solution to this problem. It looked to me as though the slides at 1024*768 where being stretched too far to fit the wide screen TV I have. I thought that perhaps there were not enough pixels for this stretching so I did a test with a few slides at something like 1200-1300 pixels on the long side and they project nicely on DVD. Now, unless I am mistaken my PC will handle those file sizes without a problem and once they are written to DVD they should run a treat on a domestic DVD player. My one doubt is the file size of the slide show as it ends up on the DVD. I need to get about an hours worth of slide shows on a DVD, but using a number of short sequences. If I cannot do that the cunning plan I have may fall flat on its face. bbdigital

I am having a little trouble with what looks like a Moire effect on some of the images when a PTE DVD is written. So much so that it spoils the sequence and almost looks like part of the image is jumping. I don't recal having this problem with earlier versions of PTE and I have not tried DVD writing for a while. Any ideas please bbdigital

Ronnie No mystery of how to get 120 minutes on a CD, it rather depends on what you are doing, static screens take less memory than one that is constantly moving. What I try to aim for is a full CD or to exhaust all my idea on that subject, whatever comes sooner. Generally the CD runs out before my ideas. bbdigital

Leslie Try here http://www.barrybeckham.co.uk/tutorials/tu..._av/explain.htm if you still need convincing that you have already found the best software, but maybe you don't know it yet. bbdigital

I have another tutorial CD now available at the address below called Tips, Tricks, Techniques and fun stuff, but it also covers PTE slide shows to DVD as well. http://www.barrybeckham.co.uk/tutorials/tu...tips_tricks.htm It contains over 100 minutes of video plus many minutes of audio visual samples. Watch the stunning AV samples and then click the video button for a detailed movie on how the effect was created. It covers subjects like picture in picture effects, intro techniques, superimposing images into a slide sequence, title effects and edge effects and much more. My aim was to try and cover all those area that do not often get covered in magazines due to lack of space. I wanted to include a lot more, but I ran out of space on a 700mb CD. I will work on the sister CD to the one above asap. I have added three new tutorial CD's over the past few weeks, two are dedicated to PTE users and one is using Photoshop and is dedicated to making effective selections. http://www.barrybeckham.co.uk/tutorials/tu...op_cs_start.htm bbdigital

ROYALTY FREE MUSIC AND GOOD STUFF TOO I can point anyone who is interested to the web page below where royalty free music is available on CD. http://www.barrybeckham.co.uk/music/music.htm For around £20 you get a royalty free CD with some super music on it and there are 3 volumes and a 4th in the making. bbdigital

This CD is aimed squarely at PTE users and covers free software for grabbing Mp3 files and manipulating them. It also contains tutorials using Adobe Audition (formerly Cooledit) It runs for about 120 minutes and costs £12 Admin..........I will send some details you request later. I am also planning another on tips, tricks, techniques and fun stuff, again aimed at PTE users but covering all the interesting effects and techniques we can employ in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. bbdigital

Thanks for such a rapid response I will make sure I point the guiy towards this thread. A good point Ed about playing as a preview as I found that at times too, I never thought of that while speaking to him last night. I assumed he saved the file to a reasonable level, but didn't ask afetr he said he resized them to 1024, I assumed the rest. I also use a blank slide at the start of my shows, now there is a throw back to the old days and I always add a period of silence to the music, just to allow everything to fire up and settle. Thanks for the feedback, good as ever. bbdigital BTW I think I have a short reply to a readers question in the next issue of DP on how to burn PTE to DVD, that might stumlate a few more sales of PTE and spread the word further

Can anyone shed some light on this problem that was put to me, but I can't offer a solution The synchronisation of an MP3 commentary track on picturesToExe is perfect when played on the PC. However, as soon as the exe file has been written to CD and that CD is replayed on the same computer (and tried another) via the CDROM, the commentary is about 4 seconds out of synch. This guy sizes his images to 1024 x768 and writes CD's using win on cd, anyone any ideas please? I thought a slow CDROM may have been the problem, but it is 52 speed and unlikely. I have suggested that the Exe file be written to a CD, then copied back to the PC to see what the result is then. If it runs slow the trouble is likley to be the CD writing software, if not, at least the writing to CD can be illiminated. I would appreciate any ideas you may have so I can pass it back to him. BBdigital

I have just completed a tutorial CD that is aimed at PicturesTwoExe users who want to get into editing sound. The CD contains 2 hours of video that covers every subject of sound editing for slide shows that I can think of. Check out a screen grab of the main menu of the CD here http://www.beckhamdigital.co.uk/soundedittut.htm bbdigital

I can't say I have read every contribution on this third image debate, but do I have it wrong? In the D.D.B.D. (Dark days before digital) when two projectors where used, I always looked on the third image as the image that was created by both projectors being lit. One projector would be on the transition to fully lit and the other on the way to fully dark. It depended on the density of the slides where the third image showed itself in this cycle. If I had a particularly interesting third image I could hold the transition for a couple of seconds at the critical point to give the viewer a chance to see the third image before completing the transition. What I seem to be reading is a third image made up in Photoshop, no problem with that at all, but I am not sure if that is a third image if we are comparing back to DDBD. There probably is a solution using layers and making three images rather than two. A reduced opacity layer can be used to spot the potential of a third image as many members have stated, but we mustn't get too obsessed with the third image. Give me a top quality first and second image before worrying about a third !!!!! One way I have used to try and ensure the best transition possible (and increase the possibility of a good third image) is to start with my first image correctly sized for PTE. Drag the next image into a layered form, but do so with the image at full resolution. It will look huge (depending on resolution of your digicam of scan) in relation to the first PTE sized image. Reduce the opacity and move the large image around over the original to the optimum spot for a good transition and possibly a good third image. Wack the opacity up full and save as a Jpeg. bbdigital

I have a new AV show on my web site if anyone is interested. Those of you who subscribe to Digital Photo magazine may have already seen it in the last issue. If not, you can find it here http://www.barrybeckham.co.uk/slide_shows/cornwall.zip bbdigital

I use the same size for normal screen use 1024 pixels by 768 or thereabouts. bbdigital

The Image Suite And the cost? barry

What do these workshops cover, how are they structured? bbdigital