Barry Beckham

Tried that and it still wasn't that good. Still, we have no meetings now till February, because we don't meet in January. By then we may have a solution

That’s positive news. I create two shows a month for my camera clubs competitions. I’ve had to stop using many of the slide styles I created to show high scoring images, because they looked awful. Even fades sometimes flicker a little too. It’s frustrating to buy a state of the art laptop and it turns in a performance worse than the old one. Still, it’s reassuring to know they have the cause. I guess that’s the hardest part done. Once you have a cause a solution should follow

Well Lin, seems we have more in common that I thought. Yes, I agree fully. The worlds going nuts and I fear there is trouble brewing the likes of which many of us have little experience of. First signs maybe in France. Even Rudolph the Red nosed reindeer is apparently non PC. It appears that the story of Rudolph being teased for his red nose promotes bullying, so it has to be destroyed. What sort of person finds discrimination in a fictitional cartoon character. The old song Baby it’s cold outside apparently promotes rape and has to go, but all the rap songs that call and delight in far far worse, they are OK. You couldn’t make some of this stuff up if you tried while drunk as a skunk. But, it’s Christmas. Have a good one and let’s look forward to PTE 10 and not let these left wing lunatics get their way and above all protect that second amendment. Merry Christmas and a healthy new year. I’m of an age where a prosperous new year doesn’t seem quite so important any more

Very Clever stuff, it's fascinating to watch it run.

I think I have suggested this too, but I’m not sure if it was on the forum, or directly to Igor. Its certainly something I have thought about and would support.

I haven’t had any problems either, but I have a lot of Mp4 videos to put up on line and want to get it right with best practice

Lin I didn't think about the Mp4 actually being played in a browser, I was thinking they would be downloaded and played on a computer. I was more concerned about the potential for a virus. They just don't seem as relevant with Mp4 videos as they are/were with executable files. Is that just my perception of am I missing something? I am thinking more of Mp4's uploaded to MediaFire, Dropbox or some service like that. I don't want to zip each one if it's not necessary, but would rather find out before I actually do it . I kind of like being able to upload a Mp4 as is.

Should Mp4 videos be zipped like exe files for transportation over the internet. I feel the answer is no, but I'm not sure and a Google search didn't seem to reveal much. What's the consensus

Pascal That is a pretty neat slide style. It should be a part of PTE's Wedding Styles section. Nicely done

Sometimes I may come back to an animation done a while ago. I can’t tell, unless I physically check if any values have been placed in the second keyframe. So I have to look, then I know what speed options I may need. if the keyframe was yellow, rather then blue, it would indicate animation has been set and I could then go to the first keyframe and set speed options. its not a vital issue, just an idea for discussion.

This looks like Misterk is looking in the wrong window, but it does highlight an issue. I must have had at least 6 requests over the past year asking how to turn on the orange sound editing line. Why should it ever be off is my question. I can’t think of a reason and it would certainly save some people some headaches looking for it. Anyone else have a view on this?

No, NOT IN MY OPINION. Simply keyframes added where no changes had been made.

Would it be useful, if a keyframe that contains any values other than default, changed from blue to green, or some colour to indicate values had been added?

Is there a problem with Smugmug making a profit, providing a service which people voluntarily enter into?

It may be fast but its not really the point Mur. Workarounds are great for the likes of us who know the software pretty well, but they are not a lot of use for the casual user who probably makes up the biggest percentage of users.

Flickr has been sold, that’s why it’s getting a shot of life

I don’t know you that well, but you seem to get around the world quite a bit and if your posting 10,000 images on Flickr, here is my suggestion If there was a comparable free option out there, you would probably already have knowledge about it. However, nothing is free, someone is paying somewhere. So, it’s either advertisers as on YouTube or a subscription. I’m sure there is a free to the user option out there somewhere, but then I’m not looking

We went out for an unplanned lunch yesterday, very modest at a local tavern. A couple of beers and two quite cheap meals, yet I spent more than the annual cost of Flickr. I think we have to put these costs in context and when you do, it’s not a bad deal in my view

I've just signed up for the pro account. I actually don't think $50 a year is unreasonable given the service provided. Unlimited storage, so you get a backup as well as a display option and it's all so easy to upload and get images published. They look well presented too. I know we would always prefer free, but given the interest and purpose that photography gives me. I think it's a small price to pay. The Pro is Add free and with 10 minute videos allowed early in 2019. So, I can upload a lot of my videos that are under 10 minutes up there too.

Thank you for your support. It's a shame when you see a really great image spoilt for lack of a little knowledge. Everyone has to start somewhere for sure. We don't all start off expert, but month in month out the same errors crop up and the judges raise much the same comments. Yet, a brief look into the meta data often tells all you need to know. There are a few who would consider themselves expert who, as you say get a result despite the illogical settings, then so have I at times, if I'm honest I think many are suckered into looking for that secret sauce thinking the purchase of some wiz bang presets is all they need, or some secret exposure value.

No, those values didn’t relate to the image shown, and I thought I did mention that in the video. I used real examples of the settings, but it would be wrong to show other people’s images, even if they gave consent, especially when I’m saying the settings are illogical. However, I have to have something on screen at times Your right, there is no earthy need for a shutter speed of 2500 in the conditions I described, which the whole point I was trying to make. The image was a real good one, but had easily avoidable visual faults and not in a positive way and it isn’t an isolated example. If the person who used that 2500th of a second was jolting along in a 4 WD, then that may be an isolated exception, but the point of the article is these illogical settings are common, even from those who are not beginners. Now, I’m sure I don’t have to preface every sentence I write or every thing I say with: Although there may be isolated cases when these settings are right..........etc. I am trying to make a point and when we do that, there will always be isolated cases that buck the point, but in normal average conditions they are not right. I am saying to amateurs, particularly club photographers that here is something worth more attention, because it’s the cause of most, not all, but most of your visual and quality issues.

Open Pdf HERE NB. The Perspective Panning Video is different from the one already posted on this forum. I decided to revisit the technique in full HD resolution. There is also a slide style included too, but as the video explains, it can't be right in all situations because every image is unique. It could be used as a tester for the technique though

Go to Slide Styles > Basic > Album That is the style featured in the wedding demo between 0:59 and 1:10

Mur This is an interesting concept and I have been working on this idea too. Using Photoshop and the brushes it offers. I have used Camtasia to record a screen video, but I didn't like the brush being seen in the video and also in PTE. Especially if you use one of the dry brush effect with a large brush. One way to get around that is to go into Photoshop preferences and set the painting cursors to precise. That reduces them to a small crosshair icon and then a slight blur of the video mask in PTE seems to be enough to hide the brush. But, I'm finding it hard to come up with something that is good enough to keep and perhaps assign to a slide style, but it's good fun A short Mp4 demo HERE

Thanks Igor, at least i've learned something. It seems that I reached the performance limit of this PC, one that I have been thinking of upgrading, because the same files work OK on my W10 computer with a later graphics card.