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I have had a fair number of requests from PTE users over the past year or so that they cannot adjust the sound volume. I had another person approach me at a Camera Club last night with the same issue. I explained what the likely problem was and received this email. Thanks Barry I found the line, and that works of course, it's really in a way hard to find or to know to be honest, especially if one uses the program not on a regular basis….but anyway I won't forget this time for sure… The cause is always the same thing. For some reason the Envelope tool accidentally gets turned off and it's probably down to user error. However, if I have been asked 6 times about this in the past year or so, it's a fair bet others have had the same issue and perhaps found the answer themselves after some frustration. Turning off the Envelope tool by accident is a little easier to do if your are a graphics tablet user, because you don't have to physically click the option to turn it off. It can easily be done without realising it by dragging the pen across the icon. Firstly I would suggest that this line is left permanently on as I can see little reason to ever want to turn it off. However, knowing that there will always be someone who wants the option to turn it on or off, can I suggest it gets placed into the preferences where it's unlikely to be turned off in error.
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Exposure & Contrast I am not sure how relevant this is to member of this forum, but I use PTE to prep for a video like the one below. Everything can be produced at 16:9 so it matches YouTube and most other viewing platforms and I set the slide show up to change images on a keystroke. I then use this manual, user controlled set of images and/or graphics in PTE, but I use Camtasia 9 to record the screen and commentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqTGWYFeXkE&t=143s
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Good, onwards and upwards
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A PicturesToExe Sample Wedding Show on SSC
Barry Beckham replied to Lin Evans's topic in Slideshows & AV Shows
Fair enough, I’ll wait for the 4:3 come back -
A PicturesToExe Sample Wedding Show on SSC
Barry Beckham replied to Lin Evans's topic in Slideshows & AV Shows
Why not 16:9, it won't change the 3:2 images at all and the vast majority of the customers for the product will be viewing on a TV and that is likely to be 16:9. Rightly or wrongly, doesn't a slide show viewed on a TV with black bars left and right make it look a little dated? Like when we flick channels and drop onto an old TV program that doesn't fit the screen. -
A PicturesToExe Sample Wedding Show on SSC
Barry Beckham replied to Lin Evans's topic in Slideshows & AV Shows
Why not 16:9 ? -
Wouldn't it be nice to be able to create sub-categories within a Style Category allowing drag and drop
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I wonder if it is a PTE problem at all. When I played around with masks when PTE 9 was under test, I found that when I made two masks, where one was black and white and the other a direct opposite. I had to make the white parts of one mask a couple pixels larger or lines between the masks showed. However, I have seen Something similar in Photoshop when cutting and pasting a straight edged selection in layers. At some magnifications on screen it looks like there is a 1 pixel gap between my subject and the copied part on a new layer. Zoom in and it disappears. Is there a connection here and could it be more about how screen resolve fine detail?
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I take my hat off to you. My brain just doesn't work in a way that could come up with something like this. Earlier today I was watching the video and was baffled how the pages were curved one way on the right and the other on the left. This needs to be a slide style Ingenious work
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I think your first line may be correct and while that thought has occurred to me, I have been reluctant to admit that. Many times in the past I have been guilty of ignoring things that later I see were due a bit more attention. I suppose I have been waiting for the inspiration here. like most modern software, not every aspect and possibility within it, is used by all, far from it. Given all the hard work Igor has put in to create Modifiers, I feel a little guilty I can’t come up any any spectacular uses.
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I also like the demos, but I would also like to see some practical uses of the modifiers, like the Album Slide Style. I will admit that I can't seem to come up with anything myself and I have been trying. Would love to be pointed in the right direction by anyone who has some ideas.
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Ruskin The solution you were looking for was what I posted for you 12 messages back
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Done. All fine
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Is the forum getting slow [SOLVED]
Barry Beckham replied to Barry Beckham's topic in Troubleshooting
Seems to be better, 3s from first open then less than 2 -
Is this what you're looking for Example Backup in Zip
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Is the forum getting slow [SOLVED]
Barry Beckham replied to Barry Beckham's topic in Troubleshooting
It took about 4 seconds to open first time, quicker after that -
Is the forum getting slow [SOLVED]
Barry Beckham replied to Barry Beckham's topic in Troubleshooting
I just did the seconds count and it seemed to be 4 seconds for SSC and 3 for the forum. I don't want to make it out as a serious problem, it isn't, just something I noticed -
Is the forum getting slow [SOLVED]
Barry Beckham replied to Barry Beckham's topic in Troubleshooting
It’s not just today I am talking about, I make allowance for the odd times when internet gremlins get in, but I have noticed it for a week or more. Perhaps it’s the data that has to travel further to Australia, then find me in such a huge place -
In the past I was always a bit envious of how fast the Wnsoft forum was compared to mine. (which is the same software) Lately I can click and wait a few seconds for the main wnsoft forum page to show and mine is much quicker. That doesn't seem right seeing as mine is a budget webspace. Is it it just me or has anyone else noticed a slow down.
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Eric For your egg project. Have you tried auto Align in Photoshop? That is brilliant for aligning two or more images and sounds like it may help you. Create all the images you want to align into a layered stack. Select them all and choose Edit > Auto Align Layers and then OK. Then you crop the images to remove transparent areas caused by the align command. Then go to File > Export > Layers to Files and your done
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I have to admit here that I am not a fan of the grid in PTE and never use it. Like Eric Davies I would much prefer guides like Photoshop. I think asking for Photoshop's Smart Guides (different to normal guides) is probably an ask too far, but they would be superb also.
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When I first was introduced to YouTube I created a few channels, but now I realise that wasn't such a good idea and I would rather stay with just one. So, I have spent the past few days amalgamating my channels together. It means that some videos, demos, tutorials and slide shows may be new to you. The address for my current YouTube Channel and the one I will use into the future is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSRlEl6raTzjc6ju4VvucJA/videos Why not put the address in your favourites so you can always find it easy and/or subscribe so that you will receive notification when I upload new content
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It's a very subtle difference and I am not sure I would have seen it with a 2s dissolve if I wasn't specifically looking for it. It seems a little more noticeable at 0.5s