Barry Beckham

Abbey Have a look below, sounds like you just need some help getting started Web Page Here PDF details Here

Its very likely to be the Moire effect. Select your inset image and go to the Objects and Animations screen and select the properties tab. There you will find a slider caller sharper/smoother. Make the inset image smoother and it will probably smooth out the effect. An alternative is to make the inset image the actual size you intend to use it. If you start with a larger file and reduce the size in PTE, this can often trigger the Moire effect.

OK, I never checked, but doesn't the Mp4 have lots of settings that might enable a smaller file size to be created.

Make an Mp4 video and select any AR you want

Eric I don't have any involvement with an English manual, all my tutorials are videos and they are coming on nicely thanks

Eric I have suggested this before and I think you got upset at me for doing so, but it's obvious that using a menu is important to you and it's also obvious that it gives you a lot of headaches too. So. Why not think about a dedicated CD authoring program that is designed for the job. I have made hundreds of menus and I never have any of the issues you describe. The slide shows will run from a disk, CD or DVD or you can just run them from the desktop. Yes, there will be a cost in buying the software, but seeing as this is so important to you and you have been doing this for some time, why not give it some thought. I use Autorun Enterprise 2, but there are bound to be other less expensive packages available. It only needs to be basic to run slide shows.

I think the point is being missed here and I have lost track of how many times I have said this. You all want to be first to come up with solutions and workarounds. It's almost like a contest on who knows the most, but that is not the issue at all. Some of the tiny buttons are not obvious to a newer user and that is something I do know about. I have a bit of software that prints labels onto CD's and there is no big button in the main screen that says print. The fact that you can do the same thing 6 other ways is irrelevant. Its a print program so a print button should be front and centre. We use Slide Show software so a big button, obvious to all makes life easier for people to find their way around. All those little tricks we know about they will learn in time. With the greatest respect to software writers they are often too close to the woods to see the trees. What is obvious to them and the regular user is not to the newer user. If relatively experienced users have problems finding a function they know must be there, what does that tell you. Either that or I am out of step with the rest of the world, but something tells me not.

Robert I experienced that once and it was caused by old temp files left behind. Have a look at the address below and clear out any PTE stuff you find C:\Users\your computer name\AppData\Local\Temp\

Really.......and its so obvious isn't it.:rolleyes:/>

I wonder how helpful it is to give someone loads of different ways to do something that should be obvious from the start. A preview button should be up front and centre on both the main screen and the timeline so that any person opening the software for the first time should find it EASILY. It's not as though there isn't space. Robert is not inexperienced with PTE, yet he missed the setting as we all do from time to time if we are honest. I am a fan of PTE and Igor, but in my view some things just don't make sense and here we have a prime example. By default we have that dreadful Navigation bar turned on when hardly anyone uses it, but here we have an option that all of us use and it's hidden. If someone can explain the logic to that, take your best shot !!

My experiences of late are telling me that within reason I can use images directly from my 21MP camera without cropping. (5616*3744) Both PTE and my PC handles what I do fine. I guess if you want images animated all over the screen, large files may affect a smooth playback. In my view if animation isn't silky smooth on playback it may as well be dumped because it's as good as useless. So the opportunity to do this has been there for some while now, both from a PTE software point of view and our computer power. I have often made slide shows much higher than 1920*1080 and will probably make my next one at 3840*2160

I have also experienced something like you describe. Sometimes for no reason I can put my finger on, the Images would not always open in Photoshop after I hit Ctrl+W. despite the graphical editor being set correctly, I was pretty certain the issue was not a PTE one, but more on my PC, because it used to work fine. I never did find the cause and can't recall now how I resolved it. It probably resolved itself with a format and re-install which I do from time to time. One thing I have also noticed with software that has Ctrl+key shortcuts, is that one program can interfere with another's shortcuts. Not wonderfully helpful I guess, but just observations over the years.

Robert For reasons that escape logic, it's turned off by default. You will find a tick box in the preferences, but Ctrl+R does it too

I just tried on my version of PTE8 and the images opened up and were editable in Elements 12 I first set up the graphical editor in PicturesToExe 8 via Settings>Preference>system and then I located the Elements 12 application file You will find that at c:\program files (x86)\adobe\Photoshop Elements12\PhotodshopElementsEditor Leave off the (x86) unless you have a 64 bit computer It should work fine

Thank you I posted that show back in July and your comments caught me a bit by surprise popping this morning, but welcome all the same. In my view, pictorial slide shows, (those that don't have a very strong story line) need to be short and the images must be special or there is no lasting appeal. I suppose I find myself in the same boat as many photographers these days, with far more images on my hands than I can realistically use. Creating a slide show of the best of them is the obvious choice for me. Fantasia for PC and Mac

Well, that is just how the internet is all over. Look for drivers for Nvidia cards and you have to have the COMMON SENSE not to click on the google links that QUITE OBVIOUSY do not come from Nvidia and lead to all sorts of crap you don't want. Develop some savvy or stay off the net, but its a bit rich having a great service for free and constantly bitching about it. Try saying something midly similar in respect of PTE and you will see pages of text appear from many of you jumping up and down on the spot.:lol:/> .

JT You amaze me, you have a service for free that will give you 50 gig or storage space. How do you expect them to pay for it if it's not through advertising. I have hundreds of videos stored there and 35gig of space used without a hicup all for $30 a year. Tell me that is not reasonable !!!

Dave Firstly you should always send large files these days via the cloud. It';s not entirely fair to send huge files as email attachements even if the isp allows them. Far better to send a link that the recipiant can download at their leasure. At least they know what they are downloading. In an email attachement it can seem as though the emails have stalled to some because it is so slow. The benefits are that you have your slide show securely stored, if someone else pops up and and wants a copy yopu just re-create the link and send it to them. Use a free service like www.yousendit or www.mediafire. Upload your zipped file and send the recipents sks to see the show the link can ve copied and sent anytime. I have hundreds of zipped videos and slide shows on mediafire and it works fine, no bother. The only issue you have is the free account comes with adverts to pay for it. I find it convenient to create a spreadsheet list of what I store and I paste the link in beside the subject title. That way I always have the link without having to connect to mediafire at all. . By the way for other members, there is a deal on with mediafire about $30 to store 100gig of files all add free. I am not sure how they do it for the price.

A superb AV Peter and more work involved in making that then meets the eye. Love the story and the subject is one of my favourites too. Very polished and a pleasure to watch.

My point is that many people and ME are not a bit interested in the technical aspects of our PC. I fully appreciate that some are and it's the very technical aspect that appeals to them. Live and let live I say. Sure I have learned a lot over the years to get myself out of trouble or install new hardware, but the SSD I have bought will be out of date long before it fails. That I can almost guarantee. With a 250gig SSD and all the programs and OS I use I will still have 100gig unused, maybe a little less as time rolls on.

Tom I get the impression you're not in favour of a computer being a domestic appliance like a fridge. I think you will find most people are of a similar mind and that is exactly what they want. Its why we have an Operating system and software to separate us from all that technical mumbo jumbo, so we can be free to be creative.

Colin With the greatest of respect I couldn't possibly care less about this. :rolleyes:/> I have no interest in these technicalities whatsoever. The PC either works or it doesn't. If it doesn't I will fix it, but it's been working for 2 years so putting a SSD in is not likely to grind it to a stop, is it !

Excellent a great mix of stills and video.

Tom Really ! Firstly I don't have the first clue what you're talking about and wouldn't know a paging file if one jumped up and bit me. I am sure you don't have to be a technician to use a SSD. Don't we just fit and forget them like all the others? I think I will just plug it in, install windows and hope for the best :blink:/>/> I can't cope with KFSD and Paging files in the same year :rolleyes:/>

To be honest I have been so impressed with the Solid State Drive that yesterday I bought one for my own PC. Just need to pluck up the courage to install it, along with the OS and all the programs and millions of usernames and passwords :rolleyes:/>/>