Barry Beckham

The Mac version of this slide show should now be operational http://www.beckhamdigital.com.au/store/pc/A-Gentle-Flow-71p503.htm

Dave Yes, I had forgotten how much fun a snappy can be, it has great quality, that's for sure. Like all of those types of cameras it does seem to be a bit biased to over exposure, but once you compensate for that it's great

Chris Well, thanks for trying. I doubt there is anything wrong with the upload as I have hundreds of shows uploaded in the same way and only 2 that have given trouble and they are both Mac slide shows. However, there is always a chance, so I have remade the sequence and I am uploading a different version right now. If you wish, please try it again now and hopefully it will work OK. If not I would suggest it's a wnsoft issue, Yes, the iPad version will not be great quality on a large screen monitor, it will look OK on an iPad though. http://www.beckhamdigital.com.au/store/pc/A-Gentle-Flow-71p503.htm

Sorry Chris I am not sure what to suggest. Not being a Mac user I have no way of checking it out. Can I suggest you try the Mp4 version for the iPad. That is an Mp4 video so that should play fine on your mac. What actually happens when you try and run the Mac file

New slide show at the page below called A Gentle Flow http://www.beckhamdi...-Latest-c71.htm

Ken I am not sure it would have much benefit outside of the Objects and Animation screen

Igor When placing text over an image or a video, one of the nicest ways to select that colour is to sample a colour from within the image/video. Personally I find this the best way to ensure the image and the text have a visual harmony that is important in AV. Once our text has been created in PTE Objects and Animation window, we have three different colour picker styles to change the text colour. Style 1, 2 and 3. In each of them we have an eye dropper tool, but I think it can be made to work better. I use a graphics tablet, so I expect to click on the eye dropper to select it. When clicked it appears to be selected, but as soon as the pen is lifted from the surface of the tablet the sampler is lost. I believe this is the same with a mouse where the left button would need to be held down for the sampler to remain in use. If the sampler is selected and the left mouse held down or the graphics tablet pen is held onto the tablet surface, it is possible to move outside the colour picker window and onto the picture surface. There a colour can be selected and we can see the colours and sliders changing in real time within the colour picker window. (Not in the Text) However, to see the colour I have just selected in the text, I have to choose OK in the colour picker window. That applies the colour to the text and closes the colour picker window. If I didn't get the colour right I have to repeat the process a number of times till I find a colour that works really well. (Fig1) Suggestion: Is it possible to have the colour picker remain selected when it is left clicked with a mouse or the equivalent with a graphics tablet? Can the pointer now be allowed to move outside the colour picker window onto the picture or video surface so the user can click a number of times and see the colour reflected in the text instantly? If you were to create some text in Photoshop and do the same thing with the text colour, wherever you sample/click in the image, that colour is instantly reflected in the text (Fig 2) Can PTE be made to work this way?

I am not sure how helpful this is, but one thing I learned from selling Copyright Free music (royalty free really) is that copyright of music changes a lot. It appears that if an artist needs a recording studio and time to record their music and I guess a way of marketing the music, they sign up with a record label who take over the copyright for a period.. With some of the music we used to sell, the copyright changes from the artists to the record label for a time specified in the contract. So, for lets say 5 years it's the record label who can decide to release the music royalty free. However, when that time expires the copyright returns to the artist who may decide not to. From time to time we had to withdraw tracks taken from certain albums and replace them with others as the copyright returned to the author. It was a bit of a job, but at the time I wondered how anyone ever kept up with this copyright issue. I didn't see how they could and I assume neither will YouTube. I don't think anyone envisaged YouTube and how it would affect music. YouTube was the direct cause of AV enthusiasts losing access to 36 albums when the record label felt that had to withdraw them. They told me that it was because anything posted on YouTube could be ripped off and they didn't see that coming when the royalty free music was first created. YouTube wasn't around then. So, I assume you could buy some copyright free music, but later the copyright changes. As it was sold as copyright free to you, then you can still use it a copyright free, but I guess you will never stop YouTube flagging it either.

Seems OK here in Australia

Ken F3 shows the file list, F4 shows the Slide List

What a great place. You couldn't let something like that get destroyed. I was intrigued with the accordion on the stage, was one of the workman a budding entertainer and practicing in their breaks?

Ken Isn't that what the F3 key does

What a good idea, rather like collections in Lightroom and Photoshop's Bridge.

Thank you, glad you liked it. Finding music for this sort of slide show is about the hardest thing to find actually. Never seemed to have this trouble in the past, but perhaps I am being more choosy these days

Top of the list http://www.beckhamdigital.com.au/store/pc/Page-4-Latest-c71.htm

Melanie Third post down from the top says that you un ticked that synchronise box !! It should be TICKED

Dave I don't disagree with your question. It might well be that something as simple as making the Fixed Size of Slide ticked by default will do what you ask? I have suggested this before, but I can't recall what Igor's response was. You can see part of the problem in the post above. He may be seeing the slide show at 4:3, but on a 24in monitor he is seeing enlarged images and therefore poorer quality images and doesn't even realise it. How many others new to PTE are doing the same. This issue also spills over to any smaller images we create for Picture in picture and other projects. If I make a picture 800 pixels wide to sit in the middle on my screen, in what circumstances would I want that 800 pixel image stretched to 1920 pixels, yet that is exactly what I will get. It's not logical, but perhaps it's not technically possible

In the attached screen (project options ) is the sync soundtrack and slides option ticked

Dave That's all very well, but there are experienced PTE users who don't appreciate what that little tick box does and how significant it can be. How is a newer user to PTE supposed to find that out. If a new user sets 1024*768 and 4:3 aspect ratio, logic dictates that is what that author should expect to get. Its not that its a rare occurrence, practically every small show falls foul of the same issue. I am sure many authors would be horrified to know that their pictures look terrible on other monitors all because the images are enlarged without their knowledge. If its fixable, it needs fixing. if not perhaps PTE needs to consider tool tips at some stage

Igor I have mentioned this before, so forgive me for raising it again, but we have just had a slide show posted called Amalfi Coast. The author made it at 1024*768, but of course when I view the show on my 1920*1200 screen, the image quality is not good. Is there not anyway that this can be addressed so that when a smaller slide show is made its not automatically expanded to fill larger resolution monitors. Anyone viewing this slide show who didn't realise what caused this may believe that PTE's picture quality is not that good.

You have export parameters in other versions of Lightroom. Its the way you export completed images !!

Well, I think I know what the real issue is and why many are tossing their dummies out of the pram.

You can. Its called setting up a pre-set in Lightroom from the export module. I doubt you will get it much simpler than that. You can decide where the images go, what format, what size.

Paul. My 1Ds Mk3 also has a lot of dust after 6 years of use, but it's away for a repair and clean at the moment, so hopefully I can look forward to less spots (for a little while :rolleyes:/> ) I agree that the visualise spots in ACR works a treat doesn't it and all those things that go slow slow slow in Lightroom work great in ACR 8.1 I wonder sometimes what all the bitching and whinging is all about with regard to Photoshop. Never have we had such a superb program at such a good price in Photoshop CC. One cup of coffee every working day will set you back 900 bucks a year, if your lucky. Adobe ask for $240 a year and all I hear is moans. As a registered user I have it for $9.99 per month and it's on two machines and switchable to a third if I want.

Can you explain what this plugin should do?