trailertrash

We visited the Beamish Museum recently and I loved it. A candy shop for a photographer. I came back with so many images. I tried not to get carried away. Details: 13.2 meg 4:36secs 35 Slides [image size 1400 x 933] BG Image - 3000 x 2000 Any advice/comments be they good or bad is most welcome and gratefully recieved. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?nwy4wqnjodt

I read all the topics I could find on sizing and it throws up a basic question. My presentation will be for a camera club audience [our AV selection night is in September], and we are told to limit our images to 1400 x 1050 for normal club competitions. Our AV shows are burned to DVD and displayed through the clubs projector, via the clubs DVD player or laptop. 1. Would it be best for me to crop my original images to 1400x1050? 2. Fill the screen or apply a fancy BG and perhaps a border? [i know this must be a real personal preference thing, but any advice would be welcome] 3. Masks - Is it best to colour any masks [basic rectangle masks etc] to compliment the BG colour? That'll get me started and I'll try to keep the questions sensible. Thanks for the help previously and in future. Andrew.

Hi Ken, I started out with around 6:30secs, but after reading the handouts I was directed to in another question, I started again. I'm now on v.3 My tipple of choice back in the day was McEwans Export [bottled]. Nowadays I'm forbidded 'cause the last thing you want to see is a drunked Scotsman in a power wheelchair. Does'nt bear thinking about

Hi Peter, I agree with you entirely. So I think a few masks with some slight zooming or panning is in order. I've been looking at examples all day, and hopefully have a few ideas. The images are almost straight out of the camera. A small tweak in levels and thats it. Great lens the Canon EOS 28-90 zoom. I'll definately look at the choice of music again. I dont want to go down the drain on that when everything else is coming together. Thank you for the help and advice, it's nice to know I can get that kind of support as and when I need it. Andrew.

Hi Dave, I never gave a thought to the way the page turns!! That's a great point. Thank you. I will zip the file in Mediafire in future. Is that .Rar or .Zip tho? I have Winrar but not Winzip. Andrew.

I've been pondering this project since returning from a short holiday recently. The subject is Beamish Village Museum in County Durham [England]. Its a living museum with characters, shops, houses and is dedicated to the 1800's. I came back with over 200 images and want to do the show as a picturebook. I've done this short show as an example and would appreciate any feedback as to presentation,sizing,and is the picturebook a good format. The example is: 6.25meg 10 slides 1:30secs The problem is since there was nowhere my wheelchair could'nt go, I have a wealth of images and it would be very easy to get carried away. The final show would be for a camera club audience in September. Thank you for any help given, I do appreciate it. Andrew. Show here. Edit:Thanks to TheDom for the Photocorners

That is amazing. The photography is stunning too. Makes what I do look amateurish, but gives me a goal.

Thank you all for the help and thoughts. I downloaded all the files that you pointed me to JRR, thank you for that. I've started on my project so have some reading to do. I'll be back with more questions tho. andrew.

I'm keen to learn everything I can on PTE shows and this may well have been asked before, if so please accept my apologies. When you experienced authors start your sequence of work, I know the images must come first, but then what? Do you have a plan in mind before you begin? Do you [like me right now] open the folder, load some images then think about it? I have just returned from a short holiday and took all my pictuers with PTE in mind, so now I have set about the enhancement of the images in PS and have PTE running and setting the images in as I enhance them. Sound selection, is also playing a part in my creation. Does this sound to fragmented a sequence? Any advice would be most welcome. Andrew [Trailertrash]

As a very basic newbie to P2E,I pondered over this question when first trying it out. I searched for shows [before I found this forum] and watched hours of them. What got my attention was the fact that the authors did in fact fill the screen. I love to see that, but I do like the image within a border too. Thus far I have learned to keep the shows I have done [which will be for CC audience's ] to around 6 mins - 40 slides. As yet I dont know enough about monitor size and resolution to add anything usefull. I will watch this discussion with great interest tho, to [hopefully] learn a bit more. This is of-course a newbie's opinion, not as Barry, asked an experienced author's view. Andrew.

I visited Dundee last year and went aboard the RRS Discovery [scott of the Antartic's ship] which was built there and now is on permenant display. I hope this is a further advance in my use of keyframes and I even created and merged the sound track/effect. So I'm feeling quite pleased with myself. I hope you enjoy the presentation. Andrew http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zkhzmqayjzm

I know envy is a sin, but right now I am being very sinful. Best of luck for the future in your new life. Andrew

There were police everywhere Ken. You get your collar felt for public drinking in Scotland.

It was so hot that day I could have used a few of those. Thanks Ken.

Thanks Dave. I have a long way to go with this programme. I never gave a thought to the viewing aspect of different monitors, but will include that in future. The frame was by way of ' playing around '. I also felt that I needed more images to pad out the Soundtracks. #2 was to short I felt. Thank you for the advice and encouragement. I do appreciate it. Andrew

Thanks Peter. I saved it and will print it out. Lots to learn.

I spent the day on Sunday at the Scottish Ploughing Match in Ayrshire. I just love those big horses. They're so patient and elegent. Hope you like it, and a big thank you to the guys who helped me with the soundtrack. http://www.mediafire.com/?mmmowyymjmj

Thanks guys. I'm in audacity as we speak. It looks complicated but I'll get it.

I cant seem to find anything which tells me how I can get a second sound track in the project options to play immediately after the first. There is a gap of 1 full slide [8secs] which is too long. I downloaded the manual and printed it out and have searched the help but to no avail. Any assistance would be appreciated. Andrew

Fantastic. Superb quality images too. I bet the kids loved every minute of it.

That's an amazing site. I'm having a look at some of the presentations now. Lots of inspiration there.

Its the National Memorial at Alrewas in Staffordshire, Near Lichfield. Well worth a day out. There is so much to see, if I included a close up of all the memorials, the show would be in the hours. Glad you liked it tho. I still have a lot to learn.

I downloaded this and watched it. I know Edinburgh well and loved seeing the places on the High Street I never knew were there. Congratulations on a very fine presentation. Andrew

Hi to all members. This is my first post here and my first presentation with PtoE. I hope you see something you may like. The National Memorial is a worthwhile visit any time. The Presentation can be downloaded from here: http://www.trailertrash.me/audio_visual_fi...udio_visual.htm 45 Slides 35meg 1 Audio Track. 6 Minutes Nice to meet you. Andrew