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For me, the mask option looks like a workaround; blending modes typically are parameters of the objects, and Photoshop shows us a model that is compatible with trees of PTE-objects that are rendered independently.

In my opinion, PTE shoul behave in a similar way as Photoshop (PS). In PTE we have nested structures using the Parent-Child-Construction. In PS we obtain nested structures of layers using (nested) Groups, and we have a kind of correspondence between the PTE-Parent-Objects and particular PS-Groups. It seems to me that PTE could use the PS blending mechanism. Regarding blending, groups of PS seem to be rendered independently if you avoid "Pass through". Furthermore, blending of parent objects in PTE and blending of the corresponding groups in PS should be the same. Perhaps, as a first step, you may study the situation where all groups and all parent objects have mode "Normal". Applying this method to your example above, Img2 would be multiplied with Img1 (overlapping parts) inside the Parent-Child-Group, but not with the black background image. It would just cover the background, provided that the blending mode of Img1 is "Normal".

We hear two strong rhythms, the music and the clicks. Unfortunately, they don't match, which makes it difficult to listen to. A sequence perhaps for non-musicians and bad dancers. Sorry!

Create a project with just one slide which shows your problem. Create a Backup in Zip, and post it here.

Open your project / save it using a new name (this helps to keep your original project) / open the new project / make a right click into the Slide List / choose random order / create an Executable file for PC

Typical candidates for producing AV-Shows and offering speaker support are Wings X, and m.objects. Speaker support includes preview of images and notes for the speaker, and asynchronous audio that can be played during sections with manual control.

It really is a pity that PTE is missing some crucial functions for live presentations. For preview and notes (as requested by Bruno), I use a workaround: Preview images and notes are on PDF documents, and I open these documents (using a portable version of SumatraPDF) via the Run command in the slide options using scripts for NirCmd. I hope that time will come with new versions of PTE, and with enhanced support for live presentations.

It isn't that easy. For curling or rolling images you have to cut the images into stripes and work with parent-child-constructions. You may have a look at some older styles here. They do not cover your problem, but they show at least what kind of work is to be done. 😊

Timeline scaling in O&A has been asked for quite a long time. Maybe we will see it in Version 12 that hopefully will be released some day (?).

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That's true, and sorry for this misleading comment. I was thinking about the output of a PTE show, either from the timeline or running an executible show. Here I would like to have a choice for the audio output device (as we have it in VLC, MPC-HC, foobar2000)

In Windows we have the choice for the microphone (when recording). But what we do not have is the choice for the audio output device 🥲

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I went back to PTE 11.0.14, an the problems disappeared (I don't have 11.0.15 at hand).

You may have a look at the attached project: I see problems with "Gauss Extended" in O&A and Mini Player, and with "Gauss" in O&A, Mini Player and in the Preview. Blur-Problem.zip

Really a good idea, when will we see it 😊 ???

This is a good suggestion. Nevertheless, my suggestion is just another matter. Only recently I had a track with lots of clips, each one with an individual setting, and I wanted to reduce the overall volume of this track. I used the following workaround: I exported the said track as a wave file, and I inserted this file as a new track while muting the original track. Now I could change the volume using the envelope. It works, but it isn't a pleasant way to go. So. I would like to see a volume slider for the whole track, as we have it in Audacity.

In "Project Options > Audio" we have a volume slider for each clip. It would be fine if we also had one for each track.

Instead of working with the installation data of your styles, I would prefer just to export the styles in PTE's Styles and Themes window. You will obtain files of type "ptestyle", which seem to be zip-files containing all data for the installation of the corresponding styles.

Jienense's example shows the way to go!

This is exactly what I do. I use a project name including a running number: MyProject_01.pte, MyProject_02.pte, and so on. Therefore I do not need PTE's backup method.

This backup method is better than having nothing, but I do not regard it as a method providing a high level of safety, as it only preserves the last two versions of a project. If you click the Save button two times today you cannot go back to a version you worked on yesterday. I would like to suggest an alternative backup method that preserves all backup project files, maybe something like: MyProject.pte.bak_0001, MyProject.pte.bak_0002, MyProject.pte.bak_0003 ...

It isn't blank (as far as I see), but a project with 144 slides. Maybe that PTE will not find the images in folder "1-PTE AV Shows\00-Working Project\2024 Med\Photos" on drive "E". Copy the recovered project file into this folder and open it there, and tell me what has happened.

Is "{1461006E-9E00-44BF-B450-EC166562AE6E}.pte" the recovered project?