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Does anybody know under which conditions we see "Waveform Errors", i.e. PTE opens a project and cannot show the waveforms (see screen shot). In the underlying project there are lots of audio clips. On my computer, the project exists twice, the original project, and a copy created via a zip-backup. First, only the original project showed the waveforms, while in the copy I saw the waveform errors. Then I cleared PTE's WaveCache, and restarted Windows. I opened the project copy, and PTE generated the corresponding waveforms. But then, when opening the original project, the waveform errors showed up there Regards, jt

In the meantime, I have noticed that it actually is possible to do what I want to do. I only tried to link several clips on the same track to the same slide using the audio clips' context menus. There it does not work. If you link a second clip to some slide, the other clip pointing to this slide looses its link. But: If you set the links using the project options, it works. In the project options the corresponding slide numbers turn to red. Maybe that PTE dos not like these kinds of links. I don't know. Regards, jt

I don't know, if this question has been discussed before: Why isn't it possible to link more than one audio clip on the same track to the same slide? Here a typical situation: You have a slide with a duration of, say, 25 seconds. You have, say, 12 short, non-overlapping sound clips associated to this slide (at carefully synchronized positions), all on the same track. Now you may link the first clip to the slide. In this situation you can move this slide with the mouse on the line of slides while all 12 clips follow correctly. But: You cannot copy this slide and paste it somewhere else, e.g. to another project. If you do it, you will loose 11 clips. Only the linked clip will follow. An awkward workaround: Put all 12 clips to 12 different tracks and link all of them. Another observation. If you delete your slide, only the linked clip will be deleted, as well. The other 11 clips will remain on their track :-( Regards, jt

Go to: Settings > Preferences > Toolbars: Just verify if "Objects & Animation Editor" is ticked. You may move the button to that toolbar where you would like to see it. Regards jt

When I create a large show that is divided into several chapters, I develop each chapter as a separate PTE project. The only restriction that I see here is that my chapters must have disjoint soundtracks. Once you have finished your chapters, it is an easy task to copy and past the chapters into a common project. You only have to take care that all audio clips in your chapters are links to a slide inside their chapters. In this case, copying the slides will copy the linked audio clips to their correct positions, as well. Regards, jt

Hallo Nordlicht, natürlich ist es am besten, wenn man als Mac-Benutzer ein Programm hat, das auf dem Mac selbst läuft. Die genannten Alternativen sind aber wohl nicht so sehr zu empfehlen. Fotomagico scheint doch der Konkurrenz unter Windows weit hinterher zu laufen. Final Cut Pro ist ein nicht ganz billiges Programm für den Videoschnitt. Die demnächst erscheinende Version 9 von PTE wird wohl noch eine reine Windows-Version sein, wie aber hier gesagt, ist die Mac-Version nicht mehr so ganz in weiter Ferne. Das Programm von AquaSoft mag als Alternative erscheinen. Es ist auch gar nicht mehr so schlecht, wie mir scheint. Über Jahre konnte man im zugehörigen Benutzer-Forum aber erkennen, dass neue Versionen nie so gut getestet waren und es immer recht lange gedauert hat, bis die Kinderkrankheiten beseitigt waren. Und wenn das Programm dann endlich ganz gut lief, dann kam bald danach wieder eine neue Version, für die einerseits wieder etwas zu zahlen war und bei der die unfreiwillige Testerei wieder von vorne anfing. Vor kurzem hat AquaSoft die Version 9 der "DiaShow" herausgebracht (ca. 80 Euro). Kurze Zeit später kam dann die neue Version "Stages" (ca. 250 Euro), die angeblich kaum mehr kann als die DiaShow 9. Kunden, die schon die Version 9 gekauft hatten, mussten denselben, nicht gerade niedrigen Aufpreis für Stages zahlen, wie auch die Kunden früherer Versionen. Es hat den Anschein, dass AquaSoft seine Kunden in der nächsten Zeit in die hohe Preisklasse zu manövrieren gedenkt. Im direkten Vergleich glaube ich, dass PTE aufgrund der besseren Möglichkeiten für die Programmierung von Animationen die Nase vorn hat gegenüber AquaSoft. Zudem besteht ja die berechtigte Hoffnung für eine Mac-Version. Gruß aus München jt

The problem seems to be fixed. Regards, jt

In Tom's project I open the Project Options, go to the Transitions tab, I un-tick Basic Transition, I click OK. The invalid floating point operation is indicated. I use PTE 8.0.12 on Windows 8.1 (fully updated). Regards, jt

- I insert a video (2 minutes long) into the slide list. - I reduce the slide time to 5 sec. - I copy this slide and insert it a second time. - I declare the first instance of the video as Master video track. - I link the second one to the Master. - I insert several other subsequent slides including images. When starting the Preview, the audio part of the video does not stop. It plays while the subsequent images are shown. Is it a bug or a feature? Please do not post any workarounds! I am well aware how to handle the situation! Regards, jt

Project options > Advanced > Synchronize soundtrack and slides Regards, jt

It's amusing, isn't it? Best regards, jt

It seems to me that there is a bug in the routine that compares the paths while creating the zip backup. Regards, jt PS: IMO, this topic should be moved to the section of Troubleshooting.

Search each of the missing images as Lin says. Copy them and paste them into the folder of your pte-file (project file). Close the project and open it again. Now PTE should find the missing images. Save the project, perhaps using a new name. Create a Backup in Zip (file menu), unzip the zip-archive into a new folder. Now you have your project file and all media in one folder. You can move this folder to other places. PTE will always find what it will need. Regards, jt

I also have a few standard settings for my shadows, and I can make a choice from my list of drop shadow templates. Indeed, templates as time savers. Question: Will future shadows allow key points? Regards, jt

When I look at Wikipedia in order to learn something about DAM and BIZ: DAM = Deutsches Architekturmuseum / Damascus Airport / Dynamische Amplitudenmodulation / .... BIZ = Top level domain / Bank für Internationalen Zahlungsausgleich / ... Regards, jt

At present time you define the project name when you store the project, while the project name coincides with the chosen file name (excluding ".pte"). As you cannot change the name of a file while being open in some application, I don't think that this is a good suggestion. Regards, jt

In any case where a project contains any kind of audio, and if the MP3 option is ticked, it seems that PTE produces an MP3 stereo file having the playing time of the given project. Regards, jt

Maybe a daft suggestion: What about an upload of the corresponding projects? Regards, jt

That's the consequence of encoded silence. Regards, jt

The MP3 option does not always deliver the best result. In the attached example, running about 5 minutes, we just have a short audio clip in the beginning and one at the end, with silence in between. The MP3 version produces a lot of MP3 encoded silence Regards, jt thunder.zip

Convert tracks to MP3 for Exe. Regards, jt

Stelle die Sprache einmal auf "English (default)". Dann wirst Du es sehen. Bei deutscher Spracheinstellung: Menü: Bearbeiten > Projektoptionen > Mehr > Nach Beenden Anwendung/Show starten Gruß jt

Möglichkeit 1: Man kopiert die Show-Blöcke zusammen in ein Projekt. Wichtig dabei ist, dass alle Audio-Clips jeweils an irgendeine Szene (Slide) gebunden sind. In der Slide-List eines Projekts kann man alle Slides markieren und in die Windows-Zwischenablage kopieren und dann im anderen Projekt wieder einfügen. Die gebundenen Audio-Clips werden dann ebenfalls übertragen und haben auch die richtigen Positionen. Möglichkeit 2: Man verkette die Schauen durch Aufrufe: In "Project Options > Advanced" wähle man den Aufruf "Run Slideshow" und trage den Namen der nachfolgenden Schau ein, z.B. Schau1.exe ruft Schau2.exe etc. auf. Legt man alle Exe-Dateien in einen Ordner und startet die erste, dann laufen alle nahtlos nacheinander ab. Wichtig: Alle Exe-Dateien müssen mit derselben Version von PTE erzeugt werden. Gruß jt

http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?/topic/17848-complete-interface-change-time-line/#entry118593 http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?/topic/17848-complete-interface-change-time-line/#entry118595 Regards, jt

See here! Regards, jt