fergy Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 Now strating to use V7, and don't quite understand what is being shown in the boxees beside the slide and its transition when looking at slide view.I have a series of slides which all show 9 seconds with a 3 second transitionThis is confirmed when I go into each slide via "Customise Slide" and any changes made here are reflected when I go back to the slide viewWhen I look at the timeline, however, each slide appears to only last 6 seconds including the 3 second transition - and this is in actual fact the correct timing.Am I misinterpreting these new numbers which we can see when on slide view ?Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 Ian, There has been a recent long discussion on this subject.If you want the same timing "structure" as V6.5 go to VIEW>Advanced Options and UNTICK Show and Keep Full Slide Duration.What you are seeing is correct but it includes both incoming and outgoing transition times in the Slide Panel Time.DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergy Posted October 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 Thanks for the guidanceI have had a look at this new way of displaying slide durations and it does produce some odditieseg I have my Project Options set at slide length 7 secs with 2 sec fade in. If I import ONE slide the slide shows 7 secs and 2 secs and the timeline confirms this and the "show" lasts 7 secondsIf I import TWO slides they show the same 7 & 2 timings, but the timeline, in old terms, shows the first slide at 5&2 and the second at 7&2, and the total lenght of the show to be only 12secs. this reduction in the absolute length of the show continues as slides are added, ie the fade in to the next slide takes up some of the slides time allotment. I find this very misleading, as one would have thought that setting a slide length on project options would be the basic start as to how long a show with a number of such slides would last.Another oddity is when I import slides as noted above - if they come in originally at 7/2 the 2 slide show lasts 12 secs - if I then change the transition timing to 4secs I don't change the show length, so I now have 2 slides of 7 secs 4 secs transition. If however if I had brought the slides in initially with this setting sec ie 7/4 the show would only last 10 secsAs I say, very misleadingAfter all of that I'll re-read Igors notes, and be very wary of the numbers until I bcome more accustomed to this latest versionThanks for your adviceIan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lin Evans Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 Hi Ian,Igor has indicated that there will soon be some changes made so that the timings will make more sense. There will be an iterative release of version 7 soon with improvements to the slide timings so that they will be much more predictable.Best regards,Lin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergy Posted October 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 Thanks, Lin, for clearing it upLook forward to updateIan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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