Barry Beckham Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 IgorAre you able to give us an idea of where you are going next with PTE. What is your next project now that Video is complete?B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lin Evans Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 Barry, Are you sure video is "complete?" There are still a number of possibilities for video which have not yet be realized. Audio controls for video, video as a mask, BluRay output of video and stills, possibly AVCHD,, possibly some controls over video speed, such as frame rate manipulation, etc to keep up with the competition.....Best regards,Lin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Beckham Posted December 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 LinWell I doubt any software is ever finished, but what your referring to would only be used by a tiny percentage of enthusiasts and if you want that, perhaps Adobe Premire would be more capable. You only have to look on this forum to see little of interest has been created using video. I understood that sound editing was to be improved to look more like audacity, but It's Igors baby so he takes it where we wishes.I just asked for a heads up, so I can pass that info on when asked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lin Evans Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Hi Barry,Though you may be correct about this forum and the amount of "expressed" interest in video, I believe you greatly underestimate the market at large for this product and the absolute necessity of being competitive with video. There are many, many users of PTE who do not post on the forums or even visit the forum. There is a "huge" market out there for presentation slideshow products and essentially "all" of them have relatively sophisticated video capabilities. I doubt PTE would be competitive in the near future without it.Realize that many here who use this product are older and much more conservative about what they do with it. On the other hand, we old codgers won't be around that many more years and the younger users absolutely demand video. Adobe Premiere is a wonderful product, but absolutely "not" more capable for doing the things that PTE does easily, nor is it a simple product to use effectively for making superior slideshows. PTE has the ability to "easily" do things which are terribly difficult and/or exceedingly awkward with video editors. We are missing only a few features from this product in relation to video, which, if implemented, could open entirely new and lucrative markets for it such as a low cost and powerful competitor for PowerPoint with corporations who do in-house productions. I've spent many years in the corporate environment with large companies such as Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, etc., and I have a good handle on what they want and will buy. I see a very strong future for this product not only in users who are interested in PTE for AV presentations, competitions, family slideshows,etc., but also in the corporate arena and even in small businesses. Whether we older users like it or not, video is here to stay. Younger potential customers absolutely demand it. In general, they have little or no use for a presentation slideshow product which "can't" implement video effectively and quickly. I have Premiere and I wouldn't dream of using it, for example, to quickly make a presentation with multiple video's involving masking, moving masks via keyframe, opacity changes, etc. It's just "way" too complex to do it effectively. Likewise with some other powerful Adobe products like After Effects. I've watched demos put on by experts in the use of After Effects where they were using traveling luma matte implementation. I can do the things they were accomplishing in After Effects in a quarter the time and much more effectively with PTE right now! This tool has a wonderful future if we don't drop the ball and forget the future and get bogged down with yesterday's thinking. Yes, audio implementation needs improving and I believe that's on the table. But video needs more features and capabilities to stay current even with products like ProShow Producer. So in my opinion, Video in PTE is far from "completed." You are 100% correct that it is "Igor's" baby and he, of course will make the decisions about how to proceed with the product. Best regards,LinLinWell I doubt any software is ever finished, but what your referring to would only be used by a tiny percentage of enthusiasts and if you want that, perhaps Adobe Premire would be more capable. You only have to look on this forum to see little of interest has been created using video. I understood that sound editing was to be improved to look more like audacity, but It's Igors baby so he takes it where we wishes.I just asked for a heads up, so I can pass that info on when asked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Beckham Posted December 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 LinIf you don't mind me saying so Lin, your stating the obvious mate. I have said before that it is essential that PTE introduces Video to stay competitive and I agree about us old codgers, but I can't force myself to like it all that much. I am dying to see a sill image AV incorperating video that makes me sit up, take notice and say wow, and I am talking about something the everyday user can create.However, I don't have any enthusiasm to debate the pros and cons of video, too many defensive people here I just want to know what's next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Future version 7.5 will introduce advanced audio editing (manipulations with tracks) on the main timeline in the main window. The timeline and the slide list will be reworked accordingly. It would be the main feature of the following version.User interface again will be improved, especially the Project options window, Slide properties window, a completely new window to choose transition effects.Now we're also re-writing code of the graphical engine to be able add new important features in following versions.We also often pay attention to existing features and improve them. Video, audio, user interface, effects, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Beckham Posted December 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 IgorMany thanks, I think your right to deal with the sound editing nextBarry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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