cgbraggjr Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 I know this is not considered Best Practice but I need to display slides at different image sizes in a single show. About half are full screen (1920x1080) and half are smaller. When they are, say 1400x700, that's how I want them to display, but PTE's default is to enlarge slides until either the verticals or horizontals meet the edge of the screen. I can do this slide-by-slide by adjusting the size to 100% but is there a way I can set a parameter so ALL the slides display at 100% by default? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Clicking on SIZE in the SIZE/POSITION box sets the object to 100%.However you have to do this individually - you cannot do it globally.P.S. You could possibly write an action in Photoshop which would take all of the smaller images and increase the canvas to 1920x1080 while keeping the image size at its original pixels. The result would be (for instance) your 1400x700 image with a black border making it 1920x1080. You could then drop all of these into your 1920x1080 project without the need for adjustment. The background that you choose could be either Black, White, Mid-Gray, Other Colour or Transparent. If Transparent the SAVE part of the Action would need to be "Save For The Web". Don't forget to include a Convert Colour Profile to sRGB (if appropriate).Is it less work than clicking on SIZE X number of times? Don't know, but you would only have to make the action once.Try this one:Resize Canvas.zipDG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Groome Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 I was interested in this question as I (wrongly) thought the answer was to tick the box 'Fixed size of slide' in Project Options/ Screen. However when I tried this I realised I did not understand the purpose of this box. In addition I don't fully understand the adjacent box 'Virtual size of slide'. Please can someone clarify for me the meaning of these?Ray Groome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Virtual Size of Slide:You can make a slide show the resolution of which is smaller or bigger than your monitor resolution. If you have a 1920x1080 monitor you could make a 1024x768 show for instance.Fixed Size of Slide:If you tick this box the show will present itself at the dimensions set in Virtual Size of Slide and will not "upsize" to fit a larger monitor. It will, however, "downsize" to fit a smaller monitor than the size set in Virtual Size of Slide.DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Groome Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 DaveThank you. I can now see the effect of ticking the box 'Fixed size of slide'. I note, however, that if this box is not ticked and I change the 'virtual size of slide' there is no observible effect when the aspect ratio is retained. Is this what you would expect?Ray Groome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Not sure what you mean, Ray?If I change the resolution of the show from 1024x768 to 1920x1080 this is reflected in the AR setting on the MAIN Tab.The reverse is also true.Give us a step by step of what you are seeing and what you expected to see?DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xahu34 Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 ...I can now see the effect of ticking the box 'Fixed size of slide'. I note, however, that if this box is not ticked and I change the 'virtual size of slide' there is no observable effect when the aspect ratio is retained. Is this what you would expect?...If the box is not ticked, the numbers for 'virtual size of slide' do nothing but fixing the aspect ratio. So in case of running the show, there will not be any difference if you insert 1024x768 or 1400x1050. The only place where these numbers make a difference is when using the size/position tool in the O&A window. Placing images using this tool refers to the virtual size of slide. This procedure came into the game (as a kind of replacement) when WnSoft canceled (the old form of) the so-called original mode, a mode beloved by many French users.Regards,Xaver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Groome Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 I think Xaver has aswerered my problem, thanks.I hope I can remember this complication the next time I use the programme!Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgbraggjr Posted December 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Thanks Davegee - that answers my question. I'm not sure about the action because I may want to animate some of those runty slides and the large canvas would complicate matters. Also, I'm with the French in wanting an "Original Size" checkbox in Project Options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 I'm not sure about the action because I may want to animate some of those runty slides and the large canvas would complicate matters.Not at all!If you use the Transparent PNG option the image would float over the background as though it were an image inserted and then SIZE clicked.Try it?DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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