Saving Project Files

[BarryH]

Having made a small slideshow, mainly just to try and learn my way around in PTE, I'd now like to save the project file to an external hard drive.

Can anyone please advise where in the file system (Win 10) I can find them/it? As usual, any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Barry Beckham]

Barry

Making a small slide show to get your head around the software is an excellent idea and its a shame others don't always follow your logic. The PicturesToExe project file on its own in isolation from the images and sound is useless to you.

All the project file does is to tell the software what images/sound was used in the show, where they are located on the computer, what transitions were used, for how long and what changes may have been made to the sound. I know that making assumptions is dangerous, but I will do so anyway and assume that your motives to saving the project file off the computer to an external drive is for safety reasons. To give you access to that slide show any time in the future?

There are a number of ways you can come at this, but one that I have used for some time is to create a Bakup in zip, which can be found via File > Create Bakup in Zip. Do this once your happy that your slide show is complete.What this command does is to take all of the images and sound you actually used in your slide show. All the settings, transitions, absolutely everything including the important project file and wraps all these essential files into one zipped folder. That zipped folder can be saved to any location on or off your computer.

From this bakup in zip you can always open your slide show and find it just as you left it. Ready for recreation, editing, anything you like. One vital thing is that when you make a slide show, keep everything you want to use in one folder. 

The windows operating system your using is not relevant to making a backup in zip

I made a video tutorial on this subject quite some time ago, but its still relative to what we do now. Just ignore the fact that I was working from 3 folders with my slide show. Stay with one as its probably safer. Download HERE The video also includes the making of a template too.

 

 

[davegee]

Barry,

In addition to what BB has said, the advice normally given is that a new folder should be created for each new Project. You can add (copy) images, audio files and video clips etc to that folder and then add them to your Slide List or Timeline from that one folder. Give the Folder a unique name that will make it easy to find in the future. It should reside on a drive other than the drive which contains the OS. This is not always possible on a laptop for instance but it is a procedure well worth adopting if possible.

You can edit the Default Locations of various PTE Components by going to Settings/Properties and scrolling through the tabs.

Use "Save As" to save the Project to the same Folder that you created for the images etc.

There is much more searchable information available in the Online Help File which you can access from the Help section when PTE is open.

http://docs.picturestoexe.com/en/main

[BarryH]

Thanks for the help, I'm getting there, slowly. PTE is a remarkable programme and I'm sure in the hands of someone capable it can do great things.

One more question if I may. As I have the 30 day "Trial" version, will the banner showing Created in a Trial version of PTE disappear from the project I have already made when I pay for the software or will I have to start again once with a new project I have paid?

[davegee]

It will not disappear from the Executable or the MP4.

You will have to re-open the Project and re-publish them.

DG

[BarryH]

Thanks Dave.