Bug with transition? [SOLVED]

[thedom]

I found a kind of bug/problem with transitions creation.
I create a transition and customize it in the edit window.
If  I decide afterwards that I want to add variants, I select "multiple variants - list" (instead of single variant) in the dropdown list.
But my customization for my first variant in the edit window disappeared.
Fortunately I discovered that if I choose single variant again, it reappears.

[thedom]

By the way, I have an issue with this feature.
I would like to transform some of my old projects into transitions.
Is there a way to convert an image object into "slide1" or "slide2" objects ?
Otherwise, I have to start my projects from scratch.

[stranger2156]

7 hours ago, thedom said:

Is there a way to convert an image object into "slide1" or "slide2" objects ?

Hi,

It is necessary to compress the old effect to 2 seconds in time, copy all its contents into O&A and paste it into a new transition. Then simply copy all the settings from the keyframes of the corresponding effect objects into Slide1 and Slide2. If necessary, the new Slide1 and Slide2 can be duplicated, if it was necessary in the old effect. Unnecessary effect objects are then deleted.

Paul

[thedom]

Hi Paul, thank you for your response. The problem with this technique is that it requires a lot of manipulations and is time consuming. I was hoping a replace method would exist because all keypoints applied to an image becoming « slide » object have to be recreated manually, right ?

By the way, did you notice latency when you work in the edit window of a transition (compared to OA window of a slide) ? On my computer, it is huge !

[stranger2156]

1 minute ago, thedom said:

I was hoping a replace method would exist because all keypoints applied to an image becoming « slide » object have to be recreated manually, right ?

Yes, it is, but there is no problem with a certain replacement technique. I will look for a section of the lesson on this issue, although it is in Russian. :))

 

4 minutes ago, thedom said:

By the way, did you notice latency when you work in the edit window of a transition (compared to OA window of a slide) ?

No, I did not notice such a delay in the transition editing window.

[thedom]

Thanks Paul.

An other question : is there a way to change time INSIDE the transition window to test the effect with an other duration ?

[stranger2156]

4 minutes ago, thedom said:

is there a way to change time INSIDE the transition window to test the effect with an other duration ?

There is no such opportunity yet. You can check the transition with another time only after creating it. There is no reason to worry about it, if you set the time of the old effect (used to create the transition) for the created transition, you will not notice the difference. Igor promised in future versions to set the transition time arbitrarily, when creating it.

[stranger2156]

27 minutes ago, stranger2156 said:

I will look for a section of the lesson on this issue

 

[thedom]

Thanks Paul !

On YouTube, I will activate the automatic translation, I think I should be able to globally understand even if I don’t speak a single word of russian (except Prost )

[Igor]

On 5/5/2020 at 12:39 AM, thedom said:

Is there a way to convert an image object into "slide1" or "slide2" objects ?
Otherwise, I have to start my projects from scratch.

Hi Dom,

Copy existing image object and paste in Notepad.

1. Rename object name to Slide1 or Slide2

2. Add a new text line ReplaceWithEffectBuffer=1 if this image should become Slide1
and ReplaceWithEffectBuffer=2 for Slide2

Select the text and copy/paste back into editor of a custom transition.

BEFORE

Quote

object MyImage:Image
  GUID={5E7999C1-F037-4B71-ACDA-F6C51036AB71}
  <...>

AFTER

Quote

object Slide1:Image
  ReplaceWithEffectBuffer=1
  GUID={5E7999C1-F037-4B71-ACDA-F6C51036AB71}
  <...>

Quote

object Slide2:Image
  ReplaceWithEffectBuffer=2
  GUID={5E7999C1-F037-4B71-ACDA-F6C51036AB71}
  <...>

 

[Igor]

On 5/5/2020 at 8:38 AM, thedom said:

By the way, did you notice latency when you work in the edit window of a transition (compared to OA window of a slide) ? On my computer, it is huge !

Dom,

Let me know what graphics card installed in your computer?

Usually there should be no difference.

Do you observe this latency when you work with a simple transition (2 slide objects only) ?

[stranger2156]

1 hour ago, Igor said:

object Slide1:Image
  ReplaceWithEffectBuffer=1

Thank you Igor, for the help, everything works fine. Only an addition to your information is required, after the Slide1: Image object (in each row) we add ReplaceWithEffectBuffer = 1. And after the Slide2: Image object you need to add ReplaceWithEffectBuffer = 2 (also in each row).

Paul

[Igor]

Paul,

Good point. Thanks. I've corrected my post above.

[thedom]

On 5/6/2020 at 8:49 AM, Igor said:

Hi Dom,

Copy existing image object and paste in Notepad.

1. Rename object name to Slide1 or Slide2

2. Add a new text line ReplaceWithEffectBuffer=1 if this image should become Slide1
and ReplaceWithEffectBuffer=2 for Slide2

Select the text and copy/paste back into editor of a custom transition.

 

Hi Igor, I could do it  with a project.
But I don't know why, there is an issue with the other one.
I did it several times with the same method than for the first project.

But even with the ReplaceWithEffectBuffer=1 line added (or ReplaceWithEffectBuffer=2) and renaming object name to Slide1 (or Slide2), PTE keeps the original images (instead of switching to slide objects).
I am sure there is something I made wrong but I have no idea what it could be.

Could you have a look please ?

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[thedom]

On 5/6/2020 at 8:51 AM, Igor said:

Let me know what graphics card installed in your computer?

Usually there should be no difference.

Do you observe this latency when you work with a simple transition (2 slide objects only) ?

I think you got it. The latency is only with multiple slide objects (18 by example)
See image attached for my graphic card.

[Igor]

Send me a short test project where I can see this problem. 

[thedom]

On 5/8/2020 at 1:34 PM, Igor said:

Send me a short test project where I can see this problem. 

I left only 3 objects.
Thanks Igor.

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[Igor]

Dom,

Can you send me correctly exported transitions in .pteeff format?

I cannot open *.effsrc files.

[thedom]

6 hours ago, Igor said:

Dom,

Can you send me correctly exported transitions in .pteeff format?

I cannot open *.effsrc files.

Here it is. Thanks Igor!

test.pteeff

[Igor]

Dom,

You correctly added ReplaceWithEffectBuffer=1 or ReplaceWithEffectBuffer=2

But you need to remove a duplicating line below for each slide object:

ReplaceWithEffectBuffer=0

Copy slide object, paste in Notepad, remove wrong text line, and copy/paste back to PTE transition editor.

[thedom]

5 hours ago, Igor said:

Dom,

You correctly added ReplaceWithEffectBuffer=1 or ReplaceWithEffectBuffer=2

But you need to remove a duplicating line below for each slide object:

ReplaceWithEffectBuffer=0

Copy slide object, paste in Notepad, remove wrong text line, and copy/paste back to PTE transition editor.

Yes, that solves the problem !
Thank you so much Igor, you're the king.

I will be able to share with the community a new transition (issued from a very old project) that I had not the courage to rebuild from scratch. 

[thedom]

On 5/4/2020 at 11:36 PM, thedom said:

I found a kind of bug/problem with transitions creation.
I create a transition and customize it in the edit window.
If  I decide afterwards that I want to add variants, I select "multiple variants - list" (instead of single variant) in the dropdown list.
But my customization for my first variant in the edit window disappeared.
Fortunately I discovered that if I choose single variant again, it reappears.

by the way, Igor, don’t you consider It as a bug ?

And style now available on my website : http://gumroad.com/thedom. Thank you again for your help.

 

[Igor]

Dom,

Glad that it works for you now! I hope to see new custom transitions

3 hours ago, thedom said:

I found a kind of bug/problem with transitions creation.
I create a transition and customize it in the edit window.
If  I decide afterwards that I want to add variants, I select "multiple variants - list" (instead of single variant) in the dropdown list.
But my customization for my first variant in the edit window disappeared.
Fortunately I discovered that if I choose single variant again, it reappears.

3 hours ago, thedom said:

by the way, Igor, don’t you consider It as a bug ?

It's not bug, a storage is different for a single transition and multiple variants. But probably we'll improve it to avoid such confusion.

[thedom]

Great, thanks.

and you can expect new transitions soon !