Image and Video Ordering

[SeismicGuy]

Here is an issue I have always encountered when putting together a vacation show with a variety of still images and video clips.  I normally first go through all of the potential jpg's and mp4's to select what I actually wish to use.  Then I copy the selected ones ot a new folder named, for example, UK2024 Images.  I do this using the Faststone Image Viewer which I have used for years and the default ordering is normally by Filename.  The mp4 clips NEVER fall into the right place, order-wise, so I move these around manually in Faststone.  I also might want to move images and/or mp4's to other places just for artistic reasons.  So in the end everything is sorted the way I want it in Faststone which creates a custom ini file that describes the sorting.  Of course when I open this folder in PTEAV it knows nothing about the sorting when I drag down images into the Slide/Timeline section.  So now I need to re-sort them within PTEAV into the order I chose in Faststone.

I think the answer to this is to do one intermediate step and RENAME all of the sorted images within Faststone or another program to something like Image1. . . , Image2. . . , Image3. . .  etc. and THEN drag them into the Slide/Timeline.  Then namewise they will be in the proper order I suppose.

I hope I explained this correctly but does it seem like the proper way to get the slides in the preferred order without needing to do it within PTEAV?

Thanks.

 

[jkb]

It is so much easier to do it in PTE.
I leave everything in their original folders & just add them to PTE in the order needed.
But if you want to move (duplicate) them all to a dedicated folder first then fine.

Go to that folder in PTE, press CTRL+D & all the images & videos will be added to the Timeline.
Then simply go into Fullscreen View & drag them to the positions you want them.

I am sure that this will be much quicker than having to move them around and/or rename them in another program. You are only have to sort them once.

Jill

[SeismicGuy]

Yeah that is essentially the equivalent for what I do in Faststone but there are other reasons I prefer using Faststone for this is that it is "snappier" and has other nice features like double clicking the thumbnail and getting a full screen image, etc.  I guess the sorting needs to be done somewhere and my current approach seems to work fine where I used Faststone to append a number to each filename. 

[jkb]

1 hour ago, SeismicGuy said:

double clicking the thumbnail and getting a full screen image

You can easily get a Full screen image simply by pressing the Spacebar in PTE, either from the thumbnail in the Filelist or in the Fullscreen view.
Then press ESC to return.

You can also rename the Slide from Slide Options Main Tab. This only change the name within PTE & not the actual filename, but can still be very useful if you wish to number each image.

I just feel that you are making more work for yourself with the way you are doing it.
But if it works for you then fine.

Jill

[SeismicGuy]

What can I say--I am an engineer and always making more work for myself