Mike Reed Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 Hi AllIs anybody experiencing flicker on fast transitions with v5.5. I am using XP on a fast computer with maximum Ram. I have a section of a sequence with about 14 slides all with a quarter second dissolve and it is flicking. Any ideas as I have not experienced this with earlier versions. It does not do it when viewing from the time line only when I go to a full screen previewMike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fh1805 Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 Hi Mike,There are several avenues of possible exploration here:Perhaps the most likely culprit is the Graphics card in your PC (or the Graphics chipset if you are using a laptop). - What Graphics card is installed and how much on-board memory does it have?- Do you have the latest drivers installed for your graphics card?Next possibility is the image file sizes. -How large are the image files involved in these rapid transitions?-Are any of these images involved in Pan, Zoom or Rotate activity?Also a possibility is that you don't have Hardware Acceleration turned on.- Check in Project Options...Screen tabYou mention "earlier versions":- Which other versions have you used?- Have you taken this part of your current sequence into an earlier version to see if you get the same result? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 Mike,Please couldn't you publish your slideshow? I'll check up.We didn't change slideshow's engine of EXE file in v5.5 It's exactly same as in previous v5.1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conflow Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Mike,You don't say whether you are using a PC or a Laptop ?In either case ~with large LCD Monitors or Screens~ (+19" or +480mm) using 'resolves' of 250millesecs or faster. Its absolutely imperative thatthe Monitor has a 'response-time' better than <5millesecs. With bigger older LCD and TFT Monitors the response times were somewherebetween 6~9millesecs (too slow) and usually gave after-smear when the cursorwas dragged across the Screen with 'Cursor Shadow' turned off, thats also a handyindicator of response time (see below). Today,such Monitors have response times less than 4millesecs. With fast transitions 2millesecs would be the required norm.(Older CRT Monitors also slow-up after years of usage)Check up on the response time of your Monitor before any other actions, youcan find this by visiting the Manufacturers Web-Site and checking on the Modeland Serial No. Also check the 'Frame-Rate'(It might save you a lot of hassle)Brian.Conflow.Quik-Chek for Response Time(Cursor means Mouse Pointer)On the (open) Desktop drag the cursor across the Screen at at moderate rate.'After-smear' on the moving cursor should be less than: < half the cursor width. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Reed Posted June 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Hi AllIs anybody experiencing flicker on fast transitions with v5.5. I am using XP on a fast computer with maximum Ram. I have a section of a sequence with about 14 slides all with a quarter second dissolve and it is flicking. Any ideas as I have not experienced this with earlier versions. It does not do it when viewing from the time line only when I go to a full screen previewMikeThanks everybody for your advice. I really don't think it can be the graphics card in the PC (DEll Precision T5400 with 3.5GB of Ram) with an Nvidia Dual Head Quadro NVS290 graphics card with 256Mb of memory.The viewing monitor is an Iiyama with a response time of 2ms maximum. The chip set is an Intel Xeon running at 2.5Ghz with XP service pack 2.Hardware acceleration is turned on.I tried the curser dragging exercise and there was no tail at all.Igor I will zip the file to which address shall I sent it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Reed Posted June 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Mike,Please couldn't you publish your slideshow? I'll check up.We didn't change slideshow's engine of EXE file in v5.5 It's exactly same as in previous v5.1.IgorI have posted a reply with more information. Where do I send the zipped file? Do you want it as an EXE file or as a template so you can see my dissolve timings? By the way I tried it out on 5.1 and it did the same thing. At themoment it requires a narration so is just pictures and music.Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Mike,Before you send the file, do you see that problem on these slideshows: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/show/PteShow.ziphttp://www.wnsoft.com/apr/show/PaintsOfSummer.zipp.s. according our experience I think that problem can be in damaged settings of DirectX or drivers of a video card. Please download and install latest DirectX from Microsoft's website and newest drivers for your video card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Igorwould the 2 shows you posted http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....ost&p=54092satisfy this entry?http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....ost&p=53865ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Reed Posted June 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Mike,Before you send the file, do you see that problem on these slideshows: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/show/PteShow.ziphttp://www.wnsoft.com/apr/show/PaintsOfSummer.zipp.s. according our experience I think that problem can be in damaged settings of DirectX or drivers of a video card. Please download and install latest DirectX from Microsoft's website and newest drivers for your video card.IgorI think I might have solved the problem.I discovered that the group of images in the fast section were all 4288 x 2848 pixels rather than my normal 1024 x 685. Having resized them it now appears flicker free.I ran the two demo sequences without any problem so I guess I was asking the computer just to do too much in the time available. What is your opinion or should I still download new drivers and Direct x?Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conflow Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Mike,Nice to see you found the 'fault' ~ human error, it happens all the time.Just to explain 'Monitor-Response' time - its tha ability of the Monitor to go from Full-Black to Full-White and return to Full-Black in xx Milleseconds atits native Design-Resolution. (You quoted 2mS but not the Size Resolution) (Thats an All-Colour excursion from black to White in xx mSecs)In your case, from the figures you quoted, it appears that the Images were17x larger than your 1024x685 pixels and I reckon they were some 12xlarger than the native resolution of the Monitor, in terms of pixel counts. In that case the Monitor response time would have fallen off drastically to something near 20mS per frame ~ that would have created your flicker irrespective how powerful the PC actually is. (The price we pay for going beyond design criteria accidental or otherwise).Hope that was of some help.Brian.Conflow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Reed Posted June 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Mike,Nice to see you found the 'fault' ~ human error, it happens all the time.Just to explain 'Monitor-Response' time - its tha ability of the Monitor to go from Full-Black to Full-White and return to Full-Black in xx Milleseconds atits native Design-Resolution. (You quoted 2mS but not the Size Resolution) (Thats an All-Colour excursion from black to White in xx mSecs)In your case, from the figures you quoted, it appears that the Images were17x larger than your 1024x685 pixels and I reckon they were some 12xlarger than the native resolution of the Monitor, in terms of pixel counts. In that case the Monitor response time would have fallen off drastically to something near 20mS per frame ~ that would have created your flicker irrespective how powerful the PC actually is. (The price we pay for going beyond design criteria accidental or otherwise).Hope that was of some help.Brian.Conflow.Thank you Brian for the technical bit. As you will see I have resolved it by reducing the file size. You learn a bit more every day and I've only just had my 70th Birthday!Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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