Settings for a Slideshow!

[BBorges]

hello guys!

I am probably one of the oldest members here.. he he he.. bought release 2 a LONG LONG time ago.... did a few PTE but was never really an expert. Now after years, I am back here!

I have this presentation sunday and I am trying to do PTE instead of Powerpoint (yuuuck) so I need some help!!

This time will be rolling on a projector, NEC LT155:

Native: 1024x768 Pixels

Maximum: 1600x1200 Pixels

Do I have to do anything (settings) at PTE to match my projector? If so, what? I am planning on displaying at a 8'x8' screen, slightly smaller though. My original pictures are at approx 10MB... can I reduce them down to approx 1600 x 1200 ? Required? Recommended? Better? Make it faster?

Also, this new 5.5 version seems to be pretty cool... are these add-ons recommended by you guys and QUICK TO LEARN how to use them?

http://www.thedom.fr/shop/index.php?do=cat...es&i=camera

http://www.thedom.fr/shop/index.php?do=cat...amp;i=countdown

http://www.thedom.fr/shop/index.php?do=cat...vie_text_effect

I am sure i'll have more questions down the road, but thanks in advance!!!

BB

[davegee]

BB,

The native resolution of the NEC LT155 is 1024x768 and that is the resolution your projector and laptop should be set to.

If you make a 4:3 Fullscreen (or Windowed 1024x768) PTE show it does not matter what the resolution of each image is, but it does not need to be more than 1024x768 except for PZR effects.

At MAXIMUM quality each JPG is then going to be around 750Kb - that's as good as you need.

DaveG

[fh1805]

BB,

In respect of the add-ons...

You say your deadline is this coming Sunday. I would recommend that you keep things as simple as possible in order to meet your deadline. After Sunday you will then have time to explore all the various new features and be ready for your next event whenever that comes along.

Good luck!

regards,

Peter

[thedom]

are these add-ons recommended by you guys and QUICK TO LEARN how to use them?

http://www.thedom.fr/shop/index.php?do=cat...es&i=camera

http://www.thedom.fr/shop/index.php?do=cat...amp;i=countdown

http://www.thedom.fr/shop/index.php?do=cat...vie_text_effect

Hello BB,

If you want to have an idea of my add-ons and how easy they are to use, you can make up your mind with my 17 free templates first :

http://www.thedom.fr/share/dload.php?actio...y&cat_id=22

[BBorges]

Rresolution of the NEC LT155 is 1024x768 and that is the resolution your projector and laptop should be set to.

If you make a 4:3 Fullscreen (or Windowed 1024x768) PTE show it does not matter what the resolution of each image is, but it does not need to be more than 1024x768 except for PZR effects.

DaveG,

I am confused a bit: should I resize them to around 1024 x 768 or not?!

Right now the jpgs were exports from RAW @ 100% quality, so they are 4 MB each photo... but yeah, you are correct, if I reduce canvas to around 1024x768 they will be around 500kb...

Is this good practice, as to unload PTE (or windows virtual memory) ?? Or PTE will resize them for me automatically?

I am not clear how PTE will handle a 10MP image when it needs to output at 1MP.

Thanks!

[BBorges]

You say your deadline is this coming Sunday. I would recommend that you keep things as simple as possible in order to meet your deadline. After Sunday you will then have time to explore all the various new features and be ready for your next event whenever that comes along.

Hi Peter,

Very sane recommendation! You are right, I have to first get at least my slideshow created before attempting something fancy...

But I still think at least the COUNTDOWN add-on could be a nice feature for the slideshow...

[BBorges]

Hello BB,

If you want to have an idea of my add-ons and how easy they are to use, you can make up your mind with my 17 free templates first :

http://www.thedom.fr/share/dload.php?actio...y&cat_id=22

Hi TheDom,

I think i'll pass on the complicated add-ons for now, but I am still interested on the COUNTDOWN effect. How easy it is to insert this particular one to a slideshow? I knew the basics of PTE 2.4 but that was a while ago.. and I'm pratically starting from zero again.. and need all done by sunday!

Thanks mate!

[thedom]

Hello BB,

For this template, the only thing you need is how to copy slide from a project to another :

see fh1805's FAQ : http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8680 (tip initially provided by Hawk).