potwnc Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 This is another demo of something that works fine in 5.5 but works much better in 5.6 - at least for me because I work in High Definition.Many PTE users have probably created something based on Lin Evans' "route demo" and, of course, it works just fine in PTE 5.5. But with masks it is even easier and the file sizes are much smaller - especially for HD output.This is another 9-second video (also about 1MB like the last one I did) that extracts to a .mp4 file in DVD quality. In this sequence we zoom into a detailed map of Southeast Asia and, as we do, the Mekong River flows from its source to its delta.The end result is exactly the same in 5.6 as it is in 5.5 but because this version is done with a mask the size of the file that "acts" as the mask is reduced by 95%! If you work in HD that places much less stress on PTE and your PC to produce the output for the final .exe file to run (if you produce .exe files).If anyone is interested I can upload a lower-quality version of the project file that shows how to do this with masks.Credit goes to Al Robinson for the original idea - I just got it to work with masks.Raywww.peoplesoftheworld.org/demos/maskdemo2.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LumenLux Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Ray, I have not even viewed yet your latest, but am downloading now. I would be very interested in your project file that would "teach" how to do this with masks "ease". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyFalla Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 This may be a stupid question but what software do you use to play your mp4 demos. I only have Windows Media Player and Real Player on my PC, Windows Media Player tells me it cannot play your demo, Real Player says it is playing but does nothing.Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Tonyseehttp://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8954it worksken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronniebootwest Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 This is another demo of something that works fine in 5.5 but works much better in 5.6 - at least for me because I work in High Definition.Raywww.peoplesoftheworld.org/demos/maskdemo2.zipThis zip only seems to download an audio file - where is the video please?Ron West Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyFalla Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 KenThanks for that have downloaded and it worksTony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronniebootwest Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 KenThanks for that have downloaded and it worksTonyIs this the Player that you downloaded? Media Player Classic HomeCinemaRon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potwnc Posted March 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 This zip only seems to download an audio file - where is the video please?Ron WestRon,It contains a .mp4 file, which plays the video (there is no audio) if you have a compatible player - e.g. VLC Media Player or Media Player Classic HomeCinema. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potwnc Posted March 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Ray, I have not even viewed yet your latest, but am downloading now. I would be very interested in your project file that would "teach" how to do this with masks "ease".OK I'll upload it in the next few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potwnc Posted March 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 The files for this are now at www.peoplesoftheworld.org/demos/maskdemo2project.zipLet me know if you have any questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedom Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 potwnc, that's a good use of mask.What you could have done is to put all your objects (map, mask and route) in a PTE frame and apply pan/zoom/rotate to this frame instead of applying individually the PZR to each object separately.Just a suggestion to this idea for which the creator is actually Al Robinson. That's what I did to your project attached.I hope you don't mind.mask_demo2_Mar14_2009_18_29_03.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potwnc Posted March 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 That's what I did to your project attached.I hope you don't mind.Of course I don't mind... we're all here to learn, including me, and that's a better way to do this for this example. (But I don't know why you would rotate this?)Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlion Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Hi everyone,I believe this is a bit too fast and easy to use only one moving screen...without changing its direction as the direction of the route changes. I think you have to use more than one screen to achieve a real progression.See below what you see (i.e. position 5672 !)Henri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potwnc Posted March 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Henri,I agree with you. This was just an example to get people started if they want to do a route using masks.Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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