It appears that only some of the styles do this (repeat the same slide over and over). It also appears that there is something odd about the last two items in the media room. The next-to-last is the one that gets repeated, and the last seems to be left out completely.

The problem with the last one being left out completely appears to affect styles that don't do the repetition thing. Jerry Schwartz

I am having the same problem. I came onto the forum hoping to see the solution. I guess I'll try a few different styles to see if I can find one that works.

Quote: I am having the same problem. I came onto the forum hoping to see the solution. I guess I'll try a few different styles to see if I can find one that works.

If you create your slide shows manually, you have greater control on everything.

The canned Slideshows are great for easy, quick and dirty. But they are just some programmers idea of what should be in the slideshow.

It is very easy to apply random transitions to images on the timeline.

Or you have apply one transition to all of the images.

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Some of them are more clever than I could easily do myself. Take a look at http://youtu.be/UV6BJhpz54s. Jerry Schwartz

Hi Jerry -

The "same pictures over & over" has come up before - http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/31322.page

So has the use of Theme Designer to overcome the "templated" nature of Magic Movie & Style - http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/38585.page

A while back I did a bit of investigating to try to work out what makes the "style" tick. This thread may have some useful information for you... http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/31430.page

I've also mucked around with changing those frames in the Gallery/Picture Frames templates. You'll see some of them in this video - http://youtu.be/g9gECnj5Sis

Cheers - Tony
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Quote: Some of them are more clever than I could easily do myself. Take a look at http://youtu.be/UV6BJhpz54s.

I agree that one is clever.

I notice a pattern to the movements.
Zoom on a picture, zoom out slide to the Right for two pictures, zoom in on a picture, Repeat the motion.

It does not show a close up of one of the two picture skip.


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Yes, it is hard to control. In fact, I duplicated one or two of the pictures in order to get them to zoom in. I wish I could control the opening image, but YouTube doesn't let you (unless you give them money). The other common plug-in for playing videos uses Flash, which doesn't work on phones.

I am trying to spiff up our temple's web site as much as I can with what I can control. Jerry Schwartz

Quote: Yes, it is hard to control. In fact, I duplicated one or two of the pictures in order to get them to zoom in. I wish I could control the opening image, but YouTube doesn't let you (unless you give them money). The other common plug-in for playing videos uses Flash, which doesn't work on phones.

I am trying to spiff up our temple's web site as much as I can with what I can control.

If it is complete control you want for your videos and slideshows, you have to bite the bullet and do the work of customizing your slideshows yourself.

Powerdirector does have all of the tools to do fantastic slideshows made yourself.

If it is speed to make slideshows, then the slideshow templates are the way. Some templates are customizable.

The PDtoots tutorials are good.

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I have done other slide shows by hand, or edited those that were done magically, but I like to mix things up and this template caught my eye. That was particularly true because we don't have a photographer "assigned" to take pictures, so I wind up with a hodge-podge.

I figure that the better and more interesting the pictures, the less they need to be tricked out. If I had really well done photos, I'd probably just set up a sequential slide show with simple transitions. Jerry Schwartz

Jerry -

I hesitate to interject again, but since it makes little difference I will... I see your point about "tricking up" photos. You have to work with what you have.

1. Using Theme Designer you can control which images get zoomed & held & which are just fly bys - on each page/sequence, the last/first photo is the one which will receive focus.
- you need to do a lot of fiddling (like inserting duplicates) to get that same control using Slideshow Designer

2. If any of the templates appeal to you or suit your purpose, use them and customise however you can.
- because it's for your temple's website, pretty much eliminates many of the templates as just inappropriate, but many of them would work well... especially with customised frames or backgrounds to make them more distinctively "your temple"

3.

I wish I could control the opening image, but YouTube doesn't let you (unless you give them money).

If you're referring to the YouTube thumbnail, you don't need to give them money. Just change your settings & provide a phone number. Here's how - http://youtu.be/ubNk6iSOYC0

4. PD does provide quite a few options for generating presentations, or "tricking up" as you say. Some of these are easily customisable but some need work behind the scenes to get them to appear more grown up/adult.

5. Building slideshows manually is an oft-promoted option in these pages, but I'd say there would be very few PD users who'd be able to manually generate something akin to (say) the Gallery/Picture Frames style template or the (say) Highlight slideshow template. Sometimes, that sort of look is what people are after.

Cheers - Tony
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Carl,
How many photos can you put in a slideshow?
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Unfortunately, that link you posted didn't work; but I'll look into the matter again.

Thanks. Jerry Schwartz

Quote: Carl,
How many photos can you put in a slideshow?
Bill in Las Vegas
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PowerDirector has a 2500 media limit.

So your maximum number of photos is 2500.

Read the Note.
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Quote:

Quote: Carl,
How many photos can you put in a slideshow?
Bill in Las Vegas
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PowerDirector has a 2500 media limit.

So your maximum number of photos is 2500.

Read the Note.
http://www.cyberlink.com/support/product-faq-content.do?id=12762&prodId=4&prodVerId=930

I know this 2500 limit number has been stated in the forums many times, however, to me it's just not true and maybe taken out of context. If you read what CL states, they say "2500 media clips into the media library". They say nothing about 2500 clips in a slideshow as the limit. All one has to do is:
1) import the first 2500 clips into the media library and move to the timeline
2) select all 2500 clips in the media library and RMB "Remove from Library"
3) import the second group of 2500 clips and move to the timeline at the end of the first 2500
4) select all 5000 clips in the timeline "Ctrl A"
5) create a slideshow from one of the supplied templates

Make sure you have a computer with some significant power, PD is not very user friendly or responsive with 5000 items in the timeline but I've done this with many versions of PD to construct video's from stills or time lapse constructs. It's also very slow as none of this slideshow process is really multi-core so cpu usage will be very low on say a 6 core CPU but the task for me does complete with no issue. The attached pic shows reediting a slideshow with 5000 pics being used in a slideshow with the "Advanced Editing" slideshow that was created in the timeline.

I think there is a 2500 limit, but as CL says, it's simply for import total items in the media library at any instant. The media library does not have to contain what's in the timeline. Yes, I can save the pds project and reopen although not really recommended as I indicated with 5000 items on the timeline PD is not real user friendly, however, it can be done.

Jeff

Quote:
I know this 2500 limit number has been stated in the forums many times, however, to me it's just not true and maybe taken out of context. If you read what CL states, they say "2500 media clips into the media library". They say nothing about 2500 clips in a slideshow as the limit. All one has to do is:
1) import the first 2500 clips into the media library and move to the timeline
2) select all 2500 clips in the media library and RMB "Remove from Library"
3) import the second group of 2500 clips and move to the timeline at the end of the first 2500
4) select all 5000 clips in the timeline "Ctrl A"
5) create a slideshow from one of the supplied templates

Make sure you have a computer with some significant power, PD is not very user friendly or responsive with 5000 items in the timeline but I've done this with many versions of PD to construct video's from stills or time lapse constructs. It's also very slow as none of this slideshow process is really multi-core so cpu usage will be very low on say a 6 core CPU but the task for me does complete with no issue. The attached pic shows reediting a slideshow with 5000 pics being used in a slideshow with the "Advanced Editing" slideshow that was created in the timeline.

I think there is a 2500 limit, but as CL says, it's simply for import total items in the media library at any instant. The media library does not have to contain what's in the timeline. Yes, I can save the pds project and reopen although not really recommended as I indicated with 5000 items on the timeline PD is not real user friendly, however, it can be done.

Jeff

Thank you Jeff. I have never put in 2500 images etc. Your analysis, interpretation and adaptation is great to read. Most of us will find a suitable brick wall and bang our heads to the words "of course". Thank you for posting a great snippet of information.
Dafydd

Quote: I think there is a 2500 limit, but as CL says, it's simply for import total items in the media library at any instant. The media library does not have to contain what's in the timeline. Yes, I can save the pds project and reopen although not really recommended as I indicated with 5000 items on the timeline PD is not real user friendly, however, it can be done.

Have you tried it?

The 2500 item limit is for sure in the media library.

Would it work if you put all 2500 items on the timeline then cleared the media library, imported another 2500 items into the library, put them on the timeline? Can you even keep the timeline and clear just the media library?

The only way to find out is to actually have that many items to put and try to see what happens.
I doubt i could find 2500 or more items in one place to try it.

I know of one poster that has that many items to try.
He is the person with the Retro-8 8mm film capture device.

He has captured 400 feet of film which results in about 32,000 images.
His first post was about can you take numbered image sequences and create a movie in PowerDirector.

The 2500 item limit stopped him from doing it that way.

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Quote: Have you tried it?

I have, & I can confirm that Jeff's advice is correct.

Under those circumstances, with 5000+ photos in the timeline (not in media library), you do a LOT of waiting for PD to process. Projects save and re-open correctly & very slowly.

As Jeff stated, it can be done. I don't think I'd recommend it though!

Cheers - Tony
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Quote:

Quote: Have you tried it?

I have, & I can confirm that Jeff's advice is correct.

Under those circumstances, with 5000+ photos in the timeline (not in media library), you do a LOT of waiting for PD to process. Projects save and re-open correctly & very slowly.

As Jeff stated, it can be done. I don't think I'd recommend it though!

Cheers - Tony

Thank you for the answer, Tony.

That would mean that Alan (acg) would have a hard time with 32,000 images.
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