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 At the 21st March meeting, scheduled to be a workshop, we will be looking at ways of adding more interesting text to sequences and adding narration cheaply.
We also have a guest speaker from South Africa,
Dr. Jeff Morris LRPS APSSA, who will talk about AV in that country and show some sequences. He is also the organiser of the second MFFC AV Salon. See the website at: http://sites.google.com/site/mffcavsalons/Home/mffcavsalon2010/
- At the first meeting of the new year, on the 20th January Martin James, from Newport Photographic Club, talked about and showed us examples of his use of timelapse photography to make video sequences. For lots of information about how to do timelapse photography have a look at his site at www.tf10.co.uk/ .
- The 16th December meeting of the group was our Christmas fun evening. There were 9 entries for the fun competition, based on using one of the set pieces of music. Much to my amazement the majority used the 'Strange Boat' music. Congratulations to all who entered. Results were:
1st Phil Gee (Strange Boat based on paintings by Turner)
2nd Howard Bagshaw (Wet in the Dales - 'On my own' music)
3rd Terry Chinchen (Humour using 'Strange boat')
 Congratulations to the four members of our group who entered the Great Northern AV competition. Terry Chinchen entered his hilarious sequence "The Policeman" which got the biggest laughs and loudest applause from the audience. Jeff Mansell and Phil Gee entered "A Case for Conan Doyle", the first time they had entered the Great Northern. Everyone was delighted that they not only won the "RPS George and Doreen Pollock Medal" for the best new entrants (being awarded by Keith Scott FRPS in pic alongside), but were also awarded a Highly Commended PAGB ribbon for their sequence. Howard Bagshaw entered "Migrant Mother" and won the PAGB Bronze Medal for third place. Big congratulations to all for raising the profile of the Staffordshire AV group.
Full details of all entries award winners and photos are available on the AV News website here.
- If you're looking for other AV events, have a look at the AV News website, or link to the diary here.
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 Plenty of advanced notice for this, but we have guest speakers in May who will be well worth coming to hear. Keith Brown FRPS, MPAGB, APAGB, EFIAP, FIPF, has been making AVs for a long while and produces award winning sequences (e.g. bronze award in the Nationals). Kate Brown LRPS CPAGB, his wife, has recently started making AVs and has a different perspective. Their talk will be entitled "And Then There Were Two".
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 The latest version of Pictures to Exe (version 6) is now available. As usual go to www.wnsoft.com , and on the front page look for 'click here to download' in the 'latest news' section. Note that the new file will not overwrite your current version of PTE so you can have both running concurrently.
Remember that there is no additional cost, once you have paid for any version of standard PTE, this is a free upgrade. The licence for video builder/Mac output is additional and valid for two years.
The new version of PicturesToExe Deluxe delivers a number of new features and improvements to enable the creation of even more elaborate slideshows and ensure smooth user experience. To give the slideshows even more impressive look, a user now can utilize the extensive capabilities of 3D graphics, offered by the program. What’s more, various unique fonts can be used to give the slideshow a truly personal touch. Of particular interest to some members may be the program's ability to create (on a PC) files which play on a Mac.
Still no Mac editor/creator, but hopefully this is a step on the way.
Key New Features
- 3D Effects for Images and Text
- Output for Mac
- Multidisplay Support
- New Customizable Startup and Help windows
- Border for Images and adjustable Canvas Size
- Editor of Masks for Special Effects
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