Thu 2 July 2015 - Gentlemen's Evening

John · Post by **John** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 2:41 pm

Again, it needs to be stressed that this is an evening where the Gentlemen of the club show their photographic delights for the entertainment of all, Ladies and Gentlemen alike. The Ladies have their chance on another night in the syllabus.

So, Gentlemen, please bring your prints, digital files, slide shows etc for our entertainment and edification. All presentations should be short, 5 minutes is ideal, and the winning presentation will be chosen by our Ladies. The prize will be a bottle of red, white or rose wine, or a pen drive, or an SD card.

Good luck!

Gordon Armstrong · Post by **Gordon Armstrong** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 10:21 am

John

I am trying my hand at a short slide show. I know that you and Sue have recomended 'pictures to exe' before which I understand produces a standalone executable file. I am using a freebie at the moment called photostage to see whether this is my cup of tea. It is well reviewed and sets up the show in a similar interface to pictures to exe but I think the file needs a video application to run - my system defaults to Nero which works fine but it also runs happily on windows media player. Is that ok for the club laptop? I am given a wide range of options of file type to save the project. Is there a preferred file type for projection at the club - the default option is .avi but I can choose others.

Gordon

John · Post by **John** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 10:32 am

The club's laptop will support most file types, but if you want to be sure pop round one evening before Thursday (Monday or Tuesday are OK) and we can try it to make sure.

Paul Jones · Post by **Paul Jones** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 1:10 pm

Gordon Armstrong wrote: I think the file needs a video application to run - my system defaults to Nero which works fine but it also runs happily on windows media player. Is that ok for the club laptop?

You can change the default programs for any software application, so don't have to have Nero set as the default.

Photostage supports the following file types - http://www.nchsoftware.com/slideshow/kb/568.html

To make sure your file will play on all versions of Windows Media Player the safest way would be to save your slideshow as a '.wmv' file. WMV is supported by all versions of Windows Media Player - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/316992

So, when you have finalised your slideshow, save it as something like 'Gordon_Armstrong.wmv'

John · Post by **John** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 10:57 pm

Congratulations to Neville for winning the accolade of Ladies' Choice, and also to Gordon for coming a close second.

That was a very pleasant evening's entertainment and we saw some very interesting photography.

Atherton & District Amateur Photographic Society