This is something that would be nice, but is currently impossible to incorporate into existing GUI.
Main problem here is slide duration synchronization. Let me explain with simple example. If we have two slides that have normal speed transition applied in between (normal speed means that duration lasts 4 seconds). If we have Ken Burns applied on second slide, we need to make sure that we have at least 4 seconds of Ken Burns that will fill this transition. How to enforce this limitation on users through UI?
We're started thinking about those problems already, but I think that 2.0 release won't get any GUI modifications. We're having enough troubles with getting something decent from audio subsystem that would enable us to concatenate audio files.
Thank you all again for report and comments.
Tadej
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Ah, I see. I can understand if you want to add that feature later on.
But it might not be very hard to do when you chose to do it. If you add a check-box which switches this function on and off, then you could simply let the minimum value for the Ken Burns duration be equal to the duration of the transition. So if a normal speed transition is used, the user cannot decrease the duration of the Ken Burns to less than 4.
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Actually, we have to take into account the following transition as well. So the minimum duration of a slide has to equal the total of both transitions.
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Agreed. the fact that the ken burns effect does not start until the transition finishes looks very very weird. I was about to file the same bug.
Indeed, such an option would make it look a lot better and smoother. I, too, was just about to suggest it. ;)
Hello all.
This is something that would be nice, but is currently impossible to incorporate into existing GUI.
Main problem here is slide duration synchronization. Let me explain with simple example. If we have two slides that have normal speed transition applied in between (normal speed means that duration lasts 4 seconds). If we have Ken Burns applied on second slide, we need to make sure that we have at least 4 seconds of Ken Burns that will fill this transition. How to enforce this limitation on users through UI?
We're started thinking about those problems already, but I think that 2.0 release won't get any GUI modifications. We're having enough troubles with getting something decent from audio subsystem that would enable us to concatenate audio files.
Thank you all again for report and comments.
Tadej
Ah, I see. I can understand if you want to add that feature later on.
But it might not be very hard to do when you chose to do it. If you add a check-box which switches this function on and off, then you could simply let the minimum value for the Ken Burns duration be equal to the duration of the transition. So if a normal speed transition is used, the user cannot decrease the duration of the Ken Burns to less than 4.
Actually, we have to take into account the following transition as well. So the minimum duration of a slide has to equal the total of both transitions.
Why have the ken burns effect at all if doesn't work during transitions? This is a major bug in my mind and seems like such an easy fix.
Hi,
thank you for writing to us. Can you please provide the code since it's an "easy fix"?
Thanks,
Giuseppe