AV Guides & Tutorials

Download the User Guide for the latest version of PTE from here http://docs.picturestoexe.com/en/main

User Guides for all the earlier versions of PTE are available for download here http://www.wnsoft.com/archives/

92-page guide to using most of the features in the latest version of PTE (v7). Does not cover "Objects and Animation" in much detail at all. Download the pdf from here http://www.wnsoft.com/files/picturestoexe/user-guides/7.0/PicturesToExe_User_Guide_v70.pdf

178-page guide to PTE 7. Unfortunately, it's in French! http://www.wnsoft.com/files/picturestoexe/user-guides/7.0/PicturesToExe_User_Guide_v70_French.pdf

Tony Collinson has produced a really superb DVD, with over 2 hours of tutorials, all very clearly explained and illustrated. It's aimed at absolute beginners, but there is much of interest to more experienced AVers. A bargain at £10. http://www.tcdigitalphotography.co.uk/PTE%207.5%20Tutoria.html

The definitive 376 page guide to Audition (formerly Cool Edit)
Click here to download the pdf from the EMAVG site http://emavg.graham-neville.me.uk

by Peter Appleton. Download from the Staffs AV Group website http://www.staffs-av.org.uk/Documents/Audacity_User_Guide_0v5.pdf

Eight downloadable PDFs produced by Pembrokeshire LEA
1. Download & set-up
2. Toolbars
3. Equipment
4. Recording sound
5. Boosting microphone volume
6. Editing sound
7. Adding to a website
8. Useful websites http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/1-0-0-0_good_practice/gp-how-to/gp_howto_audacity.htm

by Tony Collinson, based on a demonstration given at Leeds AVG by Eddie Spence & Bryan Stubbs http://www.leedsavgroup.co.uk/resources/resources.html

by Peter Appleton. Download from the Staffordshire AV Group website http://www.staffs-av.org.uk/Documents/Voice_Over_Guide.pdf

by Ron Davies http://www.theiac.org.uk/av/ron-davies/ron-davies-on-av1.html

by Keith Scott http://www.leedsavgroup.co.uk/resources/resources.html

YouTube Video Tutorial
Choosing a digital camera Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/user/langley2205#p/u/1/0x3sGWKBpL8

YouTube Video Tutorial
Choosing a digital camera Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/user/langley2205#p/u/0/fFQ6xErPURk

YouTube Video Tutorial
How to use your digital camera - Highlights and Histograms http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_DyVN3OJeM

YouTube Video Tutorial
How to use your digital camera - ISO settings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki6Zs8qstVM

Three video tutorials for beginners demonstrating how to get started with PTE, setting the options, plus a basic guide to Objects and Animations, panning and zooming http://christinewiddall.co.uk/tutorials/

Notes from courses run by Clive Haynes FRPS on Photography and Photoshop showing how to do just about everything http://www.crhfoto.co.uk/knowhowlist.htm

40+ links to everything to do with Digital Photography http://www.reviewlab.com/digital-photography-guide/

Contains lots of links to other sites, such as Lin Evans, The Dom, with examples of slide shows http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PicturesToExe

A widely used technique of embedding still photographs in motion pictures, displayed with slow zooming and panning effects, and fading transitions between frames. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Burns_effect