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How to disconnect between layers

Postby Bingo123 » Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:21 pm

Hi All,

I have a style with 4 replaceable layers which mean by adding an image to one layer all the rest 3 are added with the same image.
How can I separate them so that each layer will have his own image?

Thanks

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Re: How to disconnect between layers

Postby cherub » Fri Apr 18, 2014 12:13 am

Hi Shaul, בוקר טוב

As far as I remember, you are a user of Producer, so this post should have been posted in the Producer part of the forum (PSP General Discussion or Tips and Tricks)

Without knowing the exact style that you have in mind, I can only suggest a general, and rather simple method.

Insert 4 blank slides in your show, all with the same time and with the same transition time
In each slide, apply the style. Insert in each one a different picture.
Now, start deleting:
In slide 1 delete layers 2,3, and 4
In slide 2 delete layers 1, 3 and 4
In slide 3 delete layers 1, 2 and 4
In slide 4 delete layers 1, 2 and 3

Now, go to the timeline, where you can see all your slides.
Select all these 4 slides (with Ctrl) and right click.
From the menu that opens choose Combine Slides.
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Now you have just one slide with 4 different pictures :D
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Re: How to disconnect between layers

Postby trulytango » Fri Apr 18, 2014 1:08 am

Good question, and thanks for that workaround Mona!
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Re: How to disconnect between layers

Postby cherub » Fri Apr 18, 2014 1:16 am

Hi Iris,
Actually this is the 2nd time that I'm posting this workaround, but I couldn't find my previous post :D

But, one should remember that usually duplicates of the same layer are placed in a style for a reason. Most probably the creator wanted to convey a certain effect: eg: perspective, light effects, transparency effects, reflections, etc. So, I'm not sure that placing different pictures instead of the duplicates, will show these other pictures at their best.

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Re: How to disconnect between layers

Postby trulytango » Fri Apr 18, 2014 1:57 am

Yeah, I see where you are coming from Mona... it would certainly screw up a few of the built-in effects. However, I reckon it could be something quite useful in the right circumstances and as its something I've never thought of doing myself, I will be trying it out. I do use the 'Combine slides' feature now and again, but this new idea has caused the cogs in my brain to start turning.

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Re: How to disconnect between layers

Postby Bingo123 » Fri Apr 18, 2014 4:58 am

Thanks Mona,

You are right again I missed the the right form.
I will try it.
By the way, How do you connect between layers?

Thanks again
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Re: How to disconnect between layers

Postby cherub » Fri Apr 18, 2014 5:23 am

Bingo123 wrote:Thanks Mona,
By the way, How do you connect between layers?
Shaul

The connection is made automatically while saving the slide as a slide style. If the same picture is used several times in a slide, then the style will automatically register all those layers as duplicates, and therefore they will get linked.

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Re: How to disconnect between layers

Postby im42n8 » Fri Apr 18, 2014 8:02 am

You might find this helpful: http://fpvp.wordpress.com/layers/layer-linking/

With this technique/approach, the only thing that changes is the link between the layers. Knowing how to do this technique allows you to manually create links between layers or to break them without having to resort to creating a style (not that that is a bad thing, mind you).

The technique given by Mona is a good one if there are no modifiers on the associated layers (the modifiers tend to become inoperative) and if the effect is relatively simple. The more complex the effect, the more difficult the technique becomes to pull off.

There's another brute force technique where you basically recreate the layer of interest and all of its keyframes and then recreate all keyframe settings (duplicating the layer simply gives you another layer with all of the same characteristics, including the linking). Then, adding or adjusting/editing any affected modifiers that may have existed. What a pain.

Directly editing the (duplicate of the) PSH file is quick and effective.

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Re: How to disconnect between layers

Postby BarbaraC » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:00 pm

And yet another method: How to Break a ProShow Slide Style

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Re: How to disconnect between layers

Postby Bingo123 » Tue Apr 22, 2014 8:39 am

Thanks all for the help.

Shaul

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